Music

• MUP100 1 credit

  Applied Lessons

  Establishes credit for private music lessons.

• MUP102 1 credit

  Concert Band

  Offers applied study and performance of concert band literature. Course may be repeated for up to 6 total credits.
  Prerequisites: Musical ability on an instrument and music reading skills.

• MUP105 1 credit

  Jazz Ensemble

  Offers applied study and performance of jazz band literature. Course may be repeated for up to 6 total credits.
  Prerequisites: Musical ability on an instrument and music reading skills.

• MUP142 1 credit

  Chamber Orchestra

  Offers applied study and performance of chamber orchestra literature (Renaissance through Modern) in a small group atmosphere. Course may repeated for up to 6 total credits.
  Prerequisites: Musical ability with an instrument and music reading skills.

• MUP151 3 credits

  Music Theater

  Gives actors, singers, and dancers credit for participation in musical productions.

• MUS101 3 credits

  Music Fundamentals I

  Focuses on reading and writing basic music notation. Includes note names, scales, key signatures, overtone series, intervals, basic rhythms and meters, spelling triads and seventh chords, and basic ear training skills.
  Prerequisite: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart.

• MUS105 3 credits

  Music Appreciation

  Introduces the history and repertory of music. Through guided listening, students will develop both an aural and an intellectual understanding of music while emphasizing the political, cultural, and scientific values that have shaped Western music.
  Prerequisites: RD30; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS108 4 credits

  Music in World Cultures

  Introduces music from various cultures with an international and cross-cultural perspective. Explores both commonalties and differences in how music is defined, valued, and utilized in many cultures around the world.
  Prerequisites: RD30; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS111 4 credits

  Music Theory and Aural Skills I

  Examines the fundamentals of tonal music including the overtone series, major and minor scales, keys, intervals, spelling triads and seventh chords, and harmonic analysis. Includes ear training (dictation) and sight singing skills using diatonic melodies in major keys in simple meter. Introduces solfege as a tool for sight singing.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart, WR121 (may be taken concurrently), and MUS101 or a basic knowledge of music fundamentals.

• MUS112 4 credits

  Music Theory and Aural Skills II

  Continues the examination of tonal music including harmonic analysis in a key/tonal context, harmonic progressions, realizing a figured bass, and part-writing procedures using a figured bass and soprano line. Continues dictation and sight singing skills using diatonic melodies, dyads, and harmonies in major and minor keys using simple and compound meter.
  Prerequisite: MUS111 or permission of the instructor, RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart, and WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS113 4 credits

  Music Theory and Aural Skills III

  Continues the examination of tonal music including harmonic analysis in a key/tonal context harmonic progressions, part-writing procedures, and realizing more advanced figured bass lines. Continues dictation and sight singing skills using diatonic and chromatic melodies, dyads, and harmonies in major and minor keys.
  Prerequisite: MUS112 or permission of the instructor, RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart, and WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS131 2 credits

  Class Piano I

  Offers elementary instruction covering the principles of piano playing to fit the needs of beginners in a class setting. A piano or keyboard is needed for practice.

• MUS132 2 credits

  Class Piano II

  Offers elementary instruction covering the principles of piano playing to fit the needs of beginners in a class setting. A piano or keyboard is needed for practice.
  Prerequisite: MUS131.

• MUS133 2 credits

  Class Piano III

  Offers elementary instruction covering the principles of piano playing to fit the needs of beginners in a class setting. A piano or keyboard is needed for practice.
  Prerequisite: MUS132.

• MUS137 2 credits

  Group Guitar – Beginning

  Covers the basic construction of the guitar, principles of tuning, maintenance, and treatment of the instrument. Also covered are key signatures, scales, primary chords and their structures, as well as fingering methods, right hand picking styles and techniques specific to the guitar. Students will learn how to accompany solo and group singing, and learn skills needed to translate music and methods for solving problems common to guitar players. Course may be repeated for up to two terms (4 credits total).

• MUS138 2 credits

  Group Guitar – Intermediate

  Enables students to create more complicated common style arrangements to folk, blues, and popular song styles by adding melody notes and bass runs to open chords. Students will also learn accompanying styles to a much broader range of song types, the use of more sophisticated chords and voicings, and the use of barred chords affording the guitarist the ability to play in any key. Course may be repeated for up to two terms (4 credits total).
  Prerequisite: MUS137.

• MUS199 Variable credit

  Special Studies: Music

  Serves a variety of student needs and interests in keeping with the department’s mission to increase students' literacy, critical thinking and self awareness through music, and broaden cultural awareness and values. May be repeated for up to six credits.
  Prerequisites: RD30; WR115 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS201 4 credits

  Introduction to Music and its Literature I

  Studies styles and historical contexts of music from antiquity through the Baroque era. No musical background required.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS202 4 credits

  Introduction to Music and its Literature II

  Studies styles and historical contexts of music of the Classical and Romantic eras. No musical background required.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS203 4 credits

  Introduction to Music and its Literature III

  Studies styles and historical contexts of music from the 20th century to the present. No musical background required.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS205 3 credits

  Introduction to Jazz Music and its Literature

  Surveys jazz styles from its origins to the present as revealed through the study of the most innovative and influential artists of this uniquely American musical form. Emphasis is placed on building listening and comprehension skills through listening to jazz, in-class discussion of the music, class assignments, research, and reading of the text.
  Prerequisites: RD30; WR121 (may be concurrent).

• MUS206 3 credits

  Introduction to Rock Music and its Literature

  Surveys rock music from its origins to the present as revealed through the study of the most innovative and influential artists of this American musical form. Emphasis is placed on building listening and comprehension skills through listening to rock, in-class discussion of the music, class assignments, research, and reading of the text.
  Prerequisites: RD30; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS207 3 credits

  Songwriting

  Studies examples of successful popular songs and the fundamentals of music theory and notation. Students will be asked to compose and record original songs.
  Prerequisites: RD30; WR121 (may be taken concurrently).

• MUS211 4 credits

  Music Theory and Aural Skills IV

  Continues MUS111, 112 and 113. Offers students a clear and thorough introduction to the resources and practice of Western music with a focus on chromatic harmony as used in the common practice period through the 21st Century. Students will realize four parts from a chromatic figured bass, and analyze more advanced chord progressions, cadences, phrases and forms as used in the music of the masters. Students will also analyze various atonal styles of music. More advanced (chromatic) sight-singing and dictation exercises along with conducting exercises will be used.
  Prerequisite: MUS113 or equivalent knowledge.

• MUS212 4 credits

  Music Theory and Aural Skills V

  Offers students a clear and thorough introduction to the resources and practice of Western music with a focus on chromatic harmony as used in the common practice period through the 21st Century. Students will realize four parts from a chromatic figured bass, and analyze more advanced chord progressions, cadences, phrases and forms as used in the music of the masters. Students will also analyze various atonal styles of music. More advanced (chromatic) sight-singing and dictation exercises along with conducting exercises will be used.
  Prerequisite: MUS211 or equivalent knowledge.

• MUS213 4 credits

  Music Theory and Aural Skills VI

  Offers students a clear and thorough introduction to the resources and practice of Western music with a focus on chromatic harmony as used in the common practice period through the 21st Century. Students will realize four parts from a chromatic figured bass, and analyze more advanced chord progressions, cadences, phrases and forms as used in the music of the masters. Students will also analyze various atonal styles of music. More advanced (chromatic) sight-singing and dictation exercises along with conducting exercises will be used.
  Prerequisite: MUS212 or equivalent knowledge.

• MUS220 1 credit

  Chorus

  Offers applied study and performance of choral music. Course may be repeated for up to six (6) credits.
  Prerequisites: Musical ability and ability to read music.

• MUS261 3 credits

  Music History I

  Primarily for music majors, studies development of western musical style from antiquity through the Baroque era.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart; WR121 (may be taken concurrently). Students must be able to read music.

• MUS262 3 credits

  Music History II

  Primarily for music majors, studies development of western musical style from the Classical through Romantic eras.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart; WR121 (may be taken concurrently). Students must be able to read music.

• MUS263 3 credits

  Music History III

  Primarily for music majors, studies development of western musical style from the 20th century to the present.
  Prerequisites: RD30 or designated placement test score as shown on current indicator chart; WR121 (may be taken concurrently). Students must be able to read music.

• MUS280 Variable credit

  Cooperative Work Experience/Music

  Cooperative work experience is an educational program that enables students to receive academic credit for on-the-job, experiential learning based on skills acquired in their programs. Together, the instructor, employer, and student establish learning objectives that specify the significant and appropriate learning which is expected to result from the work experience. This course offers a career-related experience for students working for an approved employer. As a capstone course, it should be completed within the last two terms of a certificate or degree program.