Spring 2027
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
- Course description
- Instructor: Michael Zsoldos
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 3.09/LACS 35.15 | Mestizaje: Music In Latin America
- Course description
- Instructor: Pablo Santiago Chin
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 11 | Introduction to Opera
- Course description
- Instructor: Steve Swayne
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 14.04 | Music and Healing in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Course description
- Instructor: Michael Casey
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 14.05/COSC 89.29/COSC 189.03 | Music And Artificial Intelligence
- Course description
- Instructor: Michael Casey
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Prerequisites: COSC 1 or COSC 2/MUS 8 or COSC 10
MUS 18.02/AAAS 39.06 | Hip-Hop In The United States
- Course description
- Instructor: Allie Martin
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 20.01 | Melody And Rhythm
- Course description
- Instructor: Rowland Moseley
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
- 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
- Course description
- Instructor: Ash Fure
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 30.02 | Film Scoring
- Course description
- Instructor: Kui Dong
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
- 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 32 | Improvisation
- Course description
- Instructor: Kui Dong
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Prerequisites: MUS 1 or exemption from MUS 1.
MUS 36 | Songwriting 1: How to Write a Song
- Course description
- Instructor: Cesar Alvarez
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 38.01 | Songwriting 3: Making the Album (New Course)
- Course description: TBD
- Instructor: Cesar Alvarez
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
MUS 41.02 | Songs in the Key of Life (New Course)
- Course description: TBD
- Instructor: Allie Martin
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD