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 3.09/LACS 35.15 | Mestizaje: Music in Latin America

MUS 9.01 | Introductory Guitar

MUS 9.02 | Creativity Through Percussion

MUS 17.07 | Entrepreneurship And The Arts

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

MUS 20.01 | Melody and Rhythm

  • Course description
  • Instructor: Pablo Chin
  • Time: TBD
  • Location: TBD
  • May not be taken by students who received credit for MUS 21 prior to academic year 2025–2026.

MUS 24.01/AAAS 39.08 | Black Sound Studies

MUS 25 | Sonic Arts I: Machine Music

MUS 26 | Sonic Arts II: Sound Is Alive

MUS 35 | The Jazz Language

MUS 41.01 | Debussy the Innovator

MUS 52.01 | Conducting and Artistic Direction

  • Course description
  • Instructor: Filippo Ciabatti
  • Time: TBD
  • Location: TBD
  • Prerequisites: Two courses from MUS 21-23, and one course from MUS 6, 10, 11, or 40-44, or permission of the instructor