Apr 18, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Music

  
  • MUSI 6100 - Chamber Music

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours.

  
  • MUSI 6101 - Opera Role Performance

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music.

    Once cast, students will prepare and perform a role or chorus as assigned in an opera or musical theatre work.  Fulfills the large ensemble requirement at the graduate level.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 6102 - Acting for Opera

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

    Basics of acting in a solo situation with the added dimension of music. Topics include physical awareness, improvisation, focus, gesture, dramatic and musical analysis, and style of presentation in auditions and concerts. Lecture, presentations, critiques, and in-class exercises
    Additional Fee $2.00 Fee Type Class/Music Laboratory
  
  • MUSI 6103 - Advanced Lyric Diction

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in music.

    Review of IPA and lyric diction, continuing with the more nuanced performance requirements in the genres of art song, oratorio, and opera as sung in English, Italian, German, and French.
  
  • MUSI 6104 - New Music Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours.

  
  • MUSI 6105 - Organ Improvisation

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Organ or sacred music major, or permission of instructor.

    Improvisation for church services; free hymn accompaniments, short interludes, modulations, processionals, hymn variations, passacaglias, and simple figured basses.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 6106 - Grad Large Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 6   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6112 - Chamber Music - Woodwind

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6114 - Chamber Music - Brass

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6120 - Percussion Ensemble

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

  
  • MUSI 6140 - Choral Artists

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

    Premier, professional-level chamber choir performing advanced choral repertoire on and off campus and offering members regular solo opportunities in mass, cantala, and oratorio repertory. Large ensemble credit for graduate students.
  
  • MUSI 6180 - Advanced Acting for Opera

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6102 .

    Topics include, but are not limited to, spoken monologues with musical principals applied to speech, dealing with props, dramatic use of ornamentation, dramatic context for art songs, and professional resumes.
  
  • MUSI 6181 - Directing for Opera

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6102 .

    Basics of producing and directing an opera or musical.  Topics include script/score analysis, research, pre-production planning, casting, set, costume and lighting design, scheduling, surtitles, blocking, rehearsal techniques.
  
  • MUSI 6197 - Selected Topics-Music

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in music.

    Specialized subjects in music.
    May be repeated for credit with approval of director of the School of Music.

  
  • MUSI 6198 - Research

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6200 - Accompanying Seminar

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in music or consent of instructor.

    Techniques of performing as a pianist with other instruments and voices.
    May be repeated once for credit.

  
  • MUSI 6205 - Organ Improvisation

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Organ or sacred music major, or permission of instructor.

    Improvisation for church services; free hymn accompaniments, short interludes, modulations, processionals, hymn variations, passacaglias, and simple figured basses.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 6260 - Internship in Piano Teaching I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6350 and MUSI 6351 .

    Guided teaching of beginner and intermediate level students through supervised scenarios designed by the instructor. This course offers students the opportunity to apply teaching techniques and employ problem-solving strategies within the individual instructional setting. Includes a focus on sequencing beginning through intermediate technical instruction.
  
  • MUSI 6261 - Internship in Piano Teaching II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6350 , MUSI 6351 , and MUSI 6260 .

    Guided teaching of intermediate and early-advanced level students through supervised scenarios designed by the instructor. This course offers students the opportunity to apply teaching techniques and employ problem solving strategies within the group and individual instructional settings. Includes a focus on sequencing intermediate through early-advanced technical instruction.
  
  • MUSI 6298 - Choral Techniques for Church Musicians

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6300 - Introduction to Research Methods in Musicology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in music.

    Research materials; problems of paper and thesis writing.
  
  • MUSI 6301 - Pedagogy of Music Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Teaching music theory on the junior or senior college level.
  
  • MUSI 6302 - 18th Century Counterpoint

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Examination of contrapuntal techniques of the eighteenth century.
  
  • MUSI 6303 - Style Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: MUSI 6303 - Advanced Analysis.
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    The study of various styles of music through analysis of scores from various periods of music history.
  
  • MUSI 6304 - Choral Arranging

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or Postbaccalaureate status with permission of instructor.

    Study and application of the principles of part writing, arranging, and editing music for various voice groupings.
  
  • MUSI 6305 - Schenkerian Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Reductive analysis, levels of structure in tonal music, and graphing techniques.
  
  • MUSI 6306 - Analysis of Post-Tonal Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Set theory, serial theory, 12-tone operations.
  
  • MUSI 6307 - Analysis of Rhythm & Meter

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    The study of meter and large-scale rhythm.  Repertoire includes tonal, post-tonal, and popular Western music.
  
  • MUSI 6308 - Semiotic Approach to Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A focus on readings and approaches to musical analysis that explore meaning and signification in music.
  
  • MUSI 6309 - Variation Forms & Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Survey of the hsitory and literature of the theme and variations genre from the late Renaissance to the late Twentieth century, with a study of the concomitant compositional and analytical issues.
  
  • MUSI 6310 - History of Music Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Western music theory from Pythagoras to the Twentieth century.  Introduction to the principal topics of music theory (tuning, notation, harmony, aesthetics), with readings from primary and secondary sources.
  
  • MUSI 6311 - Modal Counterpoint

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Survey of contrapuntal techniques prior to the Eighteenth century.
  
  • MUSI 6312 - Advanced Orchestration

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music and consent of instructor.

    Advanced scoring for chamber ensembles and full orchestra.
  
  • MUSI 6313 - Introduction to Musical Acoustics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Introductory explorations of the fundamental physical properties of musical sound, tuning and intonation, psycho-acoustics, specific acoustical features of the major instrument families and the voice, and architectural acoustics.
  
  • MUSI 6314 - Chromatic Harmony

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Analysis and written exercises of extended tonal and early non-tonal music.
  
  • MUSI 6315 - Seminar in Contemporary Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Analytical and historical studies in music of our time and of the past century.
  
  • MUSI 6316 - Beethoven’s Symphonies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Exploration of the symphonies of Beethoven using a variety of analytic tools, including theories of form, meter and rhythm, and semiotics.  Historical context and orchestration will also be considered.
  
  • MUSI 6317 - Analysis of Jazz & Popular Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A study of musical works from jazz and popular repertoires from perspectives of music theory, performer interaction, and meaning in social/historical context.
  
  • MUSI 6320 - Advanced Choral Conducting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music and consent of instructor.

    Advanced theory and practical techniques for the conductor of choral ensembles.
  
  • MUSI 6327 - Collaborative Skills for Organists I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: none.

    Advanced score reading and figured bass; transposition; console management; accompanying hymnody and various forms of chant; improvisation for sacred services.
  
  • MUSI 6328 - Collaborative Skills for Organists II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6327: Collaborative Skills for Organists I.

    Weekly assignments of standard choral and solo literature; adapting piano and orchestral scores to the organ; rehearsal techniques as both accompanist and conductor; fundamentals of vocal pedagogy.
  
  • MUSI 6329 - Seminar in Organ Literature

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    An in-depth study of a selected composer or genre and its performance practice. Students will research, present, and prepare representative works to be coached in class, culminating in a class recital.
  
  • MUSI 6330 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music and consent of instructor.

    Advanced theory and practical techniques for the conductor of orchestral ensembles.
  
  • MUSI 6340 - Graduate Music History Review

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music.

    Review of graduate-level music history and literature.  May not be used to satisfy any degree requirement.
  
  • MUSI 6341 - Graduate Music Theory Review

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music.

    Review of graduate-level music theory and analysis.
    Note: May not be used to satisfy any degree requirement.
  
  • MUSI 6342 - Graduate Music Theory Review II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music.

    Review of graduate-level music theory and analysis.  May not be used to satisfy any degree requirement.
  
  • MUSI 6344 - Franz Schubert

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    An exploration of biographical and social contexts for Schubert’s music, emphasizing his innovative approaches to musical genres.
  
  • MUSI 6345 - Franz Liszt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Exploration of biographical and social contexts for Liszt’s music, emphasizing influences he absorbed to revolutionize piano music and piano playing, then his mission to transform orchestral and religious music.
  
  • MUSI 6346 - Charles Ives

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A survey of the life, work, and times of Charles Ives.
  
  • MUSI 6347 - Igor Stravinsky

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A survey of the life, work, and times of Igor Stravinsky.
  
  • MUSI 6348 - Dmitri Shostakovich

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A survey of the life, work, and times of Dmitri Shostakovich.
  
  • MUSI 6349 - Aaron Copland

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A survey of the life, work, and times of Aaron Copland.
  
  • MUSI 6350 - Applied Music Pedagogy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in music or consent of instructor.

    Methods and materials with an emphasis on teaching techniques for beginning to advanced-level students, with supervised teaching.
  
  • MUSI 6351 - Applied Music Pedagogy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in music or consent of instructor.

    Methods and materials with an emphasis on teaching techniques for beginning to advanced-level students, with supervised teaching.
  
  • MUSI 6352 - Group Piano Pedagogy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in music.

    An introduction to methods, materials, teaching techniques and strategies for group piano instruction. Formats explored include classes for pre-collegiate students, adult hobby students, and university students.
  
  • MUSI 6354 - Music of the Medieval Period (450-1450)

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 

    Biographical, critical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for medieval music by composers such as Ambrose of Milan, Notker, Bernart da Ventadorn, Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, de Vitry, Machaut, and Landini, extending from the Hunnish invasion to the death of Dunstable.
  
  • MUSI 6355 - Baroque Sonata

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    An exploration of the Baroque sonata repertoire, with combined academic and performance study in chamber groups.
  
  • MUSI 6356 - The Bach Cantatas

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A representative survey of Bach’s texted concerted works, for the church and secular occasions.
  
  • MUSI 6357 - Music in the 17th Century

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Genres and styles of music from Monteverdi through Buxtehude and their relationship to the culture that produced it.
  
  • MUSI 6358 - Music of Bach and Handel

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Life, times, and selected musical works by the two most famous composers from the late Baroque:  G.F. Handel and J. S. Bach.
  
  • MUSI 6359 - Mozart & The Enlightenment

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    An examination of the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and their relationship to the era in which he lived.
  
  • MUSI 6360 - Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: MUSI 6360 - Music in the Middle Ages.
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Music of the late Eighteenth century with emphasis on the Viennese school of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
  
  • MUSI 6361 - Music of the Romantic Period I (1800-1848)

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: MUSI 6361 - Music in the Renaissance.
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Biographical, critical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for early romantic music by composers such as Schubert, Rossini, Berlioz, and Chopin, extending from Beethoven’s middle period to the revolutions of 1848-1849.
  
  • MUSI 6362 - The Mendelssohns

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A study of one of the most interesting families in Biedermeier, Germany, including struggles with their Jewish heritage and its effect on the music of siblings Felix and Fanny.
  
  • MUSI 6363 - Music of the Romantic Period II (1848-1914)

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Biographical, critical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for late romantic music by composers such as Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler, extending from the revolutions of 1848-1849 through 1910.
  
  • MUSI 6364 - Music of the 20th Century I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Biographical, critical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for music from 1900 through 1945.
  
  • MUSI 6365 - Music of the 20th Century II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Biographical, critical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for music since 1945.
  
  • MUSI 6367 - French Music 1830-1870

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Survey of French music written between the July Revolution and the Franco-Prussian War, emphasizing French romanticism’s development during the July Monarchy and French classicism’s resurgence after Louis-Napoléon’s election.
  
  • MUSI 6370 - Art Song Repertoire

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in music and permission of instructor.

    Introduction to art song repertoire:  poetry, music, styles, and national characteristics (German, French, American, British, Italian, Spanish, and Russian).
  
  • MUSI 6372 - Seminar in Ethnomusicology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    The study of music as a human activity with case studies drawn from different parts of the world.
  
  • MUSI 6373 - Music and Spirituality

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Case studies in music’s connection with spirituality.
  
  • MUSI 6374 - Music and Nationalism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Seminar on nationalism and national identity in music.
    Note: Seminar.
  
  • MUSI 6375 - Music and Liturgy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    The history, structure, and theory of the divine worship service and the role of music within it.
  
  • MUSI 6376 - Women Composers

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Seminar in the works, lives, and times of selected female composers.
    Note: Seminar.
  
  • MUSI 6378 - Texas Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Seminar on music created and performed in Texas.
    Note: Seminar.
  
  • MUSI 6380 - Opera Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Survey of opera literature from its Baroque-era beginnings through the present day.
  
  • MUSI 6381 - American Musical Theater

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A survey of popular American musical theater from Victor Herbert to Stephen Sondheim.
  
  • MUSI 6382 - Symphonic Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    The birth of the orchestra and a survey of its repertoire from the Eighteenth century to the present.
  
  • MUSI 6383 - Symphonic Choral Music of the 19th Century

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A study of the great masterworks for chorus and orchestra from the Nineteenth century, including symphonies, oratorios, masses, requiems, and dramatic cantatas.
  
  • MUSI 6384 - Vocal Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Comprehensive survey of vocal literature from the Renaissance through the Twentieth century.
  
  • MUSI 6385 - Oratorio Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Examination of oratorio literature from its 17th century origins through the modern era.
  
  • MUSI 6386 - Choral Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Choral literature, including sources, editions, stylistic considerations, and appropriate performance practices from each of the major periods of music history.
  
  • MUSI 6387 - Choral Literature For The Church

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    A study of the repertoire appropriate for worship for choir of various sizes and ability levels, including music for the church year, sacred concerts, major works, arrangements, anthems, motets, and hymn settings.
  
  • MUSI 6388 - Piano Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Examination of piano literature from the 17th century to the 20th century.
  
  • MUSI 6389 - Contemporary Service Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Study of music appropriate for contemporary styles of worship including literature and performance practice.  Repertoire includes contemporary hymnody, praise music, and other forms currently used in churches.
  
  • MUSI 6390 - Seminar in Sacred Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music.

    Issues in sacred music for the contemporary church will be addressed including worship styles, musical leadership, and administration and organization of church music programs.
  
  • MUSI 6391 - Organ Literature I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Early organ literature to the works of J.S. Bach.
  
  • MUSI 6392 - Organ Literature II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MUSI 6300 .

    Organ literature from the works of J. S. Bach to the present day.
  
  • MUSI 6393 - Sacred Music Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Music Graduate Studies.

    Supervised practical training in leading a church music program, including administration and practical rehearsal and performance techniques of various types of church ensembles.
    Note: Practicum.
  
  • MUSI 6397 - Selected Topics-Music

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Selected Topics-Music
    May be repeated for credit with approval of director of the School of Music.

  
  • MUSI 6398 - Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6498 - Research

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 6598 - Research

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 7399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 8106 - Doctoral Large Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 6   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Performance in large vocal or instrumental ensembles.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 8198 - Research

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Pass-fail option.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 8199 - Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MUSI 8296 - Doctoral Essay

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Candidacy for the degree.

    Doctoral essay research.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUSI 8298 - Research

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Pass-fail option.
    May be repeated for credit.

 

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