uhm. soph in high school. wondering. when you're in college and you want to major in music, do you have to take mandatory classes? like math, english, science. or can you focus on your major and your major only.
2007-01-08 14:15:45 · 8 answers · asked by iDONTGETiT 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
It depends on three things: (1) the University you attend, (2) the math you completed in High School, and (3) your major.
Some majors have prerequisites like mine (Accounting/Economics) required a Stat's class and completion of 1 Quarter of Calculus. Since I passed the AP Calculus test, I got out of that, but still had to take Stats. So, Stats has been my only Math Class.
So, probably not as much math as you had in High School, but to determine how much you're going to have to do in College is pretty impossible.
ALL American Universities will have General Education requirements. Mine was 4 areas: Arts, Social Sciences, Natural World (Science/Math), and Writing/Composition, but you are given many many options within these requirements. Your major, if you only have one, will be a relatively small fraction of your Education.
2007-01-08 14:24:07 · answer #1 · answered by Jamie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most colleges have general ed. requirements, which can include math, english, physical education, and a foreign language. It depends on the college as to what is required and how many credit hours are needed. Check on the websites of the colleges you plan to attend. Some majors have further requirements, like an engineering major would require more maths than music....etc.
2007-01-08 14:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jordan D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My college has a conservatory for music. The conservatory students take only music related classes (aural skills, private instruction, theory, etc) and have space to take a class from the college of arts and sciences once a semester. This class can be whatever you'd like it to be (English, Cinema, Dance, or Math if you so choose).
Some schools have mandatory requirements so you may want to look into this before you apply to certain schools.
2007-01-10 02:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by sunnyd_137 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the college you go to. At mine, we have the Common Curriculum, which means that we have to take things in a variety of concentrations.... I am a history major and have to take science and math classes just like the math and science majors. There are other options for people who aren't very good at math... For example, my school offers a symbolic logic class for math credit and prehistoric archeology for science. You don't necessarily have to take calculus and chemistry (not unless you want to). All liberal arts schools have similar things. If you don't go to a liberal art school, I don't think you need to go to take math and science classes.
2007-01-08 15:55:27 · answer #4 · answered by Miss_Eliza_Bennet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your major, but probably so. I majored in English and I still ended up taking a couple of math classes.
2007-01-08 14:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by chris g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, check with the music college which you are going to join. Well, normally these kinda basic mandatory ends up in high school, universities dont have that.
2007-01-08 14:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by Vijay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, unfortunately u do. some schools have math placement tests and if u get a certain grade, you don't have to take the required math class. u should check with the schools u are interested in applying to though.
2007-01-10 05:01:30 · answer #7 · answered by here today, gone to maui ★ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My impression is that most colleges require you to take general education courses (math, eng, sci, etc.)
Of course, you may be able to place out of some of these courses if you do the AP courses in high school.
Good luck.
2007-01-08 14:23:03 · answer #8 · answered by happy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋