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COURSES OF STUDY
MU 151 Elementary Theory (1)
Notation, scales, and keys; cadence patterns, chord classification, and
basic harmonic progressions; four voiced writing using triads and the
dominant seventh chord and their inversions. Three one-hour lecture
classes and two weekly lab sessions focusing on appropriate elementary
aural skills. Prerequisite: MU 150 and/or theory placement test results.
Fall.
MU 152 Intermediate Theory II (1)
A continuation of MU 151.Three one-hour lecture classes and two
weekly lab sessions focusing on appropriate elementary aural skills.
Prerequisite: MU 151. Spring.
MU 158 Music Technology (1)
An introduction to music technology, which covers computer notation,
recording techniques, MIDI sequencing, and file storage as related to
music, and other techniques. Fall.
MU 251 Advanced Theory (1)
The use of secondary seventh chords and chromatically altered chords;
analysis of style and texture in nineteenth-century literature; elementary
composition. Prerequisite: MU 152 or placement test results. Fall.
MU 252 Early Twentieth-Century Theory (1)
An analytical survey of the literature of the late nineteenth- and early
twentieth-century music, with special emphasis on new compositional
techniques, such as atonality and serial techniques, developed in this
era; assignments in composition, utilizing these techniques, form a part
of the content. Prerequisite: MU 251 or placement test results. Spring.
MU 351 Counterpoint (½)
A study of the art of writing counterpoint, with special emphasis on
eighteenth-century techniques. Prerequisite: MU 251. Spring.
MU 352 Music Since 1945 (½)
An analytical survey of late twentieth-century music. The course
includes detailed study of the major works of the era following the
Second World War to the present. Prerequisite: MU 252. Spring.
MU 355 Composition (½)
Elementary principles of composition with an emphasis on small forms
and logical organization of musical ideas. Fall, Spring.
MU 450 Orchestration (½)
A study of orchestral instruments and the textural elements of orchestral
music, including assignments in arranging for various instrumental
groupings. Prerequisite: MU 251. Fall.
