The School of Music offers courses that meet GE requirements for the Literary, Visual and Performing Arts Foundation (LVPA), Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World Theme (CT), as well as courses in many other thematic pathways.
Consult your college’s GE list and/or your academic advisor to confirm which GE requirements apply to you (GE: Legacy or GE: New) and that a particular course will satisfy requirements.
Also, please consult Class Search to confirm course meeting times, locations and delivery mode, as not all courses are offered every semester.
GE: Legacy
- Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)
- Global Studies (GS)
- Education and Study Abroad (SA)
- Social Diversity in the United States (SD)
GE: New
- Literary, Visual and Performing Arts (LVPA)
- Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World Theme (CT)
- Migration, Mobility, and Immobility Theme (MT)
- Health and Well-Being Theme (HT)
- Lived Environments Theme (LT)
- Traditions, Cultures and Transformations Theme (TT)
Courses
* 4-credit hour thematic pathway course
+ Not open to music majors
MUSIC 2250 Music Cultures of the World (VPA/GS/LVPA) +
MUSIC 2251 The World of Classical Music (VPA/GS/LVPA) +
MUSIC 2252 History of Rock ‘n’ Roll (VPA/LVPA)
Rated "best GE course on campus" in The Lantern's "Best of OSU" poll.
MUSIC 2253 Introduction to Jazz (VPA/LVPA)
MUSIC 2254 Video Game Music (VPA/LVPA) — SUMMER ONLY
MUSIC 2288 Bebop to Doo-Wop to Hip-Hop: The Rhythm and Blues Tradition (VPA/SD/LVPA)
MUSIC 3010 Public Health and Opera (HT) *
MUSIC 3342 Introduction to Opera (VPA/LVPA)
MUSIC 3343 Music, Body and Brain (VPA/LVPA)
MUSIC 3344 Film Music (VPA/LVPA)
MUSIC 3347 From Bach to Beethoven (VPA/LVPA)
MUSIC 3348 Music on the Move in a Globalized World (VPA/GS/MT)
MUSIC 3349 The Beatles in 20th Century Music (VPA/LVPA)
MUSIC 3352 Soundscapes of Central Ohio (LT) *
MUSIC 3360 The Brazilian Experience: Surveying Brazilian Culture through Music and Education (VPA/TT) *
MUSIC 3364 Musical Citizenship: Activism, Advocacy and Engagement in Sound (VPA/GS/CT)
MUSIC 3450 The Art and Politics of Hip-Hop (CT)