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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Music and Technology
Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences
 
Chair: Christina Dahl
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Deborah Heckert
Undergraduate Secretary: Germaine Berry
 
Office: 3304 Staller Center for the Arts
Phone: (631) 632-7330

The minor in Music and Technology is designed to provide students interested in music, media, and digital technology and the arts, with a foundation specific to the latest developments in music and technology along with a basic background in the history and theory of music. Students in other majors who have interdisciplinary interests will find this minor valuable as preparation for further studies dealing with the arts and culture and media.

Students in other majors who have interdisciplinary interests will find this minor valuable as preparation for further studies dealing with the arts and culture. Less rigorous than the music major, the minor is not intended to prepare students for advanced study or professional work in music. This track requires a minimum of 20 credits.

Minor Requirements

Basics:

Notes:

Note: Students well-versed in music notation and basic theory (demonstrated by the MUS 119  challenge examination) should take MUS 130 - Sound Structures .

General:

One course chosen from the following:

and one from the following

Specific:

Two courses chosen from the following:

Performance: two semesters of one or more of the following:

Notes:

(all of the above are by audition only - please note that most instrumental lessons require a co-requisite of an ensemble - please see course descriptions)

In lieu of two semesters (2 credits) of performance ensemble, a student may take an additional course from #2 or #3 above or MUS 315 .

For Music Majors

If a Music major wants to also do a minor in Music and Technology he/she must undertake a relevant independent project under faculty supervision, taken as a 3 credit CDT 487 Independent Project.