Music

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Academic Music Courses

MS-101   Music Fundamentals (Variable; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) Designed to teach students the basic tools and elements of music and its notation. Students learn to become literate in the fundamentals of music(reading and writing music notes, intervals, scales, chords, rhythms, structure...)and apply that knowledge to composition (e.g. a group project composing a brief " percussion " ensemble piece) and basic piano skills. Discussions of the importance of music in society and in education.

MS-110   Survey of Western Music (Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) Uses the historical development of " Western " music as the basis for forming a better understanding of the art of music. Listening skills are developed over the course of the semester.

MS-112   Introduction to Aesthetic Experience (Spring; Odd Years; 3.00 Credits; F) Introduces the aesthetic experience as a phenomenon of the human condition. Emphasizes an understanding of what the aesthetic experience is and learning to maximize the experience through perception of how the elements of an art work interact. Students learn to take from art what it uniquely offers.

MS-125   Musical Acoustics (Variable; Variable; 4.00 Credits; F,N) This course covers concepts of physics as applied to music. Topics include sound and resonance, pitch and tuning systems, psychoacoustics, anatomy of the ear, workings of musical instruments, electronic music fundamentals and literature, a review of musical notation, and aural recognition of intervals and pitches. Students will design and build a musical instrument, and participate in a performance.

MS-230   History of American Popular Music (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; F) This course covers popular music in America, from Revolutionary War era through modern practices. Units on mainstream pop, jazz and its ancestors, early town bands, musical theatre, country, the fragmentation of the market in the 1960's, and other topics are included. Students complete various presentations on auxiliary topics affecting the development of mainstream pop music. Prerequisites: MS110.

MS-341   Music/Classroom Teaching (Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; F) Develops skills needed to incorporate music in the elementary classroom. These skills include being able to sing in tune and perform songs with consistent tempo and accurate meter; learn a new song on his/her own and play the melody on piano; lead music activities and teach a song to others; select music materials appropriate for children.