The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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