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	Rensselaer Catalog 2020-2021 [Archived Catalog] 																	 
	    Music Minor
				  
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				A music minor consists of 16 credits from the music curriculum. Students may fulfill the Music minor by fulfilling the requirements in one of the three tracks listed below: 
	- Music Humanities serves students who neither perform nor compose but wish to have an in depth appreciative experience of music from a wide cultural perspective.
 
	- Composition is for students with a more substantial prior background of creating music, whether technologically-based, notated, or improvised.
 
	- Performance caters to students active in the ensembles program or private lessons, with two options a) for those who don’t have/need more detailed technical knowledge of theory or technology, and b) for performers with stronger technical/theoretical backgrounds. 
 
 
			 
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		Performance Track: Option A
  - 8 credits of performance ensemble or private music lessons  
   Choose one of the following:
 Performance Track: Option B
  - 8 credits of performance ensembles or private music lesson
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