Music (MUS)
MUS 201F PIANO FOR TEACHERS 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
MUS 201F and 376C (Topic: Piano for Teachers) may not both be counted. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: MUS 201M or demonstration of equivalent proficiency.
Restrictions: Restricted to music studies students.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 201J Beginning Class Piano for Nonmusic Majors 2 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three class hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Open to all University students, except music majors, who have no experience in piano.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 201K Second-Semester Class Piano for Nonmusic Majors 2 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Music 201J, or consent by audition; and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Open to all University students, except music majors, who can fulfill the prerequisite.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 201M Beginning Music Performance: Class Piano 2 Hours
(TCCN: MUSI 1181)
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Credit granted only when taken as a secondary instrument. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Ability to read music, and concurrent enrollment in Music 605A or consent of instructor. No experience on the instrument required; for those with experience, consent by audition required.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 201N Beginning Music Performance: Second-Semester Class Piano 2 Hours
(TCCN: MUSI 1182)
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 201M. Credit granted only when taken as a secondary instrument. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 201M completed the previous semester with a grade of at least C, or consent by audition.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 101Q Beginning Guitar Class 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Class instruction in beginning guitar performance for non-music majors or music majors studying a secondary instrument. One lecture hour a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Ability to read music. Students must provide their own six-string nylon (classical) guitar.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 201S Beginning Music Performance: Class Harp 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
For music majors, credit granted only when taken as a secondary instrument. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Ability to read music and consent of instructor. No previous experience on the instrument required.
Restrictions: Open to all University students who can fulfill the prerequisite.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 201T Beginning Music Performance: Second-Semester Class Harp 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
For music majors, credit granted only when taken as a secondary instrument. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 201S completed the previous semester with a grade of at least C, or consent by audition.
Restrictions: Open to all University students who can fulfill the prerequisite.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 101V Beginning Violin Class 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Class instruction in beginning violin performance for non-music majors or music majors studying a secondary instrument. One lecture hour a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Ability to read music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 302L An Introduction to Western Music 3 Hours
(TCCN: MUSI 1306)
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Introduction to musical styles in the Euro-American art music tradition between the Middle Ages and the present day. Designed to foster critical listening and thinking about music, and deepen understanding of the vital role that music has played and continues to play in society and in individual lives. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 307 (Topic: Introduction to Western Music), 307M, Music 302L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one laboratory hour a week as required.
Same as: EUS 307M
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 302P Introductory Topics in Western Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: May not be counted by music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 303C Fundamentals of Music: Classroom Instruments 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Explores how music intelligently combines reading, analysis, discussion, composition, and active involvement in music making. Through analysis, performance, and practice of the pedagogy of music for children, explores the roles of music in human culture and examine music's contributions to human communication, creative expression, and well-being. Only one of the following may be counted: MUS 303C, 605, 313. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 303D Fundamentals of Music: Guitar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Explores how music intelligently combines reading, analysis, discussion, composition, and active involvement in music making. Through analysis, performance, and discussion of the guitar in the folk and popular music of Western and non-Western cultures, explores music's contributions to human communication, creative expression, and well-being. Only one of the following may be counted: MUS 303D, 605, 313. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 303E Fundamentals of Music: Piano 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Explores how music intelligently combines reading, analysis, discussion, composition, and active involvement in music making. Through analysis, performance, and discussion of the piano in the folk and popular music of Western and non-Western cultures, explores music's contributions to human communication, creative expression, and well-being. Only one of the following may be counted: MUS 303E, 605, 313. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 303M Introduction to Music in World Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of practices, beliefs, and issues through the study of various musical genres in the regions of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 303M, Middle Eastern Studies 310 (Topic: Introduction to Music In World Cultures), 310 (Topic 5), Music 303M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.
Same as: MES 310.5
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 303N Introduction to Popular Music in World Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Exploration of practices, beliefs, and issues through the study of various mass-mediated and commercial musical genres in the regions of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. Asian Studies 303N and Music 303N may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one laboratory hour a week as required.
Core Curriculum: 050
Restrictions: Open to all University students.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 303P Topics in Music of World Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 605 Musicianship 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the fundamentals of music for music majors through tonal harmony, ear training, sight-singing, keyboard drill, analysis, and composition of music. Only one of the following may be counted: MUS 303C, 605, 313; MUS 303D, 605, 313; MUS 303E, 605, 313; MUS 303F, 605, 313. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 605A, either satisfactory completion of the audition required for admission to the Butler School of Music and registration in class piano as assigned by the Butler School of Music, or consent of instructor; for 605B, Music 605A with a grade of at least C-.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 306M Elements of Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of music including the study of notation and the elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony; development of elementary aural skills; and writing of simple compositions. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050
Restrictions: Open to all University students except music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 307 Topics in Popular Music 3 Hours
(TCCN: MUSI 1310)
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies of the popular music of a selected culture or geographical area. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one laboratory hour a week as required.
Core Curriculum: 050
Restrictions: Open to all University students.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
Topic 1: Music of African Americans. Introduction to the variety of modes of expression of African American culture in music and other related genres. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315U, 317F (Topic 2), Music 307 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315U Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 2: History of Rock Music. Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 3: Jazz Appreciation. Core Curriculum: 050
MUS 307.1 Music of African Americans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the variety of modes of expression of African American culture in music and other related genres. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315U, 317F (Topic 2), Music 307 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315U
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 307.2 History of Rock Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 307.3 Jazz Appreciation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 007P String Education: Teaching and Learning 0 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discussion of curriculum planning, lesson observation, and program management topics, as well as guest pedagogues and master teacher presentations. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Acceptance of teaching application for the String Project program.
Restrictions: Restricted to current String Project program instructors in the Butler School of Music.
Grading: Pass/Fail
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 210C Introduction to Music Education 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the practice of music teaching and learning. Two lecture hours a week for one semester
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 210J Beginning Instruction in Music Performance: Third-Semester Class Piano 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 201N. Only one of the following may be counted: Music 210J, 247, 276C (Topic: Jazz Piano Techniques II). Credit granted only when taken as a secondary instrument. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 201N completed the previous semester with a grade of at least C, or consent by audition.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 210K Beginning Instruction in Music Performance: Fourth-Semester Class Piano 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 210J. Credit granted only when taken as a secondary instrument. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 210J completed the previous semester with a grade of at least C, or consent by audition.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 411 Ear Training and Sight-Singing 4 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Material drawn from all musical styles. Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 411A, Music 605B with a grade of at least C-, and credit or registration for Music 612A; for 411B, Music 411A with a grade of at least C-, and credit or registration for Music 612B.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 111E English Diction and Phonetic Translation 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of English diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Emphasis on the International Phonetic Alphabet. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 311F French for Musicians 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
French language and diction specifically for musicians. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 311G German for Musicians 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
German language and diction specifically for musicians. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 311J Italian for Musicians 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Italian language and diction specifically for musicians. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Open only to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 612 Structure of Tonal Music 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Elements of tonal harmony and form; tonal analysis. Three lecture hours a week for two semesters, with one laboratory hour a week as required.
Pre/Corequisites: For 612A, Music 605B with a grade of at least C-, and credit or registration for Music 411A; for 612B, Music 612A with a grade of at least C-, and credit or registration for Music 411B.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 312C Music and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Issues in the performance, transmission, and reception of music in Western Europe and North America in global and comparative social and political contexts. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050
Pre/Corequisites: For music majors, credit or registration for Music 605.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 213M, 313M History of Music I 2-3 Hours
2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history of music from the beginning of notation to the eighteenth century. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Music 605 and 312C, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 213N, 313N History of Music II 2-3 Hours
2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history of music from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 605 and 312C, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 214C Beginning Composition 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Introduction to contemporary composition through the analysis and writing of short studies and through supervised original projects. Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Music 411 and 612, or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 115D String Instrument Fundamentals 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Beginning instruction in string instrument performance and pedagogy. This course is offered in the following instruments: double bass, viola, violin, and violoncello. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: A major in music.
Restrictions: Restricted to nonmusic majors and music majors studying a secondary instrument.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 115E Brass Instrument Fundamentals 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Beginning instruction in brass instrument performance and pedagogy. This course is offered in the following instruments: euphonium, French horn, trombone, trumpet, and tuba. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: A major in music.
Restrictions: Restricted to nonmusic majors and music majors studying a secondary instrument.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 115F Woodwind Instrument Fundamentals 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Beginning instruction in woodwind instrument performance and pedagogy. This course is offered in the following instruments: bassoon, clarinet, flute, oboe, and saxophone. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: A major in music.
Restrictions: Restricted to nonmusic majors and music majors studying a secondary instrument.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 115G Guitar Fundamentals 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Beginning instruction in guitar performance and pedagogy. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: A major in music or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 115T Lower-Division Reed Making 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 218J Beginning Jazz Improvisation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of basic jazz improvisational skills through performance of standard literature. Two class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 605 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 319D Foundations of Digital Sound and Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the practice of creating music with computer technologies and the basic techniques of recording, editing and producing digital audio tracks, including introduction to musical acoustics and psychoacoustics, fundamentals of audio recording, editing, mixing, and processing, MIDI, digital audio workstations, and syncing sound to video. Only one of the following may be counted: Arts and Entertainment Technologies 305, Fine Arts 310 (Topic: Foundations of Digital Sound and Music), Music 319D. Three hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 119Q, 219Q, 319Q, 419Q, 519Q, 619Q, 719Q, 819Q, 919Q Topics in Music 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Butler School of Music. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: 0
MUS 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Music 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the School of Music. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
MUS 420J Junior Jazz Recital 4 Hours
4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation and performance of a public recital in the major jazz instrument. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: For jazz composition majors, course 212J in the major jazz instrument for two semesters, or the equivalent, and approval of the jazz faculty; for jazz performance majors, course 412J in the major jazz instrument for two semesters, or the equivalent, and approval of the jazz faculty.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 220P Practicum in a World Music Tradition 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced training on a non-Western musical instrument such as Javanese gender barung, Indian sitar, Arabic qanun, or Korean kayakeum, or advanced training in a non-Western vocal style, and other approved musical practices. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; two semesters of enrollment in a non-Western music ensemble, such as Javanese Gamelan, Middle Eastern or North Indian Music ensemble, or other approved music ensembles, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Open to any University student who can qualify by audition.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 420R Junior Recital 4 Hours
4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation and performance of a public recital in the major instrument. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Performance 312 in the major instrument for four semesters, or Voice 210 for four semesters, or the equivalent; and approval of the faculty.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 321J Twentieth-Century Musical Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the theory and practice of music since 1900. Includes various analytical approaches to the wide range of musical styles developed over the course of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries, as well as the music of mainstream twentieth century composers and living composers. Both analytical and aural skills are emphasized. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 411 and 612.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 222J Instrumental Conducting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Includes rudimentary use of baton, regular and irregular beat patterns, subdivisions and beat pattern variations as applied to simple instrumental literature, and practical experience in conducting instrumental groups. Two class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Designed for those who have had no experience in conducting.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 222K Instrumental Conducting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 222J. Further technical study in irregular meters, polyrhythmic and polymetrical patterns and scores; emphasis on expressive gestures, phrasal and compound beat conducting. Two class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 222J or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 223 Jazz Improvisation I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study and practice jazz improvisation and the harmonic, rhythmic, melodic and aural skills associated with the art form. Only one of the following may be counted: Music 223, 228J, 276C (Topic: Jazz Improvisation I). Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to jazz majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 223J Choral Conducting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Includes regular and irregular beat patterns, subdivisions and beat pattern variations as applied to simple choral literature, and practical experience in conducting vocal groups. Two class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music.
Restrictions: Designed for those who have had no experience in conducting.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 223K Choral Conducting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 223J. Further technical study in irregular meters, polyrhythmic and polymetrical patterns and scores; emphasis on expressive gestures, phrasal and compound beat conducting. Two class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 223J or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 224 Jazz Improvisation II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine advanced harmonic, rhythmic, melodic, and aural concepts. Music 224 and 276C (Topic: Jazz Improvisation II) may not both be counted. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 223 or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to jazz majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 224G Intermediate Composition 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 214C with a grade of at least B, and approval of the music theory and composition faculty.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 224L Advanced Composition 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Music 224J and 224L may not both be counted. The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 224G with a grade of at least B.
Restrictions: Restricted to composition majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 325L Counterpoint 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Development of contrapuntal skill in sixteenth-century style and in related late-twentieth-century styles; the teaching of counterpoint, including Fuxian species. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 411 and 612.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 325M Counterpoint 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of eighteenth-century inventions, fugues, and passacaglias; development of contrapuntal skills in twentieth-century styles that draw on these historical models; the teaching of counterpoint. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 226G Orchestration and Arranging 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Techniques of instrumentation, arranging, and orchestration for band, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 411 and 612.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 226J Orchestration and Instrumentation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the characteristics of individual instruments; writing for various combinations; study of scores of different periods; listening to recordings and live performances. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 411 and 612.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 226K Orchestration and Instrumentation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 226J. Music 226K and 349 may not both be counted. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 226J.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 226N Choral Arranging 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Techniques of voicing and arranging for choirs, vocal ensembles, and vocal chamber groups. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 411 and 612.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 228C Jazz Harmony in Practice I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study the harmonic language standardized in jazz and popular American music. Only one of the following may be counted: Music 228C, 228G, 331J (Topic: Jazz Harmony in Practice). Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 228D Jazz Harmony in Practice II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the harmonic motion of jazz, ear training, and harmonic embellishment. Only one of the following may be counted: Music 228D, 228L, 276C (Topic: Jazz Harmony in Practice II). Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 228C, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 228P Jazz Composition 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Experience the creative process of composition, involving the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic components of various jazz styles. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 328M or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 329E Introduction to Electronic Media 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
Introduction to the fundamentals of recording, tape editing, and electronic music synthesis. Three lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 329F Projects in Electronic Media 3 Hours
1.5 Lecture Hours 8 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 329E for nontheory and noncomposition majors. One and one-half lecture hours and eight laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 329E and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 329G Intermediate Electronic Composition 3 Hours
1.5 Lecture Hours 8 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 329E for music theory or composition majors. Three lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 329E and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 329J Introduction to Computer Music 3 Hours
1.5 Lecture Hours 8 Lab Hours
An introduction to the basic concepts of digital music synthesis and signal processing. Arts and Entertainment Technologies 331 and Music 329J may not both be counted. One and one-half lecture hours and eight laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 329E and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 329M Intermediate Computer Music 3 Hours
1.5 Lecture Hours 8 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 329J. Arts and Entertainment Technologies 332 and Music 329M may not both be counted. One and one-half lecture hours and eight laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 329J and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 129Q, 229Q, 329Q, 429Q, 529Q, 629Q, 729Q, 829Q, 929Q Topics in Music 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Butler School of Music. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: 0
MUS 230L, 330L History of Music III 2-3 Hours
2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history of music from the early twentieth century to the present. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 605 and 312C, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 331J Advanced Topics in Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: MUS 612 and 313N, or upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334 Topics in The Music of the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies of both indigenous and borrowed traditions in the popular, folk, and art music of the Americas from the colonial period to the present. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one laboratory hour a week as required.
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Music of Mexico and the Caribbean. Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Attention will be given to music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin. Mexico and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean receive special attention. Class meetings will be divided into lecture/discussion segments, videos, listening, and performance instruction/demonstration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338F, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 1), 326M, Music 334 (Topic 1). Same as: AFR 338F, LAS 326M Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 2: Music of Latin America. Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338D, 374F (Topic: Music of Latin America), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of Latin America), 326 (Topic 2), Music 334 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 338D, LAS 326.2 Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 3: Music of Brazil and Argentina. An introduction to Brazilian and Argentine music from samba, capoeira, and forro to tango, cumbia villera, and chacarera; examines such music making within its various historical, social, and political contexts. Uses course readings, lectures, listening assignments, performance attendance, and movie screenings to analyze themes including nationalism and ethnicity, globalization and development, and democracy and social justice. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 3), 326C, Music 334 (Topic 3). Same as: LAS 326C Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 4: Music of the Andean Countries. Introduction to the music of Andean countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Explores the role music plays in shaping historical and modern Andean societies, as well as how music comments upon national culture, society, and politics, with particular attention to the ways in which musicians and musical movements continue to influence Andean societies. Subjects include pre-Columbian and colonial music making; music representative of the tripartite indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage of Andean countries; aesthetics, identity, and musical expression; ritual, religion, and the politics of musical performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of the Andean Countries), 326 (Topic 4), Music 334 (Topic 4). Same as: LAS 326.4 Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 5: The Music of the African Diaspora. The musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Subjects include the shifting meanings of "black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338E, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 5), 326D, Music 334 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 338E, LAS 326D Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 6: History of Mariachi Music. Explore historically, culturally and stylistically the chronological development of the modern mariachi, with close attention to historical and socio-cultural influences from indigenous, European and African people; nationalism and mass media; crossing borders and changing performance practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic: History of Mariachi Music), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: History of Mariachi Music), Music 334 (Topic 6), 334 (Topic: History of Mariachi Music). Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 7: Music of Mexico and Borderlands. Explore historically, culturally and stylistically the various regional styles of Mexican music and Mexican American music as it has developed along the southern border of the United States, with close attention to historical and socio-cultural influences from indigenous, European and African people; nationalism and mass media; stylistic change and mainstream acceptance. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic: Music of Mexico/Borderlands), Music 334 (Topic 7), 334 (Topic: Music of Mexico/Borderlands). Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 8: Mexican Soundscapes. Examine culturally and historically the music and sound cultures that exist in Mexico and in Mexican American communities in the United States. Explore the social, cultural, religious, and political currents that have impacted the development of the musical and aural cultures in Mexico and on the US-Mexico border, and how these currents have shaped conceptions of identity and cultural nationalism, using the concept of soundscape as the dominant framework. Engage with readings in popular culture, popular media (cinema and television), cultural theory, history and musicology. Music 334 (Topic 8) and 342 (Topic: Mexican Soundscapes) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 050
MUS 334.1 Music of Mexico and the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Attention will be given to music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin. Mexico and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean receive special attention. Class meetings will be divided into lecture/discussion segments, videos, listening, and performance instruction/demonstration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338F, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 1), 326M, Music 334 (Topic 1).
Same as: AFR 338F, LAS 326M
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.2 Music of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338D, 374F (Topic: Music of Latin America), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of Latin America), 326 (Topic 2), Music 334 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 338D, LAS 326.2
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.3 Music of Brazil and Argentina 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to Brazilian and Argentine music from samba, capoeira, and forro to tango, cumbia villera, and chacarera; examines such music making within its various historical, social, and political contexts. Uses course readings, lectures, listening assignments, performance attendance, and movie screenings to analyze themes including nationalism and ethnicity, globalization and development, and democracy and social justice. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 3), 326C, Music 334 (Topic 3).
Same as: LAS 326C
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.4 Music of the Andean Countries 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the music of Andean countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Explores the role music plays in shaping historical and modern Andean societies, as well as how music comments upon national culture, society, and politics, with particular attention to the ways in which musicians and musical movements continue to influence Andean societies. Subjects include pre-Columbian and colonial music making; music representative of the tripartite indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage of Andean countries; aesthetics, identity, and musical expression; ritual, religion, and the politics of musical performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of the Andean Countries), 326 (Topic 4), Music 334 (Topic 4).
Same as: LAS 326.4
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.5 The Music of the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Subjects include the shifting meanings of "black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338E, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 5), 326D, Music 334 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 338E, LAS 326D
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.6 History of Mariachi Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore historically, culturally and stylistically the chronological development of the modern mariachi, with close attention to historical and socio-cultural influences from indigenous, European and African people; nationalism and mass media; crossing borders and changing performance practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic: History of Mariachi Music), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: History of Mariachi Music), Music 334 (Topic 6), 334 (Topic: History of Mariachi Music).
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.7 Music of Mexico and Borderlands 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore historically, culturally and stylistically the various regional styles of Mexican music and Mexican American music as it has developed along the southern border of the United States, with close attention to historical and socio-cultural influences from indigenous, European and African people; nationalism and mass media; stylistic change and mainstream acceptance. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic: Music of Mexico/Borderlands), Music 334 (Topic 7), 334 (Topic: Music of Mexico/Borderlands).
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 334.8 Mexican Soundscapes 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine culturally and historically the music and sound cultures that exist in Mexico and in Mexican American communities in the United States. Explore the social, cultural, religious, and political currents that have impacted the development of the musical and aural cultures in Mexico and on the US-Mexico border, and how these currents have shaped conceptions of identity and cultural nationalism, using the concept of soundscape as the dominant framework. Engage with readings in popular culture, popular media (cinema and television), cultural theory, history and musicology. Music 334 (Topic 8) and 342 (Topic: Mexican Soundscapes) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 337 Music and Film Sound 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of music and the soundtrack; analysis of interactions between image and sound; and aesthetics and issues of production and postproduction. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 338 Topics in Masterpieces of Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the works of specific composers or of specific genres in the Western musical tradition. May not be counted by music majors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 302L or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342 Topics in Ethnomusicology Areas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies of the musical traditions of selected cultures or geographical areas. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Mexican/Chicano Music. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Anthropology of World Beat. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Musics of India. Explore the musical traditions of India, with emphasis on Hindustani and Carnatic musical styles, but including examination of other traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 13), Asian Studies 324C, 361 (Topic 11), Music 342 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 324C, ANT 324L.13
Topic 4: Music, Art, and Ritual in Melanesia. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of lower-division English, including English 316K or the equivalent; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Black Perspectives in Jazz. Explores the social, cultural, political, and artistic relationships between jazz and the black experience, both within the African American context and throughout the diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338C, 372E (Topic 12), Music 342 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 338C
Topic 6: Musics of East and Southeast Asia.
Topic 7: Introduction to the Music of the Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted: Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 21), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Introduction to Music of the Middle East), 342 (Topic 89), Music 342 (Topic 7). Same as: J S 363.21, MES 342.89
Topic 8: Music and Gender. Only one of the following may be counted: Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Music and Gender), Music 342 (Topic: Music and Gender), 342 (Topic 8), Women and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Music and Gender).
Topic 9: Introduction to Music of the Balkans. Music 342 (Topic: Music of the Balkans) and 342 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Topic 10: Romani Music and Representation.
Topic 11: Music of the Philippines. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Music of the Philippines), Music 342 (Topic: Music of the Philippines) and 342 (Topic 11).
MUS 342.10 Romani Music and Representation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.11 Music of the Philippines 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Music of the Philippines), Music 342 (Topic: Music of the Philippines) and 342 (Topic 11).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.3 Musics of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the musical traditions of India, with emphasis on Hindustani and Carnatic musical styles, but including examination of other traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 13), Asian Studies 324C, 361 (Topic 11), Music 342 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 324C, ANT 324L.13
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.5 Black Perspectives in Jazz 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the social, cultural, political, and artistic relationships between jazz and the black experience, both within the African American context and throughout the diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338C, 372E (Topic 12), Music 342 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 338C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.6 Musics of East and Southeast Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.7 Introduction to the Music of the Middle East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 21), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Introduction to Music of the Middle East), 342 (Topic 89), Music 342 (Topic 7).
Same as: J S 363.21, MES 342.89
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.8 Music and Gender 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Music and Gender), Music 342 (Topic: Music and Gender), 342 (Topic 8), Women and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Music and Gender).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 342.9 Introduction to Music of the Balkans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 342 (Topic: Music of the Balkans) and 342 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 343J History of Jazz 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of the history of jazz from its origins to the present. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 246 Jazz Piano Techniques I 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Study basic skills in chord notation, chord interpretation and voicing, voice leading, and jazz piano styles. Music 228K and 246 may not both be counted. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 201N and 605, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 346R Music and Religious Identities in the US 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine religious music in Christianity and Judaism in relation to communities in religious context of Europe and the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 325 (Topic: Music and Religious Identities in the US), 325E, Music 346R, 376G (Topic: US Music/Religious Identity), Religious Studies 346 (Topic: Music and Religious Identities in the US), 346M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 325E, R S 346M
Core Curriculum: 050
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 247 Jazz Piano Techniques II 2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Music 210J, 247, 276C (Topic: Jazz Piano Techniques II) Three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 246, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 348 Studio Arranging I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study arranging for a variety of small group configurations, applying fundamental techniques, and scoring for large jazz ensemble. Music 328M and 348 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 228D, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 349 Studio Arranging II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore extended arrangements for large jazz ensemble and study of masterworks of the genre. Music 226K and 349 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 348, or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 350S Creating Music and Sound for Film, Video, and Games 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed to introduce students to concepts of music and sound for a variety of media with a primary focus on creating original music and/or soundtracks. Subjects include music structures, production and editing, film and video synchronization, game audio, and other sound for film related topics. Arts and Entertainment Technologies 323 and Music 350S may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 319D with a grade of at least C, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Priority given to music composition majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 354 Musical Development of Children 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The processes of musical development in young children. Topics include music in multicultural contexts, music in the cognitive and social development of young children, and special issues concerning music and exceptional children. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 354C Children's Music Literature and Performance I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Literature, materials, and music performance activities appropriate for young children. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 605 or 313, upper-division standing in music studies, or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 354D Children's Music Literature and Performance II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of Music 354C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 354C or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 354F Music Performance, Listening, and Appreciation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Techniques and materials for the development of skill in composition, arranging, performance, and aural discrimination; problems related to the adolescent voice. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 354S Game Development Capstone: Two-Dimensional Games 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Participation in an interdisciplinary team to gain a thorough understanding of the two-dimensional game development process, through modeling of the environment and practices that are used in game studios. Only one of the following may be counted: Arts and Entertainment Technologies 376, Computer Science 354S, 378 (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 2D Games), Music 354S, 376J (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 2D Games), Theatre and Dance 354T (Topic 17), Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic 6), 344T (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C S 354S, T D 354T.17
Pre/Corequisites: For computer science majors, Computer Science 354, 354H, 354P, or 354R with a grade of at least C-; for others, consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 354T Game Development Capstone: Three-Dimensional Games 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Participation in interdisciplinary teams to gain a thorough understanding of the three-dimensional game development process, through modeling of the environment and practices that are used in game studios. Only one of the following may be counted: Computer Science 354T, Music 354T, 376J (Topic: Game Development Capstone: 3D Games), Theatre and Dance 354T (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C S 354T, T D 354T.18
Pre/Corequisites: For computer science majors, Computer Science 354, 354H, 354P, or 354R with a grade of at least C-; for others, consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 155C Techniques of Percussion Performance 1 Hour
0 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Percussion performance techniques for individual and ensemble settings, including appropriate literature and rehearsal procedures. Two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 255D Techniques of String Performance 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
String instrument performance techniques for individual and ensemble settings, including appropriate literature and rehearsal procedures. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 255E Techniques of Brass Performance 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Brass instrument performance techniques for individual and ensemble settings, including appropriate literature and rehearsal procedures. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 255F Techniques of Woodwind Performance 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Woodwind instrument performance techniques for individual and ensemble settings, including appropriate literature and rehearsal procedures. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 255M Marching Band Techniques 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Literature, materials, and techniques of the marching band. Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 155S Vocal Techniques For Instrumentalists 1 Hour
0 Lecture Hours 1.5 Lab Hours
Explore vocal techniques for individual and instructional settings. Examine appropriate literature and rehearsal procedures. Music 155S and 176C (Topic: Voice Fundamentals) and may not both be counted. One-and-one-half laboratory hours per week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 255V Techniques of Vocal Performance 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Technique of individual and ensemble singing practiced through the study of vocal literature. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 356G, 456G Choral Ensemble Literature and Performance 3-4 Hours
3,4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Choral music literature; rehearsal and performance techniques for choirs and small ensembles. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 356J Instrumental Ensemble Literature and Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Study of the literature and of performance and rehearsal techniques for heterogeneous instrumental ensembles. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music studies and Music 210K.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259C Chamber Music: Brass 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259E Chamber Music: Percussion 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 159J Harp Repertoire 1 Hour
0 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Study and performance of the harp repertoire. One laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259L Vocal Repertoire Coaching 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259N Chamber Music: Strings and Piano 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259R Chamber Music: Saxophone 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259T Topics in Instrumental Technology 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259U Chamber Music: Repertoire Before 1800 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259V Chamber Music: Vocal 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 259W Chamber Music: Woodwinds 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The equivalent of two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Music 411 and 612, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 160C Senior Composition Recital 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation and performance of a public recital of the student's original compositions. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Open only to music composition majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 460J Senior Jazz Recital 4 Hours
4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation and performance of a public recital in the major jazz instrument. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 420J and approval of the jazz faculty.
Restrictions: Open only to jazz performance majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 460R Senior Recital 4 Hours
4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation and performance of a public recital in the major instrument. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: For performance majors approved to pursue a pedagogy emphasis, approval of the faculty; for other performance majors, Music 420R and approval of the faculty.
Restrictions: Open only to music performance majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 262C Intermediate Instrumental Conducting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Problems and interpretation of larger band and orchestral works; analytical study of musical form as it relates to conducting; a synthesis of musical understanding and expansion of comprehensive musicianship through conducting problems. Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and Music 222K.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 164L, 364L Advanced Ear Training 1,3 Hours
1,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Further development of techniques taught in Music 411, with emphasis on aural recognition of larger musical forms and of music of contemporary style. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music and Music 411 and 612.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
MUS 366P Senior Piano Pedagogy Project 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Students complete a research paper on a piano pedagogy topic, such as methodology, skills development, or repertoire. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and Music 460P with a grade of at least B.
Restrictions: Open only to senior piano performance majors pursuing the pedagogy option.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 368L Review of Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An intensive review of the skills and concepts required for the study of music theory at the graduate level. May not be counted toward a graduate degree. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division or graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 271P Topics in Pedagogy 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed primarily for students planning teaching careers. Offered in piano, voice, and orchestral instruments. Methods include individual and class instruction through the use of music literature and the teaching repertoire. Practice teaching and laboratory for diagnostic and corrective methods are required. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Pedagogy: Piano I. Work with students in the Butler School of Music's Piano Project.
Topic 2: Pedagogy: Piano II. Work with students in the Butler School of Music's Piano Project. Additional prerequisite: Music 271P (Topic 1).
Topic 3: Pedagogy: Voice I.
Topic 4: Pedagogy: Voice II.
Topic 5: Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments I.
Topic 6: Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments II.
MUS 271P.1 Pedagogy: Piano I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Work with students in the Butler School of Music's Piano Project.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 271P.2 Pedagogy: Piano II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Work with students in the Butler School of Music's Piano Project.
Pre/Corequisites: Music 271P (Topic 1).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 271P.3 Pedagogy: Voice I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 271P.4 Pedagogy: Voice II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 271P.5 Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 271P.6 Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 375J Twentieth-Century Music Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review of techniques and methods for analyzing twentieth-century music. Music 375J and Music 376J (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 275T Teaching and Learning in Music 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 176C, 276C, 376C Special Topics in Music Performance 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
MUS 376G Special Topics in Music Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Topic 1: Historical Survey of Russian Music. Focus on the role of Russian music in its social and historical context. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 323 (Topic 7), Humanities 350 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 350 (Topic 9), Music 376G (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 376G (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 325 (Topic 20), Russian 330 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 330 (Topic 3). Additional prerequisite: For music majors, upper-division standing and consent of instructor; for others, upper-division standing.
MUS 376J Special Topics in Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Twentieth-Century Music Techniques. Review of techniques and methods for analyzing twentieth-century music. Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music students who need review of course content.
Topic 2: Performance, Analysis, and Interpretation. Undergraduate music theory seminar applying theoretical and historical insights to performance and interpretation. Music 376J (Topic 2) and Music 379K (Topic: Performance and Analysis) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
MUS 376J.2 Performance, Analysis, and Interpretation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Undergraduate music theory seminar applying theoretical and historical insights to performance and interpretation. Music 376J (Topic 2) and Music 379K (Topic: Performance and Analysis) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 176M Special Topics in Music Studies 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
One class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
MUS 176R Guitar Repertory 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors whose primary instrument is guitar.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 276S Bassoon Literature 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 276T Flute Literature 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 276U French Horn Literature 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 276V Oboe Literature 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Restrictions: Restricted to music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 178C, 278C, 378C Independent Study: Music Performance 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual projects to be completed under faculty supervision. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the director of the school.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 178G, 278G, 378G Independent Study: Music Literature 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual projects to be completed under faculty supervision. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the director of the school.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 178J, 278J, 378J Independent Study: Music Theory 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual projects to be completed under faculty supervision. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the director of the school.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 178M, 278M, 378M Independent Study: Music Studies 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual projects to be completed under faculty supervision. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the director of the school.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379G Capstone in Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Drawing from the chosen concentration for the Bachelor of Arts in Music, generate scholarly or creative work to enhance preparation for a post-baccalaureate education or career. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to seniors pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K Advanced Topics in Music Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two or more topics may be taken concurrently. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in music or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Topics in Keyboard Literature.
Topic 2: Piano Literature, Eighteenth Century to the Present.
Topic 3: Research and Writing in Music. Introduction to writing styles, techniques, and research in music.
Topic 4: Secular Music for Consorts, to 1650.
Topic 5: Topics in Instrumental Chamber Music.
Topic 6: Topics in Symphonic Tradition.
Topic 7: Topics in Instrumental Concerto.
Topic 8: Topics in the Art Song.
Topic 9: Topics in Opera and Music Drama.
Topic 10: Topics in Mass and Motet.
Topic 11: Topics in Choral Music.
Topic 12: Topics in Cantata and Oratorio.
Topic 13: Topics in Modern Music.
Topic 14: Special Topics in the Western Musical Tradition.
Topic 15: Music for the Organ, 1600 to the Present.
Topic 16: Organ Literature.
Topic 17: Band Literature.
Topic 19: Sacred Chants.
Topic 20: Historical Performance Practice Traditions.
Topic 21: Global Music Cultures, 700-1400. Music 379K (Topic: Global Mus Tradtns/700-1400) and 379K (Topic 21) may not both be counted.
Topic 22: Global Music Cultures, 1400-1650.
Topic 24: Musicking and Disability. Only one of the following may be counted: Music 379K (Topic: Musicking and Disability), 379K (Topic 24), Social Work 360K (Topic: Musicking and Disability).
Topic 25: Popular Music.
Topic 26: Afro-Modernisms in Black Popular Music. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora 372E (Topic: Afro Modernsm Black Pop Music), Music 342 (Topic: Afro Modernsm Black Pop Music), Music 342 (Topic 26).
MUS 379K.1 Topics in Keyboard Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.10 Topics in Mass and Motet 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.11 Topics in Choral Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.12 Topics in Cantata and Oratorio 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.13 Topics in Modern Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.14 Special Topics in the Western Musical Tradition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.17 Band Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.19 Sacred Chants 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.2 Piano Literature, Eighteenth Century to the Present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.20 Historical Performance Practice Traditions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.21 Global Music Cultures, 700-1400 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 379K (Topic: Global Mus Tradtns/700-1400) and 379K (Topic 21) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.22 Global Music Cultures, 1400-1650 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.24 Musicking and Disability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Music 379K (Topic: Musicking and Disability), 379K (Topic 24), Social Work 360K (Topic: Musicking and Disability).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.25 Popular Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.26 Afro-Modernisms in Black Popular Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora 372E (Topic: Afro Modernsm Black Pop Music), Music 342 (Topic: Afro Modernsm Black Pop Music), Music 342 (Topic 26).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.5 Topics in Instrumental Chamber Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.6 Topics in Symphonic Tradition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.7 Topics in Instrumental Concerto 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.8 Topics in the Art Song 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379K.9 Topics in Opera and Music Drama 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 379Q Musical Acoustics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed to help students develop the intuition and vocabulary for understanding the basic physical principles relevant to musical instruments and sound (e.g., mechanics, vibrations, acoustics, harmonics, acoustic-electronic conversions, speakers, hearing, perception, room acoustics) in order to be able to read basic articles on the subject of musical acoustics. Material is kept relevant to musical principles (e.g., performance techniques, scales/harmony) throughout. Only one of the following may be counted: Arts and Entertainment Technologies 320D, 339 (Topic: Musical Acoustics), Mechanical Engineering 379M (Topic: Musical Acoustics), 379Q, Music 376J (Topic: Musical Acoustics), 379Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: M E 379Q
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
MUS 380 Advanced Topics in the History and Culture of Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cultural studies of the music of various periods or places. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Medieval.
Topic 2: Renaissance.
Topic 3: Baroque.
Topic 4: Eighteenth Century.
Topic 5: Nineteenth Century.
Topic 6: Twentieth Century.
Topic 11: Music of Mexico and the Caribbean. Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Explore music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin.
Topic 12: Music of Latin America. Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization.
Topic 13: Music of Brazil and Argentina. An introduction to Brazilian and Argentinian music from samba, capoeira, and forro to tango, cumbia villera, and chacarera; examines such music making within its various historical, social, and political contexts.
Topic 14: Music of the Andean Countries. Introduction to the music of Andean countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Explore the role music plays in shaping historical and modern Andean societies, as well as how music comments upon national culture, society, and politics, with particular attention to the ways in which musicians and musical movements continue to influence Andean societies. Subjects include pre-Columbian and colonial music making; music representative of the tripartite indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage of Andean countries; aesthetics, identity, and musical expression; ritual, religion, and the politics of musical performance.
Topic 15: The Music of the African Diaspora. Investigate the musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Includes the shifting meanings of black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends.
MUS 380.1 Medieval 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.11 Music of Mexico and the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Explore music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.12 Music of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.13 Music of Brazil and Argentina 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to Brazilian and Argentinian music from samba, capoeira, and forro to tango, cumbia villera, and chacarera; examines such music making within its various historical, social, and political contexts.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.14 Music of the Andean Countries 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the music of Andean countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Explore the role music plays in shaping historical and modern Andean societies, as well as how music comments upon national culture, society, and politics, with particular attention to the ways in which musicians and musical movements continue to influence Andean societies. Subjects include pre-Columbian and colonial music making; music representative of the tripartite indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage of Andean countries; aesthetics, identity, and musical expression; ritual, religion, and the politics of musical performance.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.15 The Music of the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigate the musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Includes the shifting meanings of black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.2 Renaissance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.3 Baroque 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.4 Eighteenth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.5 Nineteenth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 380.6 Twentieth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 280D Topics in Diction and Translation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced study in English, Italian, French, and German diction and translation. The equivalent of two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: English Diction and Translation. Study English diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Topic 2: French Diction and Translation. Study French diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Topic 3: German Diction and Translation. Study German diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Topic 4: Italian Diction and Translation. Study Italian diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Topic 5: Russian Diction and Translation. Study Russian diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
MUS 280D.1 English Diction and Translation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study English diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 280D.2 French Diction and Translation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study French diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 280D.3 German Diction and Translation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study German diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 280D.4 Italian Diction and Translation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study Italian diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 280D.5 Russian Diction and Translation 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study Russian diction and phonetic translation specifically for musicians. Discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 180G Improvisation (Non-Jazz) 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 280M Group Piano Pedagogy 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
The development of skills in teaching group piano; examination and evaluation of methods and materials used in keyboard instruction; learning styles; research. Two lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 280N Technology in Voice Study 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 1.5 Lab Hours
The integration of computer technology and audiovisual equipment into applied voice instruction. May be repeated for credit, but only two semester hours may be counted toward the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. One lecture hour and one and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 180R, 280R Vocal Repertoire Coaching 1-2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3,6 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 280S Contemporary Commercial Vocal Pedagogy 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 180T, 280T Accompanying 1-2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3,6 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 180V, 280V Collaborative Piano: Vocal and Instrumental 1-2 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 3,6 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 381 Reference and Research Materials in Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 281C Chamber Music: Brass 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 181D Chamber Music: Artist Diploma 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music students in the Artist Diploma program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281E Chamber Music: Percussion 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 381J Topics in Introduction to Musicology and Ethnomusicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Foundations of Musicology.
Topic 2: Foundations of Ethnomusicology.
Topic 3: Proseminar in Musicological Research.
Topic 4: Analytical and Ethnographic Methods in Ethnomusicology. Music 381J (Topic 3) and 381J (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
MUS 381J.1 Foundations of Musicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 381J.2 Foundations of Ethnomusicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 381J.3 Proseminar in Musicological Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 381J.4 Analytical and Ethnographic Methods in Ethnomusicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 381J (Topic 3) and 381J (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 281K Chamber Music: Piano 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 481M Chamber Music: Masters Quartet 4 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 10 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and ten laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to Master of Music-Chamber Music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281P Topics in Graduate Pedagogy 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Intensive study of the principles and methods of teaching various instruments at the college level. Music 480P and 281P may not both be counted. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Graduate Pedagogy: Piano I.
Topic 2: Graduate Pedagogy: Piano II.
Topic 3: Graduate Pedagogy: Voice I.
Topic 4: Graduate Pedagogy: Voice II.
Topic 5: Graduate Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments I.
Topic 6: Graduate Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments II.
MUS 281P.1 Graduate Pedagogy: Piano I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281P.2 Graduate Pedagogy: Piano II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281P.3 Graduate Pedagogy: Voice I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281P.4 Graduate Pedagogy: Voice II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281P.5 Graduate Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments I 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281P.6 Graduate Pedagogy: Orchestral Instruments II 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281R Chamber Music: Saxophone 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281S Chamber Music: Strings 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281V Chamber Music: Vocal 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 281W Chamber Music: Woodwinds 2 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate music majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 282J Instrumental Conducting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed for those who have had no experience in conducting. Explore rudimentary use of baton, regular and irregular beat patterns, subdivisions and beat pattern variations as applied to simple instrumental literature. Develop practical experience in conducting instrumental groups. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 383L Topics in Seminar in Music Education 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual and group studies of advanced topics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, and Music 391 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 384J Advanced Topics in Music Education 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review and criticism of research, acoustics, and psychology. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: History and Philosophy.
Topic 3: Current Trends in Music Education.
Topic 4: Research in Music Education I.
Topic 5: Tests and Measurements in Music.
Topic 8: Research in Music Education II.
Topic 9: Music Learning and Behavior.
MUS 384J.1 History and Philosophy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 384J.3 Current Trends in Music Education 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 384J.4 Research in Music Education I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 384J.5 Tests and Measurements in Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 384J.8 Research in Music Education II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 384J.9 Music Learning and Behavior 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 284P Practicum in a World Music Tradition 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced training on a non-Western musical instrument such as Javanese gender barung, Indian sitar, Arabic qanun, or Korean kayakeum, or advanced training in a non-Western vocal style, and other approved musical practices. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; two semesters of enrollment in a non-Western music ensemble, such as Javanese Gamelan, Middle Eastern or North Indian Music ensemble, or other approved music ensembles, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Open to any University student who can qualify by audition.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 385 Special Topics in Musicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Research in depth on various topics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: History of Music Theory to 1750.
Topic 2: History of Music Theory.
Topic 3: Notational Systems before 1400.
Topic 4: Notational Systems since 1400.
Topic 5: Studies in Organology.
MUS 385.1 History of Music Theory to 1750 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 385.2 History of Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 385.3 Notational Systems before 1400 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 385.4 Notational Systems since 1400 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 385.5 Studies in Organology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 385J Topics in Seminars: Musicology and Ethnomusicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Intensive studies of special problems and/or issues in music, broadly defined. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 185R, 285R, 385R Directed Research in Musicology 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 386J Topics in the History of Sacred Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to a significant body of choral works, from the thirteenth century to the present age, composed especially for religious occasions and venues. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 286S Topics in Music in Worship: Service Planning and Service Playing 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The art and practice of preparing, rehearsing, and performing specific works of sacred music for religious occasions. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L Advanced Topics in Music Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analytical and historical studies of a particular repertoire. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Topics in the Solo Song.
Topic 2: Topics in Music for Keyboard Instruments.
Topic 4: Topics in Music for String Instruments.
Topic 5: Band Literature.
Topic 6: Topics in Choral Music.
Topic 7: Topics in Orchestral Music.
Topic 8: Topics in Band Music.
Topic 9: Topics in Opera.
Topic 10: Topics in Jazz. Additional prerequisite: Music 343J or consent of instructor.
Topic 11: Topics in Music Literature.
Topic 12: Topics in Collaborative Piano Literature.
Topic 13: Topics in Chamber Music.
Topic 20: Jazz Ensemble Literature. Explore a selection of acclaimed albums of modern jazz, which by general consensus form a body of essential listening knowledge - the foundation of a recorded jazz canon. Music 387L (Topic: Jazz Ensemble Literature) and Music 387L (Topic 20) may not both be counted.
Topic 21: Jazz Perspectives. Investigative chronological study of jazz history, aimed at gaining a better sense of jazz's ever-evolving "state of the art," through the experiences of its musicians within their own time. Music 387L (Topic: Jazz Perspectives) and 387L (Topic 21) may not both be counted. Three lectures hours a week for one semester.
MUS 387L.1 Topics in the Solo Song 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.10 Topics in Jazz 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Music 343J or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.11 Topics in Music Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.12 Topics in Collaborative Piano Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.13 Topics in Chamber Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.2 Topics in Music for Keyboard Instruments 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.20 Jazz Ensemble Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a selection of acclaimed albums of modern jazz, which by general consensus form a body of essential listening knowledge - the foundation of a recorded jazz canon. Music 387L (Topic: Jazz Ensemble Literature) and Music 387L (Topic 20) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.21 Jazz Perspectives 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigative chronological study of jazz history, aimed at gaining a better sense of jazz's ever-evolving "state of the art," through the experiences of its musicians within their own time. Music 387L (Topic: Jazz Perspectives) and 387L (Topic 21) may not both be counted. Three lectures hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.4 Topics in Music for String Instruments 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.5 Band Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.6 Topics in Choral Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.7 Topics in Orchestral Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.8 Topics in Band Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 387L.9 Topics in Opera 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 388C Composition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388E Electronic Composition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388F Film and Scoring Media 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688A (Topic: Film and Scoring Media) and 388F may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in composition, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388G Graduate Media Project 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388J Improvisation Styles and Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The study and analysis of jazz improvisation. Music 688 (Topic 16) and 388J may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388K Project in Jazz Composition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 288L Advanced Studies in Choral Literature 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in choral conducting.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 388M Topics in Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music or graduate standing and consent of instructor; additional prerequisites vary by topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Foundations of Music Theory. Music 688 (Topic 2) and 388M (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, or composition; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Form Theory. Music 688 (Topic 7) and 388M (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in music theory, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 3: Contemporary Styles and Techniques. Music 688 (Topic 9) and 388M (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in music theory or composition, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 4: Current Trends in Music Theory. Music 688 (Topic 15) and 388M (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, or composition; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 5: Heinrich Schenker's Theory of Tonal Music. Music 688 (Topic 11) and 388M (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in music theory, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 6: Music and Meaning. Music 688 (Topic: Music and Meaning) and 388M (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, or composition; or graduate standing and Music 388T; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 7: Analysis of Popular Music.
MUS 388M.1 Foundations of Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 2) and 388M (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, or composition; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388M.2 Form Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 7) and 388M (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388M.3 Contemporary Styles and Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 9) and 388M (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory or composition, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388M.4 Current Trends in Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 15) and 388M (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, or composition; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388M.5 Heinrich Schenker's Theory of Tonal Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 11) and 388M (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388M.6 Music and Meaning 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic: Music and Meaning) and 388M (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, or composition; or graduate standing and Music 388T; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388M.7 Analysis of Popular Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388P Jazz Pedagogy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Research and study of the methods and materials essential to teaching and planning a comprehensive curriculum in jazz studies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 188R, 288R, 388R Directed Research in Music Theory 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388S Topics in Seminar in Music Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, or composition; or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388T Analytical Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 5) and 388T may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 388V Score Reading 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 688 (Topic 8) and 388V may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 391 Foundations of Music Education 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to graduate study, history, philosophy, and basic concepts in music education. Required of all music and human learning majors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 392 Psychology of Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Psychological aspects of music, emphasizing perception, experimental aesthetics, music function, and the nature of musical ability. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193, 293, 393 Topics in Special Problems in Music Education 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: General Music.
Topic 2: Elementary School Music.
Topic 3: Choral Technique.
Topic 5: Directed Research.
Topic 7: Music in Higher Education.
Topic 8: Music and Exceptional Children.
Topic 9: Instrumental Music.
Topic 10: Computer Applications in Music Education.
Topic 11: Group Teaching: Materials and Methods.
Topic 12: Studio Piano: Goals and Procedures.
Topic 14: Music in Therapy and Special Education. Music 393 (Topic: Music in Therapy and Special Education) and Music 393 (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
MUS 193.1, 293.1, 393.1 General Music 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.10, 293.10, 393.10 Computer Applications in Music Education 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.11, 293.11, 393.11 Group Teaching: Materials and Methods 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.12, 293.12, 393.12 Studio Piano: Goals and Procedures 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.14, 293.14, 393.14 Music in Therapy and Special Education 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Music 393 (Topic: Music in Therapy and Special Education) and Music 393 (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.2, 293.2, 393.2 Elementary School Music 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.3, 293.3, 393.3 Choral Technique 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.5, 293.5, 393.5 Directed Research 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.7, 293.7, 393.7 Music in Higher Education 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.8, 293.8, 393.8 Music and Exceptional Children 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 193.9, 293.9, 393.9 Instrumental Music 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 194, 394, 694 Directed Reading 1,3,6 Hours
1,3,6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Readings in the literature of music. The equivalent of one, three, or six lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
MUS 395W Writing about Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed to develop and improve writing skills through required readings and through writing concert reviews, opinion pieces, essays, and articles about music. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 698 Thesis 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in music and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Music 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 398D Artist Recital 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation for and performance of a recital. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Performance 480 with a grade of at least B, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 398M Master's Report 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in music and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 698R Master's Recital 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698RA, graduate standing in performance or music literature and pedagogy, and course 380 or 480 in the appropriate instrument; for 698RB, Music 698RA.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
MUS 398T Supervised Teaching in Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Supervised teaching for graduate students in music; two semesters under supervision; weekly meetings with instructor, consultations, reports throughout the teaching period. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a teaching assistant.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 399, 699, 999 Treatise 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Author a substantial research paper of a scholarly nature and perform associated post-candidacy doctoral recitals. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Passage of preliminary and comprehensive examinations for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree, admission to candidacy, and approval by the Graduate Academic Affairs Committee.
Restrictions: Restricted to students approved to pursue the treatise option for the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 399N, 699N, 999N Nontreatise Lecture Recital Document 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Author a research paper of a scholarly nature and perform associated post-candidacy doctoral recitals. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Passage of preliminary and comprehensive examinations for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree and admission to candidacy.
Restrictions: Restricted to students pursuing the nontreatise option for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
MUS 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral