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Undergraduate Record 2007-2008 
    
Undergraduate Record 2007-2008 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Middle Eastern History

  
  • HIME 502 - Revolution, Islam, and Gender in the Middle East


    Comparative study of revolution in 20th-century Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, and Iran, with particular reference to colonial and post-colonial class, religion, and gender movements. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One course in Middle Eastern history or politics, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3

Middle Eastern Studies

  
  • MESA 201 - Literatures of South Asia and the Middle East


    An introductory course in non-Western literatures that emphasizes genres with no clear Western equivalents. The reading list varies, but the texts, read in translation, usually come from Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Tamil and Urdu. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MESA 301 - Men and Women of South Asia and the Middle East


    Focuses on literature of South Asia and the Middle East (Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit) which depicts the world as seen through the eyes of men and women; includes poetry and prose from ancient to modern times. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MESA 493 - Independent Study


    Independent study in a special field under the direction of a faculty member in MESA-LC. (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MESA 496 - Four-Year Major Seminar


    Required capstone course that studies the Middle East and South Asia from a diversity of perspectives—languages, literatures, anthropology, history, politics, and religion. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: fourth-year standing, major in Middle Eastern Studies or in South Asian Studies

    Credits: 3
  
  • MEST 110 - Introduction to the Middle East


    Introduces Middle Eastern economy and environment, society, gender issues, history and politics, secularism-law-religion, languages and literatures, music and the visual arts. Emphasizes the Ottoman, colonial, and post-colonial periods. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MEST 496 - Middle East Studies Seminar


    (IR)

    Credits: 3

Military Science

  
  • MISC 001 - Introduction to Applied Military Leadership


    Learn the basic military skills of land navigation, communication, and individual movement techniques. Understand the principles of followership as a member of a team. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 1 - Leadership Applications


    Teaches basic leadership skills through practical and field exercises, as well as classroom instruction. Emphasizes small unit leadership techniques and hands-on, practical experiences. Cadets develop small unit leadership and precomissioning skills by planning, conducting, and evaluating training. (S)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 002 - Introduction to Applied Military Leadership


    Apply the basic military skills as a member of a squad and platoon in situationally based training exercises. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 003 - Intermediate Applied Military Leadership


    Learn advanced military skills of land navigation, communications and collective movement techniques. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 004 - Intermediate Applied Military Leadership


    Apply advanced military skills as a member of a squad or platoon, serving as team leaders whenever possible in situationally based training exercises. Upon completion, each student is prepared to assume junior leadership positions within the battalion; training, mentoring and developing the first year cadets. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 005 - Advanced Applied Military Leadership


    Learn the basics of planning and executing individual and collective training as team, squad and platoon leaders. Serve as the junior leadership of the cadet battalion. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 006 - Advanced Applied Military Leadership


    Learn the basics of planning and executing situationally based training exercises as the squad, platoon, and company level leaders. Serve as the junior leadership of the cadet battalion. Upon completion, each student is prepared to successfully complete the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis Washington and to assume primary leadership positions within the battalion; training, mentoring and developing the second year cadets. (Y

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 007 - Advanced Applied Military Leadership


    Apply advanced planning and executing skills, attributes and knowledge; assess and critique individual military performance. Serve as the senior leadership of the cadet battalion. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 008 - Advanced Applied Military Leadership


    Apply advanced planning and executing techniques and procedures in the development, execution and evaluation of situationally based training exercises. Serve as the senior leadership of the cadet battalion. Upon completion, each student is prepared for Army’s Basic Leadership Officer Course 2. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 101 - Fundamental Concepts


    This course introduces cadets to fundamental components of service as an officer in the United States Army. These initial lessons form the building blocks of progressive lessons in values, fitness, leadership, and officership. Additionally, the semester addresses “life skills” including fitness, communications theory and practice (written and oral), and interpersonal relationships. Upon completion of this semester, the cadets should be prepared to receive more complex leadership instruction. (S)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 102 - Basic Leadership


    This course builds upon the fundamentals introduced in the previous semester by focusing on leadership theory and decision-making. Lessons in this semester include: problem solving, critical thinking, leadership theory, followership, group interaction, goal setting, and feedback mechanisms. Upon completion of this semester, cadets should be prepared to advance to more complex leadership instruction concerning the dynamics of organizations. (S)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 201 - Advanced Leadership


    This course is the first of two designed to teach the principles of leadership. Building upon the fundamentals introduced in the first year, this course explores communication and leadership theory. The course emphasizes practical exercises, as students are increasingly required to apply communication and leadership principles. The course is dedicated to developing leadership and communication skills in the student with an understanding of their value to the Army. Topics discussed include: Communication, Leadership, and Problem Solving. (S)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 202 - Tactics and Officership


    This course focuses on leadership by providing an extensive examination of the unique purpose, roles, and obligation of commissioned officers. It provides a look at our organizational values and their application to the decision-making process and leadership. The course contains a case study of Army leadership since the Vietnam War in the context of previous lessons of values, decision-making, and communication skills. The course also studies Principles of Tactics, Values and Ethics, and Officership. (S)

    Credits: 1
  
  • MISC 301 - Small Unit Leadership


    This course is the first of two that focus on leadership principles, small unit tactics, and the military planning process. The Leadership Development Process (LDP) is a component of this course as well as MISC 302. Other topics include light infantry tactics, motivational theory and techniques, and the role and actions of leaders. Emphasis is placed on applying the Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs) as a guide for planning, executing, and making decisions for complex operations. Cadets will learn military order formats and advanced communication skills to effectively present their plans. (S)

    Credits: 2
  
  • MISC 302 - Small Unit Operations


    This course continues to focus on doctrinal leadership and tactical operations at the small unit level started in MISC 301. It includes opportunities to plan and conduct individual and collective training to gain leadership and tactical experience. This course synthesizes the various components of training, leadership and team building. Upon completion, cadets will possess the fundamental confidence and competence of leadership in a small unit setting. Following MISC 302, cadets will attend a challenging summer leadership camp. (S)

    Credits: 2
  
  • MISC 401 - Leadership, Management, and Ethics


    This course is the first of two designed to prepare cadets for the transition to lieutenant. The course emphasizes a continuation of leadership and management exercises intended to synthesize and integrate the principles of leadership learned in previous courses. Topics addressed include staff coordination, fundamental counseling methods, the Army Training Management System, ethical imperatives for the junior officer, and battlefield ethics. (S)

    Credits: 2
  
  • MISC 402 - Transition to Lieutenant


    This course is the culmination of officership training. The course emphasizes the skills required of newly commissioned officers and concludes with a capstone practical exercise entitled “Platoon Leader.” Topics include military justice and leadership, operational law, organizing for military operations, and administrative management and logistics. At the conclusion of this course, newly commissioned officers are prepared to meet the physical, moral, emotional, and intellectual leadership challenges facing the evolving Army in the 21st Century. (S)

    Credits: 2
  
  • MISC 498 - Independent Study in Military History


    Independent Study in Military History (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission required.

    Credits: 1-3

Miscellaneous English

  
  • ENGL 381 - History of Literatures in English I


    A three-semester, chronological survey of literatures in English from their beginnings to the present day. Studies the formal and thematic features of different genres in relation to the chief literary, social, and cultural influences upon them. ENGL 381 covers the period up to 1660; ENGL 382, the period 1660-1880; and ENGL 383, the period 1880 to the present. Required of all majors. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 382 - History of Literatures in English II


    A three-semester, chronological survey of literatures in English from their beginnings to the present day. Studies the formal and thematic features of different genres in relation to the chief literary, social, and cultural influences upon them. ENGL 381 covers the period up to 1660; ENGL 382, the period 1660-1880; and ENGL 383, the period 1880 to the present. Required of all majors. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 383 - History of Literatures in English III


    A three-semester, chronological survey of literatures in English from their beginnings to the present day. Studies the formal and thematic features of different genres in relation to the chief literary, social, and cultural influences upon them. ENGL 381 covers the period up to 1660; ENGL 382, the period 1660-1880; and ENGL 383, the period 1880 to the present. Required of all majors. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 491 - Distinguished Majors Program


    Directed research leading to completion of an extended essay to be submitted to the Honors Committee. Both courses are required of honors candidates. Graded on a year-long basis. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 492 - Distinguished Majors Program


    Directed research leading to completion of an extended essay to be submitted to the Honors Committee. Both courses are required of honors candidates. Graded on a year-long basis. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 493 - Independent Study


    (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Completion of four 300- or 400-level courses.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 494 - Independent Study


    (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Completion of four 300- or 400-level courses.

    Credits: 3

Modern and Contemporary Literature

  
  • ENMC 311 - British Literature of the Twentieth Century


    Surveys major trends and figures in British literature from 1890 to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 312 - American Literature of the Twentieth Century


    Studies the major poetry and fiction. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 313 - Modern Comparative Literature I


    Studies major international movements and figures in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 315 - Literature of the Americas


    Comparative study of various major writers of North, Central, and South America. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 316 - Twentieth Century Women Writers


    Studies fiction, poetry, and non-fiction written by women in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 321 - Major British and American Writers of the Twentieth Century


    Close reading of the works of two or three major British or American authors. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 322 - Major British and American Writers of the Twentieth Century


    (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 330 - Contemporary American Poetry


    Studies the style and themes of recent and contemporary poets and their influence. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 331 - Major African-American Poets


    Examines poems representative of the African American literary traditions. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 333 - Twentieth Century British Poetry


    Studies in the twentieth-century sensibility. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 334 - Contemporary British Poetry


    Study of identity and style in poetry since 1945. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 341 - Modern Drama I


    A two-semester survey of European and American modern drama, with some attention to works from other regions. The first half covers the late nineteenth century to World War II; the second focuses on drama from the post-war period to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 342 - Modern Drama II


    A two-semester survey of European and American modern drama, with some attention to works from other regions. The first half covers the late nineteenth century to World War II; the second focuses on drama from the post-war period to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 351 - Modern and Contemporary Fiction I


    Introduces British, American, and Continental masterpieces, emphasizing new ideas and the new forms of fiction in the twentieth century. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 352 - Modern and Contemporary Fiction II


    Introduces British, American, and Continental masterpieces, emphasizing new ideas and the new forms of fiction in the twentieth century. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 354 - Twentieth-Century Women Writers


    (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 355 - Asian-American Fiction


    Studies Asian American literature as a cultural phenomenon and literary tradition, presenting a range of twentieth-century fictions by immigrants or their descendants from India, Pakistan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and the Philippines. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 356 - The African Novel


    Studies the development of the Anglophone African novel as a genre, as well as the representation of the post-colonial dilemma of African nations and the revision of gender and ethnic roles. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 380 - Concepts of the Modern


    Studies the modern sensibility through an examination of the themes and techniques of aestheticism, psychology, existentialism, and twentieth and twenty-first centuries. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 381 - Modern Irish Literature


    Surveys Irish writing from the late nineteenth century to the present. Focuses on the relationships of Irish literature to Ireland’s national identity and political processes. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 481 - Advanced Studies in Twentieth Century Literature I, II


    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 482 - Advanced Studies in Twentieth Century Literature I, II


    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 483 - Seminar in Modern Studies


    Limited enrollment. An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on the interrelationships between literature and history, the social sciences, philosophy, religion, and the fine arts in the Modern period. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENMC 484 - Seminar in Modern Studies


    Limited enrollment. An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on the interrelationships between literature and history, the social sciences, philosophy, religion, and the fine arts in the Modern period. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3

Music

  
  • MUSI 101 - Introduction to Music


    Surveys the musical literatures that make up the common listening experience of contemporary Americans, emphasizing such “classical” repertories as symphony, opera, “early music” “new music,” blues, and jazz. Teaches effective ways of listening to and thinking critically about each repertoire. Considers how musical choices reflect or create cultural identities, including attitudes toward gender, ethnicity, social relationships, and ideas of the sacred. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 131 - Basic Musical Skills


    Not open to students already qualified to elect MUSI 231 or 331. Study of the rudiments of music and training in the ability to read music. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 193 - Independent Study


    (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MUSI 194 - Independent Study


    (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MUSI 202 - Opera


    Study of musical, literary, and dramatic aspects of representative operatic works. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 204 - Symphonic Masterworks


    Study of symphonic music, including the concerto, from 1700 to the present. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 205 - American Musical Mavericks


    A history of innovative and experimental American music, from Colonial times to the present.  (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 207 - Popular Musics


    Scholarly and critical study of music circulated through mass media. Specific topic for the semester (e.g. world popular music, bluegrass, country music, hip-hop, Elvis Presley) announced in advance. No previous knowledge of music required. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 208 - American Music


    Scholarly and critical study of music of the Americas, with attention to interaction of music, politics, and society. Specific topics announced in advance. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 210 - Film Music


    Scholarly and critical study of music in cinema. Specific topics for the semester announced in advance. No previous knowledge of music required. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 211 - Music in Everyday Life


    Explores the implicit cultural messages which circulate within our ever-changing daily soundtracks. This courses focuses our attention on music that we usually take for granted, getting us thinking about the depths of quotidian aesthetic experience. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 212 - History of Jazz Music


    Survey of jazz music from before 1900 through the stylistic changes and trends of the twentieth century; important instrumental performers, composers, arrangers, and vocalists. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    No previous knowledge of music required.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 221 - Composers


    Study of the lives and works of individuals (e.g., Bach, Beethoven, Cage, Ellington, Smyth) whose participation in musical culture has led them to focus on the creation of musical “works.” Topics announced in advance. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 222 - Composers


    Study of the lives and works of individuals (e.g., Bach, Beethoven, Cage, Ellington, Smyth) whose participation in musical culture has led them to focus on the creation of musical “works.” Topics announced in advance. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 230A - Keyboard Skills (Beginning)


    Introductory keyboard skills; includes sight-reading, improvisation, and accompaniment at the keyboard in a variety of styles. No previous knowledge of music required. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition.

    Credits: 2
  
  • MUSI 230B - Keyboard Skills (Intermediate)


    Intermediate keyboard skills for students with some previous musical experience. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors.  (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition.

    Credits: 2
  
  • MUSI 230C - Fretboard Harmony


    Fretboard skills for students with some previous musical experience. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: instructor permission by audition.

    Credits: 2
  
  • MUSI 235 - Technosonics: Digital Music and Sound Art Composition


    Introduction to digital music and sound art, through history, theory, and musical creation.  (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 260 - Jazz Improvisation


    (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 293 - Independent Study


    (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MUSI 294 - Independent Study


    (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MUSI 300 - Studies in Pre-Modern Music (to 1500)


    Introduction to the variety of repertories and music cultures known to have thrived in pre-modern Europe, and the ways such music has been assimilated into 20th-century American ideas about “music history.” Specific topics announced in advance, such as: the music of 12th-century France; music in monastic life, 800 to 1500; music and mystical vision, the cosmology of Hildegard von Bingen; music, cultural exchange, and power, Burgundy and Italy in the 15th century. (E)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Ability to read music. MUSI 331 highly recommended.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 301 - Studies in Early Modern Music (1500-1700)


    Introduction to crucial shifts in musical culture that signaled the emergence of a self-consciously “modern,” self-consciously “European” musicality over the period 1500-1700; and to the ways such early modern genres as the polyphonic Mass, the madrigal, opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, suite, and congregational hymnody have been assimilated into 20th-century American ideas about “musicality.” Specific topics announced in advance. (E)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: The ability to read music. MUSI 331 highly recommended.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 302 - Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music


    Study of selected repertories from the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasizing compositional style, performance practice, and the role of music within social, political, philosophical, and religious cultures of the time. Composers studied may include Lully, Corelli, Handel, J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 331 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 303 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music


    (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 331; or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 305 - Music in the Twentieth Century


    Studies the range of music that has flourished in the twentieth century, including modernist and post-modern art music, popular music, and world music, through historical, critical, and ethnographic approaches. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: The ability to read music, or any three-credit course in music, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 307 - Worlds of Music


    Exploration of world musical cultures through music-making, movement, listening, and case studies. Issues include how musical and social aesthetics are intertwined, the connections between style, community, and identity, and the concept of colonialism as it forms the relatively new category “world music.” (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 308 - American Music


    Historical and/or ethnomusicological perspectives on folk, popular, and “art” music in the Americas, with a particular emphasis on 19th-and 20th-century African-American traditions including spirituals, work songs, minstrelsy, blues, R&B, soul, and hip-hop. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 309 - Performance in Africa


    Explores music/dance performance in Africa through reading, hands-on workshops, discussion, and audio and video examples. The course covers both “traditional” and “popular” styles, through discussion and a performance lab. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 4
  
  • MUSI 312 - Jazz Studies


    Introduction to jazz as an advanced field of study, with equal attention given to historical and theoretical approaches. (E)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 331 or comparable fluency in music notation, and instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 331 - Theory I


    Studies the pitch and rhythmic aspects of several musical styles, including European art music, blues, African drumming, and popular music. Focuses on concepts and notation related to scales and modes, harmony, meter, form, counterpoint, and style. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite:  Ability to read music, and familiarity with basic concepts of pitch intervals and scales; Corequisite: MUSI 333A, 333B, or 333C, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 333C.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 332 - Theory II


    Studies pitch and formal organization in European concert music of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes four-part vocal writing, 18th-century style keyboard accompaniment, key relations, and form. Students compose numerous short passages of music and study significant compositions by period composers. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 331 or instructor permission; MUSI 333A, 333B, or 333C, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 333C.

     



    Credits: 3

  
  • MUSI 333A - Musicianship I


    Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 331, 332 or 431 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1
  
  • MUSI 333B - Musicianship II


    Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 331, 332 or 431 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1
  
  • MUSI 333C - Musicianship III


    Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 331, 332 or 431 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1
  
  • MUSI 336 - Tonal Composition


    Develops the craft of musical composition through polyphonic writing, canon and imitative counterpoint, and homophonic writing, emphasizing phrase structure and small forms. Compositions are performed and criticized in class, with the aim of making manifest and adding to ideas covered in MUSI 331 (Theory I) through actual writing. This course is essential for those who will pursue creative writing in music. (S)

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 338 - Introduction to Post-Tonal Composition


    This class focuses on post-tonal compositional techniques in American and European concert music, including the music of various composers and the composition of new music. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 331 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 339 - Introduction to Music and Computers


    Students gain hands-on experience with synthesizers, music notation software, and the control of MIDI instruments via computer. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 393 - Independent Study


    (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MUSI 394 - Independent Study


    (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • MUSI 405 - Vocal Music


    Topics, announced in advance, selected from opera, oratorio, choral music, or song. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 332 or the equivalent and instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 406 - Instrumental Music


    Topics, announced in advance, are selected from the orchestral, chamber music or solo repertories. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 332 or the equivalent and instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 407 - Composers


    Study of the life and works of a composer (or school of composers); topic announced in advance. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 332 or the equivalent and instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MUSI 408 - Topics in American Music


    Topics, announced in advance, about folk, popular, jazz or art music traditions in American culture. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUSI 308 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
 

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