133 courses with the subject MUSC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:VariesThis course is intended for any student who would like to learn how to sing. Students will learn the basics of vocal technique and be equipped with practical skills to improve their own singing.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableAnalytical and creative study of contemporary musical composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3This course explores musical processes including performance, improvisation, and composition. Students will learn how to play an instrument (including guitar, ukulele, classroom instruments, drum set, and/or piano) and write original music (with instruments and/or relevant software, like GarageBand). Not open to music majors.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:1The study of the fundamentals of music, including standard staff notation, simple and compound meter, spelling triads, and simple harmonic progressions. The skills in this course are required for MUSC 200. Does not fulfill any requirement for the music major or music minor.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3An examination of various types of western music in cultural and historical context; topics range from classical to jazz, American popular music, and the avant-garde. Students may not take both MUSC 122 and MUSC 123. Does not fulfill any requirement for the music major or music minor.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Examination of music's basic characteristics (rhythm, timbre, etc.) and processes (improvisation, performance, composition, etc.). Musics studied may include traditional, classical, contemporary, and popular styles from around the world, including the United States. Students may not take both MUSC122 and MUSC123. Does not fulfill any requirement for the music major/music minor.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3The course will examine the origins, development, and diverse styles of jazz, including study of artists, movements, and technologies that have shaped and continue to influence the history of jazz.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3A survey of principal style periods in American popular music from ca. 1840 to the present.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3A survey of rock music's history, development and culture. Includes exploration of changes in the music industry and the roll of technology in shaping rock music styles.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3This course provides basic foundations in the discipline of music teaching, learning, and pedagogy to students within the context of music education in the United States. Intended for students in the B.Mus. (Music Education, Vocal Performance) and B.A. (Music) majors.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:2An introductory course in string instruments. Intended for Bachelor of Music and Music Education students.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:2An introductory course in woodwind instruments. Intended for Bachelor of Music and Music Education students.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:2An introductory course in brass instruments. Intended for Bachelor of Music and Music Education students.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:2An introductory course in percussion instruments. Intended for Bachelor of Music and Music Education students.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:2An introductory course in voice pedagogy. Intended for Bachelor of Music and Music Education students.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:2; RepeatableA requirement for MUED, MUVP, BAPF, and BACC majors. Functional keyboard skills including harmonization, transposition, and improvisation. Students will register for the course each semester until it is completed successfully. Failure to complete the requirement will prevent a student from continuing in the degree program.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:.5,Other:.5; RepeatableA group class to cover additional material that will enhance the information in your applied voice studio. This course is for all BA, BAPF, BM and MuED voice majors in addition to voice lessons. Corequisite for MUSC 172, MUSC 272 or MUSC 372. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual piano lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual organ lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Common Hour:1; RepeatableIndividual voice lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual violin lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual viola lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual violoncello lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual string bass lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual flute lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual clarinet lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual oboe lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual bassoon lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual saxophone lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual lessons in advanced techniques for Balinese music. Students may study gender wayang, reyong, kendang, and/or suling. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual cornet/trumpet lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1; RepeatablePrivate study focusing on contemporary and extended vocal techniques.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual French horn lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual trombone lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual tuba lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual baritone horn lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual guitar lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual percussion lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual harp lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual lessons in improvisation. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:1Study of diatonic triads and dominant seventh chords, progressions, cadences, secondary dominants, diatonic modulation, musical forms, orchestration, and score reading. This course is open to students who have successfully completed MUSC 121 (Fundamentals of Music Theory) or who have demonstrated requisite knowledge on the department's Theory Placement Assessment.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:1Chromatic harmony, modulations, a study of basic classical and romantic forms. Includes ear training, keyboard harmony, and sight singing. Prerequisite: MUSC 200.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:1An in-depth study of major compositional techniques from approximately 1910 to the present. Class requires advanced knowledge of the Sibelius notation program. Prerequisite: MUSC 200 or MUSC 201.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Study of the language of improvisation and analysis of techniques used by composers and arrangers throughout jazz history. Emphasis placed on original creative work and music in the style of historically important figures. Prerequisite: MUSC 200 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as MUSC 603.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Examining the interplay of social and environmental issues in various forms of traditional and popular music, this class asks: what can we learn by attending to music making at a time that increasingly feels like the end of the world?.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3What can musical instruments teach us about philosophies of technology, traditional cultural practices and issues of race, gender, class and environment? This course investigates Bucknell’s collection of rare instruments as more than mere tools, yielding insights into ethical, musical, cultural and philosophical issues related to these important items.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAnalytical and creative study of contemporary musical composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAnalytical and creative study of contemporary musical composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableAnalytical and creative study of contemporary musical composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3What is music—sound waves? live performances? streaming audio code? a conductor’s score? What distinguishes music from noise? Is music something uniquely human? This course explores how a historically and geographically diverse array of intellectual traditions have grappled with such questions, enlisting the insights of philosophers, composers and Indigenous thinkers to sound out the ethical, conceptual and political issues music raises. Crosslisted as PHIL 215.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3An introduction to the design and development of music software. Students will develop music generating, processing, and compositional tools using contemporary programming language.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3The course explores the art, processes, and techniques used in the mixing and production of popular music through focused study and firsthand practice and creation. The goal of the course is to help students gain the artistic and technical skills necessary to create and produce recorded music.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:2An Art Song Literature course that covers an introductory survey of representative art song vocal repertoire of Germany, France, Italy, the British Isles and the United States. This course will require performance, either by piano or voice, of the literature covered. Prerequisite: music department only. Not open to first-year students.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:1,Other:1; RepeatableStudents will explore the laptop as a performing instrument and will be immersed in the performance and practice of "classical," contemporary, and improvisatory electro-acoustic music.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3The course explores the artistic tools and techniques used to compose for film, video games, and other media. Students will create music for visual media primarily through technologies used throughout the media scoring industry. The course is open to students of all levels.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:3This course prepares prospective teachers for teaching students with diverse needs through the exploration of the ways in which curriculum, instruction and assessment may be adapted. Prerequisite: MUSC 135 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:3This course prepares prospective teachers to effectively engage English Language Learners through the exploration of various concepts, tools, and methods for modifying content for successful student learning. EDUC 375 may be substituted for this course.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:1.5A survey of music technology. Topics include recording technology, digital audio, spectral analysis and synthesis, MIDI/OSC, sequencing, sampling, computer music languages, and synthesis techniques.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:3In this course, music education majors develop knowledge and skills necessary for successful pre-K-12 music teaching within the context of music education in the United States. Topics include curricular design, philosophical foundations, assessment strategies, and various methodologies. Prerequisite: MUSC 135.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:3,Other:2Intended for music education majors having a choral emphasis. Elementary and secondary school choral methods and materials. Program pedagogy and administration.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:3,Other:2Intended for music education majors having an instrumental emphasis. Orchestral, concert, marching, and jazz band repertoire. Elementary and secondary school methods and materials. Program administration.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3A critical examination of musicians, movements, and cultural intersections within the development of jazz. Crosslisted as CBST 248.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3An introduction to the study of music in cross-cultural perspective. Examines various musics' sounds, contexts, and meanings through several intersecting themes: identity, ritual, dance, etc.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3A survey of western European art music from Gregorian chant to Beethoven.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3A survey of western European art music from the early 19th century to the present. When possible, MUSC 252 should be taken before enrolling in MUSC 253.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Explores music-making practices in selected parts of Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and North America. Examines relationship between musical styles, creative processes, and cultural contexts.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3A study of popular music in selected national and historical settings.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3A thorough examination of historically important musicians and movements within the context of race and culture. Crosslisted as CBST 257.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3An examination of music and identity formation among various cultural and religious groups in selected periods of United States history.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3Standard beat patterns, basic conducting problems, analysis of instrumental and choral scores. Prerequisite: MUSC 200.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; RepeatableNon music majors may receive .25 credit per ensemble (maximum of .5 credit per semester, limit of two full-course credits in all). Music majors audit ensembles. Audition or permission of the instructor may be required for first-time members. 01-Symphonic Band, 02-Orchestra, 03-University Choir, 05-Voice Lab, 06-Handbells, 07-Jazz Band, 08-Gamelan.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3An examination of the processes through which musical repertoire is transmitted between people, generations, and/or cultures. Assessing the challenges and opportunities of musical transmission in the contemporary context of globalization, topics range from oral traditions to the impact of the recording industry, from documentation/repatriation of endangered traditions to digital sampling.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual piano lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual organ lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Common Hour:1; RepeatableIndividual voice lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual violin lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual viola lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual cello lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual string bass lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual flute lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3An exploration of improvised jazz including the elements of harmony, form and styles. Students will perform in class. No prior jazz experience necessary.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual clarinet lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual oboe lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual bassoon lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual saxophone lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual lessons in advanced techniques for Balinese music. Students may study gender wayang, reyong, kendang, and/or suling. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual cornet/trumpet lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1; RepeatablePrivate study focusing on contemporary and extended vocal techniques. Level 2.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual french horn lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual trombone lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual tuba lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual baritone horn lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual guitar lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual percussion lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual harp lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual lessons in improvisation.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:1Diction course that covers an introductory survey of representative vocal art song repertoire of Germany, France, Italy, the British Isles and the United States concurrent with learning the International Phonetic Alphabet and how to apply it to a variety of languages.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableAnalytical and creative study of contemporary musical composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3This course explores music that has been created to advance the goals of social justice movements in various cultures and time periods. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3This course provides student teachers in music with the opportunity to refine their teaching practices through guided reflection, discussion, reading, writing, and various other activities. Corequisite: EDUC 439. Prerequisite: MUSC 235.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1.5; RepeatableCovers performance-related issues including collaboration, memorization, performance anxiety, wellness, and music cognition. Students will be able to perform in master classes with visiting artists. Open to music majors; others by permission.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:2Examines a wide range of repertoire and pedagogical approaches as one element of the holistic training for students studying music and performance. Open to music majors; others by permission.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:2You have an idea — a podcast, a product, a performance series — but never the structure, money or permission to build it. This course gives you all three. Over 14 weeks, take your project from sketch to launch: plan, budget, pitch and find the audience for what you're making. All majors, all colleges welcome.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableSpecial projects (typically independent studies) undertaken with the approval of a Music faculty member and the Department Chair.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced critical study of repertoires, performance practices, performers, composers, and patrons from selected musical cultures and style periods prior to ca. 1800. May be repeated for credit when topics differ.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced studies in topics pertaining to performance and literature, theory and analysis, or forms and genres of the 19th century. May be repeated for credit when topics differ.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced studies in topics pertaining to performance and literature, theory and analysis, composition and technology, or forms and genres of the 20th or 21st centuries. May be repeated for credit when topics differ.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Introduction and survey of art song literature for solo voice and piano/guitar from Spain and Latin America from the Baroque through 21st century with an emphasis on poetic settings, style, and the genre's place within the Western art song canon. Course includes in-class performances.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableA W2 course designed to facilitate intensive research and writing on a music topic of the student's choice. Prerequisites: one MUSC course and topic for research project and permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3Advanced baton technique, rehearsal methods, and score analysis. Prerequisites: MUSC 259 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual piano lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual organ lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Common Hour:1; RepeatableIndividual voice lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual violin lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual viola lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual cello lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual string bass lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual flute lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual clarinet lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual oboe lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual bassoon lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual saxophone lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual lessons in advanced techniques for Balinese music. Students may study gender wayang, reyong, kendang, and/or suling. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual cornet/trumpet lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1; RepeatablePrivate study focusing on contemporary and extended vocal techniques. Level 3.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual French horn lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual trombone lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual tuba lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableIndividual baritone horn lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual guitar lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual percussion lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableIndividual harp lessons. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; RepeatableStudio lessons in improvisation.
Source: Bucknell University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
