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Mansfield University 2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • HST 5500 - Historiography

    Acquaints the student with basic techniques and procedures in research; treats research and the methods of locating, evaluating and interpreting evidence. The student develops a tentative outline, bibliography and summary of investigative procedure for a research project.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • HST 5519 - History of Pennsylvania

    An in-depth examination of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Pennsylvania, which also involves the role of the Native American and local history.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • HST 5520 - The Teaching of History in the Secondary Schools

    Creation of a teaching unit in history directly transferable to the secondary teaching situation.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • HST 5531 - Topics in United States History

    An in-depth study of a special area of American history that is of current interest with an emphasis on teaching this topic.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • HST 5532 - Topics in World History

    An in-depth study of a special area of world history that is of current interest, with an emphasis on teaching this topic.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • HST 5533 - Topics in European History

    An in-depth study of a special area of European history that is of current interest, with an emphasis on teaching this topic.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • HST 5595 - Special Projects

    This course is designed to meet the needs of each student who registers. Each study is based on an approved plan and may be taken for one to six SH. Permission of the instructor, chairperson and Associate Provost are required.

    Credits: 1-6 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  

  • MA 5501 - Selected Topics

    This course will consist of topics related to the interests of the instructor, and will lie beyond or outside of the undergraduate curriculum. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Undergraduate coursework in mathematics to depend on topic.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MA 5508 - Stochastic Models

    A study of random variables, moment-generating and characteristic functions, limit theorems, stochastic processes including: Markov chains, random walks, Poisson processes, queuing theory, Kolmogorov equations, and Brownian motion. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    MA 2233, a proof-based mathematics course, and some basic knowledge in probabilty.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MA 5531 - Introduction to Manifolds

    This course introduces the concept of a manifold, and uses it to explain how the traditional Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries are simply special cases of this more general type of space. Specific topics will include the curvature of curves and surfaces, geodesics, topology of surfaces, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, introduction to 3-manifolds, and visualizing the curvature of space.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Upper-level undergraduate course in geometry.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MA 5560 - Abstract Algebra

    This course expands on the abstract algebraic structures covered in undergraduate modern algebra courses.  Topics include the theory of groups, rings, vector spaces and Boolean algebras, field extensions, and application of groups or rings. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Upper-level undergraduate course in modern algebra.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MA 5580 - Advanced Linear Algebra

    This course will continue the development of linear algebra beyond the undergraduate level. Topics will include vector spaces, linear maps, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, inner product spaces, and determinants. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Undergraduate linear algebra course.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MA 5597 - Independent Study

    This independent study course is provided to allow a student with a substantial undergraduate background in mathematics to explore an area  of mathematics under the guidance of a mathematics faculty member.

    Credits: 1 - 3
  

  • MAP 5500 - Voice Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree.
  

  • MAP 5510 - Piano Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5515 - Applied Conducting

    Private study in the art of conducting.  Students develop and refine conducting skills, applying learned techniques and gestural language to various musical compositions.

    Credits: 1-2 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5520 - Organ Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5530 - Flute Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5531 - Oboe Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5532 - Clarinet Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5533 - Bassoon Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5534 - Saxophone Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5540 - Trumpet Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5541 - Horn Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5542 - Trombone Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5543 - Euphonium Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5544 - Tuba Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5550 - Violin Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5551 - Viola Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5552 - Cello Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5553 - Bass Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5557 - Guitar Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 5560 - Percussion Secondary

    Private or class study in voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion is available. Such study is designed to meet the professional needs of the student. 5500-level applied music courses are designed for studying secondary instruments.

    Credits: 1 SH Notes: The courses offer one credit per semester. A maximum of two SH may be applied to the degree
  

  • MAP 6600 - Voice

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6610 - Piano

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6615 - Applied Conducting

    Private study of the art of conducting.  Students develop and refine conducting skills, applying learned techniques and gestural language to various musical compositions.

    Credits: 1-2 SH Notes: The courses offer one or two SH per semester or term and may be re-elected for additional credit. A maximum of four SH may be applied to the degree. (Part-time students register for one credit per semester.) After four SH in the primary applied instrument and in consultation with the applied professor, students may choose to register for MU 5596 Recital
  

  • MAP 6616 - Collaborative Piano

    The course will address issues specifically pertaining to the piano in a collaborative setting.  This will include score study, coaching sessions with other musicians, rehearsal techniques.  This course will focus on the music being prepared for the required recitals (MU 5596) as well as assigned accompaniments. 

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6630 - Flute

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6631 - Oboe

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6632 - Clarinet

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6633 - Bassoon

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6634 - Saxophone

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6640 - Trumpet

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6641 - Horn

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6642 - Trombone

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6643 - Euphonium

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6644 - Tuba

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6650 - Violin

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6651 - Viola

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6652 - Cello

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6653 - Bass

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6657 - Guitar

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6660 - Percussion

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MAP 6670 - Recital

    6600-level applied music courses are designed for advanced study in the major applied area. A satisfactory audition is required prior to registration for these courses.

    Credits: 1-2 SH
  

  • MEN 5500 - Concert Choir

    A select mixed choir of about 55 voices. Rehearses four hours a week on choral literature spanning five centuries and in a variety of languages. Joins with Festival Chorus to form an ensemble for women and men each fall and takes an annual tour in the spring. The group has performed at state, regional, and national conventions, has produced numerous recordings, and tours internationally every three years. Open to qualified graduate students.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5501 - Festival Chorus

    A mixed chorus of over 100 voices; open to all university students as well as community singers. The group rehearses three hours a week and performs a wide variety of choral styles in the fall semester and major choral works with professional soloists and orchestra during the spring semester. Members of the group also join with the Concert Choir to form separate women’s and men’s choruses in the fall semester. The Festival Chorus has produced numerous recordings. Open to graduate students by placement into a section.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5502 - Opera Workshop

    The study and performance of operatic scenes or full scale operatic productions chosen according to the abilities of the students in the workshop.  Under supervision, students perform in, musically direct, coach, accompany, conduct and stage direct various scenes. 

    Credits: 1 SH Dual Listed: MEN 3302.

  

  • MEN 5503 - Mansfieldians

    A highly select small ensemble specializing in vocal jazz and chamber choir music. The Mansfieldians tour with the MU Jazz Ensemble each year. The group also gives an annual holiday dinner concert and makes frequent guest appearances on behalf of the university. Rehearses three hours a week. An audition is required.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5504 - Chamber Singers

    A highly select vocal ensemble of 12-20 voices established for the study and performance of repertoire from the vocal chamber idiom. Literature includes madrigals & motets from the 16th and 17th centuries, Bach cantatas, part-songs of the 18th and 19th centuries, and contemporary selections. The ensemble performs both on and off campus. An audition is required for membership.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5505 - Vocal Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5506 - Musical Theatre Production

    The study and performance of a full-scale musical production done in conjunction with the department of speech, communications and theatre.  Students will participate in all performance and technical aspects of the production. 

    Credits: 1 cr.
  

  • MEN 5510 - Piano Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5530 - Concert Wind Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5531 - Mountie Marching Band

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5532 - Symphonic Band

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5533 - Woodwind Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5534 - Brass Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5535 - Concert Jazz Band

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5536 - Small Jazz and Commercial Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5537 - Summer Music Institute Ensemble

    This ensemble is designed for master’s degree candidates during the summer music institute.  The group serves as a lab group for conductors and also provides performance opportunities for students in the master of arts degrees in music education and collaborative piano.

    Credits: 1
  

  • MEN 5550 - Orchestra

    The Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra provides an opportunity for experienced university and community musicians to participate in the performance of standard symphonic literature. The orchestra presents concerts each semester, accompanies outstanding student soloists, and is a touring ensemble.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5551 - String Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5557 - Guitar Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MEN 5560 - Percussion Ensemble

    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MU 5241 - General Music Methods K-12

    Studies the developmental and musical characteristics of children ages 5-18. Emphasizes teaching the elements of music through age-appropriate activities. Includes a survey of current materials as well as observation/participation in the local schools. Particular attention is given to curricular development for general music classes and elective courses in grades K-12.

    Credits: 3
  

  • MU 5500 - Methods and Materials of Research

    Basic techniques, procedures and sources. Selections of a research problem; methods for locating, evaluating and interpreting evidence; types of research; formal writing style; and use of the library.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5501 - World Musics

    Musics of the five continents are explored with particular emphasis on each tradition’s cultural function. Provides the fundamental research and comparative skills needed to understand and listen to selected non-Western music. Includes discussions of how Western art and popular music incorporate these styles. Field study and ethno-musicological techniques are explored.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5505 - Techology in Music Education

    Studies current trends in technology for the music classroom. Special focus on educational software, online resources, Smartboard, notation software, and application to the music classroom and ensemble rehearsal.

    Credits: 1
  

  • MU 5510 - Form and Analysis

    Various methods of musical analysis are studied and applied to compositions representative of various periods of music history.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5513 - Electronic Music

    Survey of electro-acoustic music technology with emphasis on MIDI applications. Provides hands-on experience with computer-based sequencing and audio editing notation.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5514 - Computer-Based Music Notation

    The course provides hands-on instruction in computer-based music notation. Common software applications (Finale, Sibelius, etc.) and standard conventions and techniques of music notation are explored.

    Credits: 1 SH
  

  • MU 5515 - Instrumental Scoring

    Arranging for various families and choirs of instruments, culminating in an arrangement of a suitable organ or piano composition for a concert group. Pre-requisite: An undergraduate course in orchestration.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisite: An undergraduate course in orchestration.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  

  • MU 5518 - Advanced Composition

    Students develop and work on individual compositions, thus deepening their knowledge and skill in musical composition.

    Credits: 1-3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course Notes: May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 6 SH.
  

  • MU 5519 - Interpretation of Selected Repertory

    Interpretative techniques are studied and applied to repertory selected by both student and instructor. The student may wish to select music (1) to be learned or reviewed for performance purposes, (2) to be taught in his/her professional work as teacher or conductor, (3) to be of particular interest for study. Additional repertory will be selected as needed to illustrate particular interpretative aspects.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  

  • MU 5520 - Song Literature

    The development of monophonic song from the days of the troubadours and trouvers to the present. Emphasis is on the history of the German lied, French Melodie, Italian, Spanish, and solo song in the British Isles and the United States.

    Credits: 3 SH

  

  • MU 5521 - Choral Literature

    The study of choral repertoire from each historical period including literature from the spiritual, folk, and jazz idioms. The course will include music for choirs from elementary school  through collegiate levels as well as issues regarding performance practices, vocal warm-ups, and rehearsal techniques.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5523 - Studies in Keyboard Literature

    Keyboard literature including organ, “clavier” and piano. Examples are drawn from early and later sources according to the interests and requirements of the student.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5529 - Seminar in Music Literature

    An intensive study of selected examples of musical literature with emphasis on comparative, historical, and stylistic developments.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5537 - Wind Band Literature

    The study of wind band literature considered standard in performance repertoire with an emphasis on developing the skills to recognize works that are artfully crafted.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    None for MA candidates, MU 3351 and MU 3315 for undergraduates.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5538 - Conductor’s Literature

    The study of standard literature in the performance repertoire of wind band and orchestral ensembles. An emphasis on developing the skills to recognize works that are artfully crafted, explore the origins of wind-band music, identify great literature for both wind-band and orchestra and assess the development and direction of current trends. While repertoire emphasized will be of the highest quality, one of the major benefits of the course will be to explore literature for all levels of programming, from beginning to professional levels.

    Credits: 2
  

  • MU 5540 - History and Philosophy of Music Education

    Philosophical and historical foundations of music education from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present. Special emphasis on music education in the U.S. and music as an aesthetic experience.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5541 - Instrumental Methods

    The role of the music educator in positions of administration and supervision. An analysis of administrative functions including the definition of purpose, planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving school music programs.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5543 - Seminar in Music Education

    Identification and formulation of the principles, philosophies, and objectives of music education.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5545 - Vocal/Choral Music Methods

    The study of a suitable choral program in an institutional setting. The course emphasizes the teaching of voice and ensemble singing through the developmental stages of singers, from child to adult. Students observe and participate in vocal/choral music-making with elementary through collegiate level choirs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: undergraduate music degree and MU 5550.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5547 - Orff-Schulwerk: Level I

    This course will prepare music teachers, music therapists, church musicians, administrators, and classroom teachers in the introductory techniques and materials of Orff-Schulwerk. Participants will learn how to work developmentally with children so that they may experience and understand the concepts of music through active participation. Successful completion of the course will result in the awarding of the Level I certification according to the guidelines of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.

    Credits: 3 SH
  

  • MU 5550 - Advanced Choral Conducting

    The course is designed to give graduate students the opportunity to refine their choral conducting skills, advance their knowledge of choral literature and performance practices, and increase their understanding of vocal techniques through group study and individual conducting experiences.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5551 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting

    Study and analysis of all phases of baton techniques, rehearsal methods and score reading.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5552 - Diction I for Singers

    This course will use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to present a systematic approach to the pronunciation of vocal literature in Italian, Latin and German, examining those elements of pronunciation, which must be modified from the spoken language into the singing language. The course will require solo and group preparation of songs in each language, including precise translations for foreign language literature and will provide for class criticism and discussion of performance in an effort to develop critical hearing.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5553 - Diction II for Singers

    This course will use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to present a systematic approach to the pronunciation of vocal literature in English and French, examining those elements of pronunciation, which must be modified from the spoken language into the singing language. The course will require solo and group preparation of songs in each language, including precise translations for foreign language literature and will provide for class criticism and discussion of performance in an effort to develop critical hearing.

    Credits: 2 SH
  

  • MU 5557 - Music Theatre Production

    A course providing the non-professional stage director with a working knowledge of the skills needed to stage and direct a musical production.

    Credits: 3 SH
 

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