- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Differences and Diversity (DD), Ethical Reasoning (ER), and Advanced Writing in the Disciplines (WD) are not explicitly satisfied by the required courses. Differences and Diversity (DD) and Ethical Reasoning (ER) can be met through Music in Context. Students are responsible for satisfying any of these requirements not met within the major.
Psychology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 3452 | Sensation and Perception | 4 |
| PSYC 3458 | Biological Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 3464 | Psychology of Language | 4 |
| PSYC 3466 | Cognition | 4 |
| Statistics | ||
| Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1-semester-hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission); otherwise, complete the following: | 4-5 | |
| Statistics in Psychological Research | ||
| Required Lab | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Laboratory in Research Design | ||
| Laboratory in Learning and Motivation | ||
| Laboratory in Biological Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Laboratory in Cognition | ||
| Laboratory in Social Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Personality | ||
| Laboratory in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Laboratory in Affective Science | ||
| Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development | ||
| Laboratory in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Required Seminar | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Seminar in Biological Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Personality | ||
| Seminar in Social Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Seminar in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Psychology Electives | ||
| Complete two PSYC courses not used to fulfill requirements above. | 8 | |
Music Theory Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Music Theory Placement | ||
| All students must take a music placement exam. Students who place into MUSC 1201 will substitute a general elective course for the following course: | ||
| MUSC 1119 | Fundamentals of Western Music Theory | 4 |
| Required Courses | ||
| MUSC 1201 | Music Theory 1 | 4 |
| MUSC 1202 | Music Theory 2 | 4 |
Music in Context
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Music in Everyday Life | ||
| Music in Everyday Life and Lab for MUSC 1002 | ||
| Creative Category | ||
| Complete one of the following 4-semester-hour courses, or complete four 1-semester-hour ensembles and/or lessons from the list: | 4 | |
| Coursework Option | ||
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation 1 | ||
| Jazz Improvisation | ||
| Conducting | ||
| Introduction to Songwriting | ||
| Music Production and Recording 1 | ||
| Introduction to Music Technology | ||
| Introduction to Composition | ||
| Sound Design | ||
| Ensembles and Lessons Option | ||
| Music Lessons 1 | ||
| Music Lessons 2 | ||
| Chorus | ||
| Concert Band | ||
| Orchestra | ||
| Wind Ensemble | ||
| Jazz Ensemble | ||
| Rock Ensemble | ||
| Blues/Rock Ensemble | ||
| Create Your Own Music | ||
| Chamber Ensemble | ||
| Jazz Choir and Combo | ||
| World Music Ensemble | ||
| Fusion Ensemble | ||
| Pep Band | ||
| Contemporary/Popular Music or Global Music/Ethnomusicology Category | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Black Popular Music | ||
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation 1 | ||
| Popular Music Since 1945 | ||
| Topics in American Music | ||
| Topics in Global Music Cultures | ||
| Punk Rock | ||
| 40,000 Years of Music Technology | ||
| Musical Communities of Boston | ||
| Topics in Musical Communities | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| Music, Sound, and the Screen | ||
| The World of Choral Music | ||
| Sounding Human | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Sound and the Sacred | ||
| Ethnography and the Arts | ||
| Music and Social Justice | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
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MUSC 2150 can be used to meet either the creative or the contemporary/popular music or global music/ethnomusicology requirement but not both.
Music Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MUSC 2350 | Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music | 4 |
| or INAM 3200 | Creative Cognition | |
| MUSC 3300 | Music Perception and Cognition | 4 |
| Capstone | ||
| MUSC 4510 | Music and the Brain Research | 4 |
Music Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete two courses from MUSC, MUSI, or MUST not used to fulfill the requirements above. | 8 | |
Other Requirements Outside Major
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EESC 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| or EEAM 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| PSYC 1000 | Psychology at Northeastern | 1 |
| or MUSC 1000 | Music at Northeastern | |
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Interactive Mathematics | ||
| Mathematical Thinking | ||
| Calculus 1 | ||
Bridge/Integrative Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Note: MUSC 3300 is already required above. | ||
| Music Perception and Cognition | ||
BS Psychology/Music Major
Complete 76 semester hours in the major.
Music Major Grade Requirement
Students must maintain at least a 2.667 grade-point average (B– average) in the requirements of the music half of the combined major and also complete all required music courses with grades of at least C. Students who fail to meet the above standards will be placed on departmental probation; those who remain on probation for two consecutive semesters will be dropped from the major.
Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MATH 1213 | 4 | PSYC 3466 | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | Music elective | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| MUSC 1000 or PSYC 1000 | 1 | PSYC 2320 | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1001 or 1002 and 1003 | 4 | NUpath ER | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1119 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MUSC 1202 | 4 | EESC 2000 or EEAM 2000 | 1 | PSYC elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| MUSC 3300 | 4 | MUSC 2350 or INAM 3200 | 4 | Open elective | 4 | ||
| PSYC 3458 | 4 | PSYC 3464 | 4 | ||||
| Open elective | 4 | Contemporary/ethno course | 4 | ||||
| NUpath DD | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | MUSC 4510 | 4 | PSYC lab | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| PSYC 3452 | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ||||
| Creative music course | 4 | ||||||
| Open elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Music elective | 4 | ||||
| NUpath WD | 4 | ||||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | ||||||
| Open elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||