Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Discovery Module

Discovery Modules

Some programs in the College of Music include a Discovery Module requirement. This offers a compact approach to discovering new passions, interests, or literacies through connected curricular themes. Students in programs with this requirement may satisfy it in one of four ways:

Complete a six-credit Discovery Module
Completion of six credit hours of study abroad coursework + one GCI course. The GCI course is in addition to their Vol Core requirement.
Completion of a minor, a second concentration, certificate program, or a second major. The minor or second major may be in the College of Music or in another college.
Completion of all Air Force or Army ROTC program requirements.

Discovery Module courses may not overlap with other program of study requirements.

1. Beyond Borders

Discover the ways that languages, traditions, and perspectives broaden musical understanding.

Any foreign language 6 credit hours
GEOG 121* - Sustainable Human Geographies 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 290* - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 380* - Music in World Cultures 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 411* - Music of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 413* - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 416* - Global Soundtracks 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 421 - Music of Bali, Indonesia 2-3 Credit Hours
MUCO 424 - Jazz Spiritualities 3 Credit Hours
MUEN 323 - UT Appalachian Strings 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 312* - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours
MUTC 390* - Sound Synthesis Techniques 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 450 - Computer Projects 3 Credit Hours
MUTH 420 - Orchestration 3 Credit Hours
MUTH 452 - Music and Mental Health 3 Credit Hours
MUTH 450 - Choral Arranging 2 Credit Hours
MUTH 451 - Special Topics in Music Theory 3 Credit Hours
THEA 230* - The Black Arts Workshop: Performance and History 3 Credit Hours
WGS 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours

2. Enterprise Essentials

Discover the skills and knowledge to build your musical enterprise.

Any MUPF or MUSC 101 (MUST be secondary instrument)
AI 101* - Introduction to the World of AI 3 Credit Hours
AI 102* - Natural Language-based Programming Techniques 3 Credit Hours
BUAD 202* - Personal Finance 3 Credit Hours
CMST 240* - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours
COSC 100* - Introduction to Computers and Computing 3 Credit Hours
COSC 111* - Computational Thinking and the Art of Programming 3 Credit Hours
COSC 101 - Introduction to Programming 3 Credit Hours
ENT 350 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 340* - Economic Geography in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 451* - The Global Economy 3 Credit Hours
MUBS 101 - Introduction to Music Business 3 Credit Hours
MUBS 102 - Introduction to Music Publishing 3 Credit Hours
MUBS 303 - Music Supervision in Media 3 Credit Hours
MUBS 304 - The Live Music Industry 3 Credit Hours
MUBS 305 - Starting a Non-Profit Music Organization 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 290* - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 414* - Music and Media 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 415 - Introduction to Music Therapy 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 422 - Global Currents in Music Festivals 3 Credit Hours
MUED 320 - Conducting II 2 Credit Hours (Performance Students)
MUEN 303* - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 306 - Trombone Choir 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 310 - Percussion Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 309* - Tuba Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 321 - Flute Choir 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 323 - UT Appalachian Strings 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 311 - Afro-Diasporic Percussion Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 312* - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 313 - Trumpet Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 314 - Horn Choir 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 315 - Chamber Music Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 316 - Electroacoustic Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 319 - Saxophone Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 322 - Clarinet Choir 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 324 - Gospel Choir 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 326 - Rhythm and Blues Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUJZ 110 - Jazz Theory 2 Credit Hours
MUJZ 210 - Jazz Improvisation I 2 Credit Hours
MUTC 290* - Sound Recording Techniques 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 310 - The Art of Sound Design 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 320 - Film Scoring 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 325 - Commercial Scoring for Media 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 340 - Introduction to Computer Music Transcription 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 450 - Computer Projects 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 311 - Data Driven Soundscapes 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 330 - Virtual Audio Modeling 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 335 - Interactive Game Audio 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 390* - Sound Synthesis Techniques 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 451 - Special Topics in Music Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
MUTH 250 - Composition Class 2 Credit Hours
MUTH 320 - Instrumentation 2 Credit Hours
MUTH 415 - How to Learn Jazz in 10 Days 3 Credit Hours
MUTH 420 - Orchestration 3 Credit Hours
MUTH 451 - Special Topics in Music Theory 3 Credit Hours
THEA 265* - Introduction to Design and Production: Lighting, Sound, and Media 3 Credit Hours
THEA 220 - Introduction to Acting 3 Credit Hours
THEA 245* - Introduction to Design and Production: Costumes and Scenery 3 Credit Hours

3. The Healthy Edge

Discover the variety of physical, spiritual, or cognitive activities that can complement musical thinking.

MUCO 415 - Introduction to Music Therapy 3 Credit Hours
MUEN 312* - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours
MUTH 415 - How to Learn Jazz in 10 Days 3 Credit Hours
MUTH 452 - Music and Mental Health 3 Credit Hours
Any PYED course

4. Music & Arts in Global Contexts

Music in dialogue with other art forms (cinema, literature, visual and material art, theater) from global perspectives.

AFST 230* - The Black Experience in Theatre Performance 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 331* - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 332* - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 173* - Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 183* - Asian Art 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 410 - Art and Image in the Age of Pharaohs 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 411 - Art of South and Southeast Asia 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 413 - Art of China: Neolithic Period Through the Song Dynasty 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 414 - Art of China: Yuan through Qing Dynasties 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 416 - Chinese Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 419 - Art of Japan 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 443* - Islamic Art in Global Context I: Medieval 3 Credit Hours
ARTH 444* - Islamic Art in Global Context II: Early Modern 3 Credit Hours
CNST 281* - Introduction to Film Studies 3 Credit Hours
CNST 301 - South Asian Cinema: Bollywood and Beyond 3 Credit Hours
CNST 314 - Food, Fiction, and Film in Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
CNST 315 - Asian Film 3 Credit Hours
CNST 320 - Middle Eastern Film 3 Credit Hours
CNST 321 - Japanese Popular Media 3 Credit Hours
CNST 325* - Russian Film 3 Credit Hours
CNST 420 - French Cinema 3 Credit Hours
CNST 434* - Film and Visual Culture in the Hispanic World 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 221* - World Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 281* - Introduction to Film Studies 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 302* - British Culture: 1660 to Present 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 242* - Development of Western Civilization 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 248* - Honors: Development of Western Civilization 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 120* - History of Rock 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 110* - Introduction to Music in Western Culture 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 111 - History of Country Music 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 115* - Music in the United States 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 210* - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 220* - History of Western Music, Classical to the Present 3 Credit Hours
MUEN 311 - Afro-Diasporic Percussion Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 312* - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours
MUCO 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 380* - Music in World Cultures 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 413* - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 416* - Global Soundtracks 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 421 - Music of Bali, Indonesia 2-3 Credit Hours
MUCO 422 - Global Currents in Music Festivals 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 324* - Science Fiction in Russia and Eastern Europe 3 Credit Hours
THEA 230* - The Black Arts Workshop: Performance and History 3 Credit Hours

5. Music and Culture in the United States

Music as a cultural practice and as expression of U.S. identities, situated within broader contexts.

CNST 312* - Popular Culture and American Politics 3 Credit Hours
CNST 334* - Film and American Culture 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 303* - American Cultures 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 381* - American Tales, Songs, and Material Culture: An Introduction to Folklore 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 224* - Geography of Country Music 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 111 - History of Country Music 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 115* - Music in the United States 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 120* - History of Rock 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 125* - Jazz in American Culture 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 411* - Music of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 413* - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 424 - Jazz Spiritualities 3 Credit Hours
MUEN 323 - UT Appalachian Strings 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 324 - Gospel Choir 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 326 - Rhythm and Blues Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUTH 415 - How to Learn Jazz in 10 Days 3 Credit Hours
WGS 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours

6. Music, Devotion, and Religion

Interdisciplinary study of music, worship, religious belief, and related expressions.

ASST 339* - Islam in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours
CNST 316* - Topics in Religion and Film 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 321* - New Testament and Christian Origins 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 322* - Martyrs and Monks: Christian History, 100-800 CE 3 Credit Hours
HIME 366* - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours
HIME 369* - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500 3 Credit Hours
JST 321* - New Testament and Christian Origins 3 Credit Hours
JST 350* - The Afterlife of the Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 424 - Jazz Spiritualities 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 115* - Music in the United States 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 210* - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 480 - Music in Christian Worship 3 Credit Hours
MUEN 324 - Gospel Choir 1 Credit Hours
REST 101* - Religions of the World 3 Credit Hours
REST 280* - Religions of Asia 3 Credit Hours
REST 345* - Greek and Roman Religion 3 Credit Hours
REST 372* - Contemporary Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
REST 379* - Chinese Religions 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 222* - Heaven or Hell: Utopias and Dystopias in 20th-Century Russian Literature 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 232* - Religion and Society in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours

7. Music, Politics, and Society

Interdisciplinary study of music, politics, and society, providing a variety of socio-political perspectives that help inform an understanding of music and musical practices within social and political arenas.

AFST 415 - Black American Politics 3 Credit Hours
AFST 452* - The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 215* - Human Rights in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 331* - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
ARAB 332* - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
CNST 312* - Popular Culture and American Politics 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 349* - Geography of Human Rights: Europe and Asia 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 350* - Geography of Human Rights: Africa and the Americas 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 375* - Society and Spaces of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 364* - Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Global History 3 Credit Hours
HILA 256* - Modern Latin American and Caribbean History 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 111 - History of Country Music 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 115* - Music in the United States 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 120* - History of Rock 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 290* - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 413* - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 414* - Music and Media 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 424 - Jazz Spiritualities 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 441* - Global Justice and Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
POLS 352 - Political Challenges of Globalization 3 Credit Hours
POLS 372* - Civil War and the International System: Rebellions, Resources, and Outside Intervention 3 Credit Hours
POLS 414 - Gender and Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 415 - Black American Politics 3 Credit Hours
REST 339* - Islam in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours
REST 386* - Voices of the Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 271* - Putin’s Russia and the Art of Propaganda 3 Credit Hours
THEA 230* - The Black Arts Workshop: Performance and History 3 Credit Hours
HILA 255* - Early Latin American and Caribbean History 3 Credit Hours

8. Music, Technology, and People

Discover ways technologies can develop your musical craft; explore roles that technologies play in shaping music cultures; focus on how technology informs aspects of our everyday-life experience and our relationships with music.

AI 101* - Introduction to the World of AI 3 Credit Hours
EMER 201 - Navigating the Connected World and Internet of Everything 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 111* - Our Digital Earth 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 290* - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 414* - Music and Media 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 416* - Global Soundtracks 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 290* - Sound Recording Techniques 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 310 - The Art of Sound Design 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 311 - Data Driven Soundscapes 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 320 - Film Scoring 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 325 - Commercial Scoring for Media 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 330 - Virtual Audio Modeling 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 335 - Interactive Game Audio 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 340 - Introduction to Computer Music Transcription 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 390* - Sound Synthesis Techniques 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 450 - Computer Projects 3 Credit Hours
MUTC 451 - Special Topics in Music Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
THEA 265* - Introduction to Design and Production: Lighting, Sound, and Media 3 Credit Hours

Undergraduates

Graduate Students