MUSI Music

Courses

MUSI-1116: Sight Singing and Ear Training I

Credit Hours 1
Singing tonal music in treble and bass clefs, and aural study of elements of music, such as scales, intervals and chords, and dictation of basic rhythm, melody and diatonic harmony. This is a required course for music majors.

MUSI-1117: Sight Singing and Ear Training II

Credit Hours 1
Singing tonal music in various clefs, continued aural study of the elements of music, and dictation of intermediate rhythm, melody and diatonic harmony. This is a required course for music majors.

MUSI-1181: Piano Class I

Credit Hours 1
Class instruction in the fundamentals of keyboard technique for beginning piano students. Open to all students.

MUSI-1183: Voice Class

Credit Hours 1
Class instruction in the fundamentals of singing including breathing, tone production, and diction. Designed for students with little or no previous voice training. Does not apply to a music major degree. Open to all students.

MUSI-1188: Percussion Class

Credit Hours 1
Class instruction in the fundamental techniques of playing and teaching percussion instruments.

MUSI-1192: Guitar Class

Credit Hours 1
Class instruction in fundamental guitar playing, including technique, music-reading, fretboard theory, melodic and harmonic realizations. Open to all students.

MUSI-1303: Fundamentals of Music

Credit Hours 3

Introduction to the basic elements of music theory, including scales, intervals, keys, triads, elementary ear training, notation, meter and rhythm. Course does not apply to a music major degree.

MUSI-1306: Music Appreciation

Credit Hours 3

Understanding music through the study of cultural periods, major composers, and musical elements. Illustrated with audio recordings and live performances. Open to all students. (Does not apply to a music major degree.)

MUSI-1307: Music Literature

Credit Hours 3
An in-depth study of the music, literature and history from the 15th through the 20th Centuries. Emphasis will be placed on principle forms and composers of the literature of those historical periods. This course is designed for music majors, but is also appropriate for any student who has prior musical knowledge.

MUSI-1311: Music Theory I

Credit Hours 3
The study of analysis and writing of tonal melody and diatonic harmony, including fundamental music concepts, scales, intervals, chords, 7th chords, and early four-part writing. Analysis of small compositional forms. Optional correlated study at the keyboard.

MUSI-1312: Music Theory II

Credit Hours 3
The study of analysis and writing of tonal melody and diatonic harmony, including all diatonic chords and seventh chords in root position and inversions, non-chord tones, and functional harmony. Introduction to more complex topics, such as modulation, may occur. Optional correlated study at the keyboard. This course is required for music majors.

MUSI-2116: Sight Singing and Ear Training III

Credit Hours 1
Singing more difficult tonal music in various clefs, aural study including dictation of more complex rhythm, melody, chromatic harmony, and extended tertian structures. This is a required course for music majors.

MUSI-2117: Sight Singing and Ear Training IV

Credit Hours 1
Singing advanced tonal music and introduction of modal and post-tonal melodies. Aural study including dictation of advanced rhythm, melody, and harmony. This is a required course for music majors.

MUSI-2311: Music Theory III

Credit Hours 3
Advanced harmony voice leading, score analysis and writing of more advanced tonal harmony including chromaticism and extended-tertian structures. Optional correlated study at the keyboard. This course is required for music majors.

MUSI-2312: Music Theory IV

Credit Hours 3
Continuation of advanced chromaticism and survey of analytical and compositional procedures in post-tonal music. This course is required for music majors.

MUSI-2389: Academic Cooperative

Credit Hours 3
An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on work experience. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of music.