MUSI 2350

This was probably one of the best classes I've ever taken at UVA. There's something very rewarding in learning musical skills that you can continue developing past this course. My ta was Aaron Stepp who was super chill and knowledgeable.

I thought easy As didn't exist at UVA...then I took this class

Really easy and great class. You're kind of forced to go to lecture because Burtner doesn't post up his slides on Collab, so you have to go in order to take notes. Two quizzes/tests (call them what you want) throughout the year with three homework assignments; ironically, the homework is worth much more than the two quizzes that you'll take, so don't be worried if you bomb those. As long as you follow the instructions on the homework, you're pretty much guaranteed an A. Focus mostly on listening for the quizzes, and if you've taken notes during lecture, you should do fine on those too. There's an artist review at the end and a final composition project, but both of those are really easy as well. The final was a breeze--25 multiple choice questions that were basically identify the song by genre/song/artist etc. If you spend a few hours listening to the songs (Burtner posts the entire playlist he chooses from on Collab) and are able to identify them with the first few seconds, you'll do great. Seriously, easiest A class I've ever taken at UVA.

This is probably the easiest class you could possibly take at UVA. You should go to lecture because he doesn't post his slides, but each slide doesn't have too much info and you're all good for the exams if you copy it all down. Lecture can be a bit boring but he usually starts with or plays a bizarre song during lecture which keeps it a bit interesting. Exams are extremely easy, but if you happen to not study and mess up they're each worth less than 10% so its fine (I did well on the first exam, bombed the second, decently well on the final, and near 100s on all the homeworks and got a high A). Lab is just learning different kinds of music software and working on the homework assignments. My TA was Aaron Stepp and he was great -- lenient grader, super helpful and understanding about us not being totally functional at a 9 am lab section. Professor Burtner also brought donuts on the day of the final so that was a plus!