Computer Science and Music, BS (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston129 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
Official catalog page for this program
Computer Science Overview
From the catalog
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:
- One of:
- One of:
Computer Science Fundamental Courses
From the catalog
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.
- CS 1800 — Discrete Structures
- All of:
- All of:
Computer Science Required Courses
- All of:
- All of:
- CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases
- One of:
Khoury Approved Electives
From the catalog
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
Complete 8 semester hours from within the following options:
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
Music Theory Placement
From the catalog
All students can take a music theory placement exam to place out of MUSC 1119. Students who place out of MUSC 1119 will substitute it with a general elective course.
- MUSC 1119 — Fundamentals of Western Music Theory
Music Theory
- MUSC 1201 — Music Theory 1
From the catalog
Music Theory Elective
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
Music in Context
- MUSC 1001 — Music in Everyday Life
From the catalog
Complete one course each from three of the four distinct Music in Context categories. No more than one may be at the 1000 level. At least one course must be at the 3000 level or higher.
Contemporary/Popular Music
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- MUSC 1112 — Jazz
- MUSC 1113 — Film Music
- MUSC 1138 — Taylor Swift: Music, Culture, and Creativity
- MUSC 1141 — Wired for Sound
- MUSC 2101 — Black Popular Music
- MUSC 2150 — Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
- MUSC 2310 — Popular Music Since 1945
- MUSC 2311 — Topics in American Music
- MUSC 2317 — Punk Rock
- MUSC 2320 — 40,000 Years of Music Technology
- MUSC 2336 — The Festival Experience
- MUSC 2340 — Divas, DJs, and Double Standards
- MUSC 2351 — Music, Sound, and the Screen
- MUSC 2355 — Music and Sports in American Culture
- MUSC 3352 — Sounding Human
- MUSC 3353 — Music and the Racial Imagination
- MUSC 3354 — Sound and the Sacred
- MUSI 3360 — Global Music Industries in Context
- MUSI 3401 — Hip Hop in the Music Industry
From the catalog
Creative
Complete one of the following 4-semester-hour courses or complete four 1-semester-hour ensembles and/or lessons from the list below:
- One of:
- MUSC 1301 — Introduction to Music Composition
- MUSC 2150 — Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
- MUSC 2209 — Conducting
- MUSC 2210 — Introduction to Songwriting
- MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1
- MUSC 2425 — Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage
- MUSC 3342 — Critical Listening for Producers
- MUSI 2232 — Music Production and Recording 1
- MUSI 5220 — The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being
- MUST 1220 — Introduction to Music Technology
- MUST 2320 — Sound Design
From the catalog
Ensembles and Lessons
Global Music/Ethnomusicology
- One of:
- INAM 1925 — Alexander Technique
- MUSC 1901 — Music Lessons 1
- MUSC 1902 — Music Lessons 2
- MUSC 1904 — Chorus
- MUSC 1905 — Concert Band
- MUSC 1906 — Orchestra
- MUSC 1907 — Wind Ensemble
- MUSC 1911 — Jazz Ensemble
- MUSC 1912 — Rock Ensemble
- MUSC 1913 — Blues/Rock Ensemble
- MUSC 1914 — Pop Music Performance
- MUSC 1915 — Chamber Ensemble
- MUSC 1917 — Jazz Choir and Combo
- MUSC 1918 — World Music Ensemble
- MUSC 1919 — Fusion Ensemble
- MUSC 1920 — Pep Band
- MUSC 1922 — Open Microphone Performance Workshop
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- MUSC 1128 — Music of Africa
- MUSC 2101 — Black Popular Music
- MUSC 2313 — Topics in Global Music Cultures
- MUSC 2316 — History of the Music Industry
- MUSC 2330 — Musical Communities of Boston
- MUSC 2331 — Topics in Musical Communities
- MUSC 3353 — Music and the Racial Imagination
- MUSC 3354 — Sound and the Sacred
- MUSC 3355 — Music, Noise, Silence
- MUSI 3210 — Music Tourism
- MUSI 3351 — Music and Social Justice
- MUSI 3360 — Global Music Industries in Context
- MUSI 3401 — Hip Hop in the Music Industry
From the catalog
Western Art Music
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
Music Electives
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete two additional courses in music (MUSC, MUSI, or MUST). At least one must be at the 2000 level or higher.
Music Capstone
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
If a computer science capstone is taken, complete one additional course in music (MUSC, MUSI, or MUST) at the 2000 level or higher.
- One of:
Integrative Course
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
Psychology Requirement
- PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
Mathematics Requirement
- MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
Computing and Social Issues
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- AFCS 2600 — Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
- CY 4170 — The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
- CY 5240 — Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
- One of:
- HIST 2220 — History of Technology
- INSH 2102 — Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
- JRNL 3700 — Data Storytelling
- PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
- SOCL 1280 — The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
- SOCL 2485 — Environment, Technology, and Society
- SOCL 4528 — Technology and Society
College Writing
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
- One of:
Plus 24 semester hours of general electives.
Substitutions
Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:
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