May 20, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Mechanical Engineering Technology

  
  • MECT 3345 - Fundamentals of Power Generation Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: TECH 2325 and MECT 3331  or consent of instructor.

    Concept of designing power plant systems by incorporating various renewable and non-renewable energy sources for better energy efficiency, emerging efficient clean power technology.

  
  • MECT 3355 - Strength of Materials

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 2354 and MATH 1432.

    Stresses, strains, torsion, shear and moment in beams. Bending and combined stresses. Analysis of columns.

  
  • MECT 3358 - Dynamics of Mechanisms

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 1330, MECT 2354 and MATH 1432.

    The motion of particles and rigid bodies, including forces, mass acceleration, work, and energy. Analysis of devices, including four-bar linkages, sliders, and gear trains.

  
  • MECT 3360 - Automated Manufacturing Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 1364.

    Automated manufacturing process planning and analysis, including CNC programming, robotics, and elements of computer-aided manufacturing.

  
  • MECT 3362 - Industrial Work Measurement

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 1364  and MATH 1330 .

    Workplace design and analysis, methods of work measurement, operating procedures, time standards, productivity measurement and improvement. Man-machine interaction and cost analysis.

  
  • MECT 3365 - Computer-Aided Design I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 3355, MECT 1330, and MECT 1364 or equivalents.

    Use of computer-aided design software in the design and engineering of machinery, machine components, and mechanical systems.

  
  • MECT 3367 - Quality Control Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 1364 and MATH 1330 or equivalents.

    Prerequisites: Grade of C- or better in MECT 1364 and MATH 1330 or equivalents. Statistical analysis of data to establish quality control systems for manufacturing facilities.

  
  • MECT 3377 - Introduction to Petroleum Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 1364  and MECT 2354 

    Fundamental technology principles of petroleum industry, including; up, mid, and downstream.

  
  • MECT 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of Thesis Advisor.

    Undergraduate thesis. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MECT 4172 - Materials Technology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in MECT 4372 .

    Experiments of materials behavior including hardenability, effect of heat treatment on strength, microstructure and ductility.

  
  • MECT 4188 - Ethics in Engineering Technology

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: senior status in the Engineering Technology department.

    Ethical considerations and value judgments related to management, engineering, and engineering technology decisions.

  
  • MECT 4198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • MECT 4275 - Senior Design Project I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 3358, MECT 3318, and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECT 3365.

    Design, modeling, testing and validation processes. Complete design process from research through conceptualization to generation of final design and documents.

  
  • MECT 4276 - Senior Design Project II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 4275.

    Formulation, construction and/or fabrication work. Refining, experimenting, and testing of models considering alternatives. Analyzing results, preparing and submitting design documents including a project report.

  
  • MECT 4292 - Sustainable Energy Design Project I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: ELET 4345, and MECT 3331  or ELET 4305 , or consent of instructor.

  
  • MECT 4293 - Sustainable Energy Design Project II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 4292  or consent of instructor.

    Formulation, construction and/or fabrication of sustainable energy systems. Emphasizes prototype design, data analysis, and report preparation.

  
  • MECT 4323 - Applications in Stress Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 3355  and MATH 1432  or equivalents.

    Combined stress systems, nonsymmetrical loadings, structural joints and pressure vessels, beams and columns of composite materials, fatigue and impact applications.

  
  • MECT 4326 - Fundamentals of Offshore Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 3358  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECT 3365 .

    Structural aspects of offshore systems and their dynamic properties. Basic theory in design and applications of theory to practical examples.

  
  • MECT 4328 - Fundamentals of Pipeline Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 3365  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECT 4372 .

    Pipeline mechanical design using the limit-state based strength method; flow assurance and material selection; pipeline stability, corrosion, and construction; inspection, monitoring, and maintenance of pipelines.

  
  • MECT 4330 - Valve Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECT 3365 .

    Valve design analysis and development, featuring a complete design package for a valve per ASME 16.34, API Spec 6A, or 6D code.

  
  • MECT 4331 - Applied Thermal Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 3318  and MECT 3331 .

    Advanced vapor power cycles, air standard cycles, heat transfer concepts, heat exchange systems, and HVAC systems.

  
  • MECT 4332 - Fundamentals of Drilling Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 3318 .

    Drilling rig components design and operation, circulating systems, well control and monitoring systems. Drill bit hydraulics, drilling mud composition, properties and functions. Experimental methods and software data analysis.

  
  • MECT 4337 - Downhole Drilling Tools and Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 3355  and MECT 4332 .

    Selection of drilling tools and technology for drilling. Design and execution of complex well plans.

  
  • MECT 4341 - Materials Selection and Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 3365  and MECT 4372 .

    Material selection as part of the design process; material properties, process and process selection, hybrid materials, and case studies.

  
  • MECT 4343 - Thermal Processing and Post-Processing of Materials

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 3331  and MECT 4372 .

    Thermodynamic phenomena occurring during materials processing. Heat effects during solidification, phase transformation, recrystallization, and other postprocessing effects. Technologies to monitor phase transformations, recrystallization, and implications on materials characteristics.

  
  • MECT 4360 - Fundamentals of Biomechanics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 3318  and MECT 3355 .

    Cardiovascular, skeletal and muscular systems: physiology, biomechanics, mechanical measuring techniques, relevance to health care field, tissue engineering, growth and remodeling, biofluid mechanics, and solid mechanics.

  
  • MECT 4361 - Cardiovascular Mechanics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MECT 3331 , MECT 3355 , and MECT 3358 .

    Healthy/diseased cardiovascular physiology, histology, cellular and extracellular matrix relations, solid mechanics, hemodynamics, applied thermodynamics, constitutive formulations, kinematics, mechanotransduction, growth and remodeling, and treatment of cardiovascular disease

  
  • MECT 4365 - Computer-Aided Design II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 3365  or equivalent.

    Advanced computer-aided design software to integrate the design of system components and assemblies.

  
  • MECT 4372 - Materials Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in MECT 3355 and concurrent enrollment in MECT 4172.

    Structure and property relationships of materials including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Behavior of materials with emphasis on manufacturing processes and applications.

  
  • MECT 4384 - Manufacturing Systems Control

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: MECT 3360  or equivalent.

    Manufacturing systems including layout, maintenance, material handling, and controls. Lean manufacturing, cost analysis, and manufacturing economics.

  
  • MECT 4394 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary

  
  • MECT 4397 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • MECT 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • MECT 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of Thesis Advisor.

    Undergraduate thesis. May be repeated for credit.


Mexican American Studies

  
  • MAS 2340 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of director of Mexican American Studies.

    Significant aspects of the Chicano experience.

  
  • MAS 3340 - The Development of the Mexican American Urban Community

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .

    An interdisciplinary approach to the origin and development of Mexican American neighborhoods in urban regions from the 20th century to the present. The course will focus on demographic and structural urbanization and how this has influenced the quality of life of this community in various settings.

    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture
  
  • MAS 3341 - Mexican American Experience Through Film

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: six semester credit hours of sophomore-level English.

    Analyzing the Mexican American experience in the United States through film. Spanish not required. Emphasis on essay writing.

  
  • MAS 3342 - Mexican Immigration

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    An interdisciplinary analysis of the immigration from Mexico to the United States. It will include critical discussions of historical, literary, and ethnographic accounts.

  
  • MAS 3343 - Latino Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303.

    Social, psychological, political and historical factors that impact the psychological development of Latinos in the United States.

  
  • MAS 3395 - Selected Topics in Mexican American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.


Military Science

  
  • MSCI 1125 - Physical Readiness Training

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 signed by physician prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. Utilizes Army fitness techniques; develops strength, flexibility and endurance; develops self-confidence through leadership training and physical activities.

  
  • MSCI 1126 - Physical Readiness Training

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 signed by physician prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. Utilizes Army fitness techniques; develops strength, flexibility and endurance; develops self-confidence through leadership training and physical activities.

  
  • MSCI 1131 - Intermediate Physical Fitness

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 signed by physician prior to attendance.

    Physically and mentally demanding activities designed to challenge students through team building exercises to improve strength and stamina utilizing Army fitness techniques. Students compete for Ranger Challenge Team positions.

  
  • MSCI 1210 - Introduction to Leadership

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 prior to attendance.

    Critical thinking, goal setting, time management, physical fitness, and stress management related to leadership, officership, and the Army profession. Students will execute practical exercises with upper division ROTC cadets.

  
  • MSCI 1211 - Introduction to Leadership for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance. Open to all students.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Students learn how critical thinking, goal setting, time management, physical fitness, and stress management relate to leadership, officership, and the Army profession.

  
  • MSCI 1220 - Introduction to Leadership II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 prior to attendance.

    Overview of leadership fundamentals such as setting direction, problem solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback, and using effective writing skills. Students will execute practical exercises with upper division ROTC cadets.

  
  • MSCI 1221 - Introduction to Leadership II for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Overview of leadership fundamentals such as setting direction, problem solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback, and using effective writing skills.

  
  • MSCI 2210 - Foundations of Leadership

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 prior to attendance.

    Explore dimensions of creative and innovative tactical leadership strategies and styles, and practice aspects of personal motivation and team building. Students will execute practical exercises with upper division ROTC cadets.

  
  • MSCI 2211 - Foundations of Leadership for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Explore the dimensions of creative and innovative tactical leadership strategies and styles, and practice aspects of personal motivation and team building.

  
  • MSCI 2220 - Foundations of Leadership II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r and DA 3425 prior to attendance.

    Theoretical basis of the Army Leadership Requirements Model and exploration of dynamics of adaptive leadership. Students will execute practical exercises with upper division ROTC cadets.

  
  • MSCI 2221 - Foundations of Leadership II for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Further study of the theoretical basis of the Army Leadership Requirements Model and explores the dynamics of adaptive leadership.

  
  • MSCI 2810 - Leader’s Training Course (LTC)

    Credit Hours: 8.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of the department chair.

    No military obligation is associated with this course. Student will not receive credit for both the total combination of MSCI 1210 :MSCI 1220 :MSCI 2210 :  and 2810. Four week off-campus field training practicum. Introduces student to the Army and leadership

  
  • MSCI 3310 - Adaptive Team Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required.

    Challenges cadets to study, practice, and evaluate adaptive leadership skills as they are presented with the demands of preparing for their ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC).

  
  • MSCI 3311 - Adaptive Team Leadership for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Challenging scenarios and land navigation training related to small-unit tactical operations are used to develop self awareness and critical thinking skills.

  
  • MSCI 3320 - Applied Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required.

    Increasingly intense situational leadership challenges build cadet awareness and skills in leading tactical operations at the squad and platoon level. Conduct military briefings and develop proficiency in garrison operation orders.

  
  • MSCI 3321 - Applied Leadership for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Students will focus on exploring, evaluating, and developing skills in decision making, persuading, and motivating team members.

  
  • MSCI 3398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: junior standing and consent of department chair.

  
  • MSCI 3491 - Leadership Development and Assessment Course

    Credit Hours: 4.0
       
    Prerequisite: MSCI 3320  or consent of the chair.

    Off-campus field training practicum stressing application of leadership management with emphasis on tactical and special military skills. Places students in demanding and stressful leadership situations.

  
  • MSCI 4310 - Adaptive Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required.

    Students develop proficiency in planning, executing, and assessing complex operations functioning as a staff member, and providing leadership performance feedback, coaching and mentoring to fellow ROTC cadets.

  
  • MSCI 4311 - Adaptive Leadership for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. Students develop proficiency in planning and assessing complex operations functioning as a staff member, and providing leadership performance feedback, coaching, and mentoring.

  
  • MSCI 4320 - Leadership in a Complex World

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: department approval required.

    MSCI 4320 is a continuation of MSCI 4310 . Cadets are given situational opportunities to assess risk, make sound ethical decisions, and provide coaching and mentoring to fellow ROTC cadets.

  
  • MSCI 4321 - Leadership in a Complex World for Non-Cadets

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: department approval required; students must provide CC 139-r prior to attendance.

    Open to all students. No military commitment is required. MSCI 4321 is a continuation of MSCI 4311  in developing proficiency in planning, executing, and assessing complex operations as a staff.

  
  • MSCI 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: senior standing and consent of department chair.


Music

  
  • MUSI 1000 - Freshman Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    To provide a forum for freshman music students addressing campus-wide, music school -specific, and professional issues of major importance to their success.

  
  • MUSI 1100 - Marching Band

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 1102 - Wind Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 1103 - Cougar Brass

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    Does not fulfill the requirements for large ensemble for music majors. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 1110 - Jazz Orchestra

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    May be repeated for credit but no more than four semesters may be used to satisfy the requirements for large ensemble music majors.

  
  • MUSI 1120 - University Chorus

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    No student will be allowed to enroll in more than two choral organizations in any one semester. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 1121 - Concert Chorale

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    May be repeated for credit.

    Note: No student will be allowed to enroll in more than two choral organizations in any one semester.
  
  • MUSI 1140 - Orchestra

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: admission by audition.

    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 1160 - Group Piano I

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: admission as music major.

    Introduction to piano playing for music majors without previous keyboard training.

  
  • MUSI 1161 - Group Piano II

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: admission as music major.

    Introduction to piano playing for music majors without previous keyboard training.

  
  • MUSI 1170 - Aural Skills I

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: credit for or enrollment in MUSI 1310 .

    Introduction to solfege, melodic and harmonic dictation. Aural skills exercises in diatonic materials, simple meters.

  
  • MUSI 1171 - Aural Skills II

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1170  and credit for or enrollment in MUSI 1311 .

    Continuation of MUSI 1170 , through modal mixture and diatonic sevenths; compound meter; decorative chromaticism; alto clef.

  
  • MUSI 1200 - Class Voice

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Class studies in vocal methods and materials. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 1220 - Class Piano I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Essentials of piano playing for students without previous instruction. May be repeated for credit.

    Note: Open to all students except music majors.
  
  • MUSI 1221 - Class Piano II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1220 or consent of instructor.

    Essentials of piano playing for students without previous instruction. Open to all students except music majors. May be repeated for credit. May be repeated for credit.

    Note: Open to all students except music majors.
  
  • MUSI 1300 - Fundamentals of Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Primarily for non-music majors. Does not require any musical background. Does not fulfill any degree requirement for music major. An introduction to music through a study of its melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements.

  
  • MUSI 1301 - Rudiments of Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Music majors only or consent of instructor.

    A non-degree applicable preparatory music theory course including a study of its melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of music.

  
  • MUSI 1310 - Theory I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: passing grade on the Theory Entrance Exam.

    Review of musical rudiments; harmony and voice-leading through submediant and mediant chords; figured bass; cadences and phrase structure; basic analysis; elementary composition.

  
  • MUSI 1311 - Theory II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1310 .

    Harmony and voice-leading through modal mixture, secondary dominants and modulation; periodic structures; further analysis and composition.

  
  • MUSI 2101 - Vocal Diction

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 2160 - Group Piano III

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1161  or by advanced placement.

    Development of the ability to use the piano in a functional way for analysis, accompanying, and arranging.

  
  • MUSI 2161 - Group Piano IV

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1161  or by advanced placement.

    Development of the ability to use the piano in a functional way for analysis, accompanying, and arranging.

  
  • MUSI 2170 - Aural Skills III

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1171  and passing grade on Aural Skills Proficiency Exam I; credit for or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 2210 .

    Tenor clef; secondary dominants; elementary modulation; more advanced rhythmic problems, including borrowed divisions.

  
  • MUSI 2171 - Aural Skills IV

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2170  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 2214 .

    Advanced chromaticism; remote modulation; quintuple meters; introduction to twentieth century materials, including modes and multimeter

  
  • MUSI 2188 - Collaborative Keyboard

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours.

  
  • MUSI 2210 - Theory III

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310 , MUSI 1311 , and passing grade on Theory Proficiency Exam II.

    Harmony and voice-leading through linear chords, the Neapolitan and augmented sixths, advanced modulation, ninth chords; binary form; more advanced modulation and composition

  
  • MUSI 2214 - Techniques of Music Since 1900

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly MUSI 3210
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310 ; MUSI 2210  and passing grade on Theory Proficiency Exam III.

    Study of compositional practices of the twentieth century and later, through analysis and composition exercises.

  
  • MUSI 2301 - Classical Music and Lasting Value

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Completion or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1303.

    Course investigates art music compositions as they encompass questions of aesthetics and enduring topics in history and culture. No previous knowledge of music required.

    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
  
  • MUSI 2302 - Listening to Jazz

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .

    Introduction to jazz listening and jazz history through the study of specific works in historical and cultural contexts.

    Core Category: [50] Creative Arts
  
  • MUSI 2320 - Computers and Technology for Musicians

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: music major or minor.

    Introduction to the use of computers and related technology for musicians, including notation, music theory, composition, presentation, and general integrated software applications.

  
  • MUSI 2342 - Music for Children

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly MUSI 4342
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .

    Study covers the elements of music, and musical materials and teaching concepts appropriate for children in grades K-4.

    Core Category: [50] Creative Arts
  
  • MUSI 2361 - Music and Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1311  and ENGL 1304 .

    An introduction to the traditional musics of selected cultures.

    TCCNS Equivalent: MUSI 1309
  
  • MUSI 2362 - History of Music I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2361 .

    Survey of western classical music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque period.

    Core Category: [50] Creative Arts
  
  • MUSI 2397 - Selected Topics in Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 3100 - Woodwinds

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    May not serve as an advanced music elective. Class studies in woodwind instruments primarily for music education - instrumental majors.

  
  • MUSI 3101 - Woodwinds

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    May not serve as an advanced music elective. Class studies in woodwind instruments primarily for music education - instrumental majors.

  
  • MUSI 3102 - Brasses

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    May not serve as an advanced music elective. Class studies in brass instruments primarily for music education - instrumental majors.

 

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