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Sound Thinking is an interdisciplinary course designed to teach computational thinking and to give students experience in working on project teams with students in very different majors. It has two course numbers, MUED 2120 and COMP 2120, because it is offered by two departments: Music and Computer Science. It is is co-taught by two professors: one from Music and the other from Computer Science. Both professors will be in the classroom for every class (unless one of them is traveling). The two course numbers also emphasize the course’s interdisciplinarity.
Sound Thinking is designed to teach computing concepts to Arts majors, and music concepts to Science, Engineering, and Business majors. The course has been granted General Education (GenEd) status, and students who complete it earn either Arts & Humanities (AH) or Science and Technology (TN) GenEd credit, depending upon which they need for their major. Arts majors typically need TN credit, while others typically need AH credit.
Sound Thinking is the major thrust of Performamatics, an interdisciplinary teaching project funded by the National Science Foundation. For further information on Performamatics, please see www.performamatics.org.
This website provides all of the teaching materials used in the course as taught by Profs. Heines and Greher during the Spring 2016 semester. These include the course syllabus and related information, class notes, and assignments, as well as links to the class discussion forum on Piazza, Prof. Heines’s Grade Display program, and a wealth of resources. Please use the menu system above to access these resources.