The Music Department is not using written placement exams at this time:
- If you passed Music Theory Fundamentals (MUS 13100) at CCNY or had an equivalent course transferred in from another college, you're eligible to start the required level 1 courses. Please contact Professor Pieslak (
jpieslak@ccny.cuny.edu
) for course permissions and advising. Please include your EMPLID in all correspondence.
- If you have musical training outside the university system, and you're comfortable with music theory fundamentals (scales, keys, intervals, triads, and basic notation), please contact Professor Pieslak (
jpieslak@ccny.cuny.edu
) with a brief summary of your prior experience. Please include your EMPLID in all correspondence.
- If you have no prior formal training, or if you need a review of fundamentals, you should register for the preparatory courses listed below (MUS 13100 and 16100). No permissions are necessary for those courses.
Please note:
Students with no prior formal training do not need registration permissions to begin studying music. We recommend that interested students register for this pair of courses:
- MUS 13100, Music Theory Fundamentals
- MUS 16100, Aural Fundamentals
