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2024-2025 Catalog > Course Descriptions > MUSC - Music

MUSC - Music

MUSC 101 Music Theory I
MUSC 103 Music of Asia and the Pacific Islands
MUSC 104 Music of Africa and the Middle East
MUSC 105 Topics in American Music
MUSC 106 Voice Class I
MUSC 107 Voice Class II
MUSC 108 European Vernacular Music
MUSC 109 Piano Class
MUSC 111 Topics in Jazz History
MUSC 113 Learning to Compose
MUSC 115 Topics in Vocal Music
MUSC 116 African American Music: From Slavery to the Present
MUSC 117 Copyright, Originality, and Theft in American Popular Music
MUSC 119 Why Music Matters
MUSC 120 College Chorus
MUSC 121 Glee Club (Sopranos/Altos)
MUSC 122 Glee Club (Tenors/Basses)
MUSC 123 Afro-Cuban Drumming
MUSC 124 Son Jarocho Ensemble
MUSC 127 Jazz Ensemble
MUSC 128 Chamber Jazz
MUSC 129 Chamber Music
MUSC 130 Symphony Orchestra
MUSC 131 Improvisation
MUSC 148 Introduction to Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
MUSC 151 Music Theory II
MUSC 193 Directed Research
MUSC 197 Independent Study
MUSC 200 Music and Disease
MUSC 201 The Ethics and Aesthetics of Sampling
MUSC 231 Keyboard Musicianship I
MUSC 232 Keyboard Musicianship II
MUSC 233 Sonic Materiality: Intersecting Music and Visual Art
MUSC 241 Cognition of Music and Sound
MUSC 242 Music and Artificial Intelligence
MUSC 245 Introduction to the Music Industry
MUSC 246 Live Sound Engineering
MUSC 247 Pro Tools Fundamentals
MUSC 248 Advanced Production: Sampling and Synthesis
MUSC 249 Recording Techniques
MUSC 251 Music Theory III
MUSC 252 Introduction to Songwriting
MUSC 257 Composition Seminar
MUSC 258 Introduction to Film Scoring
MUSC 261 Western Music and Culture: 1580-1829
MUSC 263 Western Music and Culture: 1830 to the Present
MUSC 264 The Total Artwork
MUSC 266 French Culture 1589-1848
MUSC 270 Music Podcasting
MUSC 271 Instrumental and Vocal Arranging
MUSC 272 Conducting
MUSC 280 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MUSC 283 Music of Los Angeles
MUSC 285 Topics in the Critical Study of Popular and Non-Western Music
MUSC 286 Music and Politics of the United States-Mexico Border
MUSC 287 Music and Social Protest
MUSC 293 Directed Research
MUSC 295 Topics in Music: Composers
MUSC 297 Independent Study
MUSC 348 Mixing and Mastering
MUSC 350 Topics in Musical Style
MUSC 351 Music Theory IV
MUSC 358 Dramatic Scoring Intensive
MUSC 374 Analysis for Performance
MUSC 385 Advanced Topics in the Critical Study of Music
MUSC 393 Directed Research
MUSC 395 Special Topics in Music
MUSC 397 Independent Study
MUSC 473 Senior Performance and Composition Comprehensives Preparation
MUSC 474 Senior Production Comprehensives Preparation
MUSC 490 Senior Seminar
MUSC 497 Independent Study

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