Graduate Catalog 1994-1995
College of Arts and Science
Department of Music
Course Descriptions

MUSC 561  Advanced Private Study  1-4
   Advanced instruction in voice or instrument. The student adds to course
   title the branch of study elected: piano, organ, voice, or an orchestral
   instrument, e.g., Private Study (Piano).
   PREREQ: MUSC462.

MUSC 601  Master's Recital  2  PF
   A sixty-minute public recital.
   PREREQ: MUSC662.
   COREQ: MUSC662.

MUSC 603  Chamber Music Literature  3
   Survey of chamber music literature from the 17th century to the present.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 605  Symphonic Literature  3
   Historical and structural analysis of major symphonic works from the
   18th century to the present.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 606  Wind Literature  3
   History of the wind band and its music from the Renaissance to the
   present, with emphasis on the wind music from the 19th and 20th
   centuries for wind ensemble and concert band. Examines wind literature
   suitable for secondary school and college-level performing groups.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 611  Studies in Music History  3
   A survey of representative compositions from various periods of music
   history. Includes a study of the relationship of music to the socio-
   cultural background of each epoch and discussions of performance
   practice problems. Topics of study may change with each time of
   offering.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires satisfactory score on music history graduate
   placement exam.

MUSC 620  Large Ensemble  1
   Participation as a performer in a large ensemble.
   RESTRICTIONS: Entry audition required.

MUSC 621  Chamber Ensemble  1
   Participation as a performer in a chamber ensemble.
   RESTRICTIONS: Entry audition required.

MUSC 622  Materials and Methods of Research  3
   Examines the major materials used in research in the areas of music
   history, theory, performance and education, as well as the methods of
   conducting research in these fields.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 636  Advanced Choral Conducting  3
   A study of the conducting of vocal ensemble literature of the historical
   periods from the Renaissance through the 20th century.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 637  Advanced Instrumental Conducting  3
   Advanced conducting techniques for directors of instrumental performing
   groups.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 638  Large Ensemble Practicum  1
   Participation in a large ensemble and seminar with ensemble director.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 640  History and Philosophy of Music Education  3
   Topics include philosophical issues concerning the role of arts in
   education, intrinsic and extrinsic rationales for music in the schools,
   and arts advocacy at the local, state, and national levels. Also
   includes the history and philosophy of music education in the United
   States from the colonial period to the present.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 661  Advanced Private Study  1-4
   Advanced instruction in voice or instrument. The student adds to course
   title the branch of study elected: piano, organ, voice or an orchestral
   instrument, e.g., Private Study (Piano).
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires audition.

MUSC 662  Advanced Private Study  1-4
   Advanced instruction in voice or instrument. The student adds to course
   title the branch of study elected: piano, organ, voice or an orchestral
   instrument, e.g., Private Study (Piano).
   PREREQ: MUSC661.

MUSC 663  Advanced Keyboard Literature  3
   Style, structure and technical performance of keyboard music from the
   17th century to the present.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 675  General Music K-12  3
   Learning strategies to develop listening, performing, creating and
   literacy skills in a general music curriculum. Recommended for directors
   of performing ensembles.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 676  Seminar in Music Education  3
   Advanced topics in music education.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

MUSC 679  Professional Improvement Project I  3
   Development of a portfolio to include unit plans based on synthesis of
   content from prior courses.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. Taken in sequence with
   MUSC680 as an alternative to thesis option.

MUSC 680  Professional Improvement Project II  3
   Implementation of the portfolio developed in MUSC679.
   PREREQ: MUSC679.
   RESTRICTIONS: Taken in sequence with MUSC679 as an alternative to thesis
   option.

MUSC 681  Pedagogy and Literature  3
   The study of teaching methods and literature (music scores, books and
   other media). Shows teaching skills needed at the university level and
   lower.

MUSC 695  Advanced Analytical Techniques  3
   Examination of structural, melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and textural
   aspects of selected music literature and their significance in artistic
   performance.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires satisfactory score on music theory graduate
   placement exam.

MUSC 869  Master's Thesis  1-6

UNIV 895  Master's Sustaining: Non-Thesis  0  PF

UNIV 899  Master's Sustaining: Thesis  0  PF