Course Descriptions

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Music Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
MUS 120 Basic Music I (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 120 Variable topics:
  MUS 120 Basic Music I: Dance (3) Spring 2009
  MUS 120 Basic Music I: Guitar (3) Spring 2009
  MUS 120 Basic Music I: Piano (3) Fall 2009
  MUS 120 Basic Music I: Voice (3) Spring 2009
MUS 121 Basic Music II (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 121 Variable topics:
  MUS 121 Basic Music II: Piano (3) Spring 2008
MUS 130 Rudiments of Music Theory (3) Spring 2009
MUS 150 Concert Music (0) Fall 2009
MUS 201 Class Piano I (1) Fall 2009
MUS 202 Class Piano II (1) Spring 2009
MUS 203 Class Piano III (1) Fall 2009
MUS 206 Beginning Jazz/Pop Piano (1) Fall 2009
MUS 210 Keyboard Harmony (1) Spring 2007
MUS 221 Fundamentals of Ear Training and Musicianship I (2) Fall 2009
MUS 222 Fundamentals of Ear Training and Musicianship II (2) Spring 2009
MUS 223 Fundamentals of Ear Training and Musicianship III (2) Fall 2009
MUS 224 Ear Training and Musicianship IV (1) Fall 2009
MUS 230 Music Growth and Development in Childhood (3) Fall 2007
MUS 231 Contrapuntal Analysis and Synthesis (3) Fall 2009
MUS 232 Diatonic Analysis and Synthesis (3) Spring 2009
MUS 233 Chromatic Analysis and Synthesis (3) Fall 2009
MUS 270 Improvisation (1) Spring 2009
MUS 274 Temporary Course: Lower Division (1-6) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 277 Experimental Course: Lower Division (1-6) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 301 Class Piano IV (1) Fall 2009
MUS 302 Class Piano V (1) Spring 2009
MUS 303 Piano Major (1) Fall 2009
MUS 309 Singing for Self Expression I (1) Fall 2008
MUS 311 Class Voice I (1) Fall 2009
MUS 312 Class Voice II (1) Fall 2008
MUS 313 Voice Major (1) Fall 2009
MUS 343 Harpsichord Major (1) Spring 1992
MUS 351 Class Orchestral and Band Instruments I (1) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 351 Variable topics:
  MUS 351 Class Percussion I (1) Spring 2009
MUS 353 Instrumental Major (1) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 353 Variable topics:
  MUS 353 Bassoon Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Cello Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Clarinet Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Double Bass Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Flute Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Guitar Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Harp Major (1) Fall 2008
  MUS 353 Horn Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Jazz Bass Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Oboe Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Percussion Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Saxophone Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Trombone Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Trumpet Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Tuba Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Viola Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 Violin Major (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 353 World Musical Instruments (1) Fall 2009
MUS 360 Major Repertoire (1) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 360 Variable topics:
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Bassoon (1) Spring 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Cello (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Clarinet (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Double Bass (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Flute (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Guitar (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Harp (1) Fall 2008
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Horn (1) Spring 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Oboe (1) Spring 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Percussion (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Piano (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Saxophone (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Trombone (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Trumpet (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Tuba (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Viola (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Violin (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 360 Major Repertoire: Voice (1) Fall 2009
MUS 371 Orchestra (1) Fall 2009
MUS 372 Wind Ensemble (1) Spring 2009
MUS 373 Chamber Singers (1) Fall 2009
MUS 375 Women's Chorus (1) Spring 2009
MUS 376 Opera Workshop (1) Fall 2009
MUS 377 Instrumental Ensembles (1) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 377 Variable topics:
  MUS 377 Instrumental Ensembles: Guitar (1) Spring 2009
  MUS 377 Instrumental Ensembles: Percussion (1) Fall 2008
MUS 378 Chamber Music (1) Fall 2009
MUS 379 University Chorus (1) Fall 2009
MUS 381 Men's Chorus (1) Fall 2008
MUS 382 Keyboard Harmony (1) Spring 2009
MUS 383 Piano Accompaniment (1) Fall 2009
MUS 384 Piano Ensemble (1) Spring 2008
MUS 385 Applied Accompanying (1) Fall 2009
MUS 386 World Music Ensembles (1) Effective Summer 2009
MUS 386 Variable topics:
  MUS 386 Afro-Cuban Ensemble (1) Effective Summer 2009
  MUS 386 Creative World Ensemble (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 386 Kulintang Ensemble (1) Effective Summer 2009
  MUS 386 North Indian Vocal Ensemble (1) Effective Summer 2009
MUS 388 Jazz Combos (1) Effective Fall 2006
MUS 388 Variable topics:
  MUS 388 Jazz Combos-Instrumental (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 388 Jazz Combos-Vocal Jazz (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 388 Jazz/Vocal (1) Fall 2009
MUS 390 Jazz Band (1) Fall 2009
MUS 391 Piano Sightreading (1) Fall 2008
MUS 392 Piano Performance Practicum (1) Fall 2009
MUS 394 Vocal Performance Practicum (0) Fall 2009
MUS 396 Chamber Music Forum (1) Fall 2009
MUS 405 Tonal Counterpoint (3) Spring 2009
MUS 415 Orchestration (3) Fall 2009
MUS 416 Theory Seminar (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 416 Variable topics:
  MUS 416 Techniques of Musical Analysis (3) Spring 2007
MUS 420 20th Century Techniques (3) Fall 2009
MUS 425 Composition Workshop (1) Fall 2009
MUS 430 Improvisation (1) Fall 2009
MUS 431 Jazz Improvisation I (2) Fall 2009
MUS 432 Jazz Improvisation II (2) Fall 2009
MUS 433 Introduction to Music Technology (2) Spring 2009
MUS 436 Introduction to the Electronic Music Studio (2) Spring 2009
MUS 438 Fundamentals of Computer Music (2) Fall 2008
MUS 440 Jazz Harmony (3) Fall 2009
MUS 441 Jazz Composition and Arranging (3) Fall 2009
MUS 450 Projects in Theory and Composition (1) Fall 2009
MUS 460 Repertoire for Composers (1) Fall 2009
MUS 477 Career Management in Music (3) Spring 2008
MUS 501 Music, The Listener's Art (3) Spring 2009
MUS 502 The Opera (3) Fall 2008
MUS 504 Survey of Electronic Music (3) Fall 2008
MUS 505 Music of the World's Peoples (3) Fall 2009
MUS 506 Survey of Jazz (3) Fall 2009
MUS 508 Modern Music: American Iconoclasts (3) Fall 2009
MUS 510 Keyboard Literature (3) Spring 2009
MUS 511 The Roots of Rock (3) Effective Fall 2003
MUS 511 Variable topics:
  MUS 511 The Beatles (3) Spring 2006
  MUS 511 The Origins of Rock (3) Fall 2008
MUS 512 Rock Since the Mid-1960s (3) Fall 2009
MUS 520 Seminar in Music Literature (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 520 Variable topics:
  MUS 520 Bach and Handel (3) Spring 2009
  MUS 520 Bartok and Stravinsky (3) Fall 2006
  MUS 520 Minimal Music (3) Fall 2007
  MUS 520 The Music of France: Late 19th and 20th Century (3) Fall 2008
MUS 530 Musics of the Middle East and India (3) Fall 2006
MUS 531 Musics of North and Southeast Asia (3) Fall 2008
MUS 532 Musics of Central and South America (3) Spring 2008
MUS 542 Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3) Spring 2009
MUS 545 Traditional Kulintang Music and Dance of the Southern Philippines (3) Spring 2009
MUS 550 Music from the Middle Ages to 1750 (3) Fall 2009
MUS 551 Classic and Romantic Music (3) Spring 2009
MUS 552 20th Century Music (3) Spring 2009
MUS 558 Seminar in Jazz History (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 558 Variable topics:
  MUS 558 African American Roots of Jazz (3) Fall 2008
  MUS 558 Music of John Coltrane (3) Fall 2009
MUS 560 Lyric Diction I (2) Fall 2008
MUS 561 Lyric Diction II (2) Spring 2009
MUS 565 Vocal Literature (3) Spring 2009
MUS 598 Senior Thesis (3) Fall 2009
MUS 601 Music for Children (3) Summer 2009
MUS 605 Applied Eurhythmics for Performers and Teachers (1) Effective Spring 2004
MUS 608 Early Field Experience in Music Education (2) Fall 2008
MUS 610 General Music (3) Spring 2007
MUS 612 The Voice (3) Spring 2008
MUS 614 Piano Pedagogy (2) Spring 2009
MUS 615 Jazz Pedagogy (2) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 616 Woodwinds (2) Spring 2008
MUS 618 Strings (2) Spring 2008
MUS 620 Brass Instruments (2) Spring 2007
MUS 640 Ensemble Conducting (2) Fall 2009
MUS 644 Advanced Instrumental Conducting and Literature (3) Spring 2009
MUS 645 Advanced Choral Conducting and Literature (3) Spring 2009
MUS 699 Special Problems In Music (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
MUS 699 Variable topics:
  MUS 699 Special Problems in Music (1) Fall 2009
  MUS 699 Special Problems in Music (2) Fall 2009
  MUS 699 Special Problems in Music (3) Fall 2009
MUS 700 Introduction to Graduate Study (3) Fall 2009
MUS 701 Graduate Seminar in Music (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 701 Variable topics:
  MUS 701 Chamber Music Literature (3) Fall 2009
  MUS 701 Choral Repertoire and Performance Practice (3) Spring 2008
  MUS 701 Keyboard Music (3) Spring 2009
MUS 710 Advanced Analysis (3) Spring 2009
MUS 711 Seminar on Analysis of Post Tonal Music (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 716 Graduate Theory Seminar (3) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 716 Variable topics:
  MUS 716 Survey of Musical Analysis (3) Fall 2006
MUS 720 Directed Projects in Theory or Composition (1) Fall 2009
MUS 725 Practicum in Composition (1) Fall 2009
MUS 730 Composition Workshop (0) Fall 2009
MUS 752 The Baroque (3) Fall 2009
MUS 753 The Classical Era (3) Fall 2008
MUS 754 The Romantic Era (3) Spring 2008
MUS 755 The Twentieth Century (3) Spring 2009
MUS 760 Curriculum and Instruction I: Music (3) Fall 2009
MUS 761 Curriculum and Instruction II: Music (3) Spring 2009
MUS 776 Directed Projects in Performance (2) Effective Fall 2002
MUS 776 Variable topics:
  MUS 776