Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2017-2018
MUSI 530 - MUSIC, MAGIC, AND SCIENCE
Long Title: MUSIC, MAGIC, AND SCIENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD
Department: Music
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: This course explores the place of music vis-a-vis changing conceptions of the natural and supernatural worlds in Western modernity. Topics include music and occult science in the Renaissance, the impact of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment on musical thought; the development of modern acoustics, and contemporary approaches of the field of music cognition.