Apr 18, 2024  
2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Music Ensembles

  
  • MUEN 3000 - Accompanying

    1 credit hour


    Both solo and ensemble vocal and instrumental repertory with emphasis on the role of the piano in these combinations. Performance required.

    NOTE: Non-piano majors must complete an audition and receive the permission of the instructor to enroll in the class. In the audition, the student will be required to perform two memorized solo piano pieces, play all major and minor scales, and sight read a short piece or excerpt that will be handed to them. The audition may take place one or two days before the beginning of each semester before the first day the class meets. If a student fails the audition, s/he will not be allowed to enroll in the class.


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  • MUEN 3431 - Jazz Improvisation Lab

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: MUTH 1120 . Emphasizes basic jazz performance practices in an ensemble setting. Training in improvisation will include melodic paraphrase, ear-training, jazz scales and arpeggios, the study of transcriptions, and exposure to recorded examples of various jazz styles. Basic musicianship issues such as practicing, transposition, and common performance practices will be covered. Performances will showcase the concepts learned throughout the semester. May be repeated for two credits.
     


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Music History and Literature

  
  • MUHL 1610 - The World of Music

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUTH 1000  with a grade of C- or better or satisfactory score on theory diagnostic exam. The first required music history course for music majors. Surveys the basic elements of music, world music cultures, American vernacular music, and Western art music. Establishes foundation of further music study.


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  • MUHL 3010 - History of Western Art Music I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUHL 1610  with grade of C- or better. Second required music history course for Music majors. A survey of Western art music from antiquity through the eighteenth century, including Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.


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  • MUHL 3020 - History of Western Art Music II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MUHL 1610  and MUTH 1110  with grade of C- or better. Third required music history course for music majors. A survey of Western art music of the eighteenth through twenty-first century, including Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern periods.


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  • MUHL 3670 - History of Popular Music in America

    3 credit hours
    Chronological study of American popular music from the colonial period to the present. Formulation of perspectives of the role of popular music in American culture.


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  • MUHL 3910 - Styles and Analysis of Jazz

    3 credit hours
    Technical features of various styles from the inception of jazz to present. Introduction of jazz style periods, performance practices, stylistic features, and artists.


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  • MUHL 4140 - Music of the Middle East

    3 credit hours
    Examines various Middle Eastern cultural soundscapes from an ethnomusicological perspective, including the relationship between folk, classical, and popular musical traditions and music’s role in religious experience.


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  • MUHL 4530 - History of Jazz

    3 credit hours
    Study of the history and literature of jazz music including African roots, developments and aspects of style periods, and the contemporary state of jazz. Listening and analysis.


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  • MUHL 4550 - Hip-Hop Music and Culture

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ANTH 4550  and RIM 4550 .) Prerequisites: ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020 .  An ethnomusicological investigation of how hip-hop reacts to and informs mainstream culture through its primary art forms: music, visual art, and dance. Major themes and issues that cut across hip-hop’s history, including issues of style and performance, gender, race, politics, and religion addressed.
     


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  • MUHL 4630 - Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of Western classical music during the Baroque and Classic periods; emphasis on topics selected by instructor.


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  • MUHL 4650 - Twentieth-Century Music

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of twentieth century Western art music; emphasis on topics selected by instructor. Examines the major developments of music during the late Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern eras.


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  • MUHL 4660 - American Music

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of American music from the colonial era to the present; added emphasis on topics selected by the instructor. Examines folk, popular, art, sacred, and secular traditions within their cultural and historical contexts.


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  • MUHL 4690 - Piano Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Survey of the basic literature of the harpsichord and the piano from the eighteenth century to the present. Live performance, analysis, and research.


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  • MUHL 4710 - Vocal Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Basic repertory of Italian airs, German lieder, French art songs, and solo vocal works of other nationalistic schools, as well as English and American song literature.


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  • MUHL 4720 - Organ Literature

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of organ literature from the Medieval period to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles and organ building.


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  • MUHL 4730 - Brass Literature

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of brass literature from the Renaissance period to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.


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  • MUHL 4740 - Percussion Literature

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of percussion literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.


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  • MUHL 4750 - String Literature

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of string literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and its composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.


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  • MUHL 4760 - Woodwind Literature

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of woodwind literature from the Renaissance period to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.


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  • MUHL 4800 - Art Music and African Americans

    2 credit hours
    A chronological and topical overview of African American musicians and composers and the primary genres of African American art music from slavery to the present.


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  • MUHL 4810 - Women In Music

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020 . Examines and celebrates women’s musical activities in a variety of capacities and musical traditions through perspectives of a variety of gender theories. May be taken for Women’s and Gender Studies minor credit.
     


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Music Pedagogy

  
  • MUPD 2180 - Diction for Singers I (English and Latin)

    2 credit hours
    Lecture demonstration course for familiarization of the International Phonetic Alphabet and correct pronunciation of texts in English and Latin.


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  • MUPD 4110 - Advanced Brass Pedagogy

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Advanced study of conceptual, physiological, acoustical, and pedagogical methods and materials used in the teaching of beginning, intermediate, and advanced brass students.


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  • MUPD 4120 - Advanced Percussion Pedagogy

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Advanced study of conceptual, physiological, acoustical, and pedagogical methods and materials used in the teaching of beginning, intermediate, and advanced percussion students.


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  • MUPD 4130 - Advanced String Pedagogy

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Advanced study of conceptual, physiological, acoustical, and pedagogical methods and materials used in the teaching of beginning, intermediate, and advanced string students.


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  • MUPD 4140 - Advanced Woodwind Pedagogy

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Advanced study of conceptual, physiological, acoustical, and pedagogical methods and materials used in the teaching of beginning, intermediate, and advanced woodwind students.


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  • MUPD 4320 - Piano Pedagogy

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. The various technical and philosophical approaches in teaching piano. Examination of teaching repertory through intermediate level. Supervised teaching through intermediate level.


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  • MUPD 4330 - Organ Pedagogy

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Instruction in the principles of teaching organ–(1) manual and pedal techniques, (2) organ methods, and (3) organ repertoire of varying degrees of difficulty and of all period styles from pre-Bach through twentieth century.


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Music Theory

  
  
  • MUTH 1110 - Theory and Aural Skills I

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUTH 1000  with grade of C- or higher or satisfactory score on theory diagnostic exam. Harmonic tonality and fixed-do solfège through chorale analysis and harmonizations of given bass lines. Major and minor scales and harmonizations through secondary function. Meets for five hours per week.


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  • MUTH 1120 - Theory and Aural Skills II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUTH 1110 . Harmonic tonality and fixed-do solfège through chorale analysis and harmonizations of given bass lines. Modal scales, harmonization, and analysis through the augmented sixth. Meets for five hours per week.


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  • MUTH 3110 - Counterpoint

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUTH 2120  with C- or better. Review and continuation of contrapuntal techniques. Canon, imitation, various contrapuntal devices, inventions, and beginning fugue. Analysis and some degree of original work.


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  • MUTH 4110 - Form and Analysis

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUTH 2120 . Binary and tenary forms, simple rondos and sonatinas progressing to sonata form, large rondos, theme and variations, art song, and free forms. Stylistic analysis and study of devices and materials from early to contemporary periods.


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  • MUTH 4180 - Improvisation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUTH 1120  or permission of instructor. Basic tools of jazz improvisation including chord/scale relationships, melodic construction, and practice techniques. In-class playing over blues, rhythm changes, and other standard jazz progressions. Elements of the bebop style. Preparation of playing exercises and several solo transcriptions.


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  • MUTH 4190 - Introduction to MIDI and Sound Synthesis

    3 credit hours
    (Same as RIM 4190 .) Prerequisites: RI majors - admission to candidacy and RIM 1230  or MUTH 1110 ; others-RIM 3010 , RIM 1230 , or MUTH 1110  or permission of instructor. An introduction to synthesizer programming and the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) with emphasis on history, theory, and application. Hands-on activities include synthesizer programming with virtual instruments and MIDI sequencing using a digital audio workstation. Laboratory required.


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  • MUTH 4290 - MIDI Sequencing and Virtual Instruments

    3 credit hours
    (Same as  RIM 4290 ). Prerequisites: RI majors - admission to candidacy and RIM 4910 /MUTH 4910; others - RIM 4190 /MUTH 4190  or permission of instructor. An advanced hands-on course with an emphasis on MIDI sequencing and virtual instruments within Pro Tools, Reason, and other music production software. Drum machines, synthesizers, samplers, and other electronic instruments used to create a commercial music track. Laboratory required.


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  • MUTH 4590 - Computer Based Scoring for Visual Media

    3 credit hours
    (Same as RIM 4590 .) Prerequisites: RI majors - admission to candidacy, RIM 4190 /MUTH 4190  and either RIM 4200  or  RIM 4290 /MUTH 4290 ; others - RIM 4190 /MUTH 4190  and either RIM 4200  or  RIM 4290 /MUTH 4290 ; or permission of instructor. Writing music for visual media using the capabilities of a computer workstation. Introduces compositional techniques utilizing Macintosh sequencing software and QuickTime video playback in combination with synthesizers and sample playback programs. Concepts include synchronization of music to picture, tempo selection, sound source selection/manipulation, and analysis of the dramatic content of a scene. Laboratory required.


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Nursing

  
  • NURS 3000 - Professionalism in Nursing

    1 credit hour
    Exposes the novice nursing student to the profession of nursing. Concept of professionalism explored and related to nursing. Includes a brief historical review of nursing and nursing theories. Professional values, practice standards,informatics,  and communications with health care professional introduced. Legal implications for nursing explored.


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  • NURS 3040 - Health Assessment Laboratory

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2010 /BIOL 2011  and BIOL 2020 /BIOL 2021 ; accepted into upper-division nursing. Corequisite: NURS 3030 . Opportunity to practice the basic principles and techniques required for the assessment and analysis of data. Normal assessment findings in the adult as well as selected abnormal findings studied. Cultural variations and assessment variations across the lifespan explored. Two-hour laboratory.


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  • NURS 3111 - Professional Role Development

    3 credit hours
    Socializes the returning R.N. into the role of a baccalaureate nurse. Professionalism in nursing, role transition, history of nursing education, and issues pertinent to returning adult learners.


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  • NURS 3370 - Health and Gerontology

    3 credit hours
    Focuses on the normal aging process and related health care issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Incorporates concepts of health promotion, prevention, and adaptation for those who are aging and their families. Three hours lecture.


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  • NURS 4005 - Independent Health Care Study

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to the upper division of the nursing program and permission of instructor. Allows the student to pursue individual interests in nursing by contracting with an instructor and documenting the plan of learning as well as its fulfillment. One to three lectures or two to six laboratory hours.


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  • NURS 4035 - Special Topics in Nursing

    3 credit hours
    Explores selected nursing topics in depth. Specified topic offered each semester according to student interest and faculty availability. Can be taken for a maximum of nine hours.


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  • NURS 4330 - Caring for Adult Clients II

    5 credit hours
    Prerequisites: NURS 3530 , NURS 3540 , NURS 3550 , NURS 3560 . Corequisite: NURS 4340 . Incorporates the nursing process and critical thinking skills into the professional nursing care of the adult client experiencing complex, multi-system illness, failure, and trauma. Opportunities for the nursing student to combine acquired knowledge from previous nursing courses and courses from other disciplines with new phenomena encountered in a variety of high acuity care settings. Five hours lecture.


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  • NURS 4340 - Caring for Adult Clients II-Clinical

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: NURS 3530 , NURS 3540 , NURS 3550 , NURS 3560 . Corequisite: NURS 4330 . Opportunity for nursing students to integrate didactic and empirical knowledge and skills for clients with critical needs into the acute care setting. Understanding of complex, multi-system illness, failure, and trauma in providing nursing care. Twenty hours clinical/lab for four weeks.


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