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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 1000 or MUS 1210 or Permission of instructor This course will explore American music and its unique blend of African, Native American, Hispanic, Asian, and European colonial musical styles and genres, Students will develop an understanding of the musical style, aesthetic viewpoints, and function of the folk, religious, classical, popular, and commercial music of these groups. This course will also consider the interaction of these musical styles and genres within the context of sociocultural dynamics of the United States. The student will encounter new musical expressions and their history. This knowledge is synthesized in a final project in which the student investigates the music of an American ethnic minority culture. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters, Multicultural)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 1000 or Permission of instructor This class explores the history of Jazz within the context of the African American cultural experience. The course will examine African musical aesthetics that are at the core of all forms of jazz throughout its history. The evolution of jazz will be traced, beginning with distinctly African American musical expressions such as minstrelsy, the blues, and ragtime, before surveying the developments and prominent figures of jazz in the 20th century including New Orleans and classic jazz, bebop and related movements, the innovations of Coleman and Taylor, the innovations of Miles Davis, and the jazz styles of the present. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters, Multicultural)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 1000 or Permission of instructor This course develops an understanding of the diverse styles, aesthetic systems, and functions of music in the many cultures of the world and the United States. The student will not only encounter new musical expressions but also the history of diverse cultures and the world views that accompany them. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters)
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5.00 Credits
3 (2 + 2) Prerequisite: ENG 1020 and At least junior standing; or Permission of instructor This course enables students to develop awareness and knowledge of philosophical and aesthetic foundations of the arts with a specific focus on art and music. Appropriate methods of teaching art and music in the elementary curriculum, including the integration of literacy and mathematics, will be explored. Students will use creative and critical thinking skills to develop artistic sensibility. Credit will be granted for only one prefix (ARTH or MUS). (General Studies -Level II, Arts and Letters) (ARTH 3060)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 2110 and MUS 2120 This course involves study of modal vocal polyphony (Lassus, Palestrina) of the sixteenth century, and tonal contrapuntal textures of the 18th century (J.S. Bach) and contrapuntal techniques of the 20th century (Hindemith). Students will compose in two to four independent voices. All contrapuntal techniques are studied in historical perspective, including analysis of polyphonic forms.
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5.00 Credits
2 (2 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 2110; MUS 2120; MUS 3460; and MUS 3410 or MUS 3430 or MUS 3450 Students will study the technical capabilities and notation of all the instruments and voices, individually and in ensembles, and score written music for small instrumental and/or vocal ensembles and for orchestra.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 3220 or Permission of instructor This course is designed to study the history and literature of a single musical style, era, medium, or composer. This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 1210, MUS 2110, and At least junior standing This course is intended for music majors. It comprises a comprehensive survey of music history and musical style through the examination of recordings and scores of music of the ancient Greeks through the early eighteenth century in Europe.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 3210 and MUS 2130 This course is intended for music majors and comprises a survey of music history and musical style through the examination of recordings and scores of art music having its origins in Western Europe from the mid 18th century up to the present time.
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5.00 Credits
2 (1+ 2) Prerequisite: MUS 2340 and formal admission to the music education program Corequisite: MUS 3351 and EDS 3150 Students will develop competencies for teaching general music in the elementary and secondary school music classroom. Course content will include an overview and experiences with Orff, Dalcroze, and Kodaly materials and methodologies; classroom and instructional management; assessment strategies; and the role of general classroom music instruction in the total process of education.
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