Undergraduate

Courses

The full list of music courses we offer can be found on the Registrar's website. Please note that courses and times are subject to change.

The Timetable of Class Meetings is posted here.

In addition to the courses listed below, the following courses are offered every fall, winter, and spring term: MUS 53–58 (Individual Instruction Program), MUS 50.1–50.3 (Performance Laboratories), and MUS 59.1–59.6 (Hopkins Center Ensemble Performance and Leadership).

MUS 1 | Beginning Music Theory

MUS 2 | The Music of Today

MUS 3.09/LACS 35.15 | Mestizaje Music In Latin America

MUS 14.01 | Music, Mind, Invention

MUS 14.05/COSC 89.29/COSC 189.03 | Music And Artificial Intelligence

MUS 14.06 | Foundations of Sonic Practice: Embodiment, Listening, and Vibration

MUS 16.02/FILM 41.21 | Music and Media in Everyday Life

MUS 18.02/AAAS 39.06 | Hip-Hop In The United States

MUS 20.01 | Melody And Rhythm

  • Course description
  • Instructor: Rowland Moseley
  • Time: 11
  • Location: Hopkins Center, Faulkner
  • May not be taken by students who received credit for MUS 21 prior to academic year 2025–2026.

MUS 25 | Sonic Arts I Machine Music

MUS 26 | Sonic Arts II: Sound Is Alive

  • Course description
  • Instructor: Ash Fure
  • Time: 3A
  • Location: Hopkins Center, Lower Buck
  • Prerequisites: MUS 25 or permission of the instructor

MUS 30.02 | Film Scoring

  • Course description
  • Instructor: Kui Dong
  • Time: 3A
  • Location: Hopkins Center, Faulkner
  • Prerequisites: MUS 21.01 Creative Music Theory I (MUS 20 prior to academic year 2025-2026) and an interest in creating music and permission of the instructor

MUS 38 | Noise: Exploring Liberation in Sound

MUS 52.04 | The Modern Conductor: An Introduction to Wind and Chamber Conducting

  • Course description
    This course offers a practical introduction to wind and chamber conducting, emphasizing score study, physical gesture, rehearsal technique, and interpretive leadership. Learning is tested through conducting labs, practicums, and examinations with live musicians. Students will work with professional and peer chamber ensembles—encompassing wind, brass, percussion, choral, and string repertoire—and gain hands-on experience conducting the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble in a rehearsal setting.
  • Instructor: Brian Messier
  • Time: 2A
  • Location: Hopkins Center, Hartman

MUS 101 | Sonic Arts Salon