<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>At St. Olaf College during my own undergraduate ('05-'09), Acoustics was essentially required. We had a science requirement for BM, more than one for BA, and Acoustics was a physics course designed and scheduled for music majors during the January term.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Conor Cook</div><div>LaSalle Catholic Parishes</div><div><br>On May 21, 2014, at 9:31 PM, CARSON FARLEY <<a href="mailto:ccfarley@embarqmail.com">ccfarley@embarqmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Since we are now living in the 21st century might I suggest some music technology classes and a class on the physics of sound? Music technology is now ubiquitous and used by all musicians and the understanding of how sound works in terms of the harmonic overtone series, wave forms, timbre, synthesis, frequency, tuning, etc., would be very helpful for the modern musician, composer, and theorist looking forward.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Carson Farley</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Composer/cellist/theorist</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">University of Washington Alumnus</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Smt-talk mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org">http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>