Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Commercial Music, Minor (415)


Program Coordinator

Elizabeth H. Kelly, liza.kelly@wku.edu, (270) 745-5924

 Program Requirements (24 Hours)

Core Courses
MUS 102Music Theory I for Non-Majors3
MUS 103Music Theory II for Non-Majors3
MUS 325Music Entrepreneurism3
MUS 335Reading Music Charts3
Select one of the following: 2
Composition
Commercial Songwriting
Select one of the following: 3
Jazz Appreciation
Rock and Roll: Music for a New Generation
Country Music
The Blues-Music from the Delta to Chicago
Total Hours17
Applied Lessons & Ensemble
MUS 150Applied Music Secondary1
MUS 350Applied Music Secondary1
MUS 350Applied Music Secondary1
Select from: CCM Voice, Drum set, Guitar, Electric Bass, Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle, Piano
MUS 379Chamber Music1
MUS 379Chamber Music1
MUS 379Chamber Music1
Select from: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Acoustic/Folk, Bluegrass/Country
Total Hours6
Opposite Area of Applied Instrument
Ssselect one of the following: 1
Group Guitar I
Group Voice
Group Piano for Non-Majors
Total Hours1