May 17, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

MUS 2223 - Music Theory III


This course is the third in the undergraduate theory sequence. Students will explore the meaning of chromaticism in tonal music through the examination of tonicization, common chord modulation, modal mixture, chromatic pre-dominants and enharmonic chromatic modulation. Prerequisite(s): MUS 1183  and MUS 1161 . Concurrent enrollment in MUS 2151  is required.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: MUS 1183  for undergraduate level with minimum grade of D AND MUS 1161  for undergraduate level with minimum grade of D

Concurrent Enrollment / Corequisites: MUS 2151