Physics and Music with Concentration in Music Technology, BS (Boston)

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Introductory Physics

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Physics 1

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • All of:
    • PHYS 1161 — Physics 1
    • PHYS 1162 — Lab for PHYS 1161
    • PHYS 1163 — Recitation for PHYS 1161
  • All of:
    • PHYS 1191 — Foundations of Theoretical Physics
    • PHYS 1192 — Lab for PHYS 1191
    • PHYS 1193 — Recitation for PHYS 1191

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  Physics 2

• All of:
  • PHYS 1165 — Physics 2
  • PHYS 1166 — Lab for PHYS 1165
  • PHYS 1167 — Recitation for PHYS 1165

Intermediate Physics

• PHYS 2303 — Modern Physics
• All of:
  • PHYS 2371 — Electronics
  • PHYS 2372 — Lab for PHYS 2371

Advanced Physics

• PHYS 3600 — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PHYS 3602 — Electricity and Magnetism 1
• PHYS 4115 — Quantum Mechanics
• PHYS 4305 — Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• PHYS 5318 — Principles of Experimental Physics

Mathematics

• MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
• MATH 1342 — Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
• MATH 2321 — Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering
• MATH 2341 — Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering

Music Theory Placement

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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 and Composition

• MUSC 1201 — Music Theory 1
• MUSC 1202 — Music Theory 2

• From the catalog

  Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • MUSC 2111 — Algebra and Geometry of Music
  • MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1
  • MUSC 2425 — Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage
  • MUSC 3300 — Music Perception and Cognition
  • MUSC 3541 — Music Analysis Seminar
  • MUST 2102 — Composing with Digital Technologies

Music in Context

• MUSC 1001 — Music in Everyday Life

Contemporary/Popular Music

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • 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

Music Technology

• MUSC 2350 — Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music
• MUST 1220 — Introduction to Music Technology
• MUST 2431 — Computer Music Fundamentals

Music Technology Electives

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • MUSC 4510 — Music and the Brain Research
  • MUST 3300 — Musical Interactions in Extended Reality
  • MUST 3601 — Digital Audio Signal Processing
  • MUST 3602 — Electronics for Music
  • MUST 3603 — Embedded Audio Programming
  • MUST 3973 — Special Topics in Music Technology
  • MUST 4600 — Digital Audio Signal Analysis
  • MUST 4610 — Composition for Electronic Instruments
  • MUST 5510 — Sound, Motion, and Computer Interaction
  • MUST 5520 — Data Sonification
  • MUST 5973 — Special Topics in Music Technology

Music Technology Capstone

• MUST 4611 — Music Technology Capstone

Integrative Course Requirement

• MUSC 2350 — Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music

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