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Course Catalog 2009-2010 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music Theory Courses
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A series of tests is used to determine initial placement in a music theory course (Music Theory Placement Tests 1-4) and an aural skills course (Aural Skills and Sight-Singing Placement Tests 1-3). These tests may be taken only once, to determine initial placement in course sequences. Some courses in the Music Theory Division are consent courses; students obtain consent from the Divisional Secretary (not the instructor).
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Music Theory Courses: Music Skills
All students who wish to elect a course in Aural Skills are required
to take Aural Skills Placement Test 1, Parts A and B. Depending on the
results, a student may be asked to take Sight- Singing Placement Test
1. Together, these tests determine whether a student should begin with
MUTH 101 or 102. Similarly, Aural Skills and Sight-Singing Placement
Tests 2 and 3 may determine that a student should begin with MUTH 201,
202, or 301. A student who lacks an aural skills placement test score
will be placed on a waiting list until their testing has been completed.
Because Aural Skills I-IV and Music Theory I-IV are linked, students
must take Aural Skills I (MUTH 101) concurrently with Music Theory I
(MUTH 130 or 131), Aural Skills II (MUTH 102) concurrently with Music
Theory II (MUTH 132), etc. Under certain circumstances, a student may
be allowed to take Aural Skills IV and Music Theory IV separately; this
requires the permission of both the appropriate division director and
the Music Theory division director. Music Theory Courses
All students who wish to elect a course in Music Theory are required to take Music Theory Placement Test 1. This test determines whether a student should begin with MUTH 130 or 131 or should attempt the next placement test. Similarly, Music Theory Placement Tests 2, 3, and 4 may determine that a student should begin with MUTH 132, 231, or 232. Transfer and graduate students who score high enough on Music Theory Placement Test 4 will be placed into a 300- level upper-division course with the consent of the Director of the Music Theory Division.
Because Music Theory I-IV and Aural Skills I-IV are linked, students must take Music Theory I (MUTH 130 or 131) concurrently with Aural Skills I (MUTH 101), Music Theory II (MUTH 132) concurrently with Aural Skills II (MUTH 102), etc. Under certain circumstances, a student may be allowed to take Music Theory IV and Aural Skills IV separately; this requires the permission of both the appropriate division director and the Music Theory division director. Music Theory Courses: Lower-Division Courses
Music Theory Courses: Upper-Division Courses
Each 300-level course has MUTH 232 as its prerequisite; some 400-level
courses have specific 300-level courses as their prerequisites. A
student who wishes to take a 300-level course concurrently with MUTH
232, or who wishes to take a 400-level course without the specified
300-level prerequisite, must secure the consent of both the instructor
and the Division Director; such consent will be given only under
exceptional circumstances (this applies to all students, including
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