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2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.
 

Music (Applied)
  

  • MUAP 4563 - Private Instruction-Viola

    3 credit hours
    Promotion to the upper division does not follow automatically after the completion of four semesters of courses in the lower division but is made only upon the successful completion of the upper-division jury. This jury, normally given at the end of the sophomore year to music majors, is conducted by the McLean School of Music. Recommendation to upper division is made only if the student’s proficiency as a performer bears promise of future artistic qualities as a soloist. It is at this level that the music major normally begins preparation for his/her junior and/or senior recital. A student who fails to pass the upper-division jury must continue lower-division private instruction until the jury is passed. Private instruction course numbers will be repeated for each semester of study. A one-credit course requires one half-hour lesson per week. Two- and three-credit courses are for music majors only and require one hour-long lesson per week. A corequisite enrollment in an appropriate music ensemble is required for students registered for private instruction in voice, brass, woodwinds, orchestral strings, and percussion. After successful completion of the upper-division jury, a student must be enrolled for a minimum of three semesters before being allowed to give the senior recital. Students must pass the upper-division performance jury before being allowed to student teach. Three-credit private instruction courses are designed for only those students majoring in music with performance as their concentration. Students enrolled in these courses will receive one hour of instruction per week. Although three-credit courses meet for the same length of time as two-credit courses, students enrolled are expected to spend more time in preparation for their lessons and perform more repertoire during the course of the semester as assigned by the instructor.


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  • MUAP 4571 - Private Instruction-Harp

    1 credit hour
    Promotion to the upper division does not follow automatically after the completion of four semesters of courses in the lower division but is made only upon the successful completion of the upper-division jury. This jury, normally given at the end of the sophomore year to music majors, is conducted by the School of Music. Recommendation to upper division is made only if the student’s proficiency as a performer bears promise of future artistic qualities as a soloist. It is at this level that the music major normally begins preparation for his/her junior and/or senior recital. A student who fails to pass the upper-division jury must continue lower-division private instruction until the jury is passed. Private instruction course numbers will be repeated for each semester of study. A one-credit course requires one half-hour lesson per week. Two- and three-credit courses are for music majors only and require one hour-long lesson per week. A corequisite enrollment in an appropriate music ensemble is required for students registered for private instruction in voice, brass, woodwinds, orchestral strings, and percussion. After successful completion of the upper-division jury, a student must be enrolled for a minimum of three semesters before being allowed to give the senior recital. Students must pass the upper-division performance jury before being allowed to student teach. Fees per semester are $325 for a one-hour lesson and $175 for a half-hour lesson.


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  • MUAP 4572 - Private Instruction-Harp

    2 credit hours
    Promotion to the upper division does not follow automatically after the completion of four semesters of courses in the lower division but is made only upon the successful completion of the upper-division jury. This jury, normally given at the end of the sophomore year to music majors, is conducted by the School of Music. Recommendation to upper division is made only if the student’s proficiency as a performer bears promise of future artistic qualities as a soloist. It is at this level that the music major normally begins preparation for his/her junior and/or senior recital. A student who fails to pass the upper-division jury must continue lower-division private instruction until the jury is passed. Private instruction course numbers will be repeated for each semester of study. A one-credit course requires one half-hour lesson per week. Two- and three-credit courses are for music majors only and require one hour-long lesson per week. A corequisite enrollment in an appropriate music ensemble is required for students registered for private instruction in voice, brass, woodwinds, orchestral strings, and percussion. After successful completion of the upper-division jury, a student must be enrolled for a minimum of three semesters before being allowed to give the senior recital. Students must pass the upper-division performance jury before being allowed to student teach. Fees per semester are $325 for a one-hour lesson and $175 for a half-hour lesson.


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  • MUAP 4800 - Partial Senior Recital

    0 to 1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: Two semesters of upper-division private study. Corequisite: Private lesson in major area of performance. Required of all Bachelor of Music majors with a concentration in Vocal/General Music Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Music Industry. Constitutes approximately 30 minutes of music with appropriate repertoire as assigned by the private instructor. Students must receive permission to present a partial senior recital by giving a pre-recital hearing before the faculty at least two weeks before the scheduled recital. Recital performance graded by a faculty committee; must be passed with a grade of C or better.


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  • MUAP 4900 - Senior Recital

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3800  with a grade of C or better (Vocal or Instrumental Performance); three semesters of upper-division private study. Required of all Bachelor of Music majors with a concentration in Vocal or Instrumental Performance, Jazz Studies, and Theory-Composition. Constitutes approximately 50 minutes of music with appropriate repertoire as assigned by the private instructor. Recital performance graded by a faculty committee; must be passed with a grade of C or better.


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Music Education
  
  

  • MUED 1320 - Percussion Techniques

    1 credit hour
    Building performance ability on snare drum in all styles of playing. Introduces performance on principal percussion instruments, including ethnic percussion groups.


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  • MUED 1410 - String Techniques

    1 credit hour
    Instruction in the elements of stringed instrument playing. The student will select one instrument of the string group and continue its study through one semester.


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  • MUED 2000 - Philosophy and Introduction to Music Education

    2 credit hours
    First course in the music education curriculum for students working toward vocal-general or instrumental K-12 teacher licensure. Organization and curriculum of American music education as well as the place of music education in the total program of the school explored.


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  • MUED 2310 - Choral Music Lab

    1 credit hour
    Two semesters of Choral Music Lab required of all Vocal/General Education majors. Study and rehearsal of public school materials and repertoire not covered in other music classes. Provides opportunities to explore various methodologies and apply pedagogical skills in a clinical environment. Also provides upper-division music education students opportunities to conduct and teach in an experimental/laboratory setting.


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  • MUED 2320 - Instrumental Music Lab

    1 credit hour
    Two semesters of Instrumental Lab required of all Instrumental Music Education majors. Study and rehearsal of public school materials and repertoire not covered in other music classes. Provides opportunities to explore various methodologies and apply pedagogical skills in a clinical environment. Also provides upper-division music education students opportunities to conduct and teach in an experimental/laboratory setting.


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  • MUED 3190 - General Music in the Middle and Senior High School

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUED 2000 . Required for students working toward vocal-general or instrumental K-12 teacher licensure. Introduces vocal/general music education majors to methods and materials available for teaching general music to students in grades 6-12.


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  • MUED 3200 - Music in the Elementary Grades for Music Majors

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUED 2000 . Focuses on the need for music in the classroom, provides experiences in current methods of music education, and seeks to establish a logical framework of the structure and nature of music as a discipline and an art.


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  • MUED 3210 - Music in the Elementary Grades for Non-Music Majors

    3 credit hours
    Materials and methods appropriate for elementary grade general music, including a comparison of available music series and recordings; care of the child voice; beginning experience in pitched and non-pitched percussion; and simple wind instruments. Pedagogical trends and methods; analysis for understanding and appreciation.


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  • MUED 3230 - Instrumental Materials

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MUED 2000  and MUS 3140  and successful admission into upper division. Examines materials suitable for public school instrumental music programs. Practice in classifying, grading, and programming. Development of music education philosophy for the control of those procedures.


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  • MUED 3260 - Orchestra Organization and Techniques

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUED 2000  or permission of instructor. Development of rehearsal management, score preparation, educational string arranging, and performance skills. Examines materials and resources suitable for public and private school strings and orchestra programs. Development of concert production skills and logistical/organizational skills necessary for contests, festivals, and tours.


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  • MUED 4210 - General Music Program K-6

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MUEN 3200 . The role of music and music teaching in elementary education; its objectives, methods, materials, and procedures; innovative trends and exemplary practices; evaluative techniques.


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  • MUED 4670 - Music for the Young Child

    3 credit hours
    Music fundamentals, materials, and methods appropriate for preschool through grade three; pantomime, role playing, improvisation, rhythm, movement, listening, and singing.


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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  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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  • MUHL 4840 - Musical Theatre History

    3 credit hours
    (Same as THEA 4840 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing. A comprehensive history of musicals from the 1840s to the present that explores the effects of culture, economics, and politics of each era on musical theatre.


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  • MUHL 4850 - Piano Literature I

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


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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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  • MUPD 4360 - Piano Pedagogy I

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. The various technical and philosophical approaches in teaching piano. Examines teaching repertory from beginning through the late-elementary levels. Supervised teaching.


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  • MUPD 4380 - Group Piano Pedagogy

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Examines class piano texts and materials. Develops skills and concepts for teaching class piano. Course observation and supervised teaching.


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