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2017-2018 Scripps Catalog THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. LINKS MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE AND CONTENT MAY BE OUT OF DATE!

Courses

Descriptions are provided for courses offered at Scripps College and offered as part of joint or cooperative programs in which Scripps participates. For those courses that may appear under more than one discipline or department, the full course description appears under the discipline or department sponsoring the course and cross-reference is made under the associated discipline or department. Numbers followed by, for example, “AA,” “AF,” or “CH,” indicate courses sponsored by The Claremont Colleges as part of joint programs, i.e., Asian American Studies, Africana Studies, and Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies.

Please refer to the Schedule of Courses on the Scripps Portal published each semester by the Office of the Registrar for up-to-date information on course offerings.

All courses are 1.0 credit unless otherwise stated.
 

Media Studies
  

  • MS 180 SC - Junior Seminar in Media Studies Production

    The Junior Seminar in Media Studies Production is a studio/seminar course that prepares majors for their senior thesis project and exhibition. The course surveys contemporary practices, explores current issues, and fosters interdisciplinary thinking and production in film/video and digital/electronic art. Course material (including readings, screenings, discussions, guest speakers, and off-campus field trips) will enable students to situate their own work within the larger context of the independent media art world. Research, writing methods and critiques will help students to better understand, give meaning to, and publicize their practice. Students will be expected to make presentations and produce a final research paper or a final project with an accompanying paper.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Once Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 182 HM - Introduction to Video Art

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 182S HM - Introduction to Video Production

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 190 JT - Senior Seminar in Media Studies

    This is a team-taught thesis- and project-based seminar to be taken during the fall semester of the senior year. This seminar will emphasize the development of a senior exercise in one of the three tracks: film/video, critical studies, and digital/ electronic. Students in the critical studies or critical studies: film studies option will develop a major writing project that may be used in conjunction with their senior thesis in the spring. Students in the film/video and digital/electronic tracks will complete an approved project and a major paper about their work or area of concentration. The course prepares students with the skills and knowledge to continue their Media Studies practice and research post-graduation.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 191 SC - Senior Thesis in Media Studies

     This course meets the senior thesis requirement for those Scripps’ Media Studies majors chosen to attempt honors in the major and completing concentrations in Critical Studies or Critical Studies: Film Studies option. Prerequisites: MS 190 JT and Media Studies faculty approval of honors proposal.

    Prerequisite(s): MS 190 JT  and Media Studies faculty approval of honors proposal.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 192 SC - Senior Project in Media Studies

    This course meets the senior project requirement for those Scripps Media Studies majors chosen to attempt honors in the major and completing concentrations in Film/Video or Digital/Electronic Media.  

    Prerequisite(s):   MS 190 JT  and Media Studies faculty approval of honors proposal.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 192H SC - Honors Senior Project in Media Studies

    This course meets the senior project requirement for those Scripps’ Media Studies majors chosen to attempt honors in the major and completing concentrations in film/video or digital/electronic media.

    Prerequisite(s): MS 190  JT and Media Studies faculty approval of honors proposal.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 193 PZ - Directed Reading or Study in Media

    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 194 PZ - Media Arts for Social Justice

    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 196 PZ - Media Internship

    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 197 HM - Directed Reading/Research

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 197 PZ - Media Praxis

    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 199 PO - Independent Studies in Media Studies

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MS 199 SC - Independent Study: Media Studies

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Music
  

  • MUS 003 SC - Fundamentals of Music

    In this course the student learns elementary concepts of melody, rhythm, harmony, and notation. Basic principles of sight-singing and reading music are included. No previous musical experience is required. This course, or its equivalent, is a prerequisite for MUS 101 SC - Music Theory I , and also will satisfy the fine arts requirement. Offered fall and spring.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 035 PO - Pomona College Band

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 037 PO - Jazz Ensemble

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 041 PO - Balinese Gamelan Ensemble

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 049 HM - American Gamelan Ensemble

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 052 PO - Music and Cultural Current in Paris, 1870-1930

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 054 PO - Music and National Identity

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 056 PO - Words and Music: History of Black Song

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 057 PO - Western Music: Historical Introduction

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 058 PO - Beethoven

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 060 PO - History of Jazz

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 061 PO - Musical Theatre in America

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 062 PO - Survey of American Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 063 HM - Music and Peoples of the World

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 064 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 065 PO - Introduction to World Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 066 SC - Music Cultures of the World

    This course offers an introductory survey of selected musical traditions from geographical areas such as Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. It examines structure, content, materials, and performance contexts of local musics, and the broader role music plays in society as it relates to ethnicity, gender, religion, and politics.  This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  
  

  • MUS 068 PO - Listening to American Popular Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 070 PO - Introduction to Ethnomusicology

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 081 JM - Introduction to Music: Sound and Meaning

    This course explores important works of western music from diverse historical epochs through listening and selected readings. Elements of music, basic musical terminology, and notation are discussed. Attention is given to the relation of the arts—especially music—to culture and society. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 085A SC - Group Piano: 1st & 2nd Year

    Beginning and intermediate instruction in a digital piano lab setting with groups consisting of no more than nine students. Emphasis on performing solo and duet repertoire as well as learning to sight read, transpose, and provide harmonic accompaniment. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 085B SC - Group Piano: 1st & 2nd Year

    Beginning and intermediate instruction in a digital piano lab setting with groups consisting of no more than nine students. Emphasis on performing solo and duet repertoire as well as learning to sight read, transpose, and provide harmonic accompaniment. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 085C SC - Group Piano: 3rd & 4th Year

    Beginning and intermediate instruction in a digital piano lab setting with groups consisting of no more than nine students. Emphasis on performing solo and duet repertoire as well as learning to sight read, transpose, and provide harmonic accompaniment. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 085D SC - Group Piano: 3rd & 4th Year

    Beginning and intermediate instruction in a digital piano lab setting with groups consisting of no more than nine students. Emphasis on performing solo and duet repertoire as well as learning to sight read, transpose, and provide harmonic accompaniment. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 088 HM - Introduction to Computer Music

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 089A SC - Group Voice: 1st & 2nd Year

    Voice instruction classes consisting normally of four to six students. A study of vocal literature and technique with emphasis on the fundamentals of music necessary for the beginning to intermediate singer. Half course per semester for a maximum of 1.0 courses.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 089B SC - Group Voice: 1st & 2nd Year

    Voice instruction classes consisting normally of four to six students. A study of vocal literature and technique with emphasis on the fundamentals of music necessary for the beginning to intermediate singer. Half course per semester.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 089C SC - Group Voice: 3rd & 4th Year

     Voice instruction classes consisting normally of four to six students. A study of vocal literature and technique with emphasis on the fundamentals of music necessary for the beginning to intermediate singer. Half course per semester.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 089D SC - Group Voice: 3rd & 4th Year

    Voice instruction classes consisting normally of four to six students. A study of vocal literature and technique with emphasis on the fundamentals of music necessary for the beginning to intermediate singer. Half course per semester.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 091 PO - Perception, Mind and Modern Sound

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 096A PO - Electronic Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 096B PO - Electronic Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 101 SC - Music Theory I

    The study of tonal harmony and counterpoint primarily based on 18thcentury principles. Analyses of examples from literature and written exercises leading to the composition of short works based on models are combined with basic musicianship skills (ear training, sight-singing, and keyboard harmony). This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 003 SC  or equivalent
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually in the fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 102 SC - Music Theory II

    The continuation of Theory I with a study of basic chromatic harmony and introduction to the analysis of 18th century forms.

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 101 SC  or equivalent.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually in the spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 103 SC - Music Theory III

    A study of chromatic harmony, analysis of musical forms of the 19th and early 20th centuries (e.g. piano prelude, sonata, lied, Broadway song), and composition of original works based on formal models.

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 102 SC  or equivalent
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Alternate years


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 104 SC - Music Literature and Analysis Since 1900

    A historical and analytical study of music composed after 1900, focusing on harmonic and contrapuntal practices as well as advanced analytic techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 102  or by permission of the instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Alternate years


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 110A SC - Music in Western Civilization

    In the first semester, this course will be a study of music from the Ancient World through the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. In the second semester, this course will be a study of music from the Classical, Romantic, and 20th-century periods. Interdisciplinary relationships to other arts will be examined in a historical context. Semesters may be taken in reverse order. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Prerequisite(s): Music reading ability (MUS 003  or equivalent).
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 110B SC - Music in Western Civilization

    In the first semester, this course will be a study of music from the Ancient World through the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. In the second semester, this course will be a study of music from the Classical, Romantic, and 20th-century periods. Interdisciplinary relationships to other arts will be examined in a historical context. Semesters may be taken in reverse order. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Prerequisite(s): Music reading ability (MUS 003  or equivalent).
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 112 SC - Introduction to Ethnomusicology

    This course introduces students to the central theories, methods, and approaches used in the study of ethnomusicology. Students will become familiar with key issues and points of debate, resources for research and teaching, as well as a brief survey of the history of the discipline. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 118 SC - Music in the United States

    A survey of the history and development of music in the United States, this course will examine the diverse musical cultures and traditions, including European, African, Latin American, Native American, Asian, and others that have come to this country and have influenced the works of musicians and composers in the United States. Musical examples from American popular culture (jazz, rock, country, and pop), from religious services and practices of various denominations and sects, from ethnic groups and folk cultures within the United States, and from art music in the United States will be studied as expressions of important concerns and values in our society, and as influences on music in other countries as well. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 119 SC - Women and Gender in Music

    This class will study the role of gender in music as reflected by women composers, performers, writers on music, and patrons. This class will also investigate how active participation in music making and performance by women shapes the ways in which gender is represented. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

     

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Once per year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 120 SC - Music in Christian Practice

    Music serves an essential role in Christian worship and devotional practices. This course examines the musical practices in various historical and present-day worship settings ranging from medieval European monasteries and American revival campus to contemporary mainline Protestant churches of various racial and ethnic groups in the United States. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 120A PO - History of Western Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 120B PO - History of Western Music

    See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 121 SC - Music of the Spirits: Tewa Pueblo Indian, Hawaiian, and African American

    This course will involve three case studies of religious musical cultures in the United States: Tewa Pueblo ritual dance ceremonies, Hawaiian hula kahiko and auana, and African American gospel music. Ethnomusicological research methods, musical analysis, social function, and ritual significance will be discussed. No previous musical experience is required. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 122 SC - The Color of Music: Race in Blues and Jazz

    Jazz and blues are often represented as American musical traditions which transcend social barriers. Yet political divisions of race, class, and gender are manifest in disagreements as to whom the music belongs. This course focuses on how the concept of race has “colored” American popular music, and addresses the issue of expressive authenticity: are the kinds of understanding critical to authentic performance in a musical style accessible only to members of the community from which it originates? Relationships between race and gender in blues and jazz historical discourse will also be explored. Previous musical training is desirable but not required. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 123 SC - Music and the Performance of Identities: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender

    This course explores the ways in which individuals and groups represent, transform, and create their identities through musical performance and other performative acts. Several issues of “musical identity” are discussed: creation and expression of gender through music, musical expressions of ethnic and/or racial identity, musical creation of “official” identities (including U.S. nationalism), and the representation of the self through music. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 125 SC - Fight the Power: Music in L.A.

    This course explores how music has been used by disenfranchised people in Los Angeles to propose counternarratives to American mainstream culture. By examining the social and cultural sources of rhythm and blues, punk, and hip-hop in Southern California, it will also look at how race, class, and gender affect the performance and production of popular music in the Southland.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every two years


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 126 SC - Music in East Asia and its American Diasporas

    This course introduces the “traditional” music of China, Korea, and Japan and explores the ways in which traditional performing arts have been transformed, adapted, and given new meanings in these modern nation-states and the East Asian diasporic communities of the United States. A survey of these musical traditions will be followed by a closer study of pungmul, kabuki, taiko, Chinese opera, and pansori. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 127 HM - Harmony of Sound and Light

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 130 SC - Rhythm and the Latina Body Politic

    This interdisciplinary course focuses on the construction of Latina bodies in contemporary US popular culture, in particular how dance movement is often ethnically defined along cultural and gendered stereotypes. Dance, music, and control of the body are used as key concepts in exploring this arena. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 131 SC - Mariachi Performance and Culture

    This course combines a musical ensemble with music history and the study of culture. Students will become familiar with the Mexican mariachi tradition through participation, lecture, readings, exams, multi-media materials and a final concert. Cultural representation and ethnicity help us explore the tradition’s rich history and its role in contemporary society. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 132 SC - Stravinsky: His Milieu and His Music

    A seminar studying Igor Stravinsky’s life, his ballets, other instrumental music, and vocal music. Study of Russia at the turn of the 20th century, Paris in the early 20th century, ballet and other arts contextualizes Stravinsky’s music. Mode of instruction includes frequent student presentations on topics and works. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 151A SC - Conducting

    The study of the art of conducting, with emphasis on the five principal areas of expression within beat patterns, gestural vocabulary and communication, score study and phrase analysis, score reading at the keyboard, and repertoire studies. Over-arching consideration will be that of a philosophy of conducting.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 151B SC - Conducting

    The study of the art of conducting, with emphasis on the five principal areas of expression within beat patterns, gestural vocabulary and communication, score study and phrase analysis, score reading at the keyboard, and repertoire studies. Over-arching consideration will be that of a philosophy of conducting.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 151C SC - Conducting

    The study of the art of conducting, with emphasis on the five principal areas of expression within beat patterns, gestural vocabulary and communication, score study and phrase analysis, score reading at the keyboard, and repertoire studies. Over-arching consideration will be that of a philosophy of conducting.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 151D SC - Conducting

    The study of the art of conducting, with emphasis on the five principal areas of expression within beat patterns, gestural vocabulary and communication, score study and phrase analysis, score reading at the keyboard, and repertoire studies. Over-arching consideration will be that of a philosophy of conducting.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 162 SC - Musical Text-Setting, Analysis and Diction

    Students will study the ways in which composers have combined text and music in vocal music over the course of the European tradition, starting with Gregorian chant and ending with twentieth-century experiments in text-setting. They will explore the cultural contexts for these compositional strategies and become familiar with the practice of lyric diction in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Latin and transcription into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Previous musical training is desirable, but not required. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 170A SC - Voice

    This course is a study of techniques of singing and their application to vocal literature. Participation in scheduled class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester.  

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and MUS 003  (Fundamentals of Music) or equivalent required. MUS 003 may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 170B SC - Voice

    This course is a study of techniques of singing and their application to vocal literature. Participation in scheduled class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and MUS 003 (Fundamentals of Music) or equivalent required. MUS 003 may be taken concurrently first semester. 
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 170C SC - Voice

    This course is a study of techniques of singing and their application to vocal literature. Participation in scheduled class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and MUS 003 (Fundamentals of Music) or equivalent required. MUS 003  may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 170D SC - Voice

    This course is a study of techniques of singing and their application to vocal literature. Participation in scheduled class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and MUS 003  (Fundamentals of Music) or equivalent required. MUS 003  may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 171A SC - Piano

    Individual instruction at the intermediate and advanced levels. Participation in weekly class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 171B SC - Piano

    Individual instruction at the intermediate and advanced levels. Participation in weekly class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 171C SC - Piano

    Individual instruction at the intermediate and advanced levels. Participation in weekly class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 171D SC - Piano

    Individual instruction at the intermediate and advanced levels. Participation in weekly class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 172A SC - Chamber Music

    Weekly coaching by instructor as well as weekly rehearsal and independent practice will lead to on-campus performance. Repertory studied may range from 1600 to the present. Open to string players, pianists, harpsichordists, vocalists, wind, brass, and classical guitar players. 

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Course Credit: Half course per semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 172B SC - Chamber Music

    Weekly coaching by instructor as well as weekly rehearsal and independent practice will lead to on-campus performance. Repertory studied may range from 1600 to the present. Open to string players, pianists, harpsichordists, vocalists, wind, brass, and classical guitar players. 

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Course Credit: Half course per semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 172C SC - Chamber Music

    Weekly coaching by instructor as well as weekly rehearsal and independent practice will lead to on-campus performance. Repertory studied may range from 1600 to the present. Open to string players, pianists, harpsichordists, vocalists, wind, brass, and classical guitar players. 

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission
    Course Credit: Half course per semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 172D SC - Chamber Music

    Weekly coaching by instructor as well as weekly rehearsal and independent practice will lead to on-campus performance. Repertory studied may range from 1600 to the present. Open to string players, pianists, harpsichordists, vocalists, wind, brass, and classical guitar players. 

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission
    Course Credit: Half course per semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 173A JM - Claremont Concert Choir: 1st/2nd Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music selected from the 16th-century to the present, with an emphasis on larger, major works.  Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 173B JM - Claremont Concert Choir: 1st/2nd Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music selected from the 16th-century to the present, with an emphasis on larger, major works. Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 173C JM - Claremont Concert Choir: 3rd/4th Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music selected from the 16th-century to the present, with an emphasis on larger, major works. Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 173D JM - Claremont Concert Choir: 3rd/4th Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music selected from the 16th-century to the present, with an emphasis on larger, major works. Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.
     

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 174A JM - Claremont Chamber Choir: 1st/2nd Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study of choral music from 1300 to the present, with emphasis on those works composed for performances of an unaccompanied, choral chamber nature. Singers will be accepted into the class on the basis of a successful audition. Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition.  Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.
     

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 174B JM - Claremont Chamber Choir: 1st/2nd Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study of choral music from 1300 to the present, with emphasis on those works composed for performances of an unaccompanied, choral chamber nature. Singers will be accepted into the class on the basis of a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 174C JM - Claremont Chamber Choir: 3rd/4th Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study of choral music from 1300 to the present, with emphasis on those works composed for performances of an unaccompanied, choral chamber nature. Singers will be accepted into the class on the basis of a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.
     

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 174D JM - Claremont Chamber Choir: 3rd/4th Year

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) A study of choral music from 1300 to the present, with emphasis on those works composed for performances of an unaccompanied, choral chamber nature. Singers will be accepted into the class on the basis of a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not reaudition.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 175A JM - The Claremont Concert Orchestra

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) The study, through lecture, discussion, rehearsal, and performance, of styles and techniques appropriate for the historically accurate performance of instrumental works intended for the orchestra. Repertoire will include works from mid-18th century to the present with special emphasis on the Classical and Romantic periods. Class enrollments permitted only after successful audition.

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 175B JM - The Claremont Concert Orchestra

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) The study, through lecture, discussion, rehearsal, and performance, of styles and techniques appropriate for the historically accurate performance of instrumental works intended for the orchestra. Repertoire will include works from mid-18th century to the present with special emphasis on the Classical and Romantic periods. Class enrollments permitted only after successful audition. 

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 175C JM - The Claremont Concert Orchestra

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) The study, through lecture, discussion, rehearsal, and performance, of styles and techniques appropriate for the historically accurate performance of instrumental works intended for the orchestra. Repertoire will include works from mid-18th century to the present with special emphasis on the Classical and Romantic periods. Class enrollments permitted only after successful audition. 

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 175D JM - The Claremont Concert Orchestra

    (Joint offering of CMC, HMC, PZ, and SC.) The study, through lecture, discussion, rehearsal, and performance, of styles and techniques appropriate for the historically accurate performance of instrumental works intended for the orchestra. Repertoire will include works from mid-18th century to the present with special emphasis on the Classical and Romantic periods. Class enrollments permitted only after successful audition. 

    Course Credit: Half course per semester
    Offered: Each semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 176 SC - Claremont Treble Singers

    A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music for soprano and alto voices selected from the 14th century to the present. Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not audition.

    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 177A SC - Violin

    Individual instruction on the violin. Half-hour lessons earn half-course credit per semester; hour lessons earn full-course credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • MUS 177B SC - Violin

    Individual instruction on the violin. Half-hour lessons earn half-course credit per semester; hour lessons earn full-course credit. 

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Course Credit: Half or full
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
 

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