Electronic Music Minor
The electronic music minor focuses on the study of creating music using the tools of modern technology. It is designed to complement the music major or programs in other media by providing instruction in advanced skills of audio production, sound synthesis, and computer-assisted composition.
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
One course from the following:
| MUSC11A | Introduction to Western Classical Music | 5 |
| MUSC11B | Introduction to Jazz | 5 |
| MUSC11D | Introduction to World Music | 5 |
| MUSC80P | Popular Music in the United States | 5 |
Plus all of the following courses:
| MUSC15 | Preparatory Musicianship | 5 |
| MUSC80C | History, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Take each of the following courses:
| MUSC123 | Electronic Sound Synthesis | 5 |
| MUSC124 | Intermediate Electronic Sound Synthesis | 5 |
| MUSC125 | Advanced Electronic Sound Synthesis | 5 |
Two quarters of:
One of the following:
| MUSC80L | Artificial Intelligence and Music | 5 |
| MUSC80R | Music in the Digital Age | 5 |
| PHYS80U
/MUSC 80U
| Physics and Psychophysics of Music | 5 |
| MUSC80Z | Laptop Music | 5 |
| FILM171A | Sound | 5 |
| THEA114 | Sound Design and Engineering for the Theater | 5 |
Or a similar music course that has a technical focus as approved by the department
One of the following:
| PHYS160 | Practical Electronics | 5 |
| ECE101 | Introduction to Electronic Circuits | 5 |
| ECE153 | Digital Signal Processing | 5 |
| ECE171 | Analog Electronics | 5 |
| CSE20 | Beginning Programming in Python | 5 |
| CSE5J | Introduction to Programming in Java | 5 |