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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Study of selected topics in church music with emphasis on practical applications in the field. Areas of study announced in the Schedule of Classes. Prerequisites: MUS 101, 105, or permission. May be repeated once for degree credit. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Students analyze the realization of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic scoring of popular and semi-classical music in a variety of styles (e.g., jazz, Latin, rock, Dixie, etc.) for individual sections, combos, and major conducted ensembles, including string, winds, brass, percussion, and keyboards. Prerequisite: MUS 102 or permission. Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
May Term (3 credits). Introduction to early childhood musical development and Kodály approach for birth to first-grade music education. Emphasizes age-appropriate music activities, quality music materials, and teaching techniques based on research of children's musical abilities. Sequential lesson planning, movement, singing, instruments, improvisations, and music literacy are addressed. Offered in alternate years. NU only.
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3.00 Credits
Fall (0), Spring (0). Satisfied by an examination given by the applied instructor during the final semester in residence covering the standard solo, ensemble, and technical literature of the instrument or voice. Students are expected to secure the appropriate literature list from their private teachers upon entry into the performance program. Prerequisite: performance majors only. CN only.
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3.00 Credits
Spring (0). Minimum of three credits of private instruction on the major instrument or voice must be taken concurrently. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. CN only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Comprehensive survey of the Western musical tradition from antiquity to the end of the Baroque period. Development of musical style studied through the achievements of great composers and the artistic, social, and cultural elements that were determining factors. Prerequisite: ability to read music desirable.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Survey of the Western musical tradition covering the periods from the Viennese classicism period through New Romanticism. Development of styles is studied using the works of the great composers from Sammartini through Adams. Artistic, social, and cultural elements of style also explored. Prerequisite: ability to read music desirable.
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3.00 Credits
May Term (3 credits). Study of the basic elements of music outside of the usual European tradition including melody, rhythm, harmony, and form in the musics of the world. Emphasis on Latino, Asian, and African traditions. NU only.
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2.00 Credits
Fall (2 credits). Elements of the conductor's techniques, beat formation, and all rhythms; practice in choral and instrumental conducting. Baton techniques and score reading with practical application. Prerequisite: MUS 102, 106.
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3.00 Credits
May Term (3 credits). Pre-professional methods and materials, with a focus on methods and techniques for early childhood through grade six. Units include the philosophical, historical, and psychological foundations of music education, planning for and assessment of music learning, as well as the methods of Off, Kodaly, Dalcroze, Edwin G. Gordon and Comprehensive Musicianship. Prerequisite: MUS 100 or permission. Offered in alternate years.
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