Music Technology, Undergraduate Minor

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The undergraduate music minor in music technology seeks to educate students in a wide array of musical topics and issues. Students will gain an understanding of music informatics and other associated technologies. This classroom-based minor can be completed with no previous musical training. Completion of this minor will satisfy both the creative arts and multicultural core requirements.

Required General Courses (6 hours)

Choose one of:
MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours ††
OR
MUHL 2307 - Music and Globalization 3 Semester Credit Hours ††
And one of:
MUHL 2309 - World Music Musicianship 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
MUHL 1308 - Music in Western Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours (study abroad option)

Required Technology Courses (9 hours)

Choose three courses (9 hours) from the following list:

MUSI 3341 - Introduction to Technology for Musicians 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4321 - Recording Technology 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4322 - Recording Portfolio 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4331 - Music Informatics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4341 - Computer Music I 3 Semester Credit Hours **
MUSI 4000 - Individual Studies in Music V1-3 Semester Credit Hours

Elective Courses (3 hours)

Choose one course from the following list:

MUSI 2301 - Essential Elements of Music 3 Semester Credit Hours †
MUSI 2309 - Survey of Popular Music 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours ††
MUHL 1308 - Music in Western Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours † (study abroad option)
MUHL 1309 - Introduction to Musical Cultures of the World 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 2304 - History of Jazz 3 Semester Credit Hours †
MUHL 2307 - Music and Globalization 3 Semester Credit Hours ††
MUHL 4300 - Special Topics in Music History and Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours *
MUTH 1301 - Music Theory Fundamentals 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4321 - Recording Technology 3 Semester Credit Hours #
MUCP 4322 - Recording Portfolio # 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4331 - Music Informatics I 3 Semester Credit Hours #
MUCP 4332 - Music Informatics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUCP 4341 - Computer Music I 3 Semester Credit Hours **#

Note:

* Offered in rotation. See advisor for currently available topics. Repeatable for credit with different topic designation.

** With permission of instructor

† fulfills Creative Arts core curriculum requirement

†† fulfills Creative Arts core and Multicultural requirements

# May choose if not taken as part of the Required Technology Courses

MUHL 4300

Available Topics for Music Minors

Note: These courses rotate and are not available each semester. See advisor for the current semester’s schedule.

Asian Pop Music
Charles Ives in His World
Classic Music
Frank Zappa
Great Musicians in Paris
Mozart and the Age of Revolution
Music and American Radical Politics
Music and Disability
Music and Nationalism
Music and the Contemplative Mind
Music in the US
Music of the African Diaspora
Music, Mysticism, and Magic
Musical Iconography
Musics of Latin America
Romantic Music
Shakespeare & Music
Symphonic Literature
The Music of Duke Ellington
World Music