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IAH 241A - Creative Arts and Humanities: Music and Society in the Modern World (D)

The arts and humanities of the modern world through the prism of music. Music traditions and methodologies in their historic context. Relationship of music creativity to societies in which it has been produced.

Average Grade - 3.870
Median Grade - 4.0
27 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2014

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MUS 178 - Music Theory For Non Music Majors I

Basic components of both written and aural music. No previous musical knowledge assumed.

Average Grade - 3.684
Median Grade - 4.0
19 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2019

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MUS 287 - Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music

Project-based introduction to music composition using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for processing and mixing audio files and synthesizing sounds. Topics include the science of sound, recording techniques, the history of electroacoustic music, and critical listening skills.

Average Grade - 3.409
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2023

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MUS 291 - Selected Topics in Music

Topics selected and developed to enrich the music students educational experience beyond existing courses.

Average Grade - 3.955
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2016

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MUS 441 - Advanced Fixed Media Composition

Compose and present sound pieces for fixed media using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Emphasis on using technology to create form, gesture, timbre, and performance considerations including spatialization and electronic music notation. History and analysis of relevant historical electroacoustic works.

Average Grade - 3.841
Median Grade - 4.0
22 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2018

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MUS 442 - Advanced Techniques in Real Time Performance

Experience in live performance of electronic music. Topics include advanced sound synthesis in real time performance, advanced interactive electronics with instruments, spatialization, algorithmic composition, electronic instrument and interface design, installation, video and audio-visual performance practices

Average Grade - 3.458
Median Grade - 4.0
24 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2017

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MUS 483 - Composition

Private instruction in music composition.

Average Grade - 3.955
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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MUS 484 - Instrumentation and Basic Orchestration

Four families of orchestral instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Acoustics, notation, range, articulation, dynamics, technique, and timbre for individual instruments and orchestral sections.

Average Grade - 3.806
Median Grade - 4.0
72 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2023

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MUS 491 - Special Topics in Music

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings proposed by faculty for group study.

Average Grade - 3.412
Median Grade - 3.5
57 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2022

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MUS 877 - Scoring for Orchestra and Band

Theory and practice in scoring for orchestra and band.

Average Grade - 3.889
Median Grade - 4.0
45 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2020

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MUS 878 - Advanced Scoring for Orchestra and Band

Orchestra scoring from Bach to Boulez and band scoring from Sousa to Maslanka. Advanced scoring projects.

Average Grade - 3.708
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2017

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MUS 881 - Seminar in Composition

Study of contemporary music, with emphasis on compositional procedures.

Average Grade - 3.978
Median Grade - 4.0
45 total students

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MUS 891 - Special Topics

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings proposed by faculty on a group study basis for graduate students.

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
23 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2024

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MUS 978 - Analysis of Contemporary Music

Survey of analytical approaches to contemporary classical music

Average Grade - 3.818
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2016

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