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Course Syllabus

MUSC 4750 Electronic Music

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Music
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 0
  • Prerequisites: MUSC 4450, or permission of instructor.
  • Semesters Offered: Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2019
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2025
  • End Semester: Summer 2025
  • Optimum Class Size: 16
  • Maximum Class Size: 16

Course Description

This course is required for students pursing the bachelor of music degree--music production advisement track. Students will undertake an in-depth study of sound synthesis, its history and various forms. Students will learn to craft custom sounds using analog voltage controlled oscillators, filters, envelope generators and other tools, as well as how these skills function in the digital realm.

Justification

This course is designed to serve the needs of students who wish to focus on the music production advisement track of the bachelor of music degree. Many institutions offer courses like this as part of the curriculum of commercially focused music degrees.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history of synthesized sound.
  2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the various methods of sound synthesis.
  3. Students will demonstrate an understanding of digital sampling, including licensing and copyright implications of using sampled sound.
  4. Students will demonstrate an understanding MIDI.
  5. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic properties of electricity

Course Content

1. History of synthesized sound.2. Methods of sound synthesis.3. Digital sampling.4. Understanding MIDI5. Basic properties of electricity