The principal goal of this research was to survey and compare the practice of music as general education courses in regular colleges and teachers colleges. Questionnaires were administered to students at 6 teachers' colleges and 17 regular colleges. 1481 questionnaires were received out of 1680 copies. All results were analyzed by SPSS software on PC. Chia-Yi Teachers' College was not selected because no general education courses in music were offered. The available general education music courses in Taiwan can be cateogrized into six groups:1.Appreciation, 2.Music history, 3.Introduction to music, 4.Music and Life, 5.Performing skill training, 6.Others (eg., Computer and Music). These music courses wre classified into various catogories in different colleges: (1) General courses, (2) Crafts, (3) The Arts, (4) Literature. (5) The Humanities. Types 3 and 5 were mainly found in regular colleges, while types 1 through 4 were commonly seen in teachers colleges. Students' motivation of selecting musical general courses in all samples were:personal interests of 55.9%, learning about music knowledge of 23.8%, developing humanity of 14.4%, taking an easy course of 5.2%, and being required of 0.6%. Students thought that the objectives of the courses should be placed on:developing ability of appreciating music of 70.8%, music history and aesthetics of 9.1%, performance of 7.6%, national music of 5.9%, music theory of 3.5% and others of 1.8%. It was found that, in general, students considered the music courses helpful for individuals to be acquainted with music, to raise the ability of music appreciation and to use it in daily life.