Courses

    Introduction to music notation, meter and rhythm, scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords, fundamentals of harmonic progression, voice leading, aural skills, and composition. For nonmusic majorswho have little or no previous background in the subject. Formerly EMUS 1081. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Introduces the keyboard and music reading for nonmusic majors with no prior keyboard experience. Studies very easy classical and pop repertoire. Department enforced prereq., no prior keyboard experience or instructor consent required. Formerly EMUS 1115. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Continuation of MUEL 1115. Focuses on development of music reading. Studies technical patterns, easy classical and pop repertoire, and improvisation. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUEL 1145 (minimum grade D-). College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    A systematic study of the beginning literature and technique of the classical guitar with an emphasis on reading music. Designed for nonmusic majors with no prior musical experience. Formerly EMUS 1145. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Studies the intermediate literature and technique of the classical and popular guitar. Emphasis on reading standard notation and chord charts. Designed for non- music majors. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUEL 1145 (minimum grade D-). College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Involves basic vocal technique and easy solo repertoire taught through a group medium, for beginner and intermediate level students. May be repeated upto 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ability to read music. Formerly EMUS 1184. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Studies the literature and technique of hand percussion. Emphasizes African and Latin percussion techniques. Designed for non-music majors. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Formerly EMUS1416. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Provides a basic knowledge of primarily Western music literature and development of discriminating listening habits. Formerly EMUS 1832. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Offered fall and spring. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Introduces and explores basic concepts in audio recording from microphones to digital audio workstations. Also focuses on development of critical listening skills. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Continuation of MUEL 1184, with more advanced repertoire and vocal techniques. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUEL 1184 (minimum grade D-). College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Offers a stylistic and historical examination of trends that have influenced present-day music in the U.S. Formerly EMUS 2752. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Explores techniques used in combining music and dramatic arts through examples from musical and dramatic literature of the West from circa 1000 to present. Offered spring only. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Highlights music outside Western art tradition, using current ethnomusicological materials. Spring semester focuses on musical cultures of the Americas, Africa, and Europe; fall semester focuses on musical cultures of Asia and Oceania. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Formerly EMUS 2772. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.

    Use current ethnomusicological materials and methods in the study of musical cultures of Africa, Europe, and the Americas, outside the Western art tradition. Taught in the spring.

    Provides an overview of the role of musical theatre in U.S. culture, emphasizing the 20th century Broadway musical. Formerly EMUS 2842. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Examines popular music, concentrating on the U.S. after 1950. Considers precursor styles (e.g., blues folk) and contributions to the new rock style; discusses the evolution of rock style from 1960 through the 1990s. Formerly EMUS 2852. Approved for the arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Offered spring only. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Examines the development of filmed musicals from the beginning of sound movies through the Golden Age of Musicals. Emphasizes analysis and relationships of characters, songs, and incidental music. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Explores, discuss, debate and develop deeper understanding of Heavy Metal. Included are study of musical style characteristics and lyrical content, innovative performers, unifying elements of Heavy Metal culture and the diversity within it, and its role in the larger Rock and societal contexts. Issues of gender, religion, and sexuality in the Heavy Metal construct are also discussed. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Introduces the processes, materials, and forms of composition through the writing and performance of short musical works. Open to any student who already has rudimentary musical knowledge. Formerly EMUS 3051. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Studies the distinctly American art form of jazz music from its origins to the present, including the various traditions, practices, historical events, and people most important to its evolution. Formerly EMUS 3642. Offered fall and spring. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Provides hands-on and experiential enrichment for students to interact at several levels with a local community in Ghana. Classroom lectures will be combined with direct participation in drumming and dancing, field trips to participate in festivals and court ceremonies, field trips to kente weaving village, adinkra cloth making, wood carving villages, and museums. MUSC 3772 and MUEL 3772 are the same course. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2782 and MUEL 2772 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 27-56 credits (Sophomore) non-College of Music majors only.
    Explores the interaction between words and music in song. Students will consider how such features as rhyme, rhythm, tone, and the connotations of particular words contribute to meaning in poetry; how rhythm, tempo, dynamics, mood, and instrumentation contribute to meaning in music; and how words and music coalesce in song to make a new meaning. Formerly EMUS 3822. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
    Addresses literature that seeks either to explore the meaning of music or to make music out of words. Students will consider how musical concepts and techniques can be incorporated into poetry and prose, and will analyze the roles that writers have attributed to music in society, politics, and the life of the individual. Formerly EMUS 3832. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.

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