Music (MUSC)
| Code | Title | SH | Usually offered | NUpath | Prerequisites | Recent instructors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC 1000 | Music at Northeastern | 1 | fall, spring | Hilary Poriss James Gutierrez | ||
| MUSC 1001 | Music in Everyday Life | 4 | fall, spring, summer | EI, IC | James Fei James Gutierrez Jeannette Jones Nalini Ghuman | |
| MUSC 1002 | Music in Everyday Life | 3 | EI, IC | |||
| MUSC 1003 | Lab for MUSC 1002 | 1 | ||||
| MUSC 1004 | Basics of Western Music Notation | 1 | fall, spring, summer | Allison Betsold Samuel Bradley | ||
| MUSC 1100 | Topics in Western Music | 4 | IC | |||
| MUSC 1111 | Rock Music | 4 | spring | IC | Junauro Landgrebe | |
| MUSC 1112 | Jazz | 4 | fall | DD, IC | Francesca Inglese Junauro Landgrebe | |
| MUSC 1113 | Film Music | 4 | fall, spring | EI, IC | Matthew McDonald Pierre-Valery Tchetgen Samantha Jones | |
| MUSC 1118 | Music Therapy 1 | 4 | fall, spring | Bryanna Tobin Kayla DALY | ||
| MUSC 1119 | Fundamentals of Western Music Theory | 4 | fall, spring, summer | EI | Anthony De Ritis Brian Robison Deborah Wanderley Dos Santos Hubert Ho Katherine Chan Samuel Bradley | |
| MUSC 1128 | Music of Africa | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1134 | Guitar Class | 4 | fall, spring, summer | EI | Robert Ward | |
| MUSC 1136 | What's Playing at Symphony? | 4 | fall | IC | Anthony De Ritis Bronwen McVeigh Hilary Poriss | |
| MUSC 1137 | Topics in Diverse Musical Cultures | 4 | DD, IC | |||
| MUSC 1138 | Taylor Swift: Music, Culture, and Creativity | 4 | IC | |||
| MUSC 1141 | Wired for Sound | 4 | IC | Anthony De Ritis | ||
| MUSC 1142 | Pop, Jazz, and Rock Singing | 4 | fall, spring | EI | Tisha Stadnicki | |
| MUSC 1201 | Music Theory 1 | 4 | fall, spring | EI |
| Brian Robison Hubert Ho Samuel Bradley |
| MUSC 1202 | Music Theory 2 | 4 | fall, spring |
| Matthew McDonald | |
| MUSC 1204 | Analyzing Popular Genres | 4 | fall |
| Robert Ward | |
| MUSC 1205 | Piano Class 1 | 4 | fall, spring | EI | Katherine Chan | |
| MUSC 1301 | Introduction to Music Composition | 4 | EI | |||
| MUSC 1901 | Music Lessons 1 | 1 | fall, spring, summer | Junauro Landgrebe | ||
| MUSC 1902 | Music Lessons 2 | 1 | fall, spring, summer | Junauro Landgrebe | ||
| MUSC 1903 | Composition Lessons | 1 | Junauro Landgrebe | |||
| MUSC 1904 | Chorus | 1 | fall, spring | Katherine Chan | ||
| MUSC 1905 | Concert Band | 1 | fall, spring | Allison Betsold | ||
| MUSC 1906 | Orchestra | 1 | fall, spring | Allen Feinstein Allison Betsold Evan Bennett | ||
| MUSC 1907 | Wind Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Allen Feinstein | ||
| MUSC 1911 | Jazz Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Joel Smith | ||
| MUSC 1912 | Rock Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Junauro Landgrebe | ||
| MUSC 1913 | Blues/Rock Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Junauro Landgrebe | ||
| MUSC 1914 | Pop Music Performance | 1 | fall, spring, summer | Tisha Stadnicki | ||
| MUSC 1915 | Chamber Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Evan Bennett Harry Hobbs Katherine Chan Mahima Kumara Tisha Stadnicki | ||
| MUSC 1917 | Jazz Choir and Combo | 1 | fall, spring | Tisha Stadnicki | ||
| MUSC 1918 | World Music Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Fernando Huergo | ||
| MUSC 1919 | Fusion Ensemble | 1 | fall, spring | Junauro Landgrebe | ||
| MUSC 1920 | Pep Band | 1 | fall, spring | Allison Betsold | ||
| MUSC 1922 | Open Microphone Performance Workshop | 1 | fall, spring | Tisha Stadnicki | ||
| MUSC 1923 | Chamber Orchestra | 1 | ||||
| MUSC 1975 | Short Topics in Musical Repertoire | 1 | ||||
| MUSC 1990 | Elective | 1–4 | ||||
| MUSC 2101 | Black Popular Music | 4 | DD, IC | Cliften Bonner-Desravines Nathaniel Braddock Olanrewaju Alaba Ilesanmi Pierre-Valery Tchetgen | ||
| MUSC 2105 | Songs That Made History | 4 | spring | EI, IC, WI | Bronwen McVeigh Francesca Inglese James Gutierrez | |
| MUSC 2111 | Algebra and Geometry of Music | 4 | fall | EI, FQ | Hubert Ho | |
| MUSC 2150 | Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | 4 | EI | Allen Feinstein | ||
| MUSC 2208 | Jazz Improvisation | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 2209 | Conducting | 4 | spring | EI | Katherine Chan | |
| MUSC 2210 | Introduction to Songwriting | 4 | fall, spring, summer | EI | Allen Feinstein Brian Robison Melissa Ferrick Natalia Zukerman Valerie Orth | |
| MUSC 2211 | Advanced Songwriting | 4 | EI | Melissa Ferrick | ||
| MUSC 2310 | Popular Music Since 1945 | 4 | IC, SI | Andrew Mall Samuel Bradley Zoë Lang | ||
| MUSC 2311 | Topics in American Music | 4 | fall | IC, WI | Matthew McDonald | |
| MUSC 2312 | Topics in Western Art Music | 4 | IC, WI | |||
| MUSC 2313 | Topics in Global Music Cultures | 4 | fall | DD, IC, WI | Francesca Inglese | |
| MUSC 2316 | History of the Music Industry | 4 | SI, WI | |||
| MUSC 2317 | Punk Rock | 4 | SI, WI | Andrew Mall | ||
| MUSC 2320 | 40,000 Years of Music Technology | 4 | fall | ER, SI, WI | James Gutierrez Jeannette Jones | |
| MUSC 2325 | Music and AI: Creativity, Culture, Commerce | 4 | EI, ER | |||
| MUSC 2330 | Musical Communities of Boston | 4 | spring | DD, SI, WI | Francesca Inglese Shannon Rose McAuliffe | |
| MUSC 2331 | Topics in Musical Communities | 4 | IC | |||
| MUSC 2336 | The Festival Experience | 4 | EX, SI | |||
| MUSC 2340 | Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | 4 | fall | DD, SI, WI | Hilary Poriss | |
| MUSC 2350 | Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music | 4 | fall, spring | ND | Hubert Ho | |
| MUSC 2351 | Music, Sound, and the Screen | 4 | spring | EI, IC | Matthew McDonald | |
| MUSC 2355 | Music and Sports in American Culture | 4 | IC, WI | |||
| MUSC 2380 | The World of Choral Music | 4 | EI, IC | |||
| MUSC 2420 | Music Composition Seminar 1 | 4 | EI, IC |
| Daniel Godfrey | |
| MUSC 2425 | Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage | 4 | fall | EI |
| Allen Feinstein |
| MUSC 2600 | Music for Your Health | 4 | ND | |||
| MUSC 2973 | Special Topics in Music | 4 | Chel Wong | |||
| MUSC 2990 | Elective | 1–4 | ||||
| MUSC 2991 | Research in Music | 1–4 | ||||
| MUSC 3300 | Music Perception and Cognition | 4 | fall | AD, ND | Alexander Belden Psyche Loui | |
| MUSC 3342 | Critical Listening for Producers | 4 | fall | AD | Doug Bielmeier | |
| MUSC 3352 | Sounding Human | 4 | IC, WI | |||
| MUSC 3353 | Music and the Racial Imagination | 4 | DD, SI, WI | Francesca Inglese | ||
| MUSC 3354 | Sound and the Sacred | 4 | DD, IC, WI | Andrew Mall | ||
| MUSC 3355 | Music, Noise, Silence | 4 | fall | DD, IC, WI | Francesca Inglese | |
| MUSC 3360 | Ethnography and the Arts | 4 | AD, SI, WI | |||
| MUSC 3410 | Recital 1 | 1 | fall, spring | Brian Robison Robert Ward | ||
| MUSC 3490 | Projects in Digital Sound | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 3541 | Music Analysis Seminar | 4 |
| Daniel Godfrey Matthew McDonald | ||
| MUSC 3973 | Special Topics in Music | 4 | Allen Feinstein | |||
| MUSC 3983 | Special Topics in Music Analysis | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 3990 | Elective | 1–4 | ||||
| MUSC 4510 | Music and the Brain Research | 4 | spring | AD, CE, ND | Kali Woodruff Carr Psyche Loui Susanne Jaeggi | |
| MUSC 4622 | Recital 2 | 1 | fall, spring |
| Brian Robison Robert Ward | |
| MUSC 4651 | Music Research Capstone | 4 | spring | CE, WI | Hilary Poriss | |
| MUSC 4970 | Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 | 1–4 | ||||
| MUSC 4990 | Elective | 1–4 | ||||
| MUSC 4992 | Directed Study | 1–4 | fall | Allen Feinstein Hilary Poriss Hubert Ho James Gutierrez Nalini Ghuman | ||
| MUSC 4994 | Internship | 4 | EX | |||
| MUSC 5973 | Special Topics in Music | 3–4 | ||||
| MUSC 6300 | Music Perception and Cognition Research | 4 | AD, ND | Psyche Loui | ||
| MUSC 6510 | Music and the Brain Advanced Research | 4 | spring | Psyche Loui Susanne Jaeggi |
Instructors are from recent scheduled terms; each course page shows them per season with student shares. Blank means no recent scheduled sections on record.