MUSI 3320

Prof. Maus is an extremely low-key and down-to-earth guy. He did a great job accommodating students' struggles during this online-only semester. He basically never enforced deadlines, and every single homework assignment could be revised for a higher grade. If you attend lecture consistently, pay attention, and give a good effort on your assignments, you will succeed.

His lecturing was sometimes boring, but so is everything over Zoom. He was also extremely receptive to questions and would stop to explain even the most basic of misunderstandings. (I used and perhaps abused this to get him to re-explain Theory I material to me.)

Maus is a good person, and if you're interested in first-species counterpoint and art music from the early 18th century onward, you should take this course.

N.B.: You can exempt Theory I and take this course. If you have some prior theory experience, consider emailing Maus and testing out. It wasn't too difficult—I managed to test out of Theory I with knowledge from high school orchestra and Intro to Jazz Improv.