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MUS-104
Music Appreciation I
This course is designed to discover listening skills that will
3.00 sharpen the student ' s perception of music , involving some study of its element : melody , harmony , rhythm and meter , tempo and dynamics , timbre and form - and a knowledge of how these are combined in the works heard ; information about the great composers , their lives and careers from music of earlier times to the Baroque period is provided .
MUS-107
Music Therapy
An introduction to music as a healing art form , this course includes visits to institutions and schools which use music as therapy .
MUS-200
Fundamentals of Music
This course introduces the fundamentals of music
including melody , rhythm and harmony , materials and
methods used in teaching music in the elementary
classroom . It includes the use of the recorder and simple
songs appropriate for various age levels .
3.00
3.00
MUS-203
Introduction to Broadway Musicals
The course traces the origins of the musical drama back to the cantatas of J . S . Bach , the operas of Mozart and standard musicals by Rodgers & Hammerstein .
3.00
MUS-204
Music Appreciation II
This course continues Music Appreciation I from the
3.00
Baroque to Modern Times .
MUS-210
Advanced Music Theory
A continuation of Fundamentals of Music , this course
3.00
Take MUS-200 . ( Required , Previous ).
emphasizes music composition and analysis of major works .
MUS-220
Piano Lab
The course will be group instruction in fundamental
3.00
piano technique designed for the beginner and / or intermediate musician . Students learn to read music , improvise chordal accompaniments , and develop technical proficiency through performance of elementary piano music .
MUS-299
Selected Topics in Music
This course offers students the opportunity to pursue study of musical topics , composers and forms chosen by the instructor . Course may be repeated if the topic changes .
3.00