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Lamar State College Port Arthur
2017-2018 Catalog
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1405.
MUSC 2448 Audio Engineering IV ........... 4:3:3
Advanced recording, mixing, arranging, and editing.
Includes the role of the producer in session planning,
communication, budgeting, business aspects,
technical considerations and music markets. This is
a capstone course for Commercial Music–Sound
Engineering AAS degree.
MUSP 1204 Applied Commercial Music: Bass
Guitar .......................................................... 2:1:3
Private instruction in bass guitar with goals related
to commercial music.
MUSP 1205 Applied Commercial Music:
Commercial Guitar ..................................... 2:1:3
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2347. Private instruction in commercial guitar with goals
related to commercial music.
(MUSI) Music MUSP 1210 Applied Commercial Music: Piano
..................................................................... 2:1:3
Note: ONLY MUSI 1310 and MUSI 1306 fulfill
general education requirements for non-Commercial
Music majors.
Private instruction in piano with goals related to
commercial music.
MUSI 1181 Piano Class I ........................... 1:0:3 MUSP 1217 Applied Commercial Music:
Percussion .................................................. 2:1:3
Class instruction in the fundamentals of keyboard
technique for beginning piano students. Private instruction in percussion with goals related
to commercial music.
MUSI 1182 Piano Class II .......................... 1:0:3 MUSP 1223 Applied Commercial Music:
Synthesizer ................................................. 2:1:3
Further class instruction in the fundamentals of
keyboard technique for beginning piano students.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1181.
MUSI 1183 Voice Class Instruction I ....... 1:0:3
Class instruction in the fundamentals of singing
including breathing, tone production, and diction.
Designed for students with little or no previous voice
training. Open to non-music majors.
MUSI 1301 Fundamentals of Music I ....... 3:3:0
Introduction to the basic elements of music theory
for non-music majors: scales, intervals, keys, triads,
elementary ear training, keyboard harmony,
notation, meter, and rhythm which promotes the
appreciation of cultural expressions. (Does not apply
to a music major degree.)
MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation ................ 3:3:0
Understanding music through the study of cultural
periods, major composers, and musical elements.
Illustrated with audio recordings and live
performances.
MUSI 1310 American Music ..................... 3:3:0
General survey of various styles of music in
America. Topics may include jazz, ragtime, folk,
rock, and contemporary art music which promotes
the appreciation of cultural expressions.
(MUSP) Commercial Music
Ensemble, Piano, Individual
Instruction
Note: Courses do not satisfy general education
requirements for non-Commercial Music major
students.
Private instruction in the synthesizer with goals
related to commercial music.
MUSP 1227 Applied Commercial Music: Voice
..................................................................... 2:1:3
Private instruction in voice with goals related to
commercial music.
MUSP 1242 Small Commercial Music
Ensemble .................................................... 2:1:4
Participation in a small commercial ensemble
concentrating performance styles in a recording
studio environment.
MUSP 2103 Commercial Class Piano ...... 1:0:3
Development of keyboard skills for commercial
music majors. Includes selected chord progressions
and scales, modal harmony, and extensive use of the
ii-V7-I progression with appropriate keyboard
voicing. May be repeated twice for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1181 and 1182.
(NURA) Nurse Aide
NURA 1160 Clinical Nursing Assistant/Aide
and Patient Assistant/Aide ....................... 1:0:3
A health-related work based learning experience
that enables the student to apply specialized
occupational theory, skills and concepts. Direct
supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
Corequisite(s): NURA 1301.
NURA 1301 Nurse Aide for Health Care .. 3:2:4
Knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to provide
basic care to residents of long-term care facilities.
Topics include resident's rights, communication,
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