Music for Non-Majors - Oakland University Music

The Department of Music, Theatre and Dance offers many opportunities for students who are not MTD majors to continue their performing arts experiences and education. The music program offers an Auditioned Minor, which consists of classes designed for music majors, and a Liberal Arts Minor in Music, which does not require an audition and consists of music classes open to non-majors. The program also offers minors in Jazz and World Music. These programs can be combined with any other degree and offer students an opportunity to keep a special kind of balance in their life, both while at college and later in their career. And many employers recognize that musicians are self-motivated, self-disciplined and at ease with complex thought patterns. The minors can also be successfully combined with other OU programs to fulfill the requirements of OU’s Integrative Studies degree, the BIS, which, with an advisor’s help, allows students to custom design their own combinations of study disciplines. Read more about that here.

Many of our music ensembles, including the Grizz Band, are open to majors and non-majors alike. Read more about our ensembles and the auditions here.

In addition, many MTD courses help non-majors fulfill their General Education requirements.

View a full list of MTD ensembles, private lessons and classes by clicking HERE.