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MATH 232 - Linear Algebra
3 NS, QPf
First and Second Semester. An introduction to linear algebra. Topics considered include the algebra and geometry of Euclidean n-space, matrices, determinants, abstract vector spaces, linear transformations, and diagonalization.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 134 or MATH 220.
Enrollment Limit: 32.
Mr. Henle, Mr. Thomas
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 234 - Differential Equations
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. An introduction to analytic, qualitative and numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations. Topics include general first order equations, linear first and second order equations, numerical methods (Euler, Runge-Kutta), systems of first order equations, phase plane analysis, and Laplace Transforms. There is emphasis throughout the course on geometric and qualitative interpretations of differential equations, as well as applications to the natural sciences.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 231.
Enrollment Limit: 32.
Mr. Walsh
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 236 - Partial Differential Equations and Applied Complex Analysis
3NS, QPf
Second Semester. An introduction to complex analysis in the context of applications to partial differential equations. Topics to include: analytic functions, complex integration and residue calculus techniques; Fourier series; partial differential equations in rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, and associated special functions; Fourier and Laplace transforms. Depending on student interest, numerical methods including finite difference and finite element techniques may be covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 231.
Enrollment Limit: 32.
Mr. Thomas
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 301 - Advanced Calculus
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. A rigorous examination of the basic elements of analysis. The structure of the real number system, continuity, differentiability, uniform continuity, integrability of functions of a single variable, sequences, series, and uniform convergence are typical topics to be explored.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 231.
Note: MATH 220 is also highly recommended.
Mr. Young
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 302 - Topics in Advanced Calculus: Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics
3 NS, QPf
Second Semester. A first course in continuous and discrete dynamical systems in dimensions one and higher. Topics include phase portraits, periodic orbits, hyperbolicity, bifurcations, symbolic dynamics, chaos and fractals.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 231 and 232.
Notes: MATH 234 is also highly recommended. Taught in alternate years only.
Mr. Walsh
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 317 - Number Theory
3 NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 327 - Group Theory
3 NS, QPf
Second Semester. A first course in the modern algebraic structures and techniques fundamental to mathematics and useful in many areas of science and engineering. Topics include: groups, subgroups, quotient groups, isomorphism theorems, permutation groups, finite groups, and applications to combinatorics, geometry, symmetry, and crystallography.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 232.
Note: MATH 220 is also highly recommended.
Ms. Wilmer
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 328 - Computational Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
3 NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 329 - Rings and Fields
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. An introduction to linear, integer, and nonlinear programming. Emphasis is placed on the theory of mathematical programming and the analysis of optimization algorithms. These are applied to significant problems in the fields of medicine, finance, public policy, transportation, and telecommunications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MATH 231 and MATH 232.
Mr. Bosch
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 331 - Optimization
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. An introduction to linear, integer, and nonlinear programming. Emphasis is placed on the theory of mathematical programming and the analysis of optimization algorithms. These are applied to significant problems in the fields of medicine, finance, public policy, transportation, and telecommunications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MATH 231 and MATH 232.
Mr. Bosch
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 335 - Probability
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. An introduction to the mathematical theory of probability and its applications. Topics include discrete and continuous sample spaces, combinatorial problems, random variables, probability densities, probability distributions, limit theorems, and stochastic processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 231. MATH 220 is also strongly recommended.
Mr. Lenstra
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 336 - Mathematical Statistics
3 NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 337 - Data Analysis
3 NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 338 - Probability Models and Random Processes
3 NS, QPf
Second Semester. An introduction to operations research models which incorporate methods of probability theory. Topics will be chosen from inventory theory, queuing theory, decision analysis, game theory, simulation, Markov chains, and project management. Computer software for selected topics will also be discussed and utilized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 335.
Note: Taught in alternate years only.
Mr. Bosch
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 343 - Combinatorics
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. An advanced course in discrete mathematics. Topics covered include enumeration, combinatorial identities, generating functions, partitions, and set systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Any one of MATH 317, 327, 328, 329, or 335.
Ms. Wilmer
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 350 - Geometry
3 NS, QPf
First Semester. This course takes a modern approach to geometry based on group theory and the Erlangen Programm making possible the survey of a wide spectrum of geometries, Euclidean and non-Euclidean. Geometries treated include Moebius geometry, hyperbolic geometry, elliptic geometry, and absolute geometry. The discovery of these geometries in the 19th century caused a scientific and philosophical revolution second only to the Copernican revolution.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 220 or consent of instructor.
Mr. Henle
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 353 - Topology
3 NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 356 - Complex Analysis
3 NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 360 - Mathematical Methods for Computational Neuroscience
3NS, QPf
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 362 - Mathematical Biology
3NS, QPf
Second Semester. A research-oriented seminar course on the mathematical modeling of biological systems. Topics include: applications of ODEs and PDEs, Monte Carlo methods, stochastic differential equations and bifurcation theory. Biological topics include: synchronization, population dynamics, patterning in growth and development, reaction-diffusion systems, coordination of movement and chemotaxis. Student research projects will comprise a significant part of the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 231 and consent of the instructor.
Mr. Thomas
Credits: 3 hours
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MATH 401 - Honors
2-4NS
Consent of instructor required.
Credits: 2 to 4 hours
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MATH 550 - Research
1-2NS
First and Second Semester. Projects for original investigation. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent of the department chair required.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
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MATH 551 - Research
1-2NS
First and Second Semester. Projects for original investigation. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent of the department chair required.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
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MATH 995 - Private Reading
1-3NS
Consent of instructor required.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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Music Education |
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MUED 100 - The Art of Teaching Music
Second Semester. An overview of music teaching opportunities with focus on the kinds of knowledge and skill necessary for effective teaching and ways to include teaching in a professional career as a musician. Open to non-music education majors only. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Preference given to Conservatory students.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Bennett
Credits: 1 hour
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MUED 101 - Introduction to Music Education
First Semester. An overview of the total K-12 music program in a variety of school settings. Demonstration and discussion of relevant approaches to the teaching of choral, general, and instrumental music at all levels. Includes observations. Exploration of career opportunities in music education and related fields of outreach programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Erwin
Credits: 1 hour
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MUED 102 - Practicum in School Music Experiences
First and Second Semester. An introduction to the teacher’s role in instructional settings. Includes observations of music and other school classes and student participation as an instructional aide. Class sessions include techniques for observing classroom behavior, sequencing lessons, and planning music instruction. Three hours plus travel time in one or two blocks must be free during school hours each week.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUED 101 (Introduction to Music Education) or MUED 100 (Art of Teaching Music). Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Bennett, Ms. Kerchner
Credits: 2 hours
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MUED 103 - String Pedagogy
Second Semester. Investigation of a wide range of pedagogical approaches and materials toward comprehensive understanding of principles involved in teaching stringed instruments. Required for students wanting to participate as teachers in the string preparatory program. Significant paper required for second credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: APST 273 or concurrent enrollment, or status as a string performance major. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Erwin
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
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MUED 201 - Music for Exceptional Learners
Second Semester. Designed to acquaint students with issues (social, legal, and pedagogical) surrounding the education of students exhibiting mental, physical, intellectual, and/or emotional disabilities, as well as students who are gifted and talented. Focus will be on the development of teaching strategies for the mainstreamed music classroom, the presentation of peer-teaching lessons during which the needs of exceptional students are accommodated, and the observation of exceptional students taught in Lorain County settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUED 100 or MUED 101. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Kerchner
Credits: 2 hours
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MUED 206 - Choral Methods
First Semester. An overview of children’s vocal development including analysis of common vocal problems, study of pedagogical techniques in group settings, evaluation of vocal and choral literature and texts, construction of vocal interviews, and guidelines for performance at the elementary and secondary levels. Laboratory/observation experience required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MUED 102, APST 260 or 262. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Kerchner
Credits: 2 hours
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MUED 300 - Teaching Music to Adolescents and Lab
First Semester. The teaching and organization of music classes in the middle and senior high school. Includes consideration of performance and non-performance classes, and implications of the National Standards for the Arts. One-hour laboratory experience required each week throughout the semester. All music education majors develop functional playing skills on guitar; a proficiency test must be passed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: APST 260. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Kerchner
Credits: 3 hours
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MUED 301 - Teaching Music to Children
Second Semester. Principles and practices for teaching music to children aged 3-11. Emphasis on planning, teaching and evaluating general music lessons at different levels based upon the National Standards for the Arts and utilizing techniques/materials from a variety of current approaches. Corresponding laboratory experience is MUED 303 (Preschool Music Lab, Tuesdays, 5:30-8:00, one credit hour), required for vocal emphasis music education majors. Participation in a minimum of five Music Lab Sessions required for instrumental emphasis music education majors.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUED 102 (Practicum). Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Bennett
Credits: 3 hours
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MUED 303 - Preschool Music Lab
Second Semester. Laboratory setting for MUED 301. Music teaching experiences with 3-5 year old children utilizing a variety of current approaches for individual exploratory music play, small/large group settings, and parental involvement. Weekly participation required for vocal emphasis music education majors.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUED 301 or concurrent enrollment. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Bennett
Credits: 1 hour
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MUED 304 - Instrumental Music Programs
First Semester. The techniques involved in the organization, administration, and preparation of a comprehensive instrumental music program at the secondary level. Includes study of methods, materials, and repertoire used to teach orchestra, concert band, jazz ensemble, and marching band. Includes marching band performance practices, drill maneuvers, development and charting of shows, and its role in the school music program and the community.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUED 300 or concurrent enrollment.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Mr. J. Knight
Credits: 2 hours
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MUED 305 - Band Repertoire
Second Semester. Primarily for music education majors with instrumental emphasis. Designed to emphasize the continued development and refinement of baton and rehearsal technique, score preparation, and interpretation through an in-depth study of band repertoire.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: APST 261(Instrumental Conducting) and MUED 304 (Instrumental Music Programs).
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. J. Knight
Credits: 2 hours
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MUED 400 - Student Teaching and Seminar
First and Second Semester. This course comprises daily work in a school setting, a weekly seminar taught by a faculty member and a conference with the assigned supervisor for the student in this teaching experience. Full-time experience includes a three-week Professional Orientation period.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Vocal Emphasis-APST 262; MUED 302; Instrumental Emphasis-APST 261; 272/3, 274/5, 276/7, 235; MUED 304. All-APST 260; MUED 101, 102, 300, 301; completion of secondary-study requirement, aural-skills requirement, GPA of 3.0 in music courses and good academic standing. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Bennett
Credits: 4 to 16 hours
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MUED 403 - Community Music Field Experience
First and Second Semester. Placement in a community music program to be approved by the music education division director. Credit would be reflected in two hours at the community music site each week for one credit, four hours for two credits and six hours per week for the three credit load.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MUED 100 or 101, MUED 300 or 301, APST 260, nine credits in Community Music Minor.
Staff
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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MUED 500 - Student Teaching and Seminar
First and Second Semester. Graduate-level experience for MME and MMT candidates only. Growth in ability to analyze and solve learning/teaching problems expected. Completion of a graduate student teaching study is required. This course comprises daily work in a school setting, a weekly seminar taught by a faculty member and a conference with the assigned supervisor for the student in this teaching experience.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUED 400. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 5.
Staff
Credits: 6 to 16 hours
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MUED 501 - Apprentice Supervision
First and Second Semester. Principles and techniques of effective music teaching supervision. Includes readings, observations of taped and live teaching segments, guided supervision of early field-based experiences, and conferences with appropriate faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fifth-year status in the MME or MMT program. Note: May be repeated for credit. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 5.
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MUED 502 - Review of Research in Music Education
Second Semester. Introduction to techniques of research in music education; critiques of research studies both as an overview of the field and in relation to a specific area chosen by the student. Includes some data-collection projects and a masters research-project proposal.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 6. Open only to Music Education majors in the MME or MMT programs.
Staff
Credits: 2 hours
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MUED 503 - Graduate Project
First and Second Semester. To be chosen from areas designated in information available in the Music Education Graduate Handbook.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 5.
Staff
Credits: 5 hours
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MUED 504 - Studies in Music Education
First and Second Semester. Specialized study of particular aspects of music education, possibly including attendance of classes in one or more different courses and culminating in a synthesis appropriate in form to the nature of the study. Students electing this course should be prepared to discuss significant aspects of its content as part of the Comprehensive Final Examination.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 6.
Staff
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
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MHST 101 - Introduction to the History and Literature of Music
First Semester. A survey of the major developments in the history of Western music including jazz, vernacular music, electronic and computer music, and an introduction to ethnomusicology. Selected major musical works will be considered from a variety of historical standpoints.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: knowledge of musical notation. The course serves as a prerequisite to the MHST 226, 235, 245, 255, 275 courses. Conservatory students are encouraged to register for this course in their freshman year.
Enrollment Limit: 100
Ms. Macdonald
Credits: 4 hours
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MHST 226 - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Second Semester. A survey of church and court music from the early Middle Ages to 1600. The course will consider the forging of Western musical traditions within the context of medieval liturgy and the ensuing growth of a variety of genres—music which richly expresses Romanesque otherworldliness, the ideals of courtly love, Gothic rationalism, the blossoming of the individual in the Renaissance, and the mystical fervor of the Counter Reformation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Plank
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 235 - Music in the Baroque Era
First Semester. A survey of music from the rise of monody in the Florentine academies c.1600 to the death of Bach in 1750. The course will consider opera, church music, and instrumental music from multiple perspectives, underscoring the interplay of technical and contextual views. Works by Monteverdi, Schuetz, Bach, Handel, and others are studied from the standpoint of form and style, and as expressions of various social forces.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Plank
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 245 - Music in the Classic Era
Second Semester. A survey of music from the mid-18th century through the time of Beethoven. Discussion of developments in Italian and French opera, of German and English instrumental and sacred works, patronage systems and the dissemination of music including its place in the concert repertory today. Particular attention will be paid to instrumental and vocal works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Three classes plus one listening laboratory per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. McGuire
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 255 - Music of the Romantic Era
First Semester. A survey of music by principal European composers of the nineteenth century, from 1820-1914. Includes discussion of Beethoven’s late works and their interpretations by later composers, the Italian operatic repertory, Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk and its influences, aesthetics of the New German School, the rise of nationalistic music, position of women musicians, development of a concert audience in the US, Expressionism, Symbolism, and the formation of today’s standard repertory.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. McGuire
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 275 - Music since 1914
Second Semester. A survey of European and American concert and stage music from 1914 to the present. Topics covered include neoclassicism, serialism, Harlem renaissance, national influences (politics, folk art), electronic music, indeterminacy, minimalism, performance art, post-modernism, viability of avant-garde music today.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MHST 101 or CMUS 100 and MUTH 232. Freshmen and transfer students admitted by consent only. Concurrent enrollment in MUTH 232 is possible with consent of the instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Ms. Macdonald
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 290 - Introduction to African American Music
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Second Semester. This course is cross-referenced with JAZZ 290, 291; and AAST 171, 172.
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 291 - Introduction to African American Music
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First Semester. This course is cross-referenced with JAZZ 290, 291; and AAST 171, 172.
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 301 - Introduction to Music Research and Writing
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First Semester. A practical course open to all students wishing to develop their skills in writing about music and to familiarize themselves with essential bibliographic and research tools. The course will focus on specific problems and mechanics of preparing a research paper, concert, record and book reviews, program notes, etc.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Plank
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance
First Semester. What does a score tell us? What does it not tell us? And what is expected of the performer? A study of changing performance styles in music from the 19th century to the Middle Ages. Topics include the evolution of instruments, ensembles, and orchestras; and conventions of rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, and ornamentation. Students will compare editions and prepare an edition themselves. This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 302.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mr. Breitman
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 312 - Special Topics in Performance Practice
Second Semester. Second Module. This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 312. Also see HPRF 512 (or MHST 512).
Prerequisites & Notes
Mr. Breitman
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 316 - Studies in Opera: Baroque Opera
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 318 - Women Composers: Negotiating a Position
First Semester. This course will cover the careers and works of women composers, primarily of European art music, over the last two hundred years. We will explore both the types of works women compose, and the way in which they present themselves publicly as women and as artists. Emphasis will be on the works and careers of living composers, particularly those residing in or visiting the area.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One 200-level MHST course. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Macdonald
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 331 - Johann Sebastian Bach
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Second Semester. A study of Bach’s life and selected works. The course addresses the “new image” of a familiar master which has emerged from the startling research of post-1950 scholars. Through a close study of the cantatas and works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, St. John Passion, and Musical Offering, the class seeks to illumine Bach’s position in various musical traditions, to explore his response to cultural environment, and to describe analytically his expressive vocabulary.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level Music History course. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Mr. Plank
Credits: 3
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MHST 332 - History of Film Music
First Semester. A comprehensive survey of film music history from the silent era through the present day. Issues discussed will include compositional developments (growth of instrumentation; use of Leitmotivic structure; expansion of diegetic versus non-diegetic music); music as narrative aid (generating continuity; providing momentum; subliminal commentary); and using music as an iconographic character or plot device. Films viewed will include those with soundtracks by major 20th-century composers as well as specialized soundtrack composers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Mr. McGuire
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 353 - Studies in Opera: Opera in the U.S. since 1950
Second Semester. A study of operas composed and produced on American stages since 1950, including tonal, modern, postmodern, minimalist, and experimental works; also, of American institutions producing operas and their audiences. Emphasis will be on operas composed since 1985, including some by European composers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One 200-level music history course. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Macdonald
Credits: 3 hours
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MHST 400 - Senior Honors
First Semester. For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology.
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MHST 401 - Senior Honors
Second Semester. For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology.
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MHST 512 - Special Topics in Performance Practice
Second Semester. Second Module. This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 512.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mr. Breitman
Credits: 1 hour
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MLIT 213 - Organ Literature, History, and Design
First Semester. An historical survey of organ literature from the 15th century to the present, together with a study of the technical and aesthetic aspects of the organ as an instrument. Semester one covers the period up to 1750; semester two, 1750 to the present. This course will include outside reading and listening assignments as well as analysis and performance projects by members of the class.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered in alternate years; required of all organ majors
Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and MHST 101 or the equivalent
Consent of the instructor is required
Enrollment Limit: 12
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MLIT 214 - Organ Literature, History, and Design
First (213) and Second (214) Semester. An historical survey of organ literature from the 15th century to the present, together with a study of the technical and aesthetic aspects of the organ as an instrument. Semester one covers the period up to 1750; semester two, 1750 to the present. This course will include outside reading and listening assignments as well as analysis and performance projects by members of the class.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered in alternate years; required of all organ majors
Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and MHST 101 or the equivalent
Consent of the instructor is required
Enrollment Limit: 12
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MLIT 215 - Piano Literature
First Semester. MLIT 215 is an in-depth examination of piano literature from the acceptance of the fortepiano in late 18th-century Vienna to the key role of the piano as a symbol of Romantic efflorescence in the mid-1840s. MLIT 216 is a continuation of the study of piano literature from the invention of the “recital” to the piano’s multiple meanings in the 20th century.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently) or consent of the instructor
Enrollment Limit: 26
Mr. Chow
Credits: 2 hours
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MLIT 216 - Piano Literature
Second Semester. MLIT 215 is an in-depth examination of piano literature from the acceptance of the fortepiano in late 18th-century Vienna to the key role of the piano as a symbol of Romantic efflorescence in the mid-1840s. MLIT 216 is a continuation of the study of piano literature from the invention of the “recital” to the piano’s multiple meanings in the 20th century.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently) or consent of the instructor
Enrollment Limit: 26
Mr. Chow
Credits: 2 hours
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MLIT 220 - The Lied
First Semester. Performance of Lieder, with emphasis on language, style, and the partnership between voice and keyboard. Some consideration of historical background and poetic sources, as well as outside listening and reading. For singers and pianists. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Prerequisite: One semester of German. (May be waived for pianists.) Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Mr. Highfill
Credits: 3 hours
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MLIT 221 - The Mélodie
First Semester. The performance of French art song, with emphasis upon language, style, and the partnership between voice and keyboard. Some consideration of historical background and poetic sources, as well as outside listening and reading. For singers and pianists. This course may count as an accompanying or an ensemble credit for pianists.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: A semester of French (may be waived for pianists.) Consent of instructor is required
Enrollment Limit: 30
Mr. Highfill
Credits: 3 hours
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MLIT 300 - Survey of Orchestral and Choral Literature
First Semester. A one-year course. Study of stylistic elements, orchestration, vocal writing, formal structure, problem analysis, and historical perspective in a large section of major works. Regular listening assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MLIT 300 is prerequisite to MLIT 301
Open only to conducting majors
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Floyd
Credits: 3 hours
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MLIT 301 - Survey of Orchestral and Choral Literature
Second Semester. A one-year course. Study of stylistic elements, orchestration, vocal writing, formal structure, problem analysis, and historical perspective in a large section of major works. Regular listening assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MLIT 300 is prerequisite to MLIT 301
Open only to conducting majors
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Floyd
Credits: 3 hours
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CMUS 100 - Introduction to Western Art Music
3 HU
Second Semester. A survey of Western music of the last 1000 years, with emphasis on new music and on concert life today. Focus throughout the course is twofold: on cultural context, past and present, that lends music its vitality; and on the development of various listening strategies. No previous musical training is required. Open to College of Arts and Sciences students only.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course (or MHST 101) is a prerequisite for all Music History survey courses (226, 235, 245, 255, 275).
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. McGuire
Credits: 3 hours
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CMUS 103 - Introduction to Musics of the World
3 HU, CD
First Semester. This course explores the variety of musical traditions in the world by selecting five from the following areas: Africa, India, Indonesia, Japan, Europe, Native America, North America, and South America. The focus is dual, covering both sociology (the musicians, their roles, their audiences) and musicology (the instruments, elements of style, and basic theory) through a field project, listening, and in-class performance. No prior knowledge of music required. Students with a knowledge of musical notation and rudiments may wish to select from the 200-level Ethnomusicology courses. (See Conservatory course descriptions.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Mr. R. Knight
Credits: 3 hours
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CMUS 400 - Senior Honors
3 HU
First Semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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CMUS 401 - Senior Honors
3 HU
Second Semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 101 - Aural Skills I
First and Second Semester. Development of aural understanding through singing, conducting, improvisation, and dictation. The melodic line, simple two-line combinations, rhythmic phrases, scales and triads, tonic and dominant arpeggiation, diatonic intervals, simple and compound meters, treble and bass clefs, cadences, phrases, sentences, and periods.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 1
Co-requisite: MUTH 130 or 131
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject
Enrollment Limit: 12
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MUTH 102 - Aural Skills II
First and Second Semester. A continuation of MUTH 101. The minor mode, arpeggiation of all diatonic triads and the leading-tone seventh chord, tonicization of or modulation to V in major and III in minor, diatonic sequences, chromatic simple intervals and diatonic compound intervals, more elaborate divisions of the beat, less usual meters, polyrhythm, small binary forms, introduction to the alto clef.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 101 or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 1/2
Co-requisite: MUTH 132
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject
Enrollment Limit: 15
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MUTH 120 - Introduction to Music Theory
A course in the rudiments of music including: clefs; notation; transposition; meters and their signatures; intervals; scales and modes; triads and seventh-chords; introduction to figured-bass. Written assignments, keyboard exercises, and classroom aural and singing drills.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1 and the ability to read music
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 25
Ms. Rinehart
Credits: 2 hours
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MUTH 130 - Intensive Music Theory I
First Semester. Intensive review of the rudiments of music including: clefs, notation, meters and their signatures; key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Tonic, dominant, leading-tone, subdominant, and supertonic triads; the dominant-seventh chords (including inversions); and the cadential six-four chord. Introduction to phrase and period structure. Meets five days per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1
Co-requisite: MUTH 101
Enrollment Limit: 20
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 131 - Music Theory I
First and Second Semester. Tonic, dominant, leading-tone, subdominant, submediant, and supertonic triads; the dominant-seventh chord (including inversions); and the cadential six-four chord. Introduction to phrase and period structure. Analytical, writing, dictation, and keyboard harmony skills are introduced and developed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1
Co-requisite: MUTH 101
Enrollment Limit: 20
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 132 - Music Theory II
First and Second Semester. Continuation of MUTH 130 or 131, including remaining diatonic triads, supertonic leading-tone and subdominant seventh chords, tonicization of V in major and minor and of III in minor; applied chords; special six-three and six-four chord usages; small binary and ternary forms. Analytical, writing, dictation, and keyboard harmony skills are developed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 130 or 131 or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 2
Co-requisite: MUTH 102
Enrollment Limit: 20
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 201 - Aural Skills III
First and Second Semester. A continuation of MUTH 102. Three-line combinations, imitation, arpeggiation of the Neopolitan and augmented-sixth chords, major-minor mode mixture, diatonic modulation to all closely related keys, aural analysis of short pieces, more complex meters, the tenor clef.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 102 or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3
Co-requisite: MUTH 231
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject
Enrollment Limit: 15
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MUTH 202 - Aural Skills IV
First and Second Semester. A continuation of MUTH 201. Four-line combinations, chromaticism, trichords and atonal melodies, quintuplets and septuplets, unequal beats, all chromatic simple and compound intervals from any degree of the scale, aural analysis of longer pieces, improvisation emphasizing memorization and sense of form, score reading with at least two simultaneous C clefs, score memorization.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 201 or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3
Co-requisite: MUTH 232
Preference given to student for whom aural skills is a required subject
Enrollment Limit: 15
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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MUTH 210 - Solfege-Eurhythmics
Second Semester. An approach to sight singing based on pedagogical principles devised by the Swiss composer, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Emphasis on the development of rhythmic and pitch sensitivity through exercises using physical movement. Recommended for students wanting to improve their sight-singing skills and/or to gain experience with the Dalcroze method.
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007
Prerequisites: MUTH 130 or 131 and MUTH 101, or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Moore
Credits: 2 hours
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MUTH 211 - Eurhythmics
First Semester. A study of music based on the principles of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze emphasizing the development, by means of physical motion, of sensitivity to rhythm, melody, phrasing, form, etc. Other emphases include the internalization of the rhythmic sense and the development of precision in ensemble work and of physical coordination as it applies to the student’s performing medium.
Prerequisites & Notes
Preference given to Conservatory students and College music majors
Enrollment Limit: 12
Mr. Moore
Credits: 1 hour
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MUTH 231 - Music Theory III
First and Second Semester. Continuation of MUTH 132, including melodic and rhythmic figuration, modal mixture, Neopolitan and augmented-sixth chords, and chromatic modulation; introduction to fugue, rondo and sonata form. Analytical, writing, dictation, and keyboard harmony skills are developed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 132 or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 3
Co-requisite: MUTH 201
Enrollment Limit: 20
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 232 - Music Theory IV
First and Second Semester. Continuation of MUTH 231 emphasizing chromatic harmony and techniques of 20th-century music.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 231, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 4
Co-requisite: MUTH 202
Enrollment Limit: 20
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 301 - Aural Skills V
First Semester. A continuation of MUTH 202. Chromatic and atonal materials, ametric compositions, more complex polyrhythms and meter changes, introduction to the soprano clef, score reading involving transposing instruments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 202 or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3
Enrollment Limit: 15
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject
Mr. Moore
Credits: 1 hour
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MUTH 325 - Counterpoint
First and Second Semester. A species approach to strict counterpoint, designed to acquaint students with fundamental voice-leading techniques of music from the 16th through the 19th century. The course explores the foundations of counterpoint, through the five species; students study contrapuntal techniques through two- and three-part written exercises, class discussion, and two-part dictation. Students examine passages from the literature to ascertain the relationship of strict counterpoint to free composition.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 232
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Cadwallader, Ms. Urista
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 340 - Form and Analysis
First and Second Semester. A course developing techniques of analysis that apply to standard tonal forms. Structural principles underlying the binary, ternary, rondo, and sonata forms (including the concerto) are studied in detail.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 232
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 20
Not open to students who have taken MUTH 343 (String Quartet) or 345 (Mozart)
Mr. Brown, Ms. Rifkin
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 342 - Rhythmic Theory
First Semester. This course introduces several topics in contemporary rhythmic theory. Emphasis is placed on analytical skills applicable to performance. The first module focuses on metric hierarchy in tonal music. Topics include the distinction between grouping and meter, hypermeter, metric dissonance/resolution, and the relation between metric and tonal hierarchies. The second module covers contemporary and world-music repertoires, and focuses on non-hierarchical metric structures. Topics include irregular pulses, stable polymeters, phase shifts, mensural theories, and simple mathematical models.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 232
Consent of the instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Lubben
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 343 - The String Quartet
Second Semester. A course in 18th- and early 19th-century musical form, as manifested in the string quartets of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. All standard forms except concerto are studied, including binary, ternary, minuet and trio, sonata and rondo; however, the emphasis is upon sonata-based compositions. Class participation and five short analytical papers are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: MUTH 232
Consent of the instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 20
Not open to students who have taken MUTH 340 (Form and Analysis) or 345 (Mozart)
Mr. Darcy
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 345 - The Music of Mozart
First Semester. A course in 18th-century musical form as manifested in the music of Mozart. All the standard forms are studied, including binary, ternary, minuet and trio, sonata, rondo and concerto; however, the emphasis is upon sonata-based compositions. Class participation and five short analytical papers are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007
Prerequisite: MUTH 323. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20. Not open to students who have taken MUTH 340 (Form and Analysis) or 343 (String Quartet).
Mr. Darcy
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 352 - The Romantic Symphony
First Semester. An analytical study of selected symphonies by 19th-century composers, including Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, and Mahler. Particular attention will be given to the concept of “sonata deformation,” whereby composers deform the 18th-century sonata paradigm for particular expressive purposes. Class participation and two large analytical papers are required. Prerequisite: MUTH 232.Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Mr. Darcy
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 232.Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 20
Mr. Darcy
Credits: 3 Hours
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MUTH 355 - The Music of Mahler
Second Semester. This course focuses upon selected works of Gustav Mahler: early piano Lieder, the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and the first four symphonies. These compositions are subjected to close analytical scrutiny. Students will learn how to come to grips with the complex tonal and formal issues underlying these works. Particular attention will be given to Mahler’s use of rotational form, teleological genesis, fantasy projection, and structural deformations such as the breakthrough and the off-tonic sonata.
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007
Prerequisite: MUTH 232. Class participation and four analytical papers are required. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Mr. Darcy
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 374 - Trends in Contemporary Music
Second Semester. A course in which certain aspects of Western musical thought from WWI to the present are examined. Included will be a comparison of two contrasting modes of musical behavior: music that evolved out of an orientation toward the rational-mathematical/ technological (“Modernism”); and music directed by those forces we speak of as irrational or intuitive (“Postmodernism”). Representative works will be studied in score, and pieces employing the techniques under examination will be written and performed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 232
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 20
Mr. Coleman
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 375 - Music of Stravinsky
First Semester. An analytical course on the music of Igor Stravinsky. Analysis, listening, and study of theoretical and historical writings will highlight stylistic changes while revealing the consistent use of significant compositional techniques recognized as Stravinskian trademarks. Work for the course includes regular preparation for class discussion, written analyses, a class presentation, and a listening exam.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 232
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 20
Ms. Rogers
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 410 - Senior Project in Theory: Reading
First and Second Semester. Extensive readings in theoretical literature under the supervision of a project supervisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required
Consent from Division Director required for those with junior status
Enrollment Limit: Open only to Music Theory majors with senior or junior status
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 411 - Senior Project in Theory: Thesis
First and Second Semester. A major analysis project carried out under the supervision of a project supervisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 410
Consent of instructor required
Approval of continuation in the Music Theory major from the Division Director is also required
Enrollment Limit: Open only to Music Theory majors
Staff
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 415 - Analysis and Performance
First Semester. The course focuses on the analysis and performance of tonal and non-tonal music. Selected compositions from the Baroque to the present are vehicles through which students will learn concepts and explore the ways in which analysis informs the act of performance. Students will learn all of the selected works as well as two works of their own choosing that shall be the subjects for small- and large-scale projects. Daily preparation involves listening, analysis, score reading, and in-class discussion. Students will on occasion be asked to perform in class, and to read articles or chapters from books. The final project will include a paper and a lecture/ performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 16.
Mr. Alegant
Credits: 3 hours
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MUTH 448 - Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis
Second Semester. An introduction of the theories of Heinrich Schenker throught analysis, reading, lectures, and class discussion. The main sources are Oswald Jonas’ Introduction and Schenker’s Five Graphic Music Analyses. Music analyzed is principally from works by composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Consent: Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007 Enrollment Limit: 20.
Mr. Cadwallader.
Credits: 3 hours
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NSCI 200 - Introduction to Animal Behavior
3 NS
Prerequisites & Notes
Next offered 2006-2007.
Credits: 3 hours
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