Music Courses
MUSC 1335 | Commercial Music Software
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 32
Lab Hours: 64
Contact Hours: 96
Fee: Yes
Description: Specialized training in commercial music software applications.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1116 | Sight Singing & Ear Training I
Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Hours: 32
Contact Hours: 64
Fee: Yes
Description: 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. Required of all music majors in the first semester of the freshman year.
Prerequisites: or corequisite: MUSI 1311
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1117 | Sight Singing & Ear Training II
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 32
Contact Hours: 32
Fee: Yes
Description: Singing tonal music in various clefs, continued aural study of the elements of music, and dictation of intermediate rhythm, melody and diatonic harmony. Required of all music majors in the second semester of the freshman year.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1116 with a grade of C or better and concurrent or previous enrollment in MUSI 1312
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1181 | Class Piano I
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Fee: Yes
Description: Beginning class instruction in the fundamentals of keyboard technique. Open to all students but will not count toward a major in Piano. Group instruction format. For music majors or by permission of instructor. 48 lab hours. Lab fee. For Music Majors or by permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1182 | Class Piano II
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Fee: Yes
Description: Advanced beginning class instruction in the fundamentals of keyboard technique.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor by audition or MUSI 1181 with a grade of C or better
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1303 | Fundamentals of Music
Credit Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: 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.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1306 | Music Appreciation
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: Understanding music through the study of cultural periods, major composers, and musical elements. Illustrated with audio recordings and live performances. (Does not apply to a music major degree.)
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1307 | Music Literature
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: A survey of the styles and forms of music as it developed from the middle ages to the present. This course will familiarize the student with cultural context, terminology, genres, and notation.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1311 | Music Theory I
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: 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. Required of all music majors in the first semester of the freshman year.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1301 or equivalent preparation as demonstrated by a placement exam and prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 1116
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 1312 | Music Theory II
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: 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. Required of all music majors in the second semester of the freshman year.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1311 with a grade of C or equivalent preparation as demonstrated by a placement and prerequsitie or concurrent e nrollments in MUSI 1117
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 2116 | Sight Singing & Ear Training III
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 32
Contact Hours: 32
Fee: Yes
Description: Singing more difficult tonal music in various clefs, aural study including dictation of more complex rhythm, melody, chromatic harmony, and extended tertian structures.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1117 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent or previous enrollment in MUSI 2311
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 2117 | Sight Singing & Ear Training IV
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 32
Contact Hours: 32
Fee: Yes
Description: Singing advanced tonal music and introduction of modal and post-tonal melodies. Aural study including dictation of advanced rhythm, melody, and harmony.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2116 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent or previous enrollment in MUSI 2312
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 2181 | Class Piano III
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 32
Contact Hours: 32
Fee: Yes
Description: Intermediate class instruction of keyboard technique.
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor by audition or MUSI 1182 with a grade of C or better
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 2182 | Class Piano IV
Credit Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Fee: Yes
Description: Advanced class instruction of keyboard technique.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor by audition or MUSI 2181 with a grade of at least “C”
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 2311 | Music Theory III
Credit Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: 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. Required of all music majors in the first semester of the sophomore year.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1312 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent or previous enrollment in MUSI 2116
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education
MUSI 2312 | Theory Of Music IV
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 48
Contact Hours: 48
Description: Continuation of advanced chromaticism and survey of analytical and compositional procedures in post-tonal music. Optional correlated study at the keyboard. Required of all music majors in the second semester of the sophomore year.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2311 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent or previous enrollment in MUSI 2117
Corequisites: None
School: School of Arts & Education