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Your search for courses · during 25FA, 26WI, 26SP · tagged with MUSC Elective · returned 8 results
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AFST 225 Black Music, Resistance, and Liberation 6 credits
For every defining moment in black history, there is a song. Every genre of black music makes a statement not only about the specific historical epoch it was created but also about the people’s dreams. For black people, songs are a means of resistance to oppression and an expression of the will to live. Through the analysis of black music, this course will expose students to black people’s struggles, hopes, and aspirations, and also American history, race relations, and much more. The class will read insightful texts, listen to songs, watch films, and engage in animated discussions.
- Spring 2026
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One course that applies toward the Humanistic Inquiry requirement with a grade of C- or better.
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AFST 225.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Chielo Eze 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 330 1:15pm-3:00pm
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CGSC 130 The Musical Mind 6 credits
An interdisciplinary examination of issues concerning the mind and mental phenomena involved in the uniquely human activity of making and understanding music. The course will draw on psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, biology, and philosophy. Topics to be discussed include: the embodied cognition of rhythm, linguistic syntax and musical structure, mental representations of musical sound and action, musical learning and development, tone and beat deafness, and perfect pitch and neural plasticity.
Sophomore Priority
- Spring 2026
- SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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CGSC 130.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Justin London 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- M, WWeitz Center 230 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 230 9:40am-10:40am
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GERM 150 German Music and Culture from Mozart to Rammstein 6 credits
What is “German”? Why are certain figures considered German and other identities are excluded–and how might we critically reconsider these categories through a study of “German” music? In this course, we survey significant developments in German-language culture, broadly defined, from the 1600s to the twenty-first century. Taught in English.
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GERM 150.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Juliane Schicker 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- T, THWeitz Center 230 1:15pm-3:00pm
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MUSC 140 Playlist Remix: The World in Your Headphones 6 credits
Tired of what Spotify has been serving up to you? In this class we’ll explore the sounds, stories, and social meaning of music from around the globe. We’ll consider how music connects to identity, politics, ritual, and resistance. We will ask: Can music be used as a weapon? Why does music bring people together? What ethical considerations should we take into account when consuming music from other parts of the word? By the end of the course, you’ll understand how people use music to tell their stories, fight for change, build community, and vibe to the beat of their favorite song.
Recommended Preparation: No prior music lessons or experience necessary. You do not need to be able to read music.
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MUSC 140.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 230 2:20pm-3:20pm
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MUSC 144 Music in the (NORTH)Field 6 credits
This course is your chance to become a local music interpreter! You’ll learn and practice the hands-on methods that ethnomusicologists use to better understand the relationships between music and society. We’ll analyze studies from music scholars around the world and debate common approaches and ethical considerations. Using Northfield as our own fieldwork site, our class will work to recover the sounds, people, and meanings behind the town of “Cows, Colleges, and Contentment.”
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MUSC 144.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- M, WWeitz Center 231 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 231 9:40am-10:40am
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MUSC 196 Introduction to Jazz Arranging 2 credits
This is a class for students who have some experience in performing jazz. Students will analyze and listen to jazz arrangements, and learn arranging techniques, including: reharmonization, counterpoint, grooves, and forms. Students will compose their own arrangements for members of the class. A recording of their final performances will be made available to the students by the end of the term.
- Winter 2026
- ARP, Arts Practice
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): MUSC 101 or MUSC 110 with grade of C- or better.
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MUSC 196.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Laura Caviani 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- TWeitz Center M126 3:10pm-4:55pm
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MUSC 209 Analog Sound and Music 6 credits
This course is an introduction to the history and techniques of creating musical audio recordings in an analog environment. It focuses on methods of documenting music and principles of analog audio through hands-on demonstrations and exercises, critical readings and student writing and recording analysis. Topics include audio levels, preamplifiers and microphones, dynamic and spacial effects, console architecture, signal flow and usage of various historical formats of analog media (LP, cassette, DAT and audio tape). Readings and scholarly perspectives on audio and analog recording processes come from fields such as musicology, ethnomusicology and sound studies.
Recommended Preparation: MUSC 108
Extra Time Required: Students will be required to complete weekly exercises during a scheduled time in the department Electro-Acoustic Lab. Final project will require students to coordinate with existing student composers and performers to attend (and document) a performance or rehearsal.
- Spring 2026
- ARP, Arts Practice
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MUSC 209.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Andy Flory 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 231 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 231 2:20pm-3:20pm
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MUSC 242 Tango: More Than a Dance 6 credits
This course explores the Argentine tango as a lens into over 100 years of global and cultural change. Tango is much more than a dance; It represents important moments related to migration, sexuality, nationalism, tourism, appropriation, and of course, music. We will trace its history from working-class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires to its adoption by Parisians in the early 20th century, to the worldwide phenomenon that we know it as today. You’ll have the opportunity to play tango charts in class and engage with tango communities in Minnesota. A working knowledge of western music notation is helpful, though not required.
Extra Time Required: Students will have the opportunity to attend tango music/dance events in the Twin Cities, which typically occur in the evening hours. However, there will always be an alternative assignment for students who have evening conflicts or wish to not leave campus.
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MUSC 242.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 231 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 231 2:20pm-3:20pm
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