Courses: Music (MUSI)

1100: Marching Band
Cr. 1. (1-5). Prerequisite: admission by audition.

1101: Concert Band
Cr. 1. (1-5). Prerequisite: admission by audition.

1102: Wind Ensemble
Cr. 1. (1-5). Prerequisite: admission by audition.

1103: Cougar Brass
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisite: admission by audition. Does not fulfill the requirements for large ensemble for music majors.

1104: Band and Life Fitness
Cr. 1. (1-5). Corequisite: MUSI 1100.

1110: Jazz Orchestra
Cr. 1. (1-4). Prerequisite: admission by audition. May be repeated for credit but no more than four semesters may be used to satisfy the requirements for large ensemble music majors.

1120: University Chorus
Cr. 1. (1-2). Prerequisite: admission by audition. No student will be allowed to enroll in more than two choral organizations in any one semester.

1121: Concert Chorale
Cr. 1. (1-4). Prerequisite: admission by audition. No student will be allowed to enroll in more than two choral organizations in any one semester.

1140: Orchestra
Cr. 1. (1-5). Prerequisite: admission by audition.

1160:1161: Group Piano I; Group Piano II
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-1). Prerequisite: admission as music major. Introduction to piano playing for music majors without previous keyboard training.

1170: Sight Singing and Ear Training I
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisite: credit for or registration in MUSI 1310.

1171: Sight Singing and Ear Training II
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisites: MUSI 1170 and credit for or registration in MUSI 1311.

1200: Class Voice
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Class studies in vocal methods and materials.

1220:1221: Class Piano I, II
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisite for MUSI 1221; MUSI 1220 or consent of instructor. An HFAC fine arts course. Essentials of piano playing for students without previous instruction. Open to all students except music majors.

1300: Fundamentals of Music
Cr. 3. (3-0). An HFAC fine arts course. Primarily for nonmusic majors. Does not require any musical background. Does not fulfill any degree requirement for music major. An introduction to music through a study of its melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements.

1310: Theory I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: admission as a music major or approval of the School of Music.

1311: Theory II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 1310.

2101: Vocal Diction
Cr. 1. (1-1). Study of pronunciation of texts in vocal music.

2160:2161: Group Piano III, IV
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-1). Prerequisite: MUSI 1161 or by advanced placement. Development of the ability to use the piano in a functional way for analysis, accompanying, and arranging.

2170: Sight Singing and Ear Training III
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisites: MUSI 1171 and credit for or registration in MUSI 2210.

2171: Sight Singing and Ear Training IV
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisites: MUSI 2170 and credit for or registration in MUSI 2211.

2188: Keyboard Skills and Collaborative Techniques
Cr. 1. (1-0). May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours. Techniques for developing skills in sight reading, keyboard harmony, rhythmic training, and accompanying.

2197:2297:2397: Selected Topics in Music
Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. (1-0;2-0;3-0). May be repeated with approval of the School of Music.

2210:2211: Theory III, IV
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1310, MUSI 1311.

2320: Computers and Technology for Musicians
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: music major or minor. Introduction to the use of computers and related technology for musicians, including notation, music theory, composition, presentation, and general integrated software applications.

2360: Music Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ENGL 1304 and MUSI 1311. An overview of styles and forms in Western art music, using musical scores.

2361: Music and Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. An introduction to the folk and traditional musics of selected cultures.

3100:3101: Woodwinds
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-1). May not serve as an advanced music elective. Class studies in woodwind instruments primarily for music education - instrumental majors.

3102:3103: Brasses
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-1). May not serve as an advanced music elective. Class studies in brass instruments primarily for music education - instrumental majors.

3104:3105: Strings
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-1). Prerequisite: approval of the School of Music. May not serve as an advanced music elective for music majors.

3106: Percussion
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisite: approval of the School of Music. May not serve as an advanced music elective for music majors.

3110: Jazz Improvisation
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisite: MUSI 2211 or 2410, or consent of instructor.

3210: Twentieth Century Techniques
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2211. Twentieth century compositional practices studied by analyzing works of contemporary composers and exercises written by students.

3214: Theory V
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2211. Techniques of analysis with a concentration on music of the twentieth century.

3240:3241: Organ Literature
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2361 or consent of instructor. Required of all organ majors. May not serve as an advanced music elective for organ majors. First semester: organ literature up to and including the baroque period; second semester: organ literature from the classic period to the present.

3300: Listening to Music Masterworks
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1304. An HFAC fine arts course. An introduction to the masterworks of Western music from Gregorian chant to the present.

3301: Listening to World Music
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1304. An HFAC fine arts course. An introduction to the folk and traditional musics of selected world cultures.

3303: Popular Music of the Americas Since 1840
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ENGL 1304. An HFAC Fine Arts Course. Historical survey of popular music styles from the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America from 1840 to the present.

3310: History of Jazz
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ability to read music. An HFAC fine arts course. A social and stylistic survey of the origins and development of jazz.

3360:3361: History of Music I, II
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2361 or consent of instructor.

3399:4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of the director of the School of Music.

4100: Chamber Music
Cr. 1. (1-1). Prerequisite: enrollment for wind, string, or percussion instrument or piano. May not serve as advanced music elective for music majors. May be repeated for credit beyond degree requirements with approval of director of the School of Music.

4102: Opera Workshop
Cr. 1. (1-3). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit beyond degree requirements with approval of director of the School of Music. May not serve as advanced music elective for music majors.

4104: New Music Ensemble
Cr. 1. (1-2). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours. A maximum of four semester hours from MUSI 4104 and/or 4105 may be applied to the advanced music or the advanced music literature electives for music majors.

4105: Vocal Chamber Music Ensemble
Cr. 1. (1-2). Admission by audition. Does not fulfill the requirements for large ensemble for music majors; may not be taken concurrently with MUSI 4102. Will function as chorus for MUSI 4102 during the major production semesters. A maximum of four semester hours from MUSI 4104 and/or MUSI 4105 may be applied to the advanced music or advanced music literature electives for music majors. No student will be allowed to enroll in more than two choral organizations in any one semester.

4198:4298:4398:4498:4598: Special Problems
Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of director of the School of Music.

4210: Analytic Techniques
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 3210. Application of various techniques of analysis to music of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

4211: Analysis
Cr. 2. (2-0). Analysis of harmonic and formal structures in music.

4212: Instrumentation and Arranging
Cr. 2. (2-1). Prerequisite: MUSI 2211. A survey of the instruments of the orchestra and vocal types; scoring for small ensembles; basic techniques of arranging.

4220:4221: Choral Conducting I, II
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2171 and MUSI 2211.

4230:4231: Instrumental Conducting I, II
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 2171 and MUSI 2211.

4250: Performance Pedagogy
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: junior standing in applied music (MUSA).

4297:4397: Selected Topics in Music
Cr. 2-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. (2-0;3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3361 or 3301 and consent of instructor. May be repeated with approval of director of the School of Music.

4301: Modal Counterpoint
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 3211. Contrapuntal techniques prior to the eighteenth century.

4302: Eighteenth Century Counterpoint
Cr. 3. (3-0).

4303: Style Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 2211 or consent of instructor. The study of various styles of music through analysis of scores from various periods of music history.

4304: Chromatic Harmony
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2211. Analyses and written exercises of extended tonal and early nontonal music.

4312: Orchestration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 2211 and junior standing in composition or consent of instructor. Instruments of the orchestra, including ranges, transpositions, and characteristics; basics of scoring for small and large instrumental ensembles.

4340: Children's Music Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 1361. A study of music appropriate for children. Listening skills and performance practices. May not serve as an advanced elective in music or music literature.

4342: Music Fundamentals and Music Literature for Children
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1304. Elements, representative master composer compositions, and song literature for children.

4343: Choral Ensemble Literature and Performance
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 4221, and MUED 3320, and EPSY 3300. Performance practices, vocal techniques, and music literature. May not serve as an advanced elective in music or music literature.

4344: Instrumental Ensemble Literature and Performance
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 4231, MUED 3320, and EPSY 3300. Performance practices, instrumental techniques, and music literature. May not serve as an advanced elective in music or music literature.

4361: Music of the Baroque Period
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3301 or 3361 and consent of instructor.

4362: Music of the Classic Period
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3301 or 3361 and consent of instructor. Music of the late eighteenth century with emphasis on the Viennese school of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

4363: Music of the Romantic Period
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3301 or 3361 and consent of instructor. Music of the nineteenth century.

4364:4365: Music of the Twentieth Century I, II
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: for 4364, MUSI 3361; for 4365, MUSI 4364 or 3210. The first semester covers the years 1900-1945; the second semester continues to the present.

4366: Music in the United States
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 1361 or 3300. A social, historical, and stylistic survey of American music from the Pilgrims to the present, including popular music in all periods.

4380: Opera Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3361 or 3301 and consent of instructor.

4382: Symphonic Music
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3300 or 3361 and consent of instructor.

4386: Choral Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MUSI 3360;3361. Choral literature, including sources, editions, stylistic considerations, and appropriate performance practices from each of the major periods of music history.

4388: Piano Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MUSI 3301 or MUSI 2361. Comprehensive examination of piano literature from the 17th century to the 20th century.

Music Education (MUED)

3320: Introduction to Education in Music
Cr. 3. (3-3). Prerequisite: admission to teacher education program. Principles of teaching and learning music in education settings; focus on teaching/learning processes; structure, organization, and management of schools. School observations will be made in accordance with state-mandated, site-based requirements.

4305: Music in Elementary Schools
Cr. 3. (3-1). Prerequisites: MUED 3320, EPSY 3300. Teaching strategies for the elementary grades, including observation, microteaching, preparation, and presentation of materials.

4310: Music in Secondary Schools
Cr. 3. (3-1). Prerequisites: MUED 3320, EPSY 3300. Teaching strategies for ensembles in secondary schools, including observation, microteaching, preparation, and presentation of materials.

Applied Music (MUSA)

Private study is offered in the areas listed below for majors in the particular instrument or voice and as secondary study for music majors as well as nonmusic majors. Priority for private study is given to majors in the instrument or voice first, then to music majors taking a secondary instrument or voice, and third to nonmusic majors. Application to study applied music should be made at the School of Music office prior to the semester in which study is desired. One semester hour credit (one hour lesson a week) is given for study during each summer session. During regular semesters, two semester hours credit (one half-hour lesson, plus one hour studio class a week) is given for both secondaries and principals (music education, music theory, and composition majors for whom this is the principal instrument or voice) and four semester hours credit (one hour lesson, plus one hour studio class a week) for applied music majors only. Applied music credit is offered at all levels from freshman through graduate; the level is determined by audition for new students and by recommendation of the appropriate faculty for continuing students. Concurrent enrollment in an appropriate large ensemble, even beyond degree requirements, is required of all students taking applied music courses. Areas of applied music study include:

All of these areas are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

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