Suffolk offers three choices for the academic study of music: the BA in Music History, alone or as a double major with, for example, business or English; a music history minor combined with another major of the student’s choice; or elective music courses in the student’s area of interest.
A music history major and music history minor are available through the Department of World Languages and Cultural Studies.
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Gregorian chant to the death of Beethoven. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Fall Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Schubert to the present. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Spring Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Survey from Colonial times to the present. Various attempts to create an indigenous style. Folk, religious music and symphonies, jazz and American musical theater. Composers include Billings, Beach, Ives, Copland, Bernstein and others.
Alternates Fall & Spring
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
The history of music from the Middle Ages to the present presented in the lives and music of women composers, performers, and writers. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Alternates Fall & Spring
Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Selected topics in the folk and traditional music of Africa, the Near East, the Far East, and the Pacific, examined in the context of their cultures and their roles in the life of the indigenous peoples of those areas. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion, and concert attendance.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Evolution of jazz from blues and ragtime through Dixieland and the avant-garde experiments of today. Contributions of major soloists, arrangers and composers. Listening, reading and concert attendance.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Selected topics dealing with the blues from its origins in various Southern regions of the U.S., through its post-war urban relocation, up to modern interpretations in rock, rap, pop, and hip-hop today. Blues music, both technically and culturally, will be considered from the artists perspective as a form of African-American expression and American/African-American oral history, as well as a unique indigenous form of American music. Influences of European, African, Country and Jazz styles will be examined, as well as the themes of race and alienation, and similar socio-cultural influences that have shaped and defined the music over time.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
This class studies the history and development of film music through reading, lecture and class listening. We investigate the process of film scoring, and how music and its relationship to film have changed over the last century. The class includes discussion and evaluation of different compositional styles and practices to listening critically to film scores while viewing movies.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
Instructors Consent.
1.00- 4.00
Students meet with a departmental faculty member to pursue advanced studies in areas of particular interest to them.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Topics in music history and theory, including terminology, notation, scales, chords, and basic composition, score analysis and aural skills, historical periods and genres. Assignments include reading, writing, listening, and class discussion.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
Notes:
The minor in music history requires a total of 6 courses (24 credits).
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Gregorian chant to the death of Beethoven. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Fall Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Schubert to the present. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Spring Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Survey from Colonial times to the present. Various attempts to create an indigenous style. Folk, religious music and symphonies, jazz and American musical theater. Composers include Billings, Beach, Ives, Copland, Bernstein and others.
Alternates Fall & Spring
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
The history of music from the Middle Ages to the present presented in the lives and music of women composers, performers, and writers. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Alternates Fall & Spring
Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Selected topics in the folk and traditional music of Africa, the Near East, the Far East, and the Pacific, examined in the context of their cultures and their roles in the life of the indigenous peoples of those areas. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion, and concert attendance.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Evolution of jazz from blues and ragtime through Dixieland and the avant-garde experiments of today. Contributions of major soloists, arrangers and composers. Listening, reading and concert attendance.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Selected topics dealing with the blues from its origins in various Southern regions of the U.S., through its post-war urban relocation, up to modern interpretations in rock, rap, pop, and hip-hop today. Blues music, both technically and culturally, will be considered from the artists perspective as a form of African-American expression and American/African-American oral history, as well as a unique indigenous form of American music. Influences of European, African, Country and Jazz styles will be examined, as well as the themes of race and alienation, and similar socio-cultural influences that have shaped and defined the music over time.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
This class studies the history and development of film music through reading, lecture and class listening. We investigate the process of film scoring, and how music and its relationship to film have changed over the last century. The class includes discussion and evaluation of different compositional styles and practices to listening critically to film scores while viewing movies.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Topics in music history and theory, including terminology, notation, scales, chords, and basic composition, score analysis and aural skills, historical periods and genres. Assignments include reading, writing, listening, and class discussion.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
Notes:
Additional Rubrics:
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Gregorian chant to the death of Beethoven. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Fall Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Schubert to the present. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Spring Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
This course studies persuasive and expository writing in the essay form through frequent writing assignments based on critical readings of class texts and discussions. Students will also compose a research paper and study the process of writing and revising for an academic audience. Offered every semester.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
ENG 100 or ENG101 or ENG 103
4.00
Further study of persuasive and expository writing through the study of literary form with emphasis placed on critical reading and the revision of academic writing.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MATH 104, MATH 108, MATH121 or appropriate math placement score.
4.00
Linear Modeling (for example, using linear functions to model supply/demand situations), graphing, linear programming, financial functions (compound interest, annuities, and amortization of loans) sets, Venn diagrams, counting and combinatorics, discrete probability, conditional probability, Bernoulli experiments, Bayes theorem. Several sections offered each semester. *This course cannot be applied toward a departmental concentration in Mathematics by Sawyer Business School students.
one semester of a laboratory science,Math requirement (MATH 130 or higher) and Comp Sci req
4.00
A seminar course that explores modern personal, social, and political problems in the world today, such as: stem cell research, genetically modified foods, cloning, exploration of outer space, hurricanes, earthquakes, artificial intelligence, environmental pollution, energy resources, or any other topic that is of current concern and that has scientific/technological components. Course activity is based on class discussion and writing on selected current readings along with outside weekly projects, culminating in a term paper project and presentation. Intended to satisfy the science requirement for the BA degree. Prerequisite: one semester of a laboratory science, mathematics requirement, computer science requirement.
NATURAL SCIENCE FOR BA BFA & BSJ
*Related Options:
4.00
Topics in music history and theory, including terminology, notation, scales, chords, and basic composition, score analysis and aural skills, historical periods and genres. Assignments include reading, writing, listening, and class discussion.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
Students interested in honors should consult with the department chair during the spring semester of their junior year. Qualifying students must have a 3.2 overall GPA as well as a 3.5 GPA in music history courses.
Honors candidates should register for Music History 502 in the fall semester of the senior year. Under the guidance of a faculty member they will use this course to complete a research paper, which will be evaluated by all the professors in the student’s field of study. If the evaluation is positive, the student will make an oral presentation of the paper in the spring.
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Gregorian chant to the death of Beethoven. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Fall Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
A chronological survey of Western music from Schubert to the present. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Offered Spring Term
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Topics in music history and theory, including terminology, notation, scales, chords, and basic composition, score analysis and aural skills, historical periods and genres. Assignments include reading, writing, listening, and class discussion.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Survey from Colonial times to the present. Various attempts to create an indigenous style. Folk, religious music and symphonies, jazz and American musical theater. Composers include Billings, Beach, Ives, Copland, Bernstein and others.
Alternates Fall & Spring
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
This course covers various popular music styles that emerged in the United States of America in the twentieth century, including blues, music theater, jazz, country, rock and hip-hop. In addition to representative musical selections, emphasis will be placed on various social and cultural factors that helped foster these new popular music styles.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
The history of music from the Middle Ages to the present presented in the lives and music of women composers, performers, and writers. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion and concert attendance.
Alternates Fall & Spring
Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Selected topics in the folk and traditional music of Africa, the Near East, the Far East, and the Pacific, examined in the context of their cultures and their roles in the life of the indigenous peoples of those areas. Assigned readings, critical listening, class discussion, and concert attendance.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Evolution of jazz from blues and ragtime through Dixieland and the avant-garde experiments of today. Contributions of major soloists, arrangers and composers. Listening, reading and concert attendance.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
Selected topics dealing with the blues from its origins in various Southern regions of the U.S., through its post-war urban relocation, up to modern interpretations in rock, rap, pop, and hip-hop today. Blues music, both technically and culturally, will be considered from the artists perspective as a form of African-American expression and American/African-American oral history, as well as a unique indigenous form of American music. Influences of European, African, Country and Jazz styles will be examined, as well as the themes of race and alienation, and similar socio-cultural influences that have shaped and defined the music over time.
Occasional
Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
4.00
This class studies the history and development of film music through reading, lecture and class listening. We investigate the process of film scoring, and how music and its relationship to film have changed over the last century. The class includes discussion and evaluation of different compositional styles and practices to listening critically to film scores while viewing movies.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
Instructors Consent.
1.00- 4.00
Students meet with a departmental faculty member to pursue advanced studies in areas of particular interest to them.
Occasional
Humanities & History,Humanities Literature Requirement
