MUSICA PRACTICA 4
Advanced strategies for composing, understanding, and writing about music.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MUSIC 221 and concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 272 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Write and harmonize short melodies using chords of the upper partials. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the character and function of different scales and modes used by some composers of the 20th century. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze atonal music using set theory. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the experience of listening to electronic music in light of their increasing knowledge of its construction. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compose short pop songs. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Write and harmonize short melodies using chords of the upper partials. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the character and function of different scales and modes used by some composers of the 20th century. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze atonal music using set theory. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the experience of listening to electronic music in light of their increasing knowledge of its construction. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compose short pop songs. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027