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1 | MUSIC DEPARTMENT COURSE OFFERINGS | |||||||
2 | Instructions: | |||||||
3 | 1) ***Read the key below to help you digest the lingo used in this course offerings lists*** | |||||||
4 | 2) Find the tab with the quarter you're planning for at the bottom of the document | |||||||
5 | 3) Scroll down to your chosen major or minor track | |||||||
6 | 4) See which courses are being offered in your track, and what specific requirements they can satisfy | |||||||
7 | * Note that this course offerings list does not include Independent Study-style courses, like chamber ensembles and senior capstone projects | |||||||
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9 | Course number [catalogue number for the course] | Course title [catalogue title for the course] | Course type [see below] | Explanation of course type | Associated requirement(s) [see below] | Which type of requirement, or requirements, the course will fulfil. Certain courses can fulfill multiple types of requirments, and depends heavily on which major/minor track you're pursuing | Planned modality | GE Code |
10 | e.g. "MUSC XX" | e.g. "Music of YYY", "Introduction to ZZZ", etc | "Ensemble" | Covers all performing ensemble-style courses. Performing ensembles typicaly meet once or twice per week, and will largely focus on a specific repertoire in a fixed instrumentation, and will culminate in a performance at the end of the quarter. These courses are used to satisfy the core, elective and/or modular ensemble/workshop requirements for all of the major tracks, as well as the Jazz minor and Western Art Music minor. | "Core" | "Core" requirements are ones that all students in that major or minor track must take. | "Online - asynchronous" | |
11 | "Workshop" | Covers all performance practice workshop-style courses. Performance practice workshops are typically a bit more open-ended in repertoire and instrumentation than performing ensembles, and will mainly focus on teaching the foundational elements of a genre, style, or region. These courses are used to satisfy the core, elective and/or modular ensemble/workshop requirements for all of the major tracks, as well as the Electronic Music minor. | "Elective" | "Elective" requirements can often be fulfilled by multiple courses in the same series, or courses from different series. Make sure to reference your major/minor requirements sheet to see which types of courses fulfill electives for you track. | "Online - synchronous" | |||
12 | "Lesson" | Applied lessons provide individual or group instruction on a specific instrument. Students can choose between 30- and 60-minute weekly sessions to help them improve skills on an instrument, and build on work being done in other practical courses (like ensembles & workshops). | "Capstone" | "Capstone" courses are cumulative courses that Music majors will take towards the end of their time at UCSC. Capstone requirements differ depending on what your major track is, so make sure to reference your major requirements to sheet to see which courses are required for your Capstone work. | "In Person" | |||
13 | "History/culture - lower" | Lower-division history/culture courses are large lecture-style courses that carry either a survey/regional, or topical, focus, and typically also satisfy a General Education requirement. These courses are used to satisfy the lower-division requirements for the modules in the Contemporary Practices and Global Musics concentrations of the BA degree, as well as some of the lower-division requirements for our Music Minors. | "Module" (Contemporary Practices & Global Musics B.A. only) | Cont. Pract. students must satisfy the requirements for Module 1 (Global Art Musics), Module 2 (Contemporary/Experimental Musics), and Module 3 (Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation). Global Musics students must satisfy three of the following modules: Africa & the Americas Module, Asia Module, Contemporary/Experimental Music Module, Europe Module, Jazz Module, Popular Music Module, and World Musics Module. | "Hybrid" | |||
14 | "Theory - lower" | Preperatory and foundtaional theory courses, intended to be taken before certain upper-division courses, which may build off material learned in these courses. These courses are used to satisfy the core lower-division theory requirements for all of our major and minor tracks. | "Not required" | Students may not need this specific course for their major/minor track, but it could be a prerequisite for another elective/required course, an earlier course in a required series, or just generally recommended for students. | ||||
15 | "Keyboard skills" | Preparatory courses to help students learn the basics and techniques of the piano. Meant to be taken by students in lower-division theory courses, to aid in the absorption and application of material learned in those courses. | ||||||
16 | "History/culture - upper" | Upper-division history/culture courses are small seminars that focus in topical historical and/or musicological areas, and often build upon material presented in related lower-div history/culture lectures, and/or related ensembles & performance practice workshops. These courses are used to satisfy the upper-division core, elective and/or modular requirements for all of the major tracks, as well as the Jazz minor and Western Art Music minor. | ||||||
17 | "Theory - upper" | Advanced, often-topical theory courses, intended to be taken by upper-division students. Typically covers a specific pastiche or regional/cultural theory practice, and will sometimes include practical elements. These courses are used to satisfy the upper-division core, elective and/or modular requirements for all of the major and minor tracks. | ||||||
18 | "Composition" | Upper-division courses focusing specifically on the technique and practice of composition. Can include compositions seminars, as well as "toolkit" courses, intended to help students lay the groundwork for future composition (such as Orchestration and Conducting). These courses are used to satisfy the upper-division core, elective, and/or capstone requirements for all of the major tracks. | ||||||
19 | "Research" | Graduate-level courses that emphasize the pratice and concepts of musicological research. Often held in small seminar format, and include hefty reading & writing elements. These courses are used to satisfy the Graduate Research requirement for Global Musics concentration of the Music B.A. degree. |