MUS 101Music, Culture, Context
This course explores our globalized musical present and the major forces (social, political, economic
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- 2025-2026
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Lafayette College · Courses
MUS
78 courses with the subject MUS, 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.
MUS 102Music in Western Civilization
The focus of this course is the development of music in the civilizations of Europe and Americ
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 103Introduction to World Music Traditions
An exploration of the history, styles, and performance practices of music of African, Asian, and Indian cul
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 104Music Technology I
This course explores the use of computers to compose and record music in a digital format using industry standard digital audio workstation sof
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 105Creating Your Own Music
Students will explore a variety of approaches to creating new music. Using samples and found sounds, as well as compositional planning, we will dev
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 106Road Trip: Mixtape
Every road has a sense of place, a collective sound identity, and a story. Through readings, maps, and the many musical styles th
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 109People's Liberation Music
Can music “model” alternate social realities? In this class we will compare musical collectives envisioned as utopian communities with ensembles that join(ed) protest movements, from the late 60’s to the current day. We
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 110Introduction to Music Theory
This course is an introduction to basic music theory and musicianship, including notation, keys, rhythm, meter, scales
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 121Music Theory I
This introductory course in music theory begins with a review of elemental concepts including pitch and
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 130Class Piano Laboratory
This course is intended for those students who wish to begin study of the piano, particularly thos
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 131Applied Class Voice for Aspiring Singers
Group Voice Class is applied voice lessons in a group setting for the individual who has an intere
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 141Applied Music Instruction
This is the primary course for students interested in private instrumental or vocal instruct
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 142Intensive Applied Music Instruction
This course is reserved for advanced students who have completed a minimum of two semesters of Music 141
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 150Concert Choir
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals a
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 151Jazz Ensemble
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals a
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 152Chamber Ensembles
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals a
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 153Orchestra
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals an
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 154Concert Band
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals a
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 155Jazz Combo
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals an
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 158Percussion Ensemble
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals a
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 159Contemporary Music Ensemble
The Lafayette College Contemporary Music Ensemble performs chamber and small ensemble music by composers who are living or have been ac
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 160Chamber Singers
This course is a performing ensemble designed to provide qualified vocalists with an opportunity to perfo
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 161Early Music Ensemble
Active participation in an approved musical ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals a
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 164Lafayette Latin American Music Ensemble
The Lafayette Latin American Music Ensemble performs a variety of styles of Latin American music including salsa, bolero,
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 170Theoretical Applications for Piano
The development of basic piano skills is an important building block in the comprehensive study of music. The p
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 201Music History and Literature: 1600-1915
This course surveys the music of the Western "cultivated" tradition from 1600-1915 (the "Baroque," "Classical,"
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 202Music History and Literature: 1915 to Present
This course examines music since 1915 through extensive listening. Course content includes a survey of Western art mu
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 204Music Technology II
This course is designed to further develop skills and applications of music technology as introduced in MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 208Audiodrama
We will use audio production tools to amplify the transformation of text into performance and performance into text. With close attention to audio plays,
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 210Digital Media Production
This course will equip you with the skills to produce, edit, and share engaging human stories through various forms of digital media content applicable to multiple professions
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 220The Impact of Technology on the Value of Music
This course delves into the complex ways in which technology has transformed the creation, distribution, and perception of music. By tracing the evolution from analog to digital form
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 222Music Theory II
This course continues the study of advanced diatonic harmonic practices, with correlated sight singing, ear
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 224Jazz Improvisation
This course is designed for students who have strong interests in jazz improvisation and performance. Students will expand thei
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 2261859: Charles Darwin, Richard Wagner and the Uses and Abuses of 19th Century Science
One-hundred-fifty years ago, Charles Darwin published his treatise on the origin of species, and Richard Wagner composed his opera Tr
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 231The Musical Culture of Japan
This course will introduce the principal musical traditions of Japan from ancient court music (Gagaku) to contemporary genres. Integ
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 231-239Selected Studies in World Music1
The goal of these courses is to explore the indigenous music of selected cultures and regions independent of Western common practice. Through guided listening performance activities and cultural analysis students experience both the aural landscape and the larger phenomenon of how music functions within culture. Possible topics include the musical culture of a region (e.g. Africa Asia Latin America) or a country (e.g. Japan China India). Descriptions are available through the department office and the Registrar's Office.
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 233The Music of West Africa
This course will explore the diversity of musical expression and related cultural traditions found in selected regions o
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 236Latin American Popular Music in the United States
This course focuses on the influence of Latin American and Caribbean popular music on the United States. Possible ar
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 240Women in Music
This course will examine outstanding musical achievements of women throughout history and in contemporary society. Women's global contri
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 249Introduction to Composition
This course introduces students to the processes and techniques of musical composition. Students will study major compositional techniques and
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 251259 Selected Studies in Music Theory and Analysis
Courses focus on an area of music theory, analysis, or composition. Possible topics include the theoretical concepts that und
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 251-259Selected Studies in Music Theory and Analysis1
Courses focus on an area of music theory, analysis, or composition. Possible topics include the theoretical concepts that underlie an era of school (e.g. the New Viennese School), a theoretical/ compositional discipline such as eighteenth-century counterpoint, or a special aspect of analysis such as form and structure in music. Descriptions of current offerings are available through the department office and the Registrar's Office. Lecture/discussion/ laboratory/listening.
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 255Music and the Brain: Neuroscience of Music
Recent scientific evidence indicates that the benefits of music extend to the brain. Further insights into how music affects the
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 260[Italian] Music and [Italian] Identity
In this course, we shall concentrate specifically on understanding Italian music during its "Golden Age" (1300-1900): the six centuries from the Middle Ages (
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 261269 Selected Studies in Music History and Literature
Possible topics include the historical development and the repertoire of an era or school" (e.g. the Baroque Era French Music Music in the United States
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 261-269Selected Studies in Music History and Literature1
Possible topics include the historical development and the repertoire of an era or school" (e.g. the Baroque Era French Music Music in the United States the History of Jazz). These courses typically investigate the master works and lives of the principal composers of the era as well as the social and musical concepts that influenced the period. Classes involve student presentations field trips and live and videotaped performances as well as sound recordings. Descriptions of current offerings are available through the department office and the Registrar's Office. Assigned listening. Lecture/laboratory."
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 262The Great American Songbook
A study of songs written by dozens of great composers and lyricists (Kern, Hammerstein, the Gershwins, Ro
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 263How Jazz Began
Explores the early history of jazz, America's principal contribution to world musical-culture. Considers jazz antecedents-the blues, ragtime-and origins in early twenti
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 264The Pianist as Story Teller
Whether it recollects a fond memory or inspires a future dream, the sounds of the piano often transport us. Each story
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 265Music in the Experience of African-Americans, 1650-1950: A History
A survey of music in the experience of African-Americans and peoples of African descent in the Caribbean, from the earliest historical source
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 266But What Did Florence Sound Like?
Florence occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination. It was the city of Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michel
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 271279 Selected Studies in Musical Forms and Genres
Possible topics include the historical development and literature of opera, the symphony, chamber music, vocal and choral music, music for keyboard instrument
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 271-279Selected Studies in Musical Forms and Genres1
Possible topics include the historical development and literature of opera, the symphony, chamber music, vocal and choral music, music for keyboard instruments, etc. These courses typically investigate the master works in a genre, the lives and contributions of composers in several areas, and the social, technological, and musical factors that have affected the development of that genre. Classes involve student presentations, field trips, and live and videotaped performances as well as sound recordings. Descriptions of current offerings are available through the department office and the Registrar's Office. Lecture/laboratory.
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- MUS
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 272Experiencing Opera
Opera is a theatrical genre where the text is sung throughout, and the music contributes indispensably to the work's dramatic and emotion
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 281289 Selected Studies of Great Composers
Topics include Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Stravinsky, to name a few. These courses investigate the master works in the important g
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 281-289Selected Studies of Great Composers1
Topics include Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Stravinsky, to name a few. These courses investigate the master works in the important genres, the life and musical development of the individual studied, and the social factors that affected the time period in which he/she lived. Classes involve student presentations, field trips, and live and videotaped performances as well as sound recordings. Descriptions of current offerings are available through the department office and the Registrar's Office. Lecture/laboratory.
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- MUS
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 290Ear Training and Aural Skills
This course is designed to improve the student's ability to recognize, notate, and reproduce vocally fundamen
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 292Synthesis and Sound Design
This course will explore the fundamentals of creating original sounds using analog and digital synthesis. We will begin with an ov
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 323Music Theory III
This course furthers the study of the "Common Practice Period" with chromatic language since the eighteenth century, with correla
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 324Twentieth Century Harmonic Practice
This course continues the study of chromatic harmony of post-Romanticism and begins the s
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 325Composition Seminar
This course is designed for advanced and highly motivated music theory students interested in writing music for ensembles or ind
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 340Orchestration
This course will study the techniques of instrumental and vocal ensembles. Basic topics,
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 351359 Special Topics
The detailed study of a composer, school, specific style or topic, employing more advanced analytical tools. Topics in past
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 351-359Special Topics1
The detailed study of a composer, school, specific style or topic, employing more advanced analytical tools. Topics in past years have included African-American music; Mozart: The Man, the Myth, the Music; history of jazz; the music of J. S. Bach. Topics for the following year are announced at spring registration. Classroom experiences are augmented by artist visits and field trips to suitable venues, for example, a jazz club or concert for the course on jazz history.
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- MUS
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- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 354Composition Seminar
This course is designed to be a continuation of Introduction to Composition. The seminar is open to students who wish to
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 360(Italian) Music and (Italian) Identity
In this course, we concentrate specifically on understanding Italian music during its "Golden Age" (1300-1900): the six centuries from the t
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 362War and Peace: Music of the 1960's
This course examines the social and political contexts for popular music in the 1960's. Students will explore the cultural conditi
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 363How Jazz Began
Explores the early history of jazz, America's principal contribution to world musical culture. Considers jazz antecedents-the blues, ragtime-and origins in early twen
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 365Music in the Experience of African-Americans, 1650-1950: A History
A survey of music in the experience of African-Americans and peoples of African descent in the Caribbean, from the earliest historical source
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 366But What Did Florence Sound Like?
Florence occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination. It was the city of Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michel
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 371Internship
Students majoring in music may wish to explore career opportunities by participating in an approved internship w
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- MUS
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- Edition
- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 372Experiencing Opera
Opera is a theatrical genre where the text is sung throughout, and the music contributes indispensably to the work's dramatic and emotion
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 380Junior/Senior Seminar
Advanced special topics studies emphasizing research in greater depth of a
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- MUS
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- Edition
- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 391392 Independent Study
Individual projects in musicology, theory, or composition, with emphasis on
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 391-392Independent Study1
Individual projects in musicology, theory, or composition, with emphasis on the bibliographical and analytical tools of music research or composition. Open to students with a strong background in music.
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- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 491492 Senior Project
Independent study of a selected problem in musicology, theory, or composition, with emph
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- MUS
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- 2025-2026.json
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 491-492Senior Project1
Independent study of a selected problem in musicology, theory, or composition, with emphasis on the bibliographical and analytical tools of music research, resulting in the completion of a project such as a research paper or a series of original compositions. Open only to senior music majors.
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- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 1
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- course
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
MUS 495-496Thesis1
Thesis/Honors independent study of a selected problem in musicology, theory, or composition, with emphasis on the bibliographical and analytical tools of music research, resulting in the completion of a project such as a research paper or a series of original compositions. Open only to senior music majors. Upon completion of MUS 496, the awarding of Departmental Honors is determined by successful defense of the thesis.
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- MUS
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2025-2026
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- lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com
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