Sample Curriculum

Sample 4 Year Plan
Sample 5 Year Plan
Dual Major with Computer Science
NEU Course Descriptions





For official detailed information on Music Technology curriculum please see the catalog site maintained by the university registrar. New and perspective students should choose the most recent catalog. Current students can check their progress by doing a degree audit at the undergraduate student portal. Also note that as of Fall, 2009, entering students will have the option to Coop starting in the spring of their third and fourth years.

Sample 5 Year Plan
BS in Music with Concentration in Music Technology


MDS 328   BS Music    Div B    Concentration in Music Technology

YEAR 1
Yr 1 FL College: An Introduction  
Yr 1 FL MUST 1220 Music and Technology 1  
Yr 1 FL MUSC 1201 Music Theory 1/ MUSC 1241 Musicianship 1  
Yr 1 FL MUSC 1903 Composition Lessons  
Yr 1 FL College Writing  
Yr 1 FL Analytical Math Level 1  
  Semester Subtotal: 19 SH  
     
Yr 1 SP MUSC 1202 Music Theory 2/ MUSC 1242 Musicianship 2  
Yr 1 SP MUST 1221 Music and Technology 2  
Yr 1 SP MUSC 1250 Instrumentation and Notation  
Yr 1 SP MUSC 1903 Composition Lessons  
Yr 1 SP MUSC 2308 Principles of Music Literature     
Yr 1 SP Music Ensemble  
  Semester Subtotal: 19 SH  
     
Yr 1 S1 VACATION  
  Semester Subtotal: None  
     
Yr 1 S2 VACATION  
  Semester Subtotal: None  

YEAR 2
Yr 2 FL

MUSC 2303 Music Theory 3 / MUSC 2343 Musicianship 3

 
Yr 2 FL

MUSC 2312 Historical Trad 2: Classical

 
Yr 2 FL

MUST 3420 Music Composition Seminar

 
Yr 2 FL

MUST 3421 Digital Audio

 
Yr 2 FL

Music Ensemble  

 
  Semester Subtotal: 17 SH  
     
Yr 2 SP MUSC 1903 Composition Lessons  
Yr 2 SP Music Tech Elective  
Yr 2 SP MUSC 2311 Historical Trad 1: America  
Yr 2 SP MUSC 2304 Music Theory 4/ MUSC 2344 Musicianship 4  
Yr 2 SP Analytical Math Level 2  
  Semester Subtotal: 17  
     
Yr 2 S1 VACATION  
  Semester Subtotal: None  
     
Yr 2 S2 VACATION  
  Semester Subtotal: None  

YEAR 3
Yr 3 FL MUST 2315 History of Electronic Music OR, in alternate years  
  MUSC 3560 Music since 1900  
Yr 3 FL Free elective  
Yr 3 FL MUST 3422 Music Composition Seminar II  
Yr 3 FL MUSC 3541 Music Analysis Seminar  
Yr 3 FL Professional Develop Development Coop (if elected)  
  Semester Subtotal: 17 SH  
     
Yr 3 SP CO-OP (if elected)    
  Semester Subtotal: None  
     
Yr 3 S1 CO-OP  (if elected)    
  Semester Subtotal: None  
     

YEAR 4
Yr 4 FL Science / Tech Level 1  
Yr 4 FL Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
Yr 4 FL MUSC 1903 Composition Lessons  
Yr 4 FL MUSC 3560 Music since 1900 OR, in alternate years  
  MUST 2315 History of Electronic Music  
Yr 4 FL MUST 4520 Interactive Real-Time Performance  
  Semester Subtotal: 17 SH  
     
Yr 4 SP CO-OP (if elected)  
  Semester Subtotal: None  
     
Yr 4 S1 CO-OP (if elected)  
  Semester Subtotal: None  
     
Yr 4 S2 VACATION  
  Semester Subtotal: None  

YEAR 5
Yr 5 FL MUSC 1903 Composition Lessons  
Yr 5 FL MUST 4610 Composition for Electronic Instruments  
Yr 5 FL Social Science Level 1  
Yr 5 FL Free Elective  
Yr 5 FL Level 2 Elective outside the major  
  Semester Subtotal: 17 SH  
     
Yr 5 SP MUST 4611 Music Tech Capstone/Senior Recital  
Yr 5 SP MUSC 2313 Historical Trad 3: World  
Yr 5 SP Free Elective  
Yr 5 SP Free Elective  
  Semester Subtotal: 16 SH  
  Program Total: 139  
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Questions, contact:
Dennis Miller, Director,
Music Technology program
de.miller@neu.edu