MUSI 126 – Group Voice
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Group instruction in vocal performance designed for nonmajors; includes development of technical skill and interpretation of standard literature. With permission of the department, up to two semesters of 126 may count toward the first level of applied lessons for students who become Music Industry majors.
MUSI 130 – String Ensemble
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: String music of traditional and modern composers is rehearsed and performed. Material chosen from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and twentieth century music. No more than three semester hours of ensemble music (Music 100, 120, 125, 130, 140, 150, 160, 180, and/or 190) may apply toward graduation requirements for non-majors.
MUSI 131 – Piano
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Private instruction in piano performance; includes development of technical skills and interpretation of standard literature.
MUSI 101 – Introduction to Music
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Attention is focused on one element of music at a time (melody, harmony, timbre, and texture). Each element is discussed in its historical context, and illustrative examples are played.
MUSI 102 – Recital Attendance
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: ; Max: Description: As a requirement for graduation, music majors attend department-approved performances for seven semesters.
MUSI 115 – Introduction to Music Theory
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MUSI-116. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Presents the basic melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of Western music beginning with the elementary structure of single line melody progressing to the essentials of harmonic construction. Analysis of musical literature from all style periods.
MUSI 116 – Aural Skills I
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MUSI-115. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Rhythmic reading, development of sightsinging skills using the traditional movable “do” method, interval and chord recognition, and dictation fundamentals.
MUSI 100 – Chorus
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Carries credit at the rate of one hour per semester (semesters need not be consecutive). Music of many style periods is rehearsed and performed. No more than three semester hours of ensemble music (Music 100, 120, 125, 130, 140, 150, 160, 180, and/or 190) may apply toward graduation […]
ARTE 415 – Histor.Foundations Art Education
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ARTE-312. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of the disciplines of art history, art criticism, and aesthetics, and their theories, development, and methods for teaching.
ARTH 220 – Hist of Western Art:Acnt-Medieval
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Historical survey of art focusing on Prehistory; the Ancient Near East and Egypt; the Aegean, Greece, and Rome; Early Christian and Byzantine art; and Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic art. Works of art from each period of civilization are analyzed for individual qualities and compared with previous examples […]
ARTH 340 – Art of the United States
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ARTH-221. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introduction to the art and architecture in continental U.S. from the time of the first European voyages of discovery up to the Armory Show of 1913. Course explores the role of the visual arts in establishing the new nation’s self identity, in interpreting the […]
ARTH 350 – Native Arts of the Americas
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ARTH-220 or ARTH-221. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introduction to the artistic and cultural traditions of native peoples in both North America and South America. Attention is placed on the collecting and studying of relevant artifacts and the evolution of competing methods for interpreting them.