Electronic Music Minor

The electronic music minor focuses on the study of creating music using the tools of modern technology. It is designed to complement the music major or programs in other media by providing instruction in advanced skills of audio production, sound synthesis, and computer-assisted composition.

Course Requirements

Lower-Division Courses Expand and Collapse

One course from the following: Expand and Collapse

MUSC 11A	Introduction to Western Classical Music	5
MUSC 11B	Introduction to Jazz	5
MUSC 11D	Introduction to World Music	5
MUSC 80P	Popular Music in the United States	5

Plus the following course: Expand and Collapse

MUSC 80C

History, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music

5

Music theory requirement Expand and Collapse

Students must take the Theory Placement Exam in order to test into the appropriate music theory course (MUSC 13, MUSC 14, or MUSC 30A). If a student places into MUSC 30A via the exam, they will satisfy the theory requirement. Students who place into MUSC 13 must complete this course and MUSC 14 to meet the theory requirement.

MUSC 14

Beginning Theory & Musicianship II

5

Upper-Division Courses Expand and Collapse

Take each of the following courses: Expand and Collapse

MUSC 123	Electronic Sound Synthesis	5
MUSC 124	Intermediate Electronic Sound Synthesis	5
MUSC 125	Advanced Electronic Sound Synthesis	5

Two quarters of the following courses: Expand and Collapse

MUSC 167	Workshop in Electronic Music	2
MUSC 167R	Recording Workshop	2

MUSC 167 can be repeated, but MUSC 167R can only be taken once.

One of the following: Expand and Collapse

MUSC 80L	Artificial Intelligence and Music	5
MUSC 80R	Music in the Digital Age	5
PHYS 80U /MUSC 80U	Physics and Psychophysics of Music	5
MUSC 80Z	Laptop Music	5
MUSC 81T	Fundamentals of Music Technology	2
FILM 171A	Sound	5
THEA 114	Sound Design and Engineering for the Theater	5

Or a similar music course that has a technical focus as approved by the department

One of the following courses: Expand and Collapse

CSE 20	Beginning Programming in Python	5
CSE 5J	Introduction to Programming in Java	5
PHYS 160	Practical Electronics	5
ECE 101	Introduction to Electronic Circuits	5
ECE 153	Digital Signal Processing	5
ECE 171	Analog Electronics	5

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The table below is for informational purposes and does not reflect all university, general education, and credit requirements. See Undergraduate Graduation Requirements for more information.

Two-Year Electronic Music Minor Plan

	Fall	Winter	Spring
1st	MUSC 80C	MUSC 123	MUSC 124
	CSE 20^	MUSC 14~
2nd	MUSC 125	MUSC 167 or 167R	MUSC 167
		MUSC 80L#	MUSC 11B*

^Satisfies programming requirement; can be replaced with CSE 5J, or other classes

~Satisfies music theory requirement; can be fulfilled by placing directly into MUSC 30A via the Theory Placement Exam

#Satisfies technical sound elective; can be replaced with MUSC 80R, MUSC 80U, MUSC 80Z, MUSC 81T, or other classes

*Satisfies the MUSC 11/MUSC 80P requirement; can be replaced with MUSC 11A, MUSC 11D, or MUSC 80P

General Education (GE) Codes

The MUSC 11/80P requirement will satisfy one of the following GE codes, depending on which course the student chooses to take: MUSC 11A - IM; MUSC 11D - CC; MUSC 11B & MUSC 80P - ER.

MUSC 167 satisfies the PR-C code GE requirement.

Students must complete all other general education requirements.