Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
- NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), and Analyzing and Using Data (AD) are met through the major course requirements.
- NUpath requirements Differences and Diversity (DD) and Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) may be met through electives in the major.
- NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) must be met through general electives.
General Music Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| MUSC 1000 | Music at Northeastern | 1 |
| Music Theory Placement | ||
| 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 | 4 |
| Music Theory and Composition | ||
| MUSC 1201 | Music Theory 1 | 4 |
| MUSC 1202 | Music Theory 2 | 4 |
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Algebra and Geometry of Music | ||
| Music Composition Seminar 1 | ||
| Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage | ||
| Music Perception and Cognition | ||
| Music Analysis Seminar | ||
| Music in Context | ||
| Complete one from each of these categories: western art music, global music/ethnomusicology, contemporary/popular music, and creative. Of the courses from western art music, global music/ethnomusicology, contemporary/popular music, at least two must be at the 2000 level or higher. Courses may not double count across these areas. Many, but not all, music in context courses at the 2000 level or higher fulfill the writing-intensive in the discipline requirement. Please check writing-intensive status of courses as needed. | ||
| Introductory Class | ||
| MUSC 1001 | Music in Everyday Life | 4 |
| Western Art Music | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Topics in Western Music | ||
| What's Playing at Symphony? | ||
| Songs That Made History | ||
| 40,000 Years of Music Technology | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| Sounding Human | ||
| Global Music/Ethnomusicology | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Music of Africa | ||
| Black Popular Music | ||
| Topics in Global Music Cultures | ||
| History of the Music Industry | ||
| Musical Communities of Boston | ||
| Topics in Musical Communities | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Sound and the Sacred | ||
| Music, Noise, Silence | ||
| Music Tourism | ||
| Music and Social Justice | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Contemporary/Popular Music | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Jazz | ||
| Film Music | ||
| Taylor Swift: Music, Culture, and Creativity | ||
| Wired for Sound | ||
| Black Popular Music | ||
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | ||
| Popular Music Since 1945 | ||
| Topics in American Music | ||
| Punk Rock | ||
| 40,000 Years of Music Technology | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| Music, Sound, and the Screen | ||
| Music and Sports in American Culture | ||
| Sounding Human | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Sound and the Sacred | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Music Industry | ||
| Complete one of the following, as long as prerequisites have been met: | 4 | |
| Critical Listening for Producers | ||
| Introduction to Music Industry | ||
| Music Production and Recording 1 | ||
| Copyright in the Creative Industries | ||
| Music Technology Requirements | ||
| MUSC 2350 | Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music | 4 |
| MUST 1220 | Introduction to Music Technology | 4 |
| MUST 2102 | Composing with Digital Technologies | 4 |
| MUST 2431 | Computer Music Fundamentals | 4 |
| Music Technology Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Music and the Brain Research | ||
| Sound Design | ||
| Musical Interactions in Extended Reality | ||
| Digital Audio Signal Processing | ||
| Electronics for Music | ||
| Embedded Audio Programming | ||
| Special Topics in Music Technology | ||
| Digital Audio Signal Analysis | ||
| Composition for Electronic Instruments | ||
| Sound, Motion, and Computer Interaction | ||
| Data Sonification | ||
| Special Topics in Music Technology | ||
| Capstone | ||
| MUST 4611 | Music Technology Capstone | 4 |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Narrative Basics | ||
| Prototyping with Code and Lab for ARTG 2262 | ||
| Video: Sound and Image | ||
| Movement and Time | ||
| Experience and Interaction | ||
| Games and Society | ||
| Foundations of Game Design | ||
| The Politics of Narrative in Theatre and The Politics of Narrative in Theatre Seminar | ||
| Ethics in Creativity | ||
| Visual Storytelling in Journalism | ||
| Film 101 | ||
| Media, Culture, and Society | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Introduction to Technical Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Theatrical Design | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
Music Credit and Grade Requirements
Complete 72 semester hours in the major.
Students must maintain at least a 2.667 GPA (B– average) in the requirements of the major. Students who fail to meet the above standards will be placed on departmental probation; those who remain on probation for two consecutive semesters will be dropped from the major.
Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer Session A
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | CAMD elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| MUSC 1000 | 1 | MUSC 2350 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSC 1001 | 4 | Music in context course: Western | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 11191 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| MUST 1220 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| MUSC 1202 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective (Dialogue of Civilization possible) | 4 |
| MUST 2431 | 4 | Elective (online) | 4 | Elective (online) | 4 | Elective (Dialogue of Civilization possible) | 4 |
| Music in context course: Ethnomusicology | 4 | ||||||
| Music theory/composition elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| MUST 2102 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective (Dialogue of Civilization possible) | 4 |
| Music industry elective | 4 | Elective (Dialogue of Civilization possible) | 4 | ||||
| Music industry elective | 4 | ||||||
| Music technology elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ENGW 3314 | 4 | MUST 4611 | 4 | ||||
| Music technology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Music technology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||
Four Years, No Co-op
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| MUSC 1000 | 1 | MUSC 2350 | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1001 | 4 | Music in context: Western | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 11191 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MUST 1220 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| MUSC 1202 | 4 | Music in context: Contemporary | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| MUSC 2350 | 4 | Music theory/composition elective | 4 | ||||
| MUST 2102 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MUST 2431 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| Music in context: Ethnomusicological | 4 | CAMD elective | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| Music industry elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Music technology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Music technology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Music technology restricted elective | 4 | MUST 4611 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||
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Students who place out ofFundamentals of Western Music Theory (MUSC 1119) should take a General Elective instead.