The Department of Music, which opened in 1997 to provide jazz education, was a place where talented young people of Turkey met the masters of jazz. Many masters of today’s music scene were educated in this school. Following a series of changes from 2005 onwards, a more inclusive curriculum was created, embracing all genres and areas. In its new form, the department became a place where the disciplines of composition and sound technologies merged, and where musicians who could approach music with this perspective without distinguishing genres were trained. Continuing to change by keeping up with what time brings, the department has the distinction of being a place where students and teachers who understand work discipline and the importance of free thought in the artistic creation process, and who share learning activities as multifaceted and multi-layered experiences, meet.
As the Department of Music, we see music as a way of living, thinking, and communicating, as opposed to a culture in which music -along with many other things- is treated purely as an object of consumption. We strive to discover what the past and today presents, to comprehend and produce through a critical filter. Above all, we prepare our students for professional life with an approach that encourages them to find their own identities, their own unique artistic languages as musicians.
Music Undergraduate Program has a curriculum that aims to graduate its students as individuals who are active, creative, open to interaction and collaboration, and who understand and develop the environment they live in. Students go through a very intensive period of entry level ear training, theory, music history, philosophy of music and composition classes during the first two years. In the third year, the required classes are less, and students are encouraged to take elective classes from all of the programs in the university and to design their own education. We remain constantly active at an international level by exchange programs, bilateral exchange agreements, seminars, workshops, and concerts with the participation of guests from abroad.
Graduates of Istanbul Bilgi University Music undergraduate program can build a career in many fields such as composition, sound design, performance, sound engineering, production, publishing, education, and interdisciplinary art; or become academicians.
[Program] 93 - Music |
Prerequisites / Conditions Graph |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 133 | Ensemble I | Core | 2 | |
MUS 167 | Fundamentals of Music I | Core | 6 | |
MUS 171 | Piano I | Core | 2 | |
MUS 179 | Thinking Music I | Core | 5 | |
MUS 281 | History of Western Music 1: Ancient to Classical era | Core | 6 | |
MUS/E 179 | English for Academic Purposes I | Core | 3 | |
GE-Arts And Humanities List I | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 134 | Ensemble II | Core | 2 | |
MUS 168 | Fundamentals of Music II | Core | 6 | |
MUS 172 | Piano II | Core | 2 | |
MUS 180 | Thinking Music II | Core | 5 | |
MUS 282 | History of Western Music 2: Romantic era | Core | 6 | |
MUS/E 180 | English for Academic Purposes II | Core | 3 | |
GE-Arts And Humanities List I | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 209 | Musicianship I | Core | 3 | |
MUS 223 | Fundamentals of Music III: Music Notation | Core | 2 | |
MUS 235 | Introduction to Composition I | Core | 6 | |
MUS 239 | Advanced Solfege I | Core | 3 | |
MUS 242 | History and Philosophy of New Music | Core | 4 | |
MUS 248 | Physics of Sound | Core | 2 | |
HTR 111 | History of Turkish Revolution I | Core | 2 | |
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 28 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 210 | Musicianship II | Core | 3 | |
MUS 221 | Critical Listening | Core | 6 | |
MUS 230 | Studio as a Compositional Tool | Core | 6 | |
MUS 236 | Introduction to Composition II | Core | 6 | |
MUS 240 | Advanced Solfege II | Core | 3 | |
HTR 112 | History of Turkish Revolution II | Core | 2 | |
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 32 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 243 | Audio Recording Technologies I | Core | 6 | |
MUS 261 | Arranging | Core | 6 | |
MUS 311 | Structure and Form Analysis | Core | 6 | |
MUS 375 | Creative Workshop and Ensemble | Core | 6 | |
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 244 | Audio Recording Technologies II | Core | 6 | |
MUS 374 | Orchestration | Core | 6 | |
MUS 376 | Composition Workshop | Core | 6 | |
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
Full List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 439 | Current Issues in the Music Industry | Core | 6 | |
MUS 441 | Senior Project I | Core | 4 | |
MUS 445 | Stereo Mixing I | Core | 6 | |
TK 103 | Turkish Language I | Core | 2 | |
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 438 | Surround Mixing and Mastering | Core | 6 | |
MUS 440 | Special Topics in Music: Music Cognition | Core | 6 | |
MUS 442 | Senior Project II | Core | 4 | |
MUS 446 | Stereo Mixing II | Core | 6 | |
TK 104 | Turkish Language II | Core | 2 | |
MUS List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
[Pathway] 9303 - Minor Program in Music |
Prerequisites / Conditions Graph |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 167 | Fundamentals of Music I | Core | 6 | |
MUS 281 | History of Western Music 1: Ancient to Classical era | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 12 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
MUS 168 | Fundamentals of Music II | Core | 6 | |
MUS 282 | History of Western Music 2: Romantic era | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 12 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
MUS 221 | Critical Listening | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
MUS 388 | Sound Art | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
MUS 439 | Current Issues in the Music Industry | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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MUS 460 | Music and Gender: Women in Music | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |