MUS 100 Fundamentals of Music (3 credits)

MUS 101 Music Theory I  (4 credits)
Music Theory I is a study of the fundamentals of music and musicianship including written harmony, analysis, sight singing, ear training, diction and keyboard experience. Topics include scales and key signatures, intervals, rhythmic notation and meter, clefs, construction of melodic lines, triads, non-harmonic tones and voice leading in four-part writing. M1 (4 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 901 Prerequisite: MUS 100 or MUS 120, or previous experience in reading
and performing music.

MUS 102 Music Theory II (4 credits)
Music Theory II is a continuing study of the fundamentals of music and musicianship through experience with written harmony, analysis, sight singing, ear training, diction and keyboard. Topics include the principles of chord progression, modulation, the dominant seventh chord, non-dominant seventh chord, secondary dominant chords of all types and song forms. M1 (4 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 902 Prerequisite: MUS 101 or consent of instructor.

MUS 104 Music Appreciation (3 credits)
This course is designed to promote an appreciation of music and the habit of intelligent listening. The course approaches music through its basic elements as found in representative selections from the various periods of music history. Listening experience is given through recordings, films, concerts and live class performances. R (3 lecture hours) IAI: F1 900.

MUS 108 Music in America  (3 credits)
This course is designed to promote an appreciation of American music and to promote habits of intelligent listening. The course presents American music through its basic elements as backgrounds found in the United States. Listening experience is given through recordings, films, concerts and live class performance. (3 lecture hours) IAI: FI 904.

MUS 110 College Choir  (1 credit)
The college choir is open to anyone with some singing ability. Emphasis is placed upon improving musicianship as well as quality performance. Many varied styles of choral literature are studied and performed at the end of each semester. College Choir may be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours. (3 laboratory hours) IAI: MUS 908.

MUS 111 Madrigal Singers  (1 credit)
This is a selected mixed vocal ensemble which will study and present quality madrigal and entertainment literature. Several public performances, including a formal madrigal dinner, are given during the semester. This course may be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours. (Audition required) (3 laboratory hours) IAI: MUS 908.

MUS 112 Band  (1 credit)
This is an instrumental ensemble intended to provide an opportunity for students to continue their instrumental pursuits through contact with the highest quality of music. The ensemble performs publicly whenever possible as well as for various activities. This course may be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours. (3 laboratory
hours) IAI: MUS 908 Prerequisite: Open to all concert band instrumentalists.

MUS 113 Jazz Band  (1 credit)
This is a select instrumental ensemble which rehearses and performs a variety of big band arrangements, both jazz and rock. The jazz band performs publicly several times each year. This course may be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours. (3 laboratory hours) IAI: MUS 908 Prerequisite: Open to all performers on trumpet, trombone and saxophone. Rhythm performers (piano, guitar, bass, drums) by consent of the instructor.

MUS 114 Orchestra  (1 credit)
This is a string, wind and percussion ensemble intended to provide an opportunity for members of the college community to continue their instrumental pursuits through contact with the highest quality orchestral literature. The orchestra will stress performance of 17th-, 18th-, and 20th-century compositions. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 semester hours. It is open to all orchestral instrumentalists. (3 laboratory hours) IAI: MUS 908.

MUS 120 Class Piano I  (2 credits)
Class Piano I involves group instruction for those who have little or no previous experience playing the piano, including non-keyboard music majors and elementary education majors as well as others. Materials are structured to correlate those keyboard skills, techniques, and understandings basic to comprehensive keyboard musicianship at the early level of study. Activities include reading pop, folk and serious music, transposing, harmonizing, improvising, writing and playing by ear. M1 (2 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 901.

MUS 121 Class Piano II  (2 credits)
This course is a continuation of Class Piano 1. Topics include chord inversions, seventh chords, pedaling and various scales. Activities include reading pop, folk and serious music, transposing, harmonizing, improvising, writing and playing by ear. Materials are structured to correlate those keyboard skills, techniques and understanding basic to comprehensive keyboard musicianship at this early level of study. M1 (2 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 902 Prerequisite: MUS 120 or consent of the instructor.

MUS 128 Class Guitar  (1 credit)
Class guitar has been designed to meet the growing demand for an accessible way to use correct hand positions, read simple music at sight, play chord accompaniments, have a knowledge of rhythm and an understanding of music fundamentals. Students are able to apply the skills so that they may use them in the music of their choice whether it be the classics, flamenco, jazz, folk or rock. M1 (2 laboratory hours).

MUS 131 Private Applied Music – Instrumental  (1 credit)
Private Applied Music – Instrumental consists of a 30-minute lesson per week. The student must provide any instrument other than piano. Outside practice is expected. Quality literature is selected to fit each student’s individual needs. This course may be repeated to a maximum of four semesters. (2 laboratory hours) Prerequisite: Arrangements must be made with the Fine Arts and Education Office prior to registration in the course by calling 786-2318 between 8a.m. and 5p.m. on weekdays. Note: In addition to tuition, MUS 131 requires a fee of $175.

MUS 132 Private Applied Music – Vocal  (1 credit)
Private Applied Music – Vocal consists of a 30-minute lesson per week. Outside practice is expected. Quality literature is selected to fit each student’s individual needs. This course may be repeated to a maximum of four semesters. (2 laboratory hours) Prerequisite: Arrangements must be made with the Fine Arts and Education Office prior to registration in the course by calling 786-2318 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Note: In addition to tuition, MUS 132 requires a course fee of $175.

MUS 133 Private Applied Music – Keyboard (1 credit)
Private Applied Music – Keyboard consists of a 30-minute lesson per week. Outside practice is expected. Quality literature is selected to fit each student’s individual needs. This course may be repeated to a maximum of four semesters. (2 laboratory hours) Prerequisite: Arrangements must be made with the Fine Art and Education Office prior to registration in the course by calling 786-2318 between 8a.m. and 5p.m. on weekdays. Note: In addition to tuition, MUS 133 requires a course fee of $175.

MUS 201 Music Theory III  (4 credits)
This is an advanced study of the fundamentals of music and musicianship through experience in sight singing, ear training, diction, keyboard, analysis, written harmony and original composition. Topics include borrowed chords, ninth, eleventh and thirteenth chords, the Neopolitan sixth chord, augmented sixth chords, altered dominant chords and chromatic mediant chords. M1 (4 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 903 Prerequisite: MUS 102 or consent of instructor.

MUS 202 Music Theory IV  (4 credits)
This is an advanced study of the fundamentals of music and musicianship through experience in sight singing, ear training, dictation, keyboard, analysis, written harmony and original composition. Topics include an introduction to 18th-century counterpoint including the canon, two-part invention, and three-voice fugue, transposition and procedures for instrumental writing through doing arrangements for various groups of instruments, and contemporary techniques including totally free tonality, quartal harmony and twelve-tone composition. M1 (4 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 904 Prerequisite: MUS 201 or consent of instructor.

MUS 204 Survey of Music History and Literature  (3 credits)
This course is designed as an introduction to the standard concert repertory, through intensive guided listening and elementary score-reading. Representative selections by major composers of each era are chosen to illustrate the characteristics styles, techniques, forms and performance practices of vocal and instrumental music. The course covers principally Western Civilization music from the Renaissance to the present. R, M1 (3 lecture hours) Prerequisite: MUS 101 or consent of instructor.

MUS 220 Class Piano III  (2 credits)
This course is a continuation of Class Piano II. Topics include various scales, harmonization using primary chords in minor keys, technical exercises and studies and solo repertoire. Activities include reading pop, folk and serious music, transposing, harmonizing, improvising, writing and playing by ear. Materials are structured to correlate those keyboard skills, techniques and understandings basic to comprehensive keyboard musicianship at this intermediate level of study. M1 (2 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 903 Prerequisite: MUS 121 or consent of the instructor.

MUS 221 Class Piano IV (2 credits)
This course is a continuation of Class Piano III. Topics include various scales and modes, harmonization using substitute chords and secondary dominants, seventh chords qualities, technical exercises and studies and solo repertoire. Activities includereading pop, folk and serious music, transposing, harmonizing, improvising, writing and playing by ear. Materials are structured to correlate those keyboard skills,techniques and understandings basic to comprehensive keyboard musicianship at this intermediate level of study. M1 (2 lecture hours) IAI: MUS 904 Prerequisite: MUS 220 or consent of the instructor.

MUS 231 Private Applied Music – Instrumental  (2 credits)
Private Applied Music – Instrumental consists of a 60-minute lesson per week. The student must provide any instrument other than piano. Outside practice is expected. Quality literature is selected to fit each student’s individual needs. This course may be repeated to a maximum of four semesters. (4 laboratory hours) Prerequisite: Arrangements must be made with the Fine Arts and Education Office prior to registration in the course by calling 786-2318 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Note: In addition to tuition, MUS 231 requires a course fee of $350.

MUS 232 Private Applied Music – Vocal  (2 credits)
Private Applied Music – Vocal consists of a 60-minute lesson per week. Outside practice is expected. Quality literature is selected to fit each student’s individual needs. This course may be repeated to a maximum of four semesters. (4 laboratory hours) Prerequisite: Arrangements must be made with the Fine Arts and Education Office prior to registration in the course by calling 786-2318 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Note: In addition to tuition, MUS 232 requires a course fee of $350.

MUS 233 Private Applied Music – Keyboard  (2 credits)
Private Applied Music – Keyboard consists of a 60-minute lesson per week. Outside practice is expected. Quality literature is selected to fit each student’s individual needs. This course may be repeated to a maximum of four semesters. (4 laboratory hours) Prerequisite: Arrangements must be made with the Fine Arts and Education Office prior to registration in the course by calling 786-2318 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Note: In addition to tuition, MUS 232 requires a course fee of $350.