Undergraduate
Music Courses
MU 100 Music
Fundamentals
LASC—Creative Arts
An
introduction to the rudiments of music theory, including pitch
and rhythmic organization. Emphasis is placed on intervals,
major and minor scales, reading and writing rhythm, and chord
structures.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 101 Fundamentals of Music and Aural Skills
An
introduction to reading and writing conventional music notation,
the fundamentals of music theory, and basic aural skills.
Emphasis will be placed on intervals, scales, chords, rhythmic
values, sight-singing, melodic dictation, and aural recognition
of intervals and chords.
Offered every year. 3 credits
MU 102 Applied Music
Prerequisite: Audition
required
Instruments offered: Piano, voice, clarinet,
flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, violin, cello,
percussion, classical guitar, organ. Instructors for other
instruments may be arranged by special request to Music
Department.
Private instruction in an instrument or voice,
one-half hour lesson per week. Studio fee required. May be
repeated.
Offered every year. 1 credit.
MU 115 Music Appreciation
A general survey of
masterpieces of the major composers of various periods in the
history of music.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 140 World Music
LASC—Creative Arts
An
introduction to music of various cultures and continents
including music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, The Middle East
and India.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 150 Opera
Analysis of the masterworks of the
standard operatic repertoire.
Offered every year. 3
credits.
MU 175 Music in America
A survey of music history and literature in America including
gospel spirituals, jazz, popular and classical music.
Offered every 3 years. 3 credits.
MU 190
Class Piano
Pre-requisite: MU 100 or MU 101
Basic piano proficiency. Class topics will include an
introduction to the keyboard, hand position, and music theory.
Solo literature appropriate to the level will be studied.
Offered every year: 1 credit
MU 193 Special
Topics in Music for First-year Students
All
"193" classes are approved for LASC but may vary by section. See
current course listing for specific LASC area approval.
Introductory level course covering topics of special interest to
first-year students. Offered only as a First-year Seminar.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 200 Issues
in Music
This course deals with topics of special
interest, in both seminars and applied environments at an
introductory level.
Category 1. 3 credits.
MU 202 Applied Music
Prerequisite: Audition
required
Note: Please refer to instrument listing
for MU 102
Private instruction in an instrument or voice,
one-half hour lesson per week. Studio fee required. May be
repeated.
Offered every year. 1 credit.
MU 205 Harmony I
LASC—Creative Arts
Prerequisite: MU 100
Analysis and application of
harmonization techniques using diatonic chords. Further emphasis
is placed on voiceleading, figured bass, melodic construction,
and embellishing tones.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 210 Harmony II
LASC—Creative Arts
Prerequisite: MU 205
Analysis and application of
harmonization techniques using diatonic and chromatic chords.
Emphasis is placed on voice-leading, non-chord tones, secondary
chords, and modulation.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 213 Music Technology of MIDI Systems and Digital Audio
Prerequisite: MU 100 or knowledge of notation and department
consent
Offers study in MIDI/Digital Audio Systems and
electronic music synthesis in a PC environment. Prepares student
interested in audio engineering.
Offered every year. 3
credits.
MU 215 Chorus and Music Theory
Prerequisite: Audition required
Mixed choral repertoire
and performance, covering vocal problems and techniques.
Introduction to music theory, rhythms, intervals, basic chordal
structures, harmonization. Participation in college chorus
required.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 220 Chorus
Prerequisite: MU 215
Mixed
chorus repertoire. May be repeated.
Offered every
semester. 1 credit.
MU 225 Band
Prerequisite: Audition required
Study and experience in
repertoire and performance. May be repeated.
Offered
every year. 1 credit.
MU 226 Band and Music
Theory
Prerequisite: Audition required
Study and experience in music notation and style of instrumental
music. Participation in college band required.
Offered
every year. 3 credits.
MU 231 Women in Music
A survey of the role of women in music, particularly the great
women composers from Medieval to Contemporary times.
Category1. 3 credits.
MU 234 Music of the
Baroque Period
The period 1600-1750 with emphasis on
Bach and Handel.
Offered every 3 years. 3 credits.
MU 235 Music of the Classical Period
The period
1750-1827; Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Offered every 3
years. 3 credits.
MU 237 Music in the
Elementary School
LASC—Creative Arts
Guiding growth in rhythmic, notational, and listening
experiences. Survey of music method books and materials.
Offered every 3 years. 3 credits.
MU 240
Music of the Romantic Period
A survey of
nineteenth-century music beginning with Beethoven.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
MU 245
Twentieth-Century Music
A comprehensive study and
general listener’s approach to contemporary music beginning with
Impressionism.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
CM/MU 250 Music of the Cinema: Spectacle, Splendor, and
Spielberg
LASC—Creative Arts
An
introduction to the role, impact, and importance of music in
motion pictures from silent movies through contemporary film.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
MU 255 The
Golden Era of Piano Music
A survey of piano music
beginning with Beethoven and continuing through the Romantic
tradition to the early twentieth century.
Offered every
year. 3 credits.
MU 260 Symphonic Music
A survey of symphonic music beginning with the classical period.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
MU 265 The
Concerto
The concerto from the eighteenth to the
twentieth century with emphasis on the development of the piano
concerto.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
MU 300 Chorale
Prerequisites: MU 215 or MU 220
and audition
Study and performance of a cappella choral
literature from the Middle Ages to contemporary times. May be
repeated.
Category 1. 1 credit.
MU
302 Applied Music
Prerequisite: Audition
required
Note: Please refer to instrument listing
for MU 102
Private instruction in an instrument or voice,
one-half hour lesson per week. Studio fee required. May be
repeated.
Offered every year. 1 credit.
MU 310 The American Musical in Performance
Study,
rehearsal and performance of a great American musical. Music,
acting and dance will all be skills which are developed.
Offered every other year. 3 credits.
MU 380
Form and Analysis
Prerequisite: MU 210
An introduction to and analysis of the formal structures of
music.
Offered every 3 years. 3 credits.
MU 400 Independent Study in Music
Prerequisite:
Consent of instructor
An opportunity for further study
in a special field of interest under faculty supervision.
Offered every year. 1-6 credits.
MU 402
Applied Music
Prerequisite: Audition required
Note: Please refer to instrument listing for MU 102
Private instruction in an instrument or voice, one-half hour
lesson per week. Studio fee required. May be repeated.
Offered every year. 1 credit.
MU 410 Special
Topics in Music
This course will allow members of
the music faculty to develop courses of special interest. This
would include seminars on specific composers or compositions, in
both classroom and applied studio environments.
Offered
every 3 years. 3 credits.