MUSIC 1A:
Music, Mind, and Human Behavior
An introductory exploration of the question of why music is a pervasive and fundamental aspect of human existence. The class will introduce aspects of music perception and cognition as well as anthropological and cultural considerations.
Last offered: Winter 2010
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 1SI:
Introduction to Indian Classical Music
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
MUSIC 4SI:
Interactive Introduction to North American Taiko
Taught by Stanford Taiko members. Techniques and history. No experience necessary. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 5G:
Introduction to Guzheng
Introduction to Chinese music through learning how to play guzheng, a 21-stringed traditional Chinese instrument. The cultural, social, and historical significance of guzheng. 15 guzheng techniques, how to read Chinese music and guzheng notation, and two simple classic guzheng pieces. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. (AU)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 6A:
From Gamelan to Kabuki: Musical Traditions of Far East Asia
Introduction to the musical traditions of Far East Asia. Study of prominent examples from diverse regions with an emphasis on Indonesia, China and Japan. Exploration of ethnic, social, cultural, and global perspectives. Survey of instruments and ensembles in a wide range of performance contexts, from sacred rituals to secular dance and theater. Traditional genres and their impact on contemporary composers. No musical background required. Lectures, listening to live and recorded music, attendance of a concert, video screenings.
Last offered: Autumn 2009
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 7B:
Musical Cultures of the World
An overview of selected musical cultures from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Course objectives: cultivate an appreciation for the diversity of human musical expression; discover how music is used to shape social interactions and systems of meaning; develop active listening skills that can be used when encountering any music; gain a preliminary understanding of ethnomusicological concepts and vocabulary. No musical experience is necessary. Class format: Lecture, discussion, listening, guest performances, musical participation, and a concert analysis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
MUSIC 7SI:
Beatles: Here, There, and Everywhere
The Liverpool Four from their humble origins to international superstardom and beyond. The evolution of the Beatles album-by-album; the music and the social and cultural influences that shaped it. Post-Beatles trajectories.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
MUSIC 8A:
Rock, Sex, and Rebellion
Development of critical listening skills and musical parameters through genres in the history of rock music. Focus is on competing aesthetic tendencies and subcultural forces that shaped the music. Rock's significance in American culture, and the minority communities that have enriched rock's legacy as an expressively diverse form. Lectures, readings, listening, and video screenings.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
MUSIC 10AX:
Sound Art
The course will explore the use of sound as a medium for artistic expression, from recording and manipulating environmental sounds to studio-created and processed sounds and musical instrument recordings. We will study the physics of sound, how sound is perceived, how to record and manipulate sound, and how to combine all of this knowledge into the creation of sound art. Instruction will include using portable sound recorders, using the recording studio, and how to think about sound as a medium of expression. A final project will combine these elements in the creation of a presentation of the works we produce in the class.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 12A:
Introductory Piano Class
(A=level 1; B=level 2; C=level 3)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 12B:
Introductory Piano Class
(A=level 1; B=level 2; C=level 3)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 12C:
Introductory Piano Class
(A=level 1; B=level 2; C=level 3.) May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 13Q:
Classical Music and Politics: Western Music in Modern China
Preference to sophomores. Social history, cultural studies, China studies, international relations, and music. From the Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci who presented a clavichord to the Chinese emperor to the emergence of a modern generation of Chinese musicians.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
MUSIC 16N:
Music, Myth, and Modernity: Wagner's Ring Cycle and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (GERLIT 16N)
Preference to freshmen. Roots of Wagner's operatic cycle and Tolkien's epic trilogy in a common core of Norse, Germanic, and Anglo-Saxon mythology. The role of musical motive and characterization in Wagner's music dramas and the film version of Tolkien's trilogy. Music as a key element in the psychological, political, and cultural revision of ancient myth in modern opera and film.
Last offered: Spring 2010
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
MUSIC 17N:
The Operas of Mozart
Preference to freshmen. Four of Mozart's mature operas, the earliest works in the operatic repertoire never to go out of fashion. What accounts for this extraordinary staying power? Focus on the history of their composition, performance, and reception, and their changing significance from Mozart's time to the present.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 17Q:
Perspectives in North American Taiko
Preference to sophomores. Taiko, or Japanese drum, is a newcomer to the American music scene. Emergence of the first N. American taiko groups coincided with increased Japanese American activism, and to some it is symbolic of Japanese American identity. N. American taiko is associated with Japanese American Buddhism. Musical, cultural, historical, and political perspectives of taiko. Hands-on drumming. Japanese music and Japanese American history, and relations among performance, cultural expression, community, and identity.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-CE, WAY-EDP
MUSIC 18A:
Jazz History: Ragtime to Bebop, 1900-1940
From the beginning of jazz to the war years.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 18B:
Jazz History: Bebop to Present, 1940-Present
Modern jazz styles from Bebop to the current scene. Emphasis is on the significant artists of each style.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 19:
Introduction to Music Theory
For non-music majors and Music majors or minors unable to pass the proficiency test for entry to MUSIC 21. The fundamentals of music theory and notation, basic sight reading, sight singing, ear training, keyboard harmony; melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation. Skill oriented, using piano and voice as basic tools to develop listening and reading skills.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 20A:
Jazz Theory
Introduces the language and sounds of jazz through listening, analysis, and compositional exercises. Students apply the fundamentals of music theory to the study of jazz. Prerequisite: 19 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 20B:
Advanced Jazz Theory
Approaches to improvisation through listening and transcribing, and developing familiarity with important contributors to this music. Topics: scale theory, altered dominants, and substitute harmony. Prerequisite: 20A or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 20C:
Jazz Arranging and Composition
Jazz arranging and composition for small ensembles. Foundation for writing for big band. Prerequisite: 20A or consent of instructor.
Last offered: Winter 2010
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 21:
Elements of Music I
Preference to majors. Introduction to tonal theory. Practice and analysis. Diatonic harmony focusing on melodic and harmonic organization, functional relationships, voice-leading, and tonal structures. Ear-training and keyboard-harmony skills; analytical methods and listening strategies.Enrollment limited to 40. Prerequisites: (1) Piano Proficiency Exam (must be passed within the first two weeks of the term) or MUSIC 12A (may be taken concurrently); (2) Passing grade on a basic musical skills proficiency examination on the first day of class or MUSIC 19.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 22:
Elements of Music II
Preference to majors. Introduction to chromatic harmony focusing on secondary functions, modulations, harmonic sequences, mode mixture, and the Neapolitan, and augmented sixth chords. Analysis of musical forms and harmonizations complemented by harmonic and melodic dictation, sight singing, and other practical skills. Prerequisites: (1) MUSIC 21; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or MUSIC 12B (may be taken concurrently).
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 23:
Elements of Music III
Preference to majors. Continuation of chromatic harmony, complex forms, and introduction to early 20th-century techniques. Satisfactory passage of ear-training proficiency exam, part of the course's final, is a requirement for course completion and for continuation in the major sequence. Prerequisites: (1) MUSIC 22; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or MUSIC 12C (may be taken concurrently).
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 32N:
Sculpting with Sounds, Images, and Words
Preference to freshmen. Contemporary culture abounds in multimedia forms, in which sounds, images and words are interwoven in unique ways. What are their individual and combined powers? How would you harness them? Participants face these questions in creative projects as well as through in-class viewing, analysis and debates, readings, guest lectures and student presentations. The seminar is taught at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics where students have access to new media technologies.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
MUSIC 35N:
A Union of Diversities: Charles Ives and American Musical Traditions (AMSTUD 35N)
Preference to freshmen. The life and work of Charles Ives, and the polarized reception his compositions received. Music includes Ives' Victorian songs and his symphonic works; his philosophical and political writings, historic recordings, oral and photographic histories, and live performances. Hands-on work with original manuscripts and editions. Recommended: ability to read music.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 38N:
Singing Early Music
Preference to freshmen. 15th- and 16th-century musical repertories and their contexts; performance practice.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
MUSIC 40:
Music History to 1600
Pre- or corequisite: 21.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 41:
Music History 1600-1830
Pre- or corequisite: 22.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 42:
Music History Since 1830
Pre- or corequisite: 23.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 65A:
Voice Class I
Group (7 students to a section) beginning voice for the non-major (A = level 1; B = level 2). May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 65B:
Voice Class II
Group (7 students to a section) beginning voice for the non-major (A = level 1; B = level 2). May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 72A:
Intermediate Piano Class
For intermediate students. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. Prerequisites: 12C or equivalent, audition.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 72B:
Organ Class
For beginning organ students who have keyboard skills. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 72C:
Harpsichord Class
For beginning harpsichord students who have keyboard skills. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 72D:
Jazz Piano Class
By invitation only; priority to majors and jazz-ensemble participants. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 73:
Intermediate Voice Class
For intermediate students. Admission by audition. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 74C:
Classical Guitar Class
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 74D:
Harp Class
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 75B:
Renaissance Wind Instruments Class
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 76:
Brass Instruments Class
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 77:
Percussion Class
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 11N:
A View from the Podium: The Art of Conducting
How a conductor interprets music, realizes a personal vision through the rehearsal process, and communicates with orchestra and audience. Conducting as based on human communication skills. How to apply these lessons to other fields of endeavor.
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 121:
Analysis of Tonal Music
Complete movements, or entire shorter works of the 18th and 19th centuries, are analyzed in a variety of theoretical approaches. Prerequisites: 23 or consent of instructor; and pass the ear-training and piano-proficiency examinations.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 122A:
Renaissance and Baroque Counterpoint
Analysis and composition of contrapuntal styles from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Use of keyboard, ear training, and sight singing underlies all written work. Prerequisites: 23 and successful completion of the ear-training and piano-proficiency examinations.
Last offered: Spring 2010
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 122B:
Harmonic Materials of 19th Century
Analysis of 19th-century music, with compositional exercises based on 19th-century models. Prerequisites: 23 or consent of instructor; and pass the ear-training and piano-proficiency examinations.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 122C:
Introduction to 20th-Century Composition
Contemporary works, with emphasis on music since 1945. Projects in free composition based on 20th-century models. Prerequisites: 23 or consent of instructor; and pass the ear-training and piano-proficiency examinations.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 123:
Undergraduate Seminar in Composition
Current trends in composition. May be repeated for credit a total of 7 times. Prerequisites: Music major; 23 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 24 units total)
MUSIC 125:
Individual Undergraduate Projects in Composition
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. Prerequisites: music major, and one quarter of 123.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 126:
Introduction to Thoroughbass
The development of continuo techniques and skills for figured-bass realization. Performance and analysis of selected repertoire, using thoroughbass principles and exercises based on historical theoretical treatises. Prerequisite: 21.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
MUSIC 127:
Instrumentation and Orchestration
Individual instruments, instrumental groups within the orchestra, and combinations of groups. Arrangements from piano to orchestral music. Score analysis with respect to orchestration. Practical exercises using chamber ensembles and school orchestra. Prerequisite: 23.
Last offered: Autumn 2009
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
MUSIC 128:
Stanford Laptop Orchestra: Composition, Coding, and Performance (CS 170)
Classroom instantiation of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) which includes public performances. An ensemble of more than 20 humans, laptops, controllers, and special speaker arrays designed to provide each computer-mediated instrument with its sonic identity and presence. Topics and activities include issues of composing for laptop orchestras, instrument design, sound synthesis, programming, and live performance. May be repeated four times for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 20 units total)
MUSIC 12SC:
Musical Collisions and Radical Creativity
The margins of musical culture; nonconformist, maverick, and eccentric creative impulses that expand the definition of art. Laboratory atmosphere and daily rehearsals in which students create collaborative works with a final public concert involving collaborations with local musicians and presentations of student-composed works created during the course.
| Units: 2
MUSIC 130A:
Introduction to Conducting
Baton techniques and rehearsal procedures. The development of coordination of the members of the body involved in conducting; fluency in beat patterns and meters; dynamics, tempi, cueing, and use of the left hand in conducting. Prerequisites: 121 and diagnostic musicianship exam given first day of class; preference to students who have completed 122B.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 130B:
Elementary Orchestral Conducting
Prerequisites: 127 or previous orchestral performance experience, 130A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
MUSIC 130C:
Elementary Choral Conducting
Techniques specific to the conducting of choral ensembles: warm-ups, breathing, balance, blend, choral tone, isolation principles, recitative conducting, preparation, and conducting of choral/orchestral works. Prerequisite: 130A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 140:
Studies in Medieval Music (MUSIC 240)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 21, MUSIC 40. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 141:
Studies in Renaissance Music (MUSIC 241)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 21, MUSIC 40. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 142:
Studies in Baroque Music (MUSIC 242)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 22, MUSIC 41. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 143:
Studies in Classic Music (MUSIC 243)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 22, MUSIC 41. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Spring 2009
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 144:
Studies in Romantic Music (MUSIC 244)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 23, MUSIC 42 (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Winter 2010
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 145:
Studies in Modern Music (MUSIC 245)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 23, MUSIC 42. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Autumn 2009
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 146:
Music and Urban Film (MUSIC 246)
How music and sound work in urban cinema. What happens when music's capacity to transform everyday reality combines with the realism of urban films? Provides an introduction to traditional theories of film music and film sound; considers how new technologies and practices have changed the roles of music in film. Readings discuss film music, realistic cinema, urban musical practices and urban culture. Viewing includes action/adventure, Hindi film, documentary, film noir, hip hop film, the musical, and borderline cases by Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee, Wong Kar-Wai and Tsai Ming-Liang. Pre- or corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4 unit level only.)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
MUSIC 147:
The Soul Tradition in African American Music (MUSIC 247)
The African American tradition of soul music from its origins in blues, gospel, and jazz to its influence on today's r&b, hip hop, and dance music. Style such as rhythm and blues, Motown, Southern soul, funk, Philadelphia soul, disco, Chicago house, Detroit techno, trip hop, and neo-soul. Soul's cultural influence and global reach; its interaction with politics, gender, place, technology, and the economy. Pre-/corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4 units only.)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
MUSIC 148:
Musical Shakespeare: Theater, Song, Opera, and Film (MUSIC 248)
The role of music in productions, adaptations, and interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as theater, opera, and film from the Elizabethan era through the present. Emphasis is on the role of songs, stage music, and music in operatic and film adaptations. Incidental music, orchestral tone poems, and art-song settings of lyrics from the plays. Plays include Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night. Pre-/corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4- or 5-unit level only.)
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 149:
Reactions to the Record: Early Recordings, Lost Styles, and Music's Future (MUSIC 249)
Seminar. The transformation of musical style, audience expectations, the composer-performer relationship, and the musical score from the late 1800s to the present. Sources include: recordings from Stanford's Archive of Recorded Sound; recordings of (Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, Bartók; concert programs; interviews; and reviews. Readings include Hamilton's After the Golden Age and Philip's Performing Music in the Age of Recording. Emphasis is on voice, strings, piano, chamber music, and orchestra. Guest residencies in conjunction with January 2009 symposium; see http://music.stanford.edu/Events/StanfordMusicSymposium/. May be repeated for credit. Pre-/corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Autumn 2008
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 150:
Musical Acoustics
The physics of vibrating systems, waves, and wave motion. Time- and frequency-domain analysis of sound. Room acoustics, reverberation, and spatialization. The acoustics of musical instruments: voice, strings, and winds. Emphasis is on the practical aspects of acoustics in making music. Hands-on and computer-based lab. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/150/. Prerequisites: music performance/composition experience, basic algebra, calculus, and physics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
MUSIC 154:
Composition and Performance of Instrumental Music with Electronics
Aesthetic and analytical issues from the pioneers of Musique Concrete to the electro of the 2000's. Electroacoustic scholarship over the past 60 years discussing problems and development of the genre. Emphasis on listening, writing, tools development, space, serendipity, concert ritual, interdisciplinarity, relationship with other styles of music, gesture, and sound/image. Considered composers include: Schaeffer, Henry, Varese, Xenakis, Stockahausen, Messiaen, Boulez, Ferrari, Risset, Berio, Chowning, Parmegiani, Bayle, Chion, Dhomont. Focus on one or a few works leading to a public performance at the end of the quarter. Prerequisite: experience in analysis of contemporary music and in electronic music. May be repeated for credit once.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
MUSIC 155:
INTERMEDIA WORKSHOP (ARTSTUDI 139)
Students develop and produce intermedia works. Musical and visual approaches to the conceptualisation and shaping of time-based art. Exploration of sound and image relationship. Study of a wide spectrum of audiovisual practices including experimental animation, video art, dance, performance, non-narrative forms, interactive art and installation art. Focus on works that use music/sound and image as equal partners. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: consent of instructors, and one of FILMPROD 114, ARTSTUDI 131, 138, 167, 177, 179, or MUSIC 123, or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 8 units total)
MUSIC 156:
"sic": Improvisation Collective
Small ensemble devoted to learning trans-idiomatic improvisation techniques and composing indeterminate pieces in a workshop setting. One major concert. Prerequisite: access to an instrument. Improvisational experience and conventional instrumental virtuosity not required. May be repeated for credit for a total of 3 times.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 4 units total)
MUSIC 157:
Introduction to Mariachi Ensemble
Introduction to the practice of mariachi music, tradition, and history. Focus is on learning traditional sones, rancheras, huapangos, and boleros. Requirements: ability to play and access to instruments (violin, trumpet, guitar, vihuela, and guitarron). May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 159:
Early Music Singers
Small choir specializing in Medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque vocal music. One major concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit for a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 160:
Stanford Symphony Orchestra
70- to 100-member ensemble performing major orchestral works; minimum one concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 160A:
Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra
Prerequisite: audition, one year of 160, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 160B:
Stanford New Ensemble
Performing compositions of the 20th century, recent works of this century, and new works by Stanford faculty and student composers. Musicians collaborate with composers and artists visiting and performing at Stanford. One concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 160S:
Summer Orchestra
50- to 100-member ensemble performing major orchestral works. Auditions on June 24-26. First rehearsal on June 28th. Program: Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings Op.48, Piazzolla's Tangazo, and Brahms Symphony no.1. Concert: Friday, July 15th 8:00PM. See http://music.stanford.edu/Ensembles/SummerSSO.html for additional information. Questions: Contact Martín Fraile, music director and conductor at: mailto:mfraile@stanford.edu. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 161A:
Stanford Wind Ensemble
40- to 50-member ensemble performing transcriptions of symphonic music, brass band music, and repertoire composed specifically for symphonic band. One concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 161B:
Jazz Orchestra
Big band format. Repertoire drawn primarily from the contemporary jazz-ensemble literature. One formal concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 161C:
Red Vest Band
A small ensemble of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band open to members of the LSJUMB by audition and consent of instructor. Members perform at all men's and women's home basketball games and travel to some away and post-season games. Twice-weekly rehearsals focus on introduction of new student arrangements and the LSJUMB's repertoire of rock, funk, and traditional styles. May be repeated for credit a total of 7 times.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 8 units total)
MUSIC 161D:
Stanford Brass Ensemble
Performance of works for full brass choir and for smaller ensembles of brass instruments. Once weekly rehearsals. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: audition and consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 162:
Symphonic Chorus
100- to 150-voice ensemble, performing major choral masterworks with orchestra. One concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 163:
Memorial Church Choir
Official choir of Memorial Church, furnishing music for Sunday services and special occasions in the church calendar. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 165:
Chamber Chorale
Select 24-voice chamber ensemble, specializing in virtuoso choral repertoire from all periods of Western art music. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 167:
University Singers
Mixed-repertory chorus, performing choral repertoire from all periods of Western art music and other world cultures. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 167S:
Summer Chorus
80- to 100-voice non-auditioned ensemble, performing major choral masterworks and choral repertoire from all periods of Western art music.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
MUSIC 169:
Stanford Taiko
Select North American taiko ensemble, performing traditional and contemporary repertoire for Japanese drums. Multiple performances in Winter and Spring quarters, also touring; instrument construction and maintenance. Admission by audition in Autumn Quarter only. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 170:
Collaborative Piano
Performance class in a workshop setting. Techniques of collaboration with vocalists and instrumentalists in repertoire ranging from songs and arias to sonatas and concertos. Prerequisite: private-lesson proficiency level in piano, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 171:
Chamber Music
Audition required. Weekly one-hour coachings from Music department faculty. Classical string quartets and piano/string groups are supervised by the St. Lawrence String Quartet and require attendance at a weekly Wednesday 4:15 p.m. master class. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bar-David, E. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, T. (PI);
Catsalis, M. (PI);
Costanza, C. (PI);
Dahl, L. (PI);
Doheny, A. (PI);
Dornenburg, J. (PI);
Ezerova, M. (PI);
Ferguson, C. (PI);
Fong, D. (PI);
Harms, D. (PI);
Harrison, S. (PI);
Howard, R. (PI);
Kenley, M. (PI);
Low, M. (PI);
Murphy, R. (PI);
Myers, H. (PI);
Nadel, J. (PI);
Nuttall, G. (PI);
Robertson, L. (PI);
Schultz, T. (PI);
Sharp, R. (PI);
Sohn, L. (PI);
St. John, S. (PI);
Van Dyke, K. (PI);
Veregge, M. (PI);
Wei, S. (PI);
Weldy, F. (PI)
MUSIC 172A:
Piano
Private lessons and group master class weekly. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 172B:
Organ
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 172C:
Harpsichord
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 172D:
Jazz Piano
By invitation only; priority to majors and jazz-ensemble participants. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 172E:
Fortepiano
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 172F:
Carillon
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 173:
Voice
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174A:
Violin
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174B:
Viola
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174C:
Violoncello
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174D:
Contrabass
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174E:
Viola Da Gamba
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174F:
Classical Guitar
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174G:
Harp
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174H:
Baroque Violin
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 174J:
Jazz Guitar
Individual lessons in jazz guitar.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
12 times
(up to 36 units total)
MUSIC 175A:
Flute
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 175B:
Oboe
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 175C:
Clarinet
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 175D:
Bassoon
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 175E:
Recorder/Renaissance Wind Instruments
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 175F:
Saxophone
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 175G:
Baroque Flute
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 176A:
French Horn
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 176B:
Trumpet
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 176C:
Trombone
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 176D:
Tuba
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 177:
Percussion
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
MUSIC 182:
Diction for Singers
The international phonetic alphabet and its application to German, French, and Italian vocal literature. Open also to pianists interested in vocal coaching and choral conducting.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
MUSIC 183A:
German Art Song Interpretation
Including composers from Beethoven and Schubert to Wolf and Strauss. for advanced singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended: 170 for pianists or 182 for singers. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times.
Last offered: Spring 2010
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
MUSIC 183B:
French Art Song Interpretation
Composers include Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc. For advanced singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended: 170 for pianists or 182 for singers.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
MUSIC 184:
Vocal Repertory Workshop
This course is a practical workshop in vocal repertoire. Each quarter¿s offering emphasizes a specific genre or period, therefore the course can be repeated with permission of the instructor. In addition to broadening the student¿s knowledge of vocal repertoire, the following skills are developed: text preparation, foreign language translation and diction; historically informed performance practice; editorial practice through comparison or preparation; rehearsal for performance and/or recording. Prerequisite: vocal or instrumental instruction, as the class is open to singers or collaborative artists.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
9 times
(up to 27 units total)
MUSIC 192A:
Foundations of Sound-Recording Technology
For upper division undergraduates and graduate students; preference given to Music majors with MST specialization. Topics: elementary electronics; the physics of sound transduction and microphone operation, selection, and placement; mixing consoles; connectors and device interconnection; grounding and shielding; principles of analog magnetic recording; operation maintenance of recording equipment; and principles of recording engineering. Enrollment limited. Prerequisites: algebra, physics basics, and consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SMA
MUSIC 192B:
Advanced Sound Recording Technology
Topics: noise reduction techniques; dynamics and time-delay audio effects; the principles of digital audio; disk- and tape-based digital recorders; digital audio workstations and editing; advanced multitrack techniques; SMPTE and MIDI time code and device synchronization; MIDI sequencing and synchronization. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/. Prerequisite: 192A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-CE
MUSIC 197:
Undergraduate Teaching Apprenticeship
Work in an apprentice-like relationship with faculty teaching a student-initiated course. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (Staff)
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
MUSIC 198:
Concentrations Project
For concentration program participants only. Must be taken in senior year.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors: ;
Applebaum, M. (PI);
Aquilanti, G. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berger, K. (PI);
Cai, J. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Costanza, C. (PI);
Ferguson, C. (PI);
Ferneyhough, B. (PI);
Grey, T. (PI);
Hadlock, H. (PI);
Harrison, S. (PI);
Hinton, S. (PI);
Kadis, J. (PI);
Kapuscinski, J. (PI);
Kronengold, C. (PI);
Lopez-Lezcano, F. (PI);
Mahrt, W. (PI);
Morgan, R. (PI);
Nuttall, G. (PI);
Robertson, L. (PI);
Rodin, J. (PI);
Sano, S. (PI);
Schneider, A. (PI);
Schultz, T. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
St. John, S. (PI);
Ulman, E. (PI);
Wait, G. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI);
Weldy, F. (PI)
MUSIC 199:
Independent Study
For advanced undergraduates and graduate students who wish to do work outside the regular curriculum. Before registering, student must present specific project and enlist a faculty sponsor. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 75 units total)
Instructors: ;
Applebaum, M. (PI);
Aquilanti, G. (PI);
Arul, K. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berger, K. (PI);
Berger, T. (PI);
Berry, F. (PI);
Cai, J. (PI);
Catsalis, M. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Cohen, A. (PI);
Costanza, C. (PI);
Dahl, L. (PI);
Ferneyhough, B. (PI);
Grey, T. (PI);
Hadlock, H. (PI);
Harrison, S. (PI);
Hinton, S. (PI);
Kadis, J. (PI);
Kapuscinski, J. (PI);
Kronengold, C. (PI);
Leitman, S. (PI);
Lopez-Lezcano, F. (PI);
Mahrt, W. (PI);
Mathews, M. (PI);
Morgan, R. (PI);
Myers, H. (PI);
Nadel, J. (PI);
Nuttall, G. (PI);
Robertson, L. (PI);
Rodin, J. (PI);
Rossing, T. (PI);
Sano, S. (PI);
Schneider, A. (PI);
Schultz, A. (PI);
Schultz, T. (PI);
Selfridge-Field, E. (PI);
Sharp, R. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
St. John, S. (PI);
Ulman, E. (PI);
Uyechi, L. (PI);
Wait, G. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI);
Weldy, F. (PI)
MUSIC 200:
Graduate Proseminar
Required of first-year graduate students in music. Introduction to research in music, bibliographical materials, major issues in the field, philosophy, and methods in music history. Guest lecturers and individual research topics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 201:
CCRMA Colloquium
Weekly review of work being done in the field, research taking palce at CCRMA, and tools to make the most of the CCRMA technical facilities.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
18 times
(up to 18 units total)
MUSIC 220A:
Fundamentals of Computer-Generated Sound
Techniques for digital sound synthesis, effects, and reverberation. Topics: summary of digital synthesis techniques (additive, subtractive, nonlinear, wavetable, spectral-modeling, and physical-modeling); digital effects algorithms (phasing, flanging, chorus, pitch-shifting, and vocoding); and techniques for digital reverberation. Majors (undergraduate or graduate) must take for 4 units. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-4
MUSIC 220B:
Compositional Algorithms, Psychoacoustics, and Computational Music
The use of high-level programming language as a compositional aid in creating musical structures. Advanced study of sound synthesis techniques. Simulation of a reverberant space and control of the position of sound within the space. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/. Prerequisite: 220A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
MUSIC 220C:
Research Seminar in Computer-Generated Music
Individual projects in composition, psychoacoustics, or signal processing. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 220B.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 220D:
Research in Computer-Generated Music
Independent research projects in composition, psychoacoustics, or signal processing. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 220C.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Abel, J. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berners, D. (PI);
Bosi, M. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Kadis, J. (PI);
Kapuscinski, J. (PI);
Lopez-Lezcano, F. (PI);
Mathews, M. (PI);
Rossing, T. (PI);
Selfridge-Field, E. (PI);
Slaney, M. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
Verplank, W. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 222:
Sound in Space
Historical background, techniques and theory on the use of space in music composition and diffusion. Listening and analysis of relevant pieces. Experimental work in spatialization techniques leading to short studies to be diffused in concert at the end of the quarter.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
MUSIC 223:
Composition for Electronic Musicians
Composition for any combination of acoustic and electroacoustic instrumentation, computer-generated sound, invented instruments, sound-sculptures, and multi-disciplinary elements including theater and visual media. Project-based laboratory to advance original student works, supported by lectures on the fundamentals of composition. Concert performance of final works. Taught at CCRMA with a focus on engendering deliberate conversation on the enrichment of a cultural context for new media. Open to undergraduates and graduates.
Last offered: Spring 2010
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 12 units total)
MUSIC 230:
Advanced Orchestral Conducting
May be repeated for credit a total of 8 times. Prerequisite: 130B.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
9 times
(up to 36 units total)
MUSIC 231:
Advanced Choral Conducting
May be repeated for credit a total of 8 times. Prerequisite: 130C.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
9 times
(up to 36 units total)
MUSIC 240:
Studies in Medieval Music (MUSIC 140)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 21, MUSIC 40. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 241:
Studies in Renaissance Music (MUSIC 141)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 21, MUSIC 40. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 242:
Studies in Baroque Music (MUSIC 142)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 22, MUSIC 41. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 243:
Studies in Classic Music (MUSIC 143)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 22, MUSIC 41. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Spring 2009
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 244:
Studies in Romantic Music (MUSIC 144)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 23, MUSIC 42 (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Winter 2010
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 245:
Studies in Modern Music (MUSIC 145)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 23, MUSIC 42. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Autumn 2009
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 246:
Music and Urban Film (MUSIC 146)
How music and sound work in urban cinema. What happens when music's capacity to transform everyday reality combines with the realism of urban films? Provides an introduction to traditional theories of film music and film sound; considers how new technologies and practices have changed the roles of music in film. Readings discuss film music, realistic cinema, urban musical practices and urban culture. Viewing includes action/adventure, Hindi film, documentary, film noir, hip hop film, the musical, and borderline cases by Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee, Wong Kar-Wai and Tsai Ming-Liang. Pre- or corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4 unit level only.)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 247:
The Soul Tradition in African American Music (MUSIC 147)
The African American tradition of soul music from its origins in blues, gospel, and jazz to its influence on today's r&b, hip hop, and dance music. Style such as rhythm and blues, Motown, Southern soul, funk, Philadelphia soul, disco, Chicago house, Detroit techno, trip hop, and neo-soul. Soul's cultural influence and global reach; its interaction with politics, gender, place, technology, and the economy. Pre-/corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4 units only.)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 248:
Musical Shakespeare: Theater, Song, Opera, and Film (MUSIC 148)
The role of music in productions, adaptations, and interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as theater, opera, and film from the Elizabethan era through the present. Emphasis is on the role of songs, stage music, and music in operatic and film adaptations. Incidental music, orchestral tone poems, and art-song settings of lyrics from the plays. Plays include Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night. Pre-/corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4- or 5-unit level only.)
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3-5
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 249:
Reactions to the Record: Early Recordings, Lost Styles, and Music's Future (MUSIC 149)
Seminar. The transformation of musical style, audience expectations, the composer-performer relationship, and the musical score from the late 1800s to the present. Sources include: recordings from Stanford's Archive of Recorded Sound; recordings of (Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, Bartók; concert programs; interviews; and reviews. Readings include Hamilton's After the Golden Age and Philip's Performing Music in the Age of Recording. Emphasis is on voice, strings, piano, chamber music, and orchestra. Guest residencies in conjunction with January 2009 symposium; see http://music.stanford.edu/Events/StanfordMusicSymposium/. May be repeated for credit. Pre-/corequisite (for music majors): MUSIC 22. (WIM at 4-unit level only.)
Last offered: Autumn 2008
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 250A:
HCI Theory and Practice
HCI issues as they relate to music applications in composition and performance. Project-oriented, examining issues from the technical and theoretical perspectives of computer science, haptics, and music theory. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 250B:
HCI Performance Systems
Continuation of 250A, concentrating on interactive computer-music performance systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/250b/. Prerequisite: 250A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-4
MUSIC 251:
Psychophysics and Music Cognition
Lecture, lab and experiment-based course in perception, psychoacoustics, cognition, and neuroscience of music. (WIM at 4 or 5 units only.)
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-5
MUSIC 252:
Music Notation Software: An Introduction
Learn to use music notation programs Finale®, Sibelius® and open-source alternatives.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
MUSIC 253:
Music Notation and Representation Software
Focus on symbolic data for music applications including advanced notation systems, optical music recognition, musical data conversion, and internal structure of MIDI files.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
MUSIC 254:
Symbolic Music Analysis and Retrieval
Leveraging off three synchronized sets of symbolic data resources for notation and analysis, the lab portion introduces students to the open-source Humdrum Toolkit for music representation and analysis. Issues of data content and quality as well as methods of information retrieval, visualization, and summarization are considered in class. Grading based primarily on student projects. Prerequisite: 253 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
MUSIC 256A:
Music, Computing, and Design I: Software Paradigms for Computer Music (CS 476A)
Software design and implementation for computer audio. Strategies, best practices, and tradeoffs in building audio software systems of various sizes (S, M, L, XL), with a focus on interactive (real-time) systems. Lectures examine high-level designs as well as dissect code in a hands-on manner. Course work includes small programming assignments and a final software project. This course is the prerequisite for MUSIC 256B. Prerequisite: experience in C/C++ and/or Java.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-4
MUSIC 256B:
Mobile Music (CS 476B)
Aesthetic, design, and implementation of mobile music, centered around the modern super smartphones such as the iPhone). Similarities and intrinsic differences between mobile and traditional computing and design for music. Topics include mobile software design, social and cloud computing, mobile interface design, and programming phones, in the service of music. Prerequisite: MUSIC 256A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-4
MUSIC 260:
Music of South Asia
Focuses on the history, theory, and practice of South Asian music with particular emphasis on the classical traditions of North and South India. Also addresses regional folk, popular, and devotional musical styles of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Topics include: raga, tala, vocal and instrumental genres, improvisation, aesthetics, music transmission, musical nationalism, social organization of musicians, music and ritual, music and gender, and technology. Lecture with discussion, some singing (no experience necessary), guest performances, reading, listening, and analysis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 269:
Research in Performance Practices
Directed reading and research. May be repeated for credit a total of 5 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 30 units total)
MUSIC 272A:
Advanced Piano
Private lessons and group masterclass weekly. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 272B:
Advanced Organ
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 272C:
Advanced Harpsichord
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 272D:
Advanced Jazz Piano
By invitation only; priority to majors and jazz-ensemble participants. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 272E:
Advanced Fortepiano
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 272F:
Advanced Carillon
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 273:
Advanced Voice
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 274A:
Advanced Violin
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274B:
Advanced Viola
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274C:
Advanced Violoncello
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274D:
Advanced Contrabass
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274E:
Advanced Viola da Gamba
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274F:
Advanced Classical Guitar
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274G:
Advanced Harp
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274H:
Advanced Baroque Violin
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 274I:
Advanced Jazz Bass
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
MUSIC 274J:
Advanced Jazz Guitar
Individual lessons in jazz guitar
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 36 units total)
MUSIC 275A:
Advanced Flute
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 275B:
Advanced Oboe
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 275C:
Advanced Clarinet
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 275D:
Advanced Bassoon
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 275E:
Advanced Recorder/Renaissance Wind Instruments
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 275F:
Advanced Saxophone
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 276A:
Advanced French Horn
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 276B:
Advanced Trumpet
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 276C:
Advanced Trombone
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 276D:
Advanced Tuba
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 280:
TA Training Course
Required for doctoral students serving as teaching assistants. Orientation to resources at Stanford, guest presentations on the principles of common teaching activities, supervised teaching experience. Students who entered in the Autumn should take 280 in the Spring prior to the Autumn they begin teaching.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
MUSIC 300A:
Medieval Notation
Western notation of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: principles, purposes, and transcription.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
MUSIC 301A:
Analysis of Music: Modal
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
MUSIC 301B:
Analysis of Music: Tonal
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
MUSIC 301C:
Analysis of Music: Post-Tonal
Current analytical trends, issues, and methods.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
MUSIC 302:
Research in Musicology
Directed reading and research. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
14 times
(up to 70 units total)
MUSIC 310:
Research Seminar in Musicology
For graduate students. Topics vary each quarter. May be repeated for credit a total of 8 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
| Repeatable
9 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 312A:
Aesthetics and Criticism of Music, Ancients and Moderns: Plato to Nietzsche
For graduate students. Primary texts focusing on the nature, purposes, and uses of music and other arts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
MUSIC 312B:
Aesthetics and Criticism of Music, Contemporaries: Heidegger to Today
For graduate students. Primary texts focusing on the nature, purposes, and uses of music and other arts.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
MUSIC 319:
Research Seminar on Computational Models of Sound Perception
All aspects of auditory perception, often with emphasis on computational models. Topics: music perception, signal processing, auditory models, pitch perception, speech, binaural hearing, auditory scene analysis, basic psychoacoustics, and neurophysiology. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 320:
Introduction to Digital Audio Signal Processing
Digital signal processing for music and audio research. Topics: complex numbers, sinusoids, spectrum representation, sampling and aliasing, digital filters, frequency response, z transforms, transfer-function analysis, and associated Matlab software. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/320/.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 321:
Readings in Music Theory
Directed reading and research. May be repeated for credit a total of 5 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 30 units total)
Instructors: ;
Applebaum, M. (PI);
Aquilanti, G. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berger, K. (PI);
Berger, T. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Cohen, A. (PI);
Ferneyhough, B. (PI);
Grey, T. (PI);
Hadlock, H. (PI);
Hinton, S. (PI);
Mahrt, W. (PI);
Rodin, J. (PI);
Rossing, T. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
Ulman, E. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 323:
Doctoral Seminar in Composition
Illustrated discussions of compositional issues and techniques. Presentation of relevant topics, including students' own compositional practice. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 60 units total)
MUSIC 325:
Individual Graduate Projects in Composition
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 341:
Ph.D Dissertation
May be repeated for credit a total of 5 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 60 units total)
Instructors: ;
Applebaum, M. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berger, K. (PI);
Cai, J. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Cohen, A. (PI);
Ferneyhough, B. (PI);
Grey, T. (PI);
Hadlock, H. (PI);
Hinton, S. (PI);
Kapuscinski, J. (PI);
Mahrt, W. (PI);
Mathews, M. (PI);
Myers, H. (PI);
Rodin, J. (PI);
Sano, S. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
Ulman, E. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 390:
Practicum Internship
On-the-job training under the guidance of experienced, on-site supervisors. Meets the requirements for curricular practical training for students on F-1 visas. Students submit a concise report detailing work activities, problems worked on, and key results. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: qualified offer of employment and consent of adviser.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Applebaum, M. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berger, K. (PI);
Cai, J. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Ferneyhough, B. (PI);
Grey, T. (PI);
Hadlock, H. (PI);
Hinton, S. (PI);
Kapuscinski, J. (PI);
Mahrt, W. (PI);
Rodin, J. (PI);
Sano, S. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
Ulman, E. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 399:
D.M.A. Final Project
May be repeated for credit a total of 5 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 60 units total)
Instructors: ;
Applebaum, M. (PI);
Barth, G. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Berger, K. (PI);
Cai, J. (PI);
Chafe, C. (PI);
Cohen, A. (PI);
Ferneyhough, B. (PI);
Grey, T. (PI);
Hadlock, H. (PI);
Hinton, S. (PI);
Kapuscinski, J. (PI);
Mahrt, W. (PI);
Mathews, M. (PI);
Myers, H. (PI);
Rodin, J. (PI);
Sano, S. (PI);
Smith, J. (PI);
Ulman, E. (PI);
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 39N:
The Beatles
Preference to freshmen. The music of the Beatles and their contributions as musical innovators and experimentalists. Their artistic antecedents, subsequent musical influence, and cultural impact; the emergence of the supergroup identity and development of new modes of musical production and collaborative songwriting; notions of commoditization, uniqueness and originality, and the perceived boundary of art and pop; speculations on the exportation and appropriation of an African American cultural legacy.
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 420A:
Signal Processing Models in Musical Acoustics
Computational methods in musical sound synthesis and digital audio effects based on acoustic physical models. Topics: acoustic simulation with delay lines, digital filters, and nonlinear elements; comb filters; allpass filters; artificial reverberation; delay-line interpolation and sampling-rate conversion; phasing, flanging, and chorus effects; efficient computational models of strings, woodwinds, brasses, and other musical instruments. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/420/. Prerequisites: 320 or equivalent; PHYSICS 21 or equivalent course applying Newton's laws of motion; and CS 106B or equivalent programming in C and C++.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 420B:
Software for Sound Synthesis and Audio Effects
Preferred software embodiments for digital sound synthesis and audio effects. Topics: The Faust language for audio signal processing, effects programming, plugin generation for various platforms, software components for stringed and wind musical instruments, delay effects, variable filters, and nonlinear effects such as compression and distortion. The principal activity is a software project due at the end of the quarter.nnnPrerequisite: Music 420A or equivalent experience with audio signal processing in C++nnRecommended Corequisite: Music 424
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-10
MUSIC 421:
Audio Applications of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
Spectrum analysis and signal processing using the FFT with emphasis on audio applications. Topics: Fourier theorems; FFT windows; spectrum analysis; spectrograms; sinusoidal modeling; spectral modeling synthesis; FFT convolution; FIR filter design and system identification; overlap-add and filter-bank-summation methods for short-time Fourier analysis, modification, and resynthesis. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/421/. Prerequisites: 420 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
MUSIC 422:
Perceptual Audio Coding
History and basic principles: development of psychoacoustics-based data-compression techniques; perceptual-audio-coder applications (radio, television, film, multimedia/internet audio, DVD, EMD). In-class demonstrations: state-of-the-art audio coder implementations (such as AC-3, MPEG) at varying data rates; programming simple coders. Topics: audio signals representation; quantization; time to frequency mapping; introduction to psychoacoustics; bit allocation and basic building blocks of an audio codec; perceptual audio codecs evaluation; overview of MPEG-1, 2, 4 audio coding and other coding standards (such asAC-3). Prerequisites: knowledge of digital audio principles, familiarity with C programming. Recommended: 320, EE 261. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
MUSIC 423:
Signal Processing Research
Graduate research seminar. Problems in music and/or audio signal processing. Presentation of research-in-progress by graduate students, visiting scholars, and CCRMA faculty. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/423/. May be repeated for credit a total of 11 times.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
12 times
(up to 48 units total)
MUSIC 150G:
Wagnerian Echos: A Cultural History from Modernism to Popular Culture (GERGEN 161)
The afterlives of mythological themes from the operas and music dramas of Richard Wagner (The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Ring Cycle, Parsifal) in literature, modernist aesthetics, fascist politics, film, philosophy, and contemporary media.
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 158:
Soundwire Ensemble
Stanford's Internet2-based Soundwire Ensemble rehearses with the East Coast Tintinnabulate Ensemble directed by Pauline Oliveros, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Concerts, composition, and improvisation projects using resources available when connecting with remote musicians. State-of-the-art audio and video technology developed by ensemble participants. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
MUSIC 192C:
Session Recording
Independent engineering of recording sessions. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. Prerequisites: 192A,B.
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 30 units total)
MUSIC 221:
Topics in the History of Theory
The intersection of music theory and compositional practice in different eras of Western music history. Primary sources in music theory and issues such as notation, rhythm, mode, dissonance treatment, counterpoint, tonality, form, rhetoric, affect and imitation, expression, linear analysis, 12-tone and set theory, in light of relevant repertoire and modern scholarship. May be repeated for credit a total of 5 times.
| Units: 3-5
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 30 units total)
MUSIC 275G:
Advanced Baroque Flute
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 277:
Advanced Percussion
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times.
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 300B:
Renaissance Notation
Western notation of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: principles, purposes, and transcription.
| Units: 4
MUSIC 318:
Advanced Acoustics
Current topics. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
