MATH 1333 Mathematics for Art and Music

This course explores the common foundations of mathematics, art and music. Topics from art include symmetry and the mathematics of dance; tessellations and tilings; fractals, origami; perspective and proportion; 3-dimensional printing. Topics from music include quantification of pitch, harmony, and musical scales; key signatures and equivalence relations; octaves and modular arithmetic; rhythm and the Euclidean algorithm; musical intervals and logarithms; tone and trigonometry; timbre and harmonic analysis.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

College Ready TSI status in Mathematics.

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

School of Mathematical & Stat

Offered

Fall/Spring/Summer