Music Minor

The Music Department offers a 24-unit minor in music for students who desire documented competency in music. In addition to the standard core courses, each music minor (with the assistance of a faculty advisor) is invited to put together a sequence of courses which achieves his/her musical goals.

• Music Minor Structure
• Application
  • Please only submit an application in fall, winter or spring quarter. Applications which are received during the summer likely will not receive a response until fall quarter.
• Curriculum Plan (pdf) To open in Acrobat Reader or Preview, option-click on the link to download the file, then open in the preferred app.
  • To be completed upon music minor acceptance
  • Email your advisor to discuss the curriculum plan. Then, complete the curriculum plan form. Choose one of these two options to sign and submit the form:
    • Sign in Acrobat or Preview
      • Select "Fill and Sign" in Acrobat
      • In either app, click on the pen symbol above the top of the document
      • Type in your name as prompted in Acrobat, or click on the "sign" icon in Preview
      • Drag and drop the signature box that appears over the student signature line
      • Save the file as a different name by adding your intials, like so: mu-minor-curriculum-20spr-initials.pdf. Once the form is signed, it can't be edited, which is why the original should be saved.
      • Email the signed file to music@calpoly.edu.
    • Print, sign, scan and email
      • Print the completed form
      • Sign with a pen
      • Scan the signed form
      • Email the scanned form to music@calpoly.edu.
• Upper Division Courses