Music Courses
MUSI100 World Music (3.0 sh)
Introduces students to world music from a variety of cultural approaches and enables students to develop a broader aesthetic perspective.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI101 Introduction to Music
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Introduces students to the vocabulary, concepts, techniques, and style changes associated with the art music of Western civilization. Representative compositions from all the ages of music history are explored in depth, particular attention being given to the stylistic characteristics of each selection. The historical background and major composers of each style period are introduced, and the changing role of the composer in society is discussed.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI103 Basic Musicianship
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
MUSI103 Develops musicianship through the study of composition and performance of music. Guided activities in voice, keyboard, composition and classroom instruments will be available for performance experience. Learning to read music notation will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI105 Historical Trends in Music, Theatre, Jazz, and Rock
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Provides students with the opportunity to develop a structure for future listening experiences in the Rock, Jazz, and Popular Music genres. The unique characteristics of each genre will be explored.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI110 Introduction to Singing
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2 sh]
A study of choral and vocal literature of various style periods. Emphasis given to musicianship and singing techniques. Activities include a performance with the University Choir once each semester, and solo and small ensemble performance (or a research paper) as part of the class work. Open to all students who can sing in tune as determined by the instructor prior to registration. This course is recommended as a prerequisite to MUSI111.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI111 University Choir
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1 sh]
Designed to acquaint the student with musical performance and to offer means and experiences to solve those problems (e.g., technical demands, interpretation of music, and exploration of representative). Ensembles include the following, i.e., University Band (Marching - Fall; Symphonic - Spring), University Choir, Jazz/Rock Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Small Vocal Ensembles (e.g., Cantori, Vocal Jazz Ensemble), and Small Instrumental Ensembles (e.g., Jazz/Rock Combo, Pit Orchestra).
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI112 University Band
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1sh ]
Designed to acquaint the student with musical performance and to offer means and experiences to solve those problems (e.g., technical demands, interpretation of music, and exploration of representative). Ensembles include the following, i.e., University Band (Marching - Fall; Symphonic - Spring), University Choir, Jazz/Rock Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Small Vocal Ensembles (e.g., Cantori, Vocal Jazz Ensemble), and Small Instrumental Ensembles (e.g., Jazz/Rock Combo, Pit Orchestra).
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI114 Jazz/Rock Ensemble
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1 sh]
Designed to acquaint the student with musical performance and to offer means and experiences
to solve those problems (e.g., technical demands, interpretation of music, and exploration
of representative). Ensembles include the following, i.e., University Band (Marching
- Fall; Symphonic - Spring), University Choir, Jazz/Rock Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble,
Small Vocal Ensembles (e.g., Cantori, Vocal Jazz Ensemble), and Small Instrumental
Ensembles (e.g., Jazz/Rock Combo, Pit Orchestra).
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI115 Ensemble Small Choral
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1 sh]
Designed to acquaint the student with musical performance and to offer means and experiences to solve those problems (e.g., technical demands, interpretation of music, and exploration of representative). Ensembles include the following, i.e., University Band (Marching - Fall; Symphonic - Spring), University Choir, Jazz/Rock Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Small Vocal Ensembles (e.g., Cantori, Vocal Jazz Ensemble), and Small Instrumental Ensembles (e.g., Jazz/Rock Combo, Pit Orchestra).
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI116 Ensemble Small Instrument
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1 sh]
Designed to acquaint the student with musical performance and to offer means and experiences to solve those problems (e.g., technical demands, interpretation of music, and exploration of representative). Ensembles include the following, i.e., University Band (Marching - Fall; Symphonic - Spring), University Choir, Jazz/Rock Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Small Vocal Ensembles (e.g., Cantori, Vocal Jazz Ensemble), and Small Instrumental Ensembles (e.g., Jazz/Rock Combo, Pit Orchestra).
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI121 Applied Music 1
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1sh ]
A concentrated approach to musical performance (voice, piano, etc.) through individual instruction in private lessons. Encompasses playing technique, tone production, sight-reading, performance practice, and interpretation of significant music literature.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI122 Applied Music 2
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2sh ]
Similar to MUSI121 with twice as much lesson time.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI125 Introduction to Musical Theater (3.0 sh)
Introduces students to musical theater, its history, and application.
Prerequisite: None
MUSI203 Music Theory 1
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2 sh]
Presents basic concepts in music theory, including fundamentals of music notation, basic principles of meter, intervals, major/minor scales, key signatures/circle of fifths, chord structures, melodic structures, and principles of part writing/voice leading using root position and inverted chords. Non-chord tones introduced. Motivic, phrase, and period structures are analyzed. The course will include basic exercises in sight-singing and ear training and also a study of blues, jazz, and other nontraditional idioms.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: (MUSI109 ANDMUSI206 )
MUSI204 Music Theory 2
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2sh ]
A continuation of Music Theory 1. Basic concepts of traditional harmony are extended and chord vocabulary is enlarged. Partwriting with inverted chords and non-chord tones is studied. Motivic, phrase, and period structures are analyzed. Sight-singing and ear training skills development are continued. Jazz forms, scales, chord structures and notational techniques will be reviewed and expanded upon.
Prerequisite: ( MUSI109 AND MUSI203 AND MUSI206 )
Corequisite: None
MUSI205 Music Technology
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1sh ]
A survey of music software and hardware for the professional musician. Topics include
music notation, sequencing and MIDI, audio recording and editing, synthesis, multimedia,
and web publishing.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI206 Sight Singing
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2 sh]
Provides music majors with basic sight-singing skills, including the use of solfege,
singing of scales and arpeggiated chords and chord progressions, melodies in different
clefs, and rhythmic reading.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI301 Music for Elementary Grades
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Provides experiences in (1) ways of using the activities of listening, moving, singing, playing classroom instruments, and creating music to teach concepts basic to music's structure, (2) strategies for making relationships between music and other subject areas, (3) locating and using resource materials, and (4) participation in clinical teaching situations with peer groups and with children.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI305 Jazz Studies
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2sh ]
Addresses cultural diversity and offers historical and musical insights into a style of music other than the traditional Western European tradition. American jazz style will raise student's awareness of unique musical developments within this country. Active listening skills through masterworks drawn from the historical style periods of jazz will be emphasized. Social and technological changes during the past 25 years will be examined in depth to derive possible directions for the future of jazz.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI306 Popular Music and Jazz Theory (3.0 sh)
Presents concepts in popular music and jazz music theory. Students will study music notation, form, meter, intervals, scales, modes, chord sequences, chord functions and principles of voice leading using contemporary chord voicings.
Prerequisites: MUSI103, MUSI109, and MUSI203
MUSI308 Music Marketing
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Offers insight into music marketing, its structure, historical economic trends and
the impact of technology on business and marketing practices in the music industry.
Current trends in music marketing practices, music promotion and management as well
as retail sales will be examined. The use of technology including web site design,
social networking sites and the distribution of digital media will be explored.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI312 Music Before 1750
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2 sh]
Comprises a study of the history and literature of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance,
and Baroque periods. Using representative, period masterpieces, the class will examine
the variety of genres, forms, techniques and practices of composition as developed
by the major composers in France, Italy, Germany (Austria) and the Franco-Netherlands
provinces. A study of the social history and the artistic ideals of the periods and
geographic regions, as pertinent to musical development, will be included.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI313 Music of the Romantic Period
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
A study of the history and literature of music of the 19th century. Includes an examination of the variety of genres, forms, techniques and styles of composition used and developed by major composers representing nations/cultural domains on the European continent from the West across to Russia. Attention is given to the national schools that emerged during this period.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI314 20th Century Music
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
The history and literature of music dating from c.1880 to the present. It includes an examination of the various schools and new idioms and ideals that European, North, Central and South American composers have fostered. Emphasis is placed upon the new techniques and innovations that have become part of the musical language of this century.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI319 Symphonic Music
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
A study of music for the symphony orchestra. Examples from several periods, composers, and styles are compared and evaluated. The growth and development of the symphony orchestra and the effect of this growth on the music produced are also considered.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI320 Music for the Theatre
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Study of music written in various dramatic forms in several cultures. Examples from
opera, oratorio, ballet, musical comedy, operetta, and films are examined in terms
of style, technique, historical context, and dramatic function. Comparisons of the
uses of theater music in various cultures will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI322 Music Theory III
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
A continuation of the Music Theory sequence. Modulation and tonicization by the use
of secondary chords and other techniques are reviewed. Chromatic harmony (mode mixture,
Neapolitan chords, augmented sixth chords, etc) is explored. The concept of enharmonic
modulation is explored, along with extended harmonies and other advanced harmonic
techniques common to the late 19th century. Jazz chord structure and notation will
be reviewed and expanded upon. There will be an introduction and overview of standard
musical forms.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI323 Music Theory IV
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
A continuation of the Music Theory sequence Enharmonic/"distant" sequence. Enharmonic/"distant" modulation, extended harmonies, nontraditional scales, chord planning, etc are studied leading to an overview of non-tonal harmonic procedures. Musical form is studied in detail. Jazz chord structure and notation will be reviewed and expanded upon, as well as common jazz scales, forms, and improvisational techniques.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI328 Humanities Seminar
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
This seminar will provide a general survey of music as it is used in the daily lives of various ethnic groups. The study will enable the student to (1) understand the ways in which folk and ritual music represent a particular ethnic group, (2) recognize and distinguish the sounds of representative styles of ethnic music, and (3) develop techniques for the study of ethnic music that will enable the student to carry out independent research. Fulfills humanities seminar in Liberal Arts.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI340 Music Theory IV/Orchestration and Music Technology
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Provides music majors with knowledge of the rudiments of orchestration, including
ranges, keys, and clefs of different instruments; the timbral qualities of combinations
of instruments; and the historical practice of orchestration by past masters.
Prerequisite: ( MUSI205 AND MUSI300 AND MUSI323 )
Corequisite: None
MUSI343 Music Theory V/Orchestration
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Provides music majors with knowledge of the rudiments of orchestration, including
ranges, keys, and clefs of different instruments; the timbral qualities of combinations
of instruments; and the historical practice of orchestration by past masters.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MUSI400 Music History After 1750
[Minimum Semester Hours: 2 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 2 sh]
Provides music majors with knowledge of the history of Western Art Music from 1750-present, including the Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary eras.
Prerequisite: ( MUSI312 )
Corequisite: None
