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MLSC 201 - Innovative Team Leadership
Credits: (1)
This course explores the dimensions of creative and innovative tactical leadership strategies and styles by examining team dynamics and two historical leadership theories that form the basis of the Army leadership framework. Aspects of personal motivation and team building are practiced planning, executing and assessing team exercises and participating in leadership labs. The focus continues to build on developing knowledge of the leadership values and attributes through understanding Army rank, structure, and duties as well as broadening knowledge of land navigation and squad tactics. Case studies will provide a tangible context for learning the Soldier’s Creed and Warrior Ethos as they apply in the contemporary operating environment.
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MLSC 202 - Foundations of Tactical Leadership
Credits: (1)
This course examines the challenges of leading tactical teams in the complex contemporary operating environment (COE). This course highlights dimensions of terrain analysis, patrolling, and operation orders. Continued study of the theoretical basis of the Army leadership framework explores the dynamics of adaptive leadership in the context of military operations. MLSC 202 provides a smooth transition into MLSC 301. Cadets develop greater self awareness as they assess their own leadership styles and practice communication and team building skills. COE case studies give insight into the importance and practice of teamwork and tactics in real-world scenarios.
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MLSC 203 - MS II Leadership Laboratory
Credits: (0)
Taken with MLSC 201 and MLSC 202 . Develops intermediate leadership skills by placing cadets in small unit leadership roles in practical situations. Emphasizes acquisition of intermediate individual soldier skills and tactical theory. Advanced Courses These courses are designed to prepare juniors and seniors who have agreed to seek a commission as officers in the United States Army. Freshmen and sophomores may not take the Advanced Courses.
Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
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MLSC 301 - Adaptive Team Leadership
Credits: (2)
You are challenged to study, practice, and evaluate adaptive team leadership skills as you are presented with the demands of the ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC). Challenging scenarios related to small unit tactical operations are used to develop self-awareness and critical thinking skills. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on their leadership abilities.
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MLSC 302 - Leadership in Changing Environments
Credits: (2)
You will be challenged to study, practice, and evaluate adaptive leadership skills as you are presented with the demands of the ROTC Leader Development Assessment Course (LDAC). Challenging scenarios related to small unit tactical operations are used to develop self-awareness and critical thinking skills. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leadership abilities. Leadership Lab concentrates on general military subjects directed toward the reinforcement of military skills and the development of new skills required for the ROTC Leader Development Assessment Course (LDAC).
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MLSC 303 - MS III Leadership Laboratory
Credits: (0)
Taken with MLSC 301 and MLSC 302 . Develops advanced leadership skills by requiring cadets to train and lead units of 10 to 40 fellow cadets. Includes intensive study of Army equipment, techniques and operational doctrine to achieve advanced proficiency and preparation for attending the Leader Development and Assessment Course.
Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
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MLSC 401 - Developing Adaptive Leaders
Credits: (2)
MLSC 401 develops student proficiency in planning, executing, and assessing complex operations, functioning as a member of a staff, and providing performance feedback to subordinates. You are given situational opportunities to assess risk, make ethical decisions, and lead fellow ROTC cadets. Lessons on military justice and personnel processes prepare you to make the transition to becoming an Army officer. During your MSL IV year, you will lead cadets at lower levels. Both your classroom and battalion leadership experiences are designed to prepare you for your first unit of assignment. You will identify responsibilities of key staff, coordinate staff roles, and use battalion operations situations to each, train, and develop subordinates.
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MLSC 402 - Leadership in a Complex World
Credits: (2)
MLSC 402 explores the dynamics of leading in the complex situations of current military operations in the contemporary operating environment (COE). You will examine differences in customs and courtesies, military law, principles of war, and rules of engagement in the face of international terrorism. You also explore aspects of interacting with non-government organizations, civilians on the battlefield, and host nation support. The course places significant emphasis on preparing you for BOLC and your first unit of assignment. It uses case studies, scenarios, and “What Now, Lieutenant?” exercises to prepare you to face the complex ethical and practical demands of leading as a commissioned officer in the United States Army. This semester you will: Explore Military Professional Ethics and ethical decision making facing an Officer, Gain practical experience in Cadet Battalion Leadership roles, Demonstrate personal skills in operations and communications, Evaluate and develop MSL III small unit leaders and examine issues of force protection in the COE, Prepare for the transition to a career as an Army Officer.
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MLSC 403 - MS IV Leadership Laboratory
Credits: (0)
Taken with MLSC 401 and MLSC 402 . Develops advanced leadership and management expertise in the evaluation of subordinates, performance counseling, mentoring and development of programs of training for units of 100 or more members.
Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
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MLSC 404 - Independent Study in Military Science
Credits: (1)
This course provides ROTC cadets who have completed their Advance Course program the opportunity to conduct detailed research and independent study on a current problem or topic associated with the military. Program of study will be arranged individually with a faculty advisor; admission by consent of the chair of the department.
This course may be repeated as there is no duplication of topic
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MDLL 100 - Big Ideas in Modern Languages
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 100
An exploration of significant questions and concepts, beliefs and creative visions, theories and discoveries in Modern Languages for first-year students. Although topics vary, the courses also seek to improve students’ communication skills beyond the written word.
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MDLL 110 - Modern Languages in Global Education Programs
Credits: (1-4)
Language study completed through William & Mary Global Education Programs in languages not currently offered at the College of William and Mary. The course may be repeated for credit if level or language varies.
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MDLL 150 - First Year Seminar
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 150
An exploration of a specific topic in Modern Languages. A grade of C- or better fulfills the COLL 150 requirement. Although topics vary, the courses emphasize academic writing skills, reading and analysis of texts, and discussion.
Course may be repeated for credit if topic varies
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MDLL 300 - Living Language and Culture
Credits: (1.5)
MDLL 300 is a 1.5-credit experiential course open to the residents of William & Mary’s International Language Houses. It is designed to be taken twice during the same academic year: students will enroll in MDLL 300 in the Fall and in MDLL 300 in the Spring for a total of 3 credits.
Course may be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
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Music |
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MUSC 100 - Big Ideas in Music
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 100
An exploration of significant questions and integrative concepts in Music, their grounding in the process of scientific discovery and application, and their broader relevance to society. Designed for first-year students. Although topics vary, the courses also seek to improve students’ communication skills beyond the written word.
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MUSC 101 - Introduction to Tonal Theory
Credits: (2)
Prerequisite(s): None, but familiarity with Western musical notation is highly recommended
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Introduces students to the basic structures and concepts of Western music that are required for the department’s music theory sequence (MUSC 201 , MUSC 202 , MUSC 301 ). Topics include the notation system, scales, keys, intervals, rhythm and meter, triads and seventh chords and their inversions, transposition, introduction to ear-training, basic chord progressions, and Roman numeral chord analysis. This course is a prerequisite for MUSC 201 but credit may not be used towards the major or minor requirements. Students who have earned 4 or 5 on the AP Music Theory exam are exempt from this course and from MUSC 201 ; they may register directly for MUSC 202 . Exemption may also be attained through a placement exam administered by the department.
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MUSC 150 - First-Year Seminar
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 150
An exploration of a specific topic in Music. A grade of C- or better fulfills the College 150 requirement. Although topics vary, the courses emphasize academic writing skills, reading and analysis of texts, and discussion.
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MUSC 201 - Tonal Theory I
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 101 , successful completion of the 201 placement exam, or instructor permission Corequisite(s): MUSC 201L
This course introduces basic techniques of 17th and 18th century European compositional practice. By mastering the traditional chorale-style method, the student gains a working knowledge of tonal function and voice-leading. Aural skills such as sigh singing and melodic dictation are
emphasized in a 1-credit lab. Students who have earned a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Music Theory exam are exempt from this course.
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MUSC 201L - Tonal Theory I Lab
Credits: (1)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 101, successful completion of the 201 placement exam, or instructor permission Corequisite(s): MUSC 201
Aural skills such as sigh singing and melodic dictation are emphasized in a 1-credit lab.
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MUSC 202 - Tonal Theory II
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 201 , successful completion of the 202 placement exam, a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Theory test, or consent of instructor
This course expands upon the topics covered in MUSC 201 to include chromatic techniques such as tonicization and modulation, modal mixture, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, and enharmonic reinterpretation.
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MUSC 207 - Independent Composition I
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 201
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
The student will pursue original work and engage selected analytical issues raised by this work.
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MUSC 208 - Introduction to Film Scoring
Credits: (4)
Intro to Film Scoring course is an interdisciplinary, cross-listed course between Music and Film Studies. This is a music composition, instrumentation and orchestration class. Students produce up to five original film scores, including a full orchestra score. They become proficient in using the Logic Pro, and they engrave their scores using Finale and Sibelius. This is a rigorous course, which in addition to film scoring demands the knowledge, of a state-of-the-art digital music studio production. As the final project students participate in a live orchestral reading and recording of selected scores, performed by the William and Mary Symphony Orchestra.
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MUSC 210 - Music and the Liberal Arts
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
This course introduces students to the study of music in the context of the liberal arts. Drawing on the strengths of the faculty, the course will explore a diversity of sub-fields including music theory, music history, composition, ethnomusicology, and performance.
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MUSC 212 - Beethoven and His World
Credits: (4)
As one of “The Three Bs,” Ludwig van Beethoven is considered a pillar of classical music. Reaching maturity as a musician in Vienna at the close of the eighteenth century, Beethoven mastered the classical style as inherited from Haydn and Mozart. He pursued innovations in all genres of instrumental music and ushered in the Romantic era. As a musical thinker, Beethoven engaged with the world around him, beginning as a court musician in Bonn, and with the Enlightenment and Age of Revolution as a composer in Vienna. The course begins with Beethoven as a pop culture icon, and then examines the real Beethoven through study of his life, 28th and 19th century Viennese culture, and his works. No previous musical experience is required, though encouraged.
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MUSC 213 - History of Western Music
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
A survey of the music of Western culture from its origins in plainchant through the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic and Modern periods; including important composers, compositions and the ideas that influenced them. No previous musical training required.
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MUSC 221 - Conducting I
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 201
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students are strongly encouraged to have ensemble experience. Students will learn the basic skills associated with conducting, including the study of beat patterns, cueing techniques, and the use of facial expressions or body movements. First-semester conducting will stress musicianship, score reading, ear training, and keyboard skills as essential to the mastery of conducting techniques. Students should have experience performing in an ensemble and will conduct a major ensemble as the final examination.
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MUSC 223 - Topics in Musical Performance
Credits: (4)
A performance-oriented course. Different course sections cover different topics, for example: 223-01 Big Band Jazz, 223- 02 The Early Guitar, 223-03 Accompanying.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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MUSC 224 - Bach and the Baroque
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
An introduction to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). It examines a representative cross-section of his works and their relationships to events in his life, places of employment, circumstances of composition, and place in the history of Baroque music.
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MUSC 241 - Worlds of Music
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
This course introduces students to musical cultures of the non-Western world. Topics include: native concepts about music, instruments, aesthetics, genres, relationship to community life, religion, music institutions, and patronage. Course goals will be to develop skills useful for a cross-cultural appreciation and analysis of music, and to bring questions about music into the domain of the humanities and social sciences.
Cross-listed with: ANTH 241
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MUSC 261 - Live Sound & Audio Production
Credits: (4)
This course teaches core concepts of live sound and audio production. Topics include set up & sound check; microphones; live recording; cables and connectors; studio recording; and editing, EQ, mixing, and mastering. Course objectives include: Understand basic principles of human hearing, acoustics, and digital audio; learn and troubleshoot the signal path from microphone to recording device; identify and employ various kinds of microphones, cables, stands, and assorted accessories; perform core tasks of software-based multitrack recording, editing, mixing, and mastering; and cultivate listening skills (specific bandwidths, microphone placement, suitable EQ, etc.).
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MUSC 271 - Popular Music in the United States
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
What is popular music, and what is its role in American culture? What makes music popular? What do we listen for when we listen to popular music? How and why do we determine popular music genres? In this course, we will explore these questions and more as we study the history and development of American popular music from the turn of the nineteenth century to today. We will focus, however, on music in the United States during the twentieth century. We will examine various genres and styles, including blues, country, rock, and hip-hop, from a musical-analytical perspective, as well as a social and cultural perspective. We will listen critically to popular music in order to better understand how it might reflect, shape, and/or challenge prevailing notions of American identity.
Cross-listed with: AMST 271
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MUSC 273 - History of Jazz
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
A survey of jazz from its origins to the present, focusing on influential improvisers and composers, development of listening skills, and issues of race, gender, commerce, and criticism.
Cross-listed with: AFST 331 , AMST 273
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MUSC 281 - Introduction to Computer Music and Electroacoustics
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI, NQR
Introduction to Computer Music and Electroacoustics explores basic concepts of sound synthesis and audio recording as well as computer-based digital editing, effects processing, and introductory programming through class demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and creative projects. You will learn to use several software applications, such as Adobe Audition, Ableton Live, and AudioMulch, to compose short pieces with a variety of techniques.
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MUSC 301 - Tonal Forms and Post-Tonal Techniques
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 202 or consent of instructor
The material covered in MUSC 201 - MUSC 202 is applied on a larger scale, dealing with the articulation of form. Assignments may include composition and/or analysis of minuets and trios, rondos, and sonata forms. The second part of the course transitions to the study of late 19th and early 20th century compositional practices which developed in Europe and the United States.
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MUSC 302 - Contemporary Music Theories, Styles, and Techniques
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 301
This course concerns the study of modern music theories and compositional styles and techniques. Examples include early 20th century tonality, serialism, pointillism, chance music, computer-assisted and algorithmic composition, electroacoustic music, modernism, postmodernism and 21st-century trends.
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MUSC 307 - Independent Composition II
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 207
The student will pursue original work and engage selected analytical issues raised by this work.
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MUSC 309 - Instrumentation and Orchestration
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 201
This class focuses on the rudiments of instrumental usage: their written application to pure and mixed ensembles in general and the modern orchestra in particular.
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MUSC 321 - Conducting II
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 221
Students are strongly encouraged to have ensemble experience. This course builds on and adds to techniques introduced in Conducting I. There will be more emphasis on score study and analysis, and on rehearsal techniques. Students will continue to hone transposition and clef-reading skills and will be expected to know the ranges and technical capabilities of instruments. There will be extensive in-class conducting throughout the term. Students should have experience performing in an ensemble and will conduct a major ensemble as the final examination.
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MUSC 325 - Jazz Arranging and Composing
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 201 or consent of instructor
An introduction to basic techniques of arranging and composing for small or large jazz ensembles. Students will be given the opportunity to write for the William & Mary Jazz Ensemble as well as for combos formed by class members.
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MUSC 345 - Seminar in Music Research
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 201 and MUSC 213 ; MUSC 241 strongly recommended
This course offers instruction in identifying research problems and developing methods to solve them. Students will learn to formulate research projects, build bibliographies, evaluate primary and secondary sources, develop critical thinking skills, gain command of electronic research techniques and musical applications, and sharpen writing skills. Each class will focus on an area of specialized research. Majors are recommended to take the course during their sophomore or junior year.
This course fulfills the music major writing and computer proficiency requirements and may be repeated for credit.
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MUSC 350 - Special Topics in Music Performance
Credits: (1-4)
This course is an in-depth exploration of one particular element of music performance. This is a variable credit course, taught by faculty in the Music Department or faculty in other departments (as a course cross-listed with Music). Example topics: Vocal Jazz Improvisation; Theatre Performance Seminar; Techniques of Accompanying.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit Cross-listed with: THEA 479
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MUSC 351 - Departmental Ensemble Tour
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 300, ACTV, ARTS
Students in this course will travel to destinations that lift them out of the familiar surroundings of Williamsburg and traditional performance venues. During the tour experience, students will examine how various social and political circumstances influence daily life, particularly in regard to the arts. They will note similarities and differences between mainstream/traditional American music and the music of the destination culture. Students will engage in collaborative concerts and exchange ideas with members of local performing ensembles on site in the tour destination. Students will also participate in workshops with local composers, conductors, educators, and other professionals.
Note: This course is a combination of the 1 credit ensemble course and the international trip. A fee may be required.
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MUSC 363 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Music
Credits: (1-4)
Prerequisite(s): Varies by course
This is an upper-level music course, usually without music prerequisites and frequently cross-listed with other departments. The expectations in the course will be of upper-level work in the humanities, but without the expectation of advanced musical literacy or theoretical knowledge. Topics might include Music in the Harlem Renaissance, Music in Colonial and Federal Period Virginia, Musical Theatre, etc. May fulfill COLL 200 requirement depending on topic.
This course may be repeated if the topic varies.
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MUSC 363A - Music and the Ineffable
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
Music and the Ineffable traces a line through the physics of sound, the evolution and structure of the auditory system, and neurology/psychology of music. With these broad physical, biological and psychologicl perspectives in play, questions about the nature of music, time perception, the limitations of language and representation in capturing musical experience (the “ineffable”), and others. Oliver Sack’s Musicophilia, Vladimir Jankelevich’s Music and the Ineffable, and Henry Bergson’s Matter and Memory will serve as the core texts.
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MUSC 365 - Topics in Music
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): Varies by course
This course is an upper-level music course with prerequisites set by the instructor; it is an in-depth exploration of a limited historical or theoretical topic in music. Recent topics have included: the Symphony, Chamber Music, Beethoven, American Modernist Music, Musical Culture of Medieval Paris, Music of the South, Keyboard Music, Opera, and The Music of J. S. Bach.
This course may be repeated for credit if the topic varies
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MUSC 367 - Topics in Ethnomusicology
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 241 or consent of instructor
This course is designed as an upper-level exploration of the music culture of a geographical/cultural area (e.g., the Middle East, Asia, Latin America) or of a particular topic (e.g., Music and Gender, Post-Colonial Perspectives in World Music, Music and Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective).
This course may be repeated for credit
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MUSC 368 - Music of India
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 241 or MUSC 241
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
This course surveys the musical traditions of North India, especially emphasizing the classical tradition known as Hindustani music as well as the Hindi film musical tradition. Pursuing musical, historical, and anthropological lines of inquiry, the course offers an introduction to one of the world’s most diverse and celebrated musical cultures.
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MUSC 370 - African American Spiritual
Credits: (4)
This course will be of special interest to those wishing to learn more about the rich history of a uniquely American musical tradition. We will study the spiritual in its social, political and racial dimensions with an emphasis on the role that African American student singing groups in Tennessee and Virginia’s Tidewater region played in the dissemination of the spiritual world-wide. Members of the seminar will explore original documents and recordings in regional archives, particularly at Hampton University, where the Hampton Institute Singers were among the first to sing and promote the concert spiritual. No prerequisites.
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MUSC 372 - Music Cultures of the Middle East
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
This class investigates the history and contemporary culture of musical and social systems in the Arab, Turkish, and Persian, worlds and their diasporas. Also considered are case studies from the Islamicate world and Central Asia. We learn about musical instruments and repertoires, theory and philosophy, and the effects of cultural policy and social history and economies of power and technology on musical life in contexts that range from religious gatherings to political protests. Prior coursework in ethnomusicology, anthropology, or global studies is highly recommended.
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MUSC 373 - Music in the United States
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 213 or consent of instructor
This course is an inclusionary study of the history, culture, and literature of music in the United States. American folk, popular, sacred, and art musics will be studied. A special emphasis will be on the “American experience” and its cultural relationship to musical expression.
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MUSC 375 - Music and Film
Credits: (4)
An introduction to the world of sound and music as utilized in film. Materials introduced chronologically, with units on late 19th-century musical theatre, music of ìsilentî films, early sound films (1930s), the studio system, compilation scores, electronic techniques, reintroduction of orchestral scores (1970s), and developments since the 1980s. Course content is primarily non-technical, but students should be familiar with film-studies and music-studies terms and concepts.
Cross-listed with: AMST 350 and FILM 401
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MUSC 376 - Survey of Music Business
Credits: (4)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
In this course, students will examine the ins and outs of the music industry with a particular focus on business models in the digital age. Topics to be covered include publishing, licensing, copyright, marketing, entrepreneurship, and career-building strategies. Students will develop promotional materials and gain hands on experience in music event production. The course will appeal to music creators, facilitators, and consumers alike.
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MUSC 379 - Beatle Music
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
The legacy of the rock band known as the Beatles intersects with some of the most significant political, musical, and social events of the past century. Although they left their imprint upon a bewildering variety of cultural practices, their role as musicians, composers, and recording artists formed the bedrock of their activity. This course concentrates foremost on the Beatles’ musical activities and achievements. Students will follow a chronologically oriented path that tracks the group from their earliest days until their breakup in 1970. Within the historical context of their development as composers, musical craftsmen, and artists of the recording process; class members will gain an appreciation of the many styles in which the Beatles worked, will study their reliance on existing musical traditions as well as the ways in which they transformed those traditions, and will assess their impact upon contemporaneous music and culture. Student participation and discussion is encouraged and expected. The majority of class time will comprise group discussion and analysis of musical examples and readings.
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MUSC 381 - Medieval and Renaissance Music
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): Two 4-credit music courses or consent of the instructor. MUSC 213 strongly recommended
This course covers the development of Western music from chant through the beginnings of sacred polyphony and the corresponding growth of secular vocal and instrumental music up to the end of the 16th century. Forms, styles, composers, modes of performance, and the place of music within the cultural context will be studied.
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MUSC 383 - The Baroque and Classic Period
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 213 or MUSC 381 or consent of instructor
Domain (Anchored): ALV
This course covers the development of Western European music within the social and cultural context of the 17th and 18th centuries. Major composers include Monteverdi, Lully, Purcell, Handel, Bach, Haydn, and Mozart.
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MUSC 385 - The Romantic Period
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 213 or consent of the instructor
This course is a survey of classical music of the 19th century in Western Europe and the United States. Major composers studied include Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Gottschalk, Liszt, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, and Mahler.
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MUSC 387 - Music of the Twentieth Century
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 213 or consent of the instructor
This course focuses on the development of European and American art-music from Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and their contemporaries, through the post-World War II avant-garde to the present.
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MUSC 388 - Music and Philosophy
Credits: (4)
Music as a medium of human expression has long mystified philosophers, and the philosophical questions implicit to music have been debated for centuries by musicians. Through readings and directed listenings, this course examines these questions in a modern context.
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MUSC 391 - Projects in Music
Credits: (1-4)
Prerequisite(s): Two 4-credit music courses
Directed independent study resulting in a research paper in music history, theory, conducting, or a composition. Independent study resulting in a performance (a recital or lecture-recital) is normally awarded one hour of credit.
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MUSC 407 - Independent Composition III
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 307
The student will pursue original work and engage selected analytical issues raised by this work.
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MUSC 465 - Seminar in Music
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
Intensive exploration (intended for upper division students) of a limited historical or theoretical topic. Topics to be offered will be announced the semester prior to its being taught. Recent topics have included: The Political Economy of Modernism; 19th- Century American Musical Theatre; Alan Lomax and the Music of Williamsburg.
This course may be repeated for credit Cross-listed with: AMST 470 and 570
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MUSC 467 - Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 241 and MUSC 367 or consent of the instructor
This course explores ethnomusicology through contemporary literature and the formative works in the field including material from anthropology, performance studies, ethnographic film, and folklore. Participants will conduct fieldtrips and fieldwork, including interviewing, participant observation, multi-media documentation, and ethnographic writing.
This course may be repeated for credit
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MUSC 481 - Advanced Projects in Conducting
Credits: (1-4)
Supervised pre-professional study in conducting. The student will create a scholarly or creative work as a culmination of significant preparatory research and/or rehearsal.
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MUSC 482 - Advanced Projects in Musicology
Credits: (1-4)
Supervised pre-professional study in musicology. The student will create a scholarly or creative work as a culmination of significant preparatory research and/or rehearsal.
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MUSC 483 - Advanced Projects in Ethnomusicology
Credits: (1-4)
Supervised pre-professional study in ethnomusicology. The student will create a scholarly or creative work as a culmination of significant preparatory research and/or rehearsal.
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MUSC 484 - Advanced Projects in Theory and Composition
Credits: (1-4)
Supervised pre-professional study in theory and composition. The student will create a scholarly or creative work as a culmination of significant preparatory research and/or rehearsal.
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MUSC 491 - Senior Project
Credits: (1)
For senior music majors only. Directed independent study resulting in a full-length recital or substantive research paper exhibiting scholarly engagement with an original topic. In the case of a composer, the senior project usually results in an original composition or significant arrangement, either of which may be premiered
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MUSC 495 - Senior Honors in Music
Credits: (3)
Students admitted to Honors study in Music are expected to complete supervised work in an area of special interest. This may be in performance, theory, music history, composition or a combination of these. The student will be examined orally on the study and closely related materials. Applications should be submitted by April of the junior year.
Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs; for Department of Music deadlines, see the Honors Policy form on the Department webpage.
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MUSC 496 - Senior Honors in Music
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 400
Students admitted to Honors study in Music are expected to complete supervised work in an area of special interest. This may be in performance, theory, music history, composition or a combination of these. The student will be examined orally on the study and closely related materials. Applications should be submitted by April of the junior year.
Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs; for Department of Music deadlines, see the Honors Policy form on the Department webpage.
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MUSC 498 - Internship
Credits: (1-3)
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MUSC E02 - Chamber Winds
Credits: (1)
Prerequisite(s): Successful audition and instructor permission.
Corequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in Wind Ensemble MUSC E03 .
College Curriculum: ARTS
Chamber Winds is a small group performance ensemble composed of advanced woodwind, brass, and percussion players that performs the finest literature for 6-18 players from the 16th century to the present day. Students enrolled in this course perform at least one concert per semester, on or off campus. Non-majors welcome.
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MUSC E03 - Wind Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
The Wind Ensemble is a large performing ensemble composed of woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists that performs the finest wind literature from 16th century to the present day. Both chamber music and large ensemble works are rehearsed and performed. The Wind Ensemble performs several concerts per semester both on and off campus. Non-majors welcome. By audition.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E04 - Concert Choir
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E05 - Barksdale Treble Chorus
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E06 - Symphony Orchestra
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E07 - Botetourt Chamber Singers
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E08 - Jazz Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E09 - Jazz Combo
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E10 - Brass Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E11 - Woodwind Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E12 - String Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E13 - Mixed Ensemble: Gallery Players
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E14 - Percussion Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E15 - Classical Guitar Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E17 - Early Music Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E18 - Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E19 - Opera Workshop
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E20 - Saxophone Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E21 - Indonesian Gamelan
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E22 - Performance Art Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E23 - Music of India Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E24 - Southern Appalachian Music Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC E99 - Special Guest Ensemble
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Although students may take as many credits as they wish of ensemble courses, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
All music ensembles may be repeated for credit
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MUSC B10-B40 - Individual Instruction in Trumpet
Credits: (variable credit)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is an additional fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. For information regarding the fee and policy, please see the Tuition and Fees section in the catalog.
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MUSC B11-B41 - Individual Instruction in Horn
Credits: (variable credit)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is an additional fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. For information regarding the fee and policy, please see the Tuition and Fees section in the catalog.
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MUSC B12-B42 - Individual Instruction in Trombone
Credits: (variable credit)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is an additional fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. For information regarding the fee and policy, please see the Tuition and Fees section in the catalog.
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MUSC B13-B43 - Individual Instruction in Tuba/Euphonium
Credits: (variable credit)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is an additional fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. For information regarding the fee and policy, please see the Tuition and Fees section in the catalog.
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MUSC B14 -B44 - Individual Instruction in Banjo
Credits: (Variable Credit)
College Curriculum: ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is a fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. This fee is non-refundable after the add/drop period, and students will be charged a pro-rated fee, equal to 1/12 of the Applied Music fee, for each lesson a student receives from an Applied Faculty instructor prior to dropping an Applied Music course.
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MUSC F10-F40 - Individual Instruction in Flat-Pick Guitar
Credits: (variable)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is an additional fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. For information regarding the fee and policy, please see the Tuition and Fees section in the catalog.
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MUSC G01-G02 - Group Instruction in Guitar
Credits: (1)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Students may register for 1 or 2 credits of individual instruction in music. Credits for lessons may be earned at any of four levels (10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-). Students at the beginning level may not sign up for more than one credit per semester. All music lessons except musicianship (M10-40) satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, so long as at least 2 credits of instruction are in a single performance area (that is, lessons in voice or in one particular instrument, and also in one vocal or instrumental style if the department offers more than one category). Students cannot satisfy the Arts Proficiency requirement, for example, by taking one credit each of beginning oboe and beginning guitar, or one credit each of jazz piano and classical piano. Although students may take as many credits of applied music lessons as they wish, a maximum of 14 credits may be applied toward the 120 credits required for a degree by those not majoring in Music.
There is an additional fee for applied music lessons, including group lessons. For information regarding the fee and policy, please see the Tuition and Fees section in the catalog.
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