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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on curriculum standards, methods, materials, instructional strategies, and assessments used in secondary music education programs, grades 7-12. Students will participate in supplementary activities related to their specific major, either K-12 Instrumental or K-12 choral certification programs. Budget and administration of the school music program, preparation for public performances, conducting, arranging, rehearsal techniques and score analysis are addressed. Prerequisite: Music major, junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
This introduction to choral and instrumental conducting includes baton techniques, gestures, non-verbal communication, rehearsal techniques and score reading. Depending on the student's major, either instrumental or choral lab experiences are required. This is a required course for music majors. Prerequisite: Music major and consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This is a survey of primarily non-Western popular music found in major cultural areas around the world. Content will include distinctions among popular, folk, traditional, and art music; influence of the mass media, American popular culture, nationalism, and the process of acculturation; stylistic features and major performers. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
This course will prepare the choral major to help students develop their singing voices. Attention will be focused on teaching techniques for production of good singing tone, proper breathing and breath support, physiological functions involved in voice production, and care of the voice. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the fifth of a six-course sequence in music theory required for the Bachelor of Music degree. This course will provide a basis for the understanding and application of the following knowledge base: late Renaissance polyphony, species counterpoint, two-voice eighteenth century counterpoint, the two-part invention and the fugue. Prerequisite: MU 211.
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3.00 Credits
Students choose a Jazz Great to research during the semester. The focus is on practicing techniques of this Jazz musician's style through transcription, performance and analysis of selected recordings. Prerequisite: MU 216.
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2.00 Credits
This is a study of the speech sounds of language using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols in order to perform texts in any foreign language. Application is made through the performance of songs in various languages. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the music of the Americas focusing on classification of musical instruments, theoretical systems, scale structures, role of music in society, and the relationship between music and the other arts in these cultures. Prerequisite: MU 106, 109.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to ethnomusicology including an historical survey of major works in the field, organology, research methods, fieldwork, and musical ethnography. Prerequisite: MU 225, 235, 236, 335.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course is an integrated piano study concentrating on the following subjects: piano literature, piano pedagogy, studio performance, and master class. Studies will focus on the history of piano literature, both private and group teaching methods, and performance practices of all eras. Students also will gain knowledge of the variety of musical issues involving solo and duet performance skills. Accompanying and solo performance issues will be addressed in a master class setting. This course may be taken for variable credit 1-3. Prerequisite: Music major and/or consent of instructor.
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