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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:

CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.

The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.

Types of Courses

  • Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
  • Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
  • Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
  • Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
 

Music
  

  • MUS 2400 - Vocal Diction I


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 172A

    Description: This course is in an in-depth study of accurate articulation and pronunciation for singing in English, Italian, Spanish, and Latin.
  

  • MUS 2410 - Basic Vocal Diction


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course covers the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet and the pronunciation for singing in English and other commonly sung languages.
  

  • MUS 2450 - Jazz Improvisation I


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MUS 1130 and MUS 1140

    Description: This course introduces students to basic skills to spontaneously create melodies in time within a harmonic context. The class focuses on developing a timbral, melodic, and rhythmic vocabulary that enhances the principles of successful group improvisation interaction.
  

  • MUS 2451 - Jazz Improvisation II


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2450

    Description: This course presents students with the more advanced skills needed to improvise in a jazz context. With the timbral, melodic, and rhythmic vocabulary learned and used in the previous course, students continue to build on the skills that allow for the performance of spontaneously created melodies.
  

  • MUS 2630 - Jazz Piano


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 162B

    Description: This course, a continuation of MUS 162B, Class Piano II, is an introduction to piano proficiency for jazz majors. This class explores various aspects of jazz piano performance and musicianship, including swing feel and syncopation, piano technique, performance of chord progressions, interpretation of chord symbols, voicings, accompaniment patterns, and improvisation.
  

  • MUS 2650 - Music Technology for Educators


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1110 or Permission of instructor

    Description: This course is intended for music education majors. The focus is on learning skills necessary for a career in music education: music notation software for the creation of musical scores and parts, sequencing software for composing and transcribing, and the use of databases and spreadsheets to manage the varied activities of a music teacher.
  

  • MUS 2660 - Music Technology for Composers


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1110; MUS 1650; or permission of instructor

    Description: This course is a survey of the concepts, technology, and skills required for creating and realizing electronic music in a variety of compositional formats and media environments. In addition, notation software will be thoroughly explored, particularly as it relates to the notation of complex modern composition.
  

  • MUS 2710 - Private Instruction III


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1720

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 1720, and covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course. This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study.

    Note: Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 2720 - Private Instruction IV


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2710

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 2710, and covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 2730 - Performance III


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1720, MUS 1110, MUS 1120 and a successful performance concentration audition

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 1720 and is only for students majoring in music performance. It covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 2740 - Performance IV


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2730 and a successful performance concentration audition

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 2730 and is only for students majoring in music performance. It covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform with one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successful perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 2840 - Session Styles I


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1010, MUS 1110, MUS 1120

    Corequisite(s): MUS 2850

    Description: This course requires students to perform a diverse range of contemporary and iconic musical styles in the popular idiom to high standards. Students are required to listen to and analyze a range of recordings to assess their stylistic sonic qualities and nuances. Instructors provide historical and cultural context for each style as well as performance training and guidance in critical listening skills. Students are required to read and interpret song charts as well as play by ear while performing in various styles/genres. Group sessions are discipline-specific, and are supported by one-on-one tutorials and master classes.
  

  • MUS 2842 - Session Styles II


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1010, MUS 1110, MUS 1120, MUS 2840

    Description: Building on the skills and knowledge gained in MUS 2840: Sessions Styles I, this course focuses on the more advanced skills necessary to be a successful working musician in studio and live sessions. Particular emphasis will be placed on reading and interpreting song charts in a diverse range of contemporary and iconic musical styles in the popular idiom. Students listen to and analyze a more complex range of recordings to assess their stylistic sonic qualities. Instructors provide historical and cultural context for each style as well as further performance training and guidance in developing more nuanced critical listening skills. Group sessions are discipline-specific, and are supported by one-on-one tutorials and master classes.
  

  • MUS 2850 - Artist Inquiry I


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1010

    Description: In this course, students study and learn to perform the particular techniques, styles, repertoire, and sounds of artists within the proper historical, cultural, and social contexts. This course outlines a basic chronological history of American popular music with an emphasis on rock ‘n’ roll (broadly conceived).

    Note: This course may be taken once per instrument area.
  

  • MUS 2852 - Artist Inquiry II


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2850

    Description: This course is the second course in a sequence. This course allows students to continue to study and perform the particular techniques, styles, repertoire, and sounds of artists within their proper historical, cultural, and social contexts. This course continues to outline a basic chronological history of American popular music with an emphasis on rock ‘n’ roll (broadly conceived).
  

  • MUS 2860 - Notation and Chart Writing


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1130, MUS 1140, MUS 1864

    Description: In this course, students gain experience with the ability to communicate their ideas more effectively through written notation, using a variety of methods and techniques for producing scores, lead sheets, and charts. The course examines a range of pre-existing charts and scores from studio sessions and live tours for students to become more familiar with standard industry practices, and determining the ways that work best for their own compositions. Enhancing their musical literacy and aural skills, students transcribe songs from multiple genres, notating their various instrumental parts and vocals in a number of formats, including conventional Western notation, drum charts, rhythm and slash notation, and the Nashville Number System.
  

  • MUS 2862 - Song Arrangement I


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS1130, MUS1140, MUS1864, MUS 2860

    Description: This course focuses on transforming original raw song material into fully formed ensemble arrangements. Students are introduced to basic concepts in orchestration for the modern pop and rock ensemble: learning the fundamental attributes, functions, and ranges of the guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and piano in order to understand how to create viable arrangements for these instruments that work in multiple idioms. Students deconstruct the rhythm sections and vocals of existing songs to understand how and why they work as a unit. Students create re-arrangements and remixes of existing songs, but also work on ensemble arrangements of original material.
  

  • MUS 2864 - Song Arrangement II


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2862

    Description: Building on the first semester in this sequence (MUS 2862), this course continues to focus on transforming original raw song material into fully formed arrangements for contemporary ensembles. Students learn more advanced concepts in orchestration, including extended techniques and exploiting the sonic possibilities for guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and piano to create innovative arrangements of existing and original material. Students continue to deconstruct the rhythm sections and vocals of existing songs to understand how and why they work as a unit. Students explore the inclusion of strings, brass, and woodwinds into popular music, as well as other instruments common to pop arrangements, such as mandolin, organ, and synthesizer.
  

  • MUS 2865 - Advanced Lyric Writing


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1866

    Description: Building on the previous course in this sequence, this course explores advanced techniques, methods, and practices for creating subject matter and lyrics. While refining previously learned methods, students are introduced to more advanced ways of conceptualizing lyric writing. Students critically examine and deconstruct a range of pre-existing lyrics from songwriters across a wide spectrum of genres and styles. Students refine their own artistic practices to create original lyrical content as well as reflect on their own creative process.
  

  • MUS 2866 - Writing for Artists


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1864, MUS 1866, MUS 2860

    Description: This course explores writing original material for existing established artists in numerous contemporary genres, including solo and group arrangements. Students develop a familiarity with the contemporary trends in multiple idioms to write for artists across a range of styles to specific prompts. Students also explore ways for young songwriters to promote and disseminate their own compositions to get noticed by industry-established acts.  Students directly apply notation skills learned in Notation and Chart Writing.
  

  • MUS 2880 - Self-Employment Skills in Music


    Credits: 3

    Description: This course focuses on how to assess and exploit a variety self-employment opportunities available within the contemporary music industry. Students learn the fundamentals of starting and managing their own music-related business as well as how to manage their personal finances as they relate to self-employment. Recognizing the volatility of the music industry, students learn how to navigate times of abundance and scarcity.      
  

  • MUS 2882 - Establishing an Artist


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MUS1880, MUS1882, MUS1890, MUS1892

    Description: Building on the artist and repertoire skills developed previously, in this course students focus on how to break (i.e., establish) new artists into the mainstream music industry. By examining a range of case studies, students learn to expose an artist to multiple audiences and broaden their reach to various markets. This class explores marketing strategies, networking, short and long term planning, problem solving, leadership, and other skills necessary to establish an artist in the contemporary music market. 
  

  • MUS 2886 - Music Industry Income Streams


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1880, MUS 1890, MUS 1892

    Description: This course focuses on understanding the various ways in which artists earn income from the perspective of an artist manager. This includes a survey of a multitude of income streams to create a diverse approach to creating, and advising on, revenue opportunities for artists. Students learn about long-term and short-term financial planning, cost-benefit analysis, budget forecasting, and cash flow management. Students develop a basic financial literacy as it relates to the music business, honing their ability to communicate with accountants, agents, banks, and third-party investors. 
  

  • MUS 2888 - International Music Market


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1890

    Description: Building on the MUS 1890: Domestic Music Market, this course offers an overview of how principles learned in that class apply overseas. Students learn how to break and establish artists outside of the US market, including an introduction to, and analysis of, the primary stakeholders in the global music industry. This class explores the key similarities and differences between the US and non-US markets, including cultural dynamics, legal structures, distribution channels, performance opportunities, and marketing strategies. Students also examine historical and current trends in various overseas markets and discuss how artists stay relevant over time.    
  

  • MUS 2890 - Home Recording


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1000; MUS 1120; ENG 1020

    Description: This course covers the fundamentals of multi-track recording techniques, mixing, and mastering, enabling students to produce their own home recordings to a professional standard. Students learn to record a range of instruments and ensembles using numerous types of hardware and software.
  

  • MUS 2910 - Intermediate Techniques and Improvisation I


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1920

    Description: Building upon Techniques and Improv I and II, this course provides students the opportunity to further develop technical facility on their chosen instrument along with a deeper understanding of improvisatory skills. This involves a logical progression of intermediate level exercises and application. Students are challenged to experiment with intermediate level techniques to further develop a creative approach to improvisation. The course situates intermediate technical vocabulary and improvisational skills within a variety of musical contexts across numerous genres. 

    Note: This course may be taken once per instrument area.
  

  • MUS 2920 - Intermediate Techniques and Improvisation II


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2910

    Description: This course builds directly on MUS 2910: Intermediate Techniques and Improv I, providing students an opportunity to further develop technical facility on their chosen instrument while advancing their improvisational abilities. This involves a logical progression of advanced-intermediate exercises and applications. Students experiment with an advanced-intermediate level of techniques to further develop a creative approach to improvisation. The class situates technical vocabulary and improvisational skills within a variety of challenging musical contexts across numerous genres at an advanced-intermediate level. 
  

  • MUS 2940 - Group Performance Instruction I


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1110, MUS 1120

    Description: This class offers group instruction on an instrument to students with little or no previous training. 

    Note: This course may be taken once per instrument area.
  

  • MUS 2950 - Group Performance Instruction II


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2940

    Description: This is a continuation of MUS 2940: Group Performance I offering group instruction on a specific instrument.

    Note: This course may be taken once per instrument area.
  

  • MUS 3000 - Musics of America


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 and ENG 1020, MUS 1000, or permission of instructor

    Description: This course explores American music and its unique blend of African, Native American, Hispanic, Asian, and European colonial musical styles and genres. Students develop an understanding of the musical style, aesthetic viewpoints, and function of the folk, religious, classical, popular, and commercial music of these groups. The course materials also consider the interaction of these musical styles and genres within the context of sociocultural dynamics of the United States. The student encounter new musical expressions and their history.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

    University Requirement(s): Multicultural
  

  • MUS 3010 - History of Western Classical Music


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010; ENG 1020

    Description: This course explores the history of Western classical music, and also examines classical forms and how they are used in various eras of history. Developments in form and style of composition are traced from Gregorian chant through the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, and into the 20th and 21st century to examine “classical” compositional practices in modern day art music.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities
  

  • MUS 3015 - Global Pop


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020

    Description: This survey of global pop explores musical thought and processes through an examination of the development of “world music” and “world beat” in the 20th and 21st century, including its meaning and importance to contemporary culture as well as its history and impact. The class addresses the complex relationships of music and mass media while addressing themes of nationalism, popular resistance and subversion, censorship, transnational identity, gender representation, and cultural hegemony in popular music.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
  

  • MUS 3020 - Jazz Styles - America’s Music


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1000 or permission of instructor

    Description: This class explores the history of Jazz within the context of the African American cultural experience. The course will examine African musical aesthetics that are at the core of all forms of jazz throughout its history. The evolution of jazz will be traced, beginning with distinctly African American musical expressions such as minstrelsy, the blues, and ragtime, before surveying the developments and prominent figures of jazz in the 20th century including New Orleans and classic jazz, bebop and related movements, the innovations of Coleman and Taylor, the innovations of Miles Davis, and the jazz styles of the present.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

    University Requirement(s): Multicultural
  

  • MUS 3030 - Traditional American Improvised Styles


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010, MUS 1000; or permission of instructor

    Description: This course examines the music and musicians that contribute to the development of improvisation in American folk music outside of the tradition of Jazz. This course surveys the phenomenon of “Americana,” music which is derived from the various forms of American roots music, comprised of the wide variety of cultural practices found in the United States. The blues, bluegrass, Appalachian music, and other culturally varied forms of American improvised music are covered.
  

  • MUS 3050 - Musics of the World


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1000 or permission of instructor

    Description: The course will explore the diverse forms of musical expression found in within cultures from around the world. In addition to surveying a variety of musical practices, aesthetic systems, and functions of music, the fundamental theoretical approaches of ethnomusicology will be introduced and employed.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
  

  • MUS 3060 - Art and Music for Elementary Teachers


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 and at least junior standing; or permission of instructor

    Description: This course enables students to develop awareness and knowledge of philosophical and aesthetic foundations of the arts with a specific focus on art and music. Appropriate methods of teaching art and music in the elementary curriculum, including the integration of literacy and mathematics, will be explored. Students will use creative and critical thinking skills to develop artistic sensibility.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or MUS.

    Cross Listed Course(s): ARTH 3060
  

  • MUS 3100 - Counterpoint


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110 and MUS 2120

    Description: This course involves study of modal vocal polyphony (Lassus, Palestrina) of the sixteenth century, and tonal contrapuntal textures of the 18th century (J.S. Bach) and contrapuntal techniques of the 20th century (Hindemith). Students will compose in two to four independent voices. All contrapuntal techniques are studied in historical perspective, including analysis of polyphonic forms.
  

  • MUS 3150 - Arranging and Orchestration


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110; MUS 2120; MUS 3460; and MUS 3410 or MUS 3430 or MUS 3450

    Description: Students will study the technical capabilities and notation of all the instruments and voices, individually and in ensembles, and score written music for small instrumental and/or vocal ensembles and for orchestra.
  

  • MUS 3160 - Jazz Composition and Arranging


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2150, MUS 3020

    Description: This course gives students the skills needed to arrange for jazz combo and big band. Techniques studied include those employed by composer/arrangers such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Thad Jones, and Maria Schneider. The students create their own arrangement for jazz combo and big band that is played in class.
  

  • MUS 3170 - Arranging for Educators


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110 and MUS 2120

    Description: This course provides the prospective music educator with the skills needed to create functional performance material for the instrumentation at their disposal, as well as introducing rudimentary orchestration and arranging skills.
  

  • MUS 3200 - Topics in Music History and Literature: Variable Topics


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3220 or Permission of instructor

    Description: This course is designed to study the history and literature of a single musical style, era, medium, or composer.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
  

  • MUS 3210 - Music History I


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110 and at least junior standing

    Description: This course is intended for music majors. It comprises a comprehensive survey of music history and musical style through the examination of recordings and scores of music of the ancient Greeks through the early eighteenth century in Europe.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or MUS.

    Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3211
  

  • MUS 3220 - Music History II


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3210 and MUS 2130

    Description: This course is intended for music majors and comprises a survey of music history and musical style through the examination of recordings and scores of art music having its origins in Western Europe from the mid 18th century up to the present time.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or MUS.

    Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3221
  

  • MUS 3240 - Songwriting


    Credits: 3

    Description: This course introduces the basic aesthetic and communicative concepts of songwriting with regard to tradition and to contemporary trends and enables students to articulate a conscious method appropriate to their own aesthetic approaches to songwriting in the context of traditional songwriting. Students compose original songs with various features (lyrics, melody, harmony, etc.) and document them so that each song may be communicated and performed in various different genres, styles, and situations.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.

    Cross Listed Course(s): ENG 3570
  

  • MUS 3350 - Teaching General Music


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2340

    Corequisite(s): MUS 3351

    Description: Students will develop competencies for teaching general music in both elementary and secondary school music settings. Course content will include experience with traditional elementary methodologies, application of technology to music, and non-ensemble based musical opportunities. Additional instruction will include classroom management, assessment strategies, and the role of general music in education.
  

  • MUS 3351 - Supervised Field Experience in General Music


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2340 and formal admission to the music education program

    Corequisite(s): MUS 3350 and EDS 3150

    Description: The student will work with general music teachers in area elementary schools in a 55-hour supervised field experience. The course is designed to integrate concepts developed in MUS 3350 with practice in classroom environments, and must be taken concurrently with MUS 3350 and EDS 3150. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully pass the final course assessment with the music education faculty in order to pass the course and continue in the music education program. Further information about the process may be found in the Department of Music Student Handbook .
  

  • MUS 3390 - The Inclusive Music Classroom


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2340 or permission of instructor

    Description: This course provides a survey of various exceptionalities of K-12 students, ranging from mild to severe, with a focus on meeting the needs of these students in the music classroom. Information about child abuse and medical conditions, and their possible effects on student learning and behavior, is addressed. Teacher-candidates are introduced to special education processes with music content that facilitates the learning process of students with special needs, including strategies and curriculum adaptations for inclusion in music and art classrooms.
  

  • MUS 3400 - Vocal Diction II


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2400

    Description: This course is an advanced study of proper diction in classical vocal performance. Students will study the characteristic nuances of German and French vowel and consonant pronunciation in speech and singing, and demonstrate these skills in class performances and presentations.
  

  • MUS 3410 - String Techniques and Pedagogy


    Credits: 1

    Description: The course offers practical instruction in the technique of playing and teaching string instruments as well as the organization of string programs in the public schools.
  

  • MUS 3420 - Guitar Techniques and Pedagogy


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course covers practical instruction in playing guitar with an emphasis on acquainting students with techniques and materials necessary for teaching guitar.
  

  • MUS 3430 - Woodwind Techniques and Pedagogy


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course covers practical instruction in playing woodwind instruments with an emphasis on acquainting students with techniques and materials necessary in teaching woodwinds.
  

  • MUS 3450 - Brass Techniques and Pedagogy


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course covers practical beginning instruction in playing brass instruments with an emphasis on acquainting students with techniques and materials necessary for teaching brass instruments.
  

  • MUS 3460 - Percussion Techniques and Pedagogy


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course covers practical beginning instruction in playing percussion instruments with an emphasis on acquainting students with techniques and materials necessary for teaching percussion instruments.
  

  • MUS 3470 - Wind and Percussion Pedagogy for Choral Educators


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to students pursuing a BME degree in the Vocal Concentration only

    Description: This course cannot substitute for any techniques courses required for other degrees. This course covers practical instruction in playing of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, with an emphasis on acquainting students with techniques and materials necessary for teaching these instruments.
  

  • MUS 3490 - Elements of Vocal Pedagogy


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 162A

    Description: This course covers practical instruction in vocal production, including the physiology of the human voice (anatomy of the larynx, respiration, resonation, and articulation), young voices and how to teach them, and methods and philosophy of teaching voice.
  

  • MUS 3510 - Basic Conducting


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2130 and MUS 2140 and MUS 262B

    Description: This is a basic course in the fundamentals of conducting. The fundamental skills of conducting will be presented and practiced.
  

  • MUS 3520 - Choral Conducting


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3510 and MUS 262B

    Description: This course is designed to provide an advanced study of choral conducting, including physical gesture, score study, rehearsal techniques, and conducting in performance.  Emphasis will be placed on the craft of conducting, though students will be exposed to core instrumental literature through practical engagement.
  

  • MUS 3530 - Instrumental Conducting


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3510 and MUS 262B

    Description: This course is designed to provide an advanced study of instrumental conducting, including physical gesture, score study, rehearsal techniques, and conducting in performance.  Emphasis will be placed on the craft of conducting, though students will be exposed to core instrumental literature through practical engagement.
  

  • MUS 3540 - Advanced Conducting


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3510 and MUS 262B

    Description: This course is designed to provide an advanced study of conducting, including the physical gesture, score study, rehearsal techniques, and conducting in performances. Emphasis will be placed on the craft of conducting, though students will be exposed to core instrumental and choral literature through practical engagement.
  

  • MUS 3640 - Improvisation


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2130; and MUS 2720 or MUS 2740

    Description: This course examines and practices the art of improvisation in music. Melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic aspects as well as components of individual style and the nature of expression in music are studied through solo and group improvisation. Additionally, students study the aesthetic value of improvising, and how improvising can be used to enrich the performance of all styles of music.
  

  • MUS 3650 - Basic Techniques of Composition


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110 or Permission of instructor

    Description: This course involves the study of the craft of musical composition, from practical, theoretical, and aesthetic points of view, through the discussion and performance of individual writing projects.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3660 - Scoring for Film and Television


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3150 or MUS 3170

    Description: Students in this course develop an understanding of the art, history, business, and technique of composing for film, television, and digital media (i.e., video games). Students encounter examples of established, genre-specific styles, and compose (and record) genre-specific music queues that are frame accurate and synchronized to provided film and video segments.
  

  • MUS 3710 - Private Instruction V


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1130, MUS 1140, MUS 2720

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 2720 and covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course. This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study.

    Note: Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 3711 - Private Instruction V (Composition)


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110, MUS 2120, MUS 2720, and formal admission to the composition program

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the ensemble designated by the composition faculty.

    Description: This course covers individual instruction in composition and is only for students majoring in music composition.  It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in which students perform for one another.  At the end of the semester, the student must successfully pass a review by a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course.  Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 3720 - Private Instruction VI


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3710

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 3710 and covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course. A thirty minute junior recital may be substituted for the jury requirement for MUS 3720.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 3730 - Performance V


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 2110, MUS 2120, MUS 2740 and a successful performance concentration audition

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 2740 and is only for students majoring in music performance. It covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 3740 - Performance VI


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3730 and a successful performance concentration audition

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the major ensemble in the private instruction area being studied

    Description: This course is a continuation of MUS 3730 and is only for students majoring in music performance. It covers individual instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, the standard band and orchestral instruments, composition, or conducting. It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in the area of study in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully perform before a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course. A thirty-minute junior recital may be substituted for the jury requirement for MUS 3740.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit in a different area of study. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 3741 - Performance VI


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 3711 and formal admission to the composition program

    Corequisite(s): MUS 0020, at least one other music course, and the ensemble designated by the composition faculty.

    Description: This course covers individual instruction in composition and is only for students majoring in music composition.  It includes required weekly attendance at a one-hour performance class in which students perform for one another. At the end of the semester, the student must successfully pass a review by a faculty jury committee in order to pass the course. Students must also enroll in MUS 0020 (Recital Attendance).
  

  • MUS 3810 - Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is designed to explore and study performance techniques through the rehearsal and performance of standard ensemble literature. Course can be repeated for credit.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3816 - Early Music Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This ensemble engages musical traditions from the Middle Ages through the Baroque eras. The ensemble utilizes period instruments, and employs historically informed practices. Historical sources are used, including original notation and interpretative and improvisational practices. It is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major. All instruments and voices are welcome, though some musical experience is preferred.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3817 - String Sinfonietta


    Credits: 1

    Description: String Sinfonietta teaches students how to rehearse and perform in a large string ensemble setting. Students may have limited prior experience performing on a string instrument. It is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3818 - Mariachi Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This ensemble explores the rich musical tradition of Mariachi and other Mexican and Southwestern American music traditions through participation and performance. Students learn a repertoire of songs for performance at the end of the semester. Some musical experience is preferred. Instruments include the guitar, vihuela, violin, trumpet, guitarrón, and voice. This course may be repeated for credit, and it is open to all students and all majors. 

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3819 - Chamber Music


    Credits: 1

    Description: Chamber music provides students with the opportunity to rehearse and perform in varied chamber ensembles. Students are required to audition in order to participate, however the various chamber ensembles are open to students of any major or degree program.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3820 - Chorale


    Credits: 1

    Description: This is a choral music ensemble course designed to explore and study performance techniques through the rehearsal and performance of standard ensemble literature. The ensemble is open to all students regardless of major and an audition is required to participate.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3821 - University Treble Choir


    Credits: 1

    Description: This is a vocal music ensemble course designed to explore and study performance techniques through the rehearsal and performance of standard ensemble literature. The ensemble is non-auditioned and is open to students of any major or degree program. This course may be repeated for credit. The ensemble is designed to acquaint the student with as much literature as possible, including a variety of styles, languages, and musical eras, and also instill the discipline necessary to achieve performance standards.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3822 - University Basso Choir


    Credits: 1

    Description: This is a vocal music ensemble course designed to explore and study performance techniques through the rehearsal and performance of standard ensemble literature. The ensemble is non-auditioned and is open to students of any major or degree program. This course may be repeated for credit. The ensemble is designed to acquaint the student with as much literature as possible, including a variety of styles, languages, and musical eras, and also instill the discipline necessary to achieve performance standards.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3823 - Auraria Choir


    Credits: 1

    Description: This is a vocal music ensemble course designed to explore and study performance techniques through the rehearsal and performance of standard ensemble literature. The ensemble is non-auditioned and is open to students of any major or degree program. This course may be repeated for credit. The ensemble is designed to acquaint the student with as much literature as possible, including a variety of styles, languages, and musical eras, and also instill the discipline necessary to achieve performance standards.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3824 - Symphonic Band


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is designed to explore, study, and perform the wind and percussion, full ensemble, standard works for the developing band. The course builds individual instrumental technique in a full ensemble setting. It is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3825 - Wind Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is designed to explore, study, and perform the wind and percussion, chamber ensemble, standard works, and new works for the medium. This course is part of a community partnership with the Colorado Wind Ensemble (CWE). As such, full professionalism is expected from participants. It is an auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3826 - Secondary Instrument Band


    Credits: 1

    Description: Students in this course practice performance techniques through the exploration, improvisation, composition, rehearsal, and performance on a band instrument of which the student has only beginning experience or no previous experience.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3827 - Symphony Orchestra


    Credits: 1

    Description: Symphony Orchestra provides students with the opportunity to rehearse and perform orchestral literature at the university level. Students are required to audition in order to participate; however the ensemble is open to students of any major or degree program.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3828 - Jazz Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is a study of large ensemble music including traditional Big Band repertoire (e.g. Ellington and Basie, and Ray Charles), Latin music (e.g. Willie Colon, Angel Canales, and Celia Cruz), and Jazz-influenced American popular music (e.g. The Meters, Blood Sweat & Tears, and Earth Wind and Fire) as well as small chamber works within the Jazz Tradition. It is an auditioned ensemble.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3829 - Jazz Combo


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is a study of jazz music including the music of Charlie Parker, Art Blakey, Connonball Adderley and others based on transcriptions of the original small group arrangements with focus on individual improvisation. It is an auditioned ensemble. Course can be repeated for credit.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3830 - Guitar Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: In preparation for a performance of guitar chamber music, students receive coaching and direction on all assigned material. Students develop essential ensemble playing skills such as following a conductor, giving and receiving cues, sight-reading, listening and responding musically to others, the ability to adapt to various musical situations as an ensemble player, and confidence and poise on stage. This ensemble is open to all students in any major or degree program.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3831 - Percussion Chamber Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is designed to explore and study percussion performance techniques through rehearsal and performance of standard ensemble literature. It is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3832 - Collaborative Piano


    Credits: 1

    Description: This course is a study of collaborative piano, exploring various piano repertoires of collaborative piano in different sizes and genres over the course of Western music history. Upon voice/instrumental applied instructors’ and ensemble directors’ recommendations of repertoires, collaborative pieces are assigned to piano students in the beginning of the semester to allow enough time for students to learn. Students are coached during the class period on their collaborative pieces, while also required to collaborate during ensemble rehearsals/lessons. Piano performing experience is required. The final concert takes place at the end of the semester.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3833 - Opera


    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 172A or approval of instructor

    Description: This course is designed to prepare students for a performance of a full-length opera or opera scenes. Students receive coaching and direction on all assigned material. In addition, students may take part in exercises which may increase their abilities to develop natural stage movements appropriate to their operatic characters. Students fill out a character profile form for each of their assigned roles. This ensemble is open to all students who successfully pass the audition.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3834 - Gamelan Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: The Gamelan Ensemble provides students with the opportunity to experience traditional Balinese gamelan music through participation and performance.  Students are introduced to basic techniques and repertoire on a Balinese gamelan angklung. The semester culminates in an evening performance. No prior musical experience is necessary, and instruments will be provided in class. It is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3835 - African Drum and Dance Ensemble


    Credits: 1

    Description: This ensemble introduces the varied and rich musical traditions of Africa and the African diasporas through participation and performance. The course focuses on the development of a variety of drumming and dance techniques, while cultivating a program of pieces for performance at the end of the semester. No previous musical experience is required, and it is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.

    Cross Listed Course(s): HPS 3835
  

  • MUS 3836 - Pop and Soul Choir


    Credits: 1

    Description: This ensemble class focuses on singing in a group setting, teaching students primarily about vocal technique, vocal health, vocal blend, harmony singing, dynamics, phrasing, and group dynamics. This class includes repertoire ranging from contemporary popular music to classic soul.

     

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3840 - Live Performance Workshop


    Credits: 1

    Corequisite(s): MUS 1858

    Description: This course prepares students to play live, on-stage with professional equipment to the highest musical standards. Using songs prepared in MUS 1858 Pre-Production, students perform in various live group sessions in which musical communication, performance ability, stage presence, and sound design are modeled by instructors who will provide feedback. This course can be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS 3850 - Commercial Composition and Arranging


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1130, MUS 1140

    Description: This course requires that students study and apply techniques, methodologies, and concepts for composing and arranging original music. Students analyze classic and contemporary songs and arrangements, including score analysis and critical listening assessments. 
  

  • MUS 3860 - Live Songwriting Workshop


    Credits: 2

    Description: Within this course, students develop original songs to a professional standard. Students work in small groups, writing several songs to specific briefs; thus, students put into practice various songwriting methodologies and lyric writing techniques. Students also analyze the work of various professional songwriters to gain a better understanding of their creative processes. Emphasis is placed on understanding the qualities of specific genres and writing to those specifications.
  

  • MUS 3862 - Advanced Songwriting


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1864, MUS 2865

    Description: Building on Foundations of Songwriting, this course examines more advanced methods, techniques, and practices of the songwriting craft. Students deconstruct a more challenging set of songs to analyze their melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, formal, and lyrical qualities. Students continue to build their theoretical knowledge of music as well as their music literacy and aural skills. Using the knowledge gained through this analysis, students are asked to produce original material that expresses their uniqueness as songwriters as they work within a number of prompts that encourage them to write in a plethora of styles and genres, as well as transcending traditional genre boundaries.  Students also reflect on their songwriting practices and style. 
  

  • MUS 3870 - Commercial Electronic Music


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1110, MUS 1120, MUS 1866, MUS 1864, MUS 161B

    Description: This course introduces students to the basic components and processes involved in creating original music by using contemporary electronic software and hardware. Students examine and learn to use programming, loops, samples, synthesis, MIDI, various DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) as well as various contemporary and classic hardware tools used regularly to compose electronic music. Students are required to create multiple compositions by integrating a range of electronic music tools, techniques, and methodologies.
  

  • MUS 3878 - Group Recital


    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1110, MUS 1120, MUS 1858, MUS 3840

    Description: Building on Live Performance Workshop (MUS 3840), this class takes a more advanced approach to live performance. While continuing to develop technical and improvisational skills on their chosen instrument, students develop their skills as Musical Directors as they form and manage their own ensembles. Students choose repertoire as they cultivate a group sound and personality. Faculty offer feedback and constructive guidance to help mold a band into a cohesive professional unit. Various faculty members are assigned to each group as mentors. Each ensemble is responsible for constructing and performing a set for an audience of their peers and instructors, receiving feedback from both. 
  

  • MUS 3880 - The Politics of Artists and Repertoire


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS1880, MUS 1890, MUS1892

    Description: Building directly on MUS 1880: Repertoire and Hit Song Analysis as well as MUS 1892: Artist Discovery and Development, the students in the course examine more advanced concepts and practices in artists and repertoire. While digging deeper into the history of artists and repertoire and record labels, students focus more acutely on the backroom negotiations and deal making that has contributed to success or failure by examining various case studies of iconic figures in this field. Students examine and compare both old and new models of artists and repertoire practice. Ultimately, students gain an understanding of how industry professionals have navigated the complex politics between the various stakeholders in the music industry. Students construct their own personal approach to artists and repertoire by synthesizing various historical methods and techniques in this field.
  

  • MUS 3882 - Music Industry Contract Negotiation


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020; CAS 1010

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MUS 1890

    Description: This course focuses on developing the skills necessary to initiate and broker various types of contracts and/or deals related to the contemporary music industry. While integrating theory and psychology into the class, students spend a large portion of the semester practicing their negotiation skills in live role-playing exercises. Through such activities, students gain the ability to draft deals/contracts with authority and complete mark-ups and final versions that balance artists’ aspirations, personal goals, and legal obligations.         
  

  • MUS 3884 - Managing an Established Act


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MUS1880, MUS1890, MUS1892, MUS 2882, MUS 2886, MUS 3880

    Description: This course focuses on how to sustain an artist’s career over the long term. Students learn to navigate through changes in market trends to ensure that their artists remain relevant in a dynamic environment. The course covers maintaining existing audiences while attracting new ones through numerous marketing strategies. Students learn to re-brand and re-launch existing acts for new times, markets, and audiences. The course examines a range of case studies, regarding how to manage and elevate an existing act as well as re-imagine the career of an iconic artist who has fallen out of favor.
  

  • MUS 3885 - Artist Deal Suite


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 1000; MUS 1120; MUS 1890; MUS 2888; ENG 1020; CAS 1010

    Description: This course introduces students to a variety of contemporary music industry deals and contract types. Students identify and analyze the conventional terms and conditions within these various documents. A range of legal terms and procedures are discussed with the goal of improving students’ ability to communicate with lawyers, record executives, and other major stakeholders in the music industry.

       
 

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