 | | Course ID: | MUSI 1022. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Music Therapy | Course
Description: | Provides an introduction to the field of music therapy and
prepares students for their first clinical assignments. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Music Therapy | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1100. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Theory I | Course
Description: | Music fundamentals and the beginning of diatonic harmony,
part-writing, and analysis. | | Athena Title: | Music Theory I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Corequisite: | MUSI 1110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1110. 2 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Aural Skills I | Course
Description: | Fundamentals of ear training involving aural perception of materials of Music Theory I. Laboratory in aural skills drill and keyboard harmony included. | | Athena Title: | Aural Skills I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Corequisite: | MUSI 1100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1120. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Theory II | Course
Description: | A continuation of the material of Music Theory I through more complex diatonic part-writing and analysis through beginning chromatic harmony and analysis. Keyboard harmony work is included. | | Athena Title: | Music Theory II | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1100 and MUSI 1110 | | Corequisite: | MUSI 1130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1130. 2 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Aural Skills II | Course
Description: | Ear training involving diatonic and beginning chromatic materials. | | Athena Title: | Aural Skills II | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1100 and MUSI 1110 | | Corequisite: | MUSI 1120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1700. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Applied Music Instruction for the Non-Music Major | Course
Description: | Applied music instruction (instrumental or vocal) offered at all
levels through enrollment in the University of Georgia
Community Music School. | | Athena Title: | Applied Music for Non Major | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly vocal or instrumental one-on-one applied instruction with
seminar. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1810. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Freshman Applied Instruction | Course
Description: | Applied instruction in a musical instrument or voice for the
freshman year. | | Athena Title: | Freshman Applied Instruction | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction in a major or secondary applied instrument or
voice, both one-on-one and in seminar. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 1820. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Applied Music Instruction | Course
Description: | Applied instruction in a musical instrument or voice for the second semester of the freshman year. | | Athena Title: | Applied Music Instruction | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction in a major or secondary applied instrument, voice, or composition, both one-on-one and in seminar. Credit hours vary according to degree program and reflect differing performance expectations and literature difficulty. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1810 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2000. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Guitar for Beginners | Course
Description: | An introduction to guitar playing. Students will learn the basic fundamentals for a healthy and versatile playing technique. Music notation will be taught. A nylon string (classical) guitar is required. No prior experience playing music or guitar is needed. Guitar rentals are available. | | Athena Title: | Guitar for Beginners | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 3400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2010. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Beginning Steel Drum Band | Course
Description: | Provides students with the opportunity to not only study the
traditional music of Trinidad, but also to experience this music
through performance. Students will also learn about the history
and evolution of the steel drum. | | Athena Title: | Beginning Steel Drum Band | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2020E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Music | Course
Description: | An introduction to music, musicians, and deeper listening experiences. Music of the past and present will be sampled as students acquire new abilities for appreciating the sound, style, and contexts for music. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2020 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Music | Course
Description: | An introduction to music, musicians, and deeper listening experiences. Music of the past and present will be sampled as students acquire new abilities for appreciating the sound, style, and contexts for music. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2020E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2021. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Practicum I | Course
Description: | Beginning level of practical experience in conducting music
therapy sessions with selected clients. Includes observation,
assisting, planning, implementation, and documentation of weekly
music therapy sessions throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Practicum I | | Nontraditional Format: | Field work under the supervision of a licensed music therapist
(2-4 hours per week in the field plus preparation time). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1022 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2022. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Practicum II | Course
Description: | Continuation of beginning level of practical experience in
conducting music therapy sessions with selected clients. Includes
assessment, planning, implementation, and documentation of weekly
music therapy sessions throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Practicum II | | Nontraditional Format: | Field work under the supervision of a licensed music therapist
(2-4 hours per week in the field plus preparation time). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2021 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Popular Music | Course
Description: | Rotating subjects in popular music, drawing upon a wide variety of influences and ethnicities. Course content will be drawn from such topics as jazz, Hispanic styles and influences, folksong, and American musical theatre. | | Athena Title: | History of Popular Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2040E, MUSI 2040H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2040E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Popular Music | Course
Description: | Rotating subjects in popular music, drawing upon a wide variety
of influences and ethnicities. Course content will be drawn
from such topics as jazz, Hispanic styles and influences,
folksong, and American musical theatre. | | Athena Title: | History of Pop Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2040, MUSI 2040H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2040H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Popular Music (Honors) | Course
Description: | Rotating subjects in popular music, drawing upon a wide variety of influences and ethnicities. Course content will be drawn from such topics as jazz, Hispanic styles and influences, folksong, and American musical theatre. | | Athena Title: | History of Pop Music Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2040, MUSI 2040E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Survey of Jazz History | Course
Description: | A historical survey of the development of jazz as an indigenous
American art form. | | Athena Title: | SURVEY JAZZ HISTORY | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History and Analysis of Rock Music | Course
Description: | The study of rock music from its origins to the present.
Examination of the place of rock music in society, from its roots
in African American blues and European American folk to its place
in current society. | | Athena Title: | History Analysis Rock Music | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI(AFST)(AFAM) 2080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African American Music | Course
Description: | A survey of musical styles created and/or developed by African
Americans in North America from c. 17th century to the 21st
century. Includes socio-cultural approach drawing from the
African heritage to other continental appropriations. Key
personalities in the development of the African American music
culture and their contributions will also be examined. | | Athena Title: | African American Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2080E, AFST 2080E, AFAM 2080E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI(AFST)(AFAM) 2080E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African American Music | Course
Description: | A survey of musical styles created and/or developed by African
Americans in North America from the 17th century to the 21st
century. Includes a socio-cultural approach drawing from the
African heritage to other continental appropriations. Key
personalities in the development of the African American music
culture and their contributions will also be examined. | | Athena Title: | African American Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2080, AFST 2080, AFAM 2080 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2090. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music and Film | Course
Description: | Explores the history and aesthetics of film music. The course
relies on three assumptions: 1) that a film's score
fundamentally alters the viewer's perception of the film; 2)
that the film's images affect the way the viewer hears the
music; and 3) that the combination of music and images can have
a much greater impact on the viewer than either medium alone. | | Athena Title: | MUSIC AND FILM | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2100. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Theory III | Course
Description: | Chromatic harmony involving part-writing, composition, and analysis. | | Athena Title: | Music Theory III | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1120 and MUSI 1130 | | Corequisite: | MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2110. 2 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Aural Skills III | Course
Description: | Ear training involving chromatic melodic and harmonic materials. | | Athena Title: | Aural Skills III | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1120 and MUSI 1130 | | Corequisite: | MUSI 2100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2120. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Theory IV | Course
Description: | Advanced chromatic harmony and contemporary compositional methods and materials. | | Athena Title: | Music Theory IV | | Prerequisite: | (MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110) or permission of department | | Corequisite: | MUSI 2130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2130. 2 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Aural Skills IV | Course
Description: | Ear training involving advanced chromatic harmony and contemporary materials. | | Athena Title: | Aural Skills IV | | Prerequisite: | (MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110) or permission of department | | Corequisite: | MUSI 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2150. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Jazz Ear Training | Course
Description: | Emphasis on the development of sight-singing, diction, improvisation, and rhythmic skills as they especially apply to the jazz style. | | Athena Title: | Jazz Ear Training | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1120 and MUSI 1130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2200H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Honors Seminar in Music | Course
Description: | Discussion of music and the broad evolution of musical styles
from both western and non-western traditions. Students will
explore a variety of individual musical topics and participate
in class discussions on the creation, performance, and
reception of music. | | Athena Title: | HONORS SEM IN MUSIC | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2020 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in Athens | Course
Description: | Explores national and international musical and cultural trends.
The course draws from Athens, Georgia’s diverse musical
communities and their histories, exploring the rock, hip hop, and
indie popular music scenes along with African-American
traditions, folk and traditional musics, and the emergent Latin
music scene. | | Athena Title: | Music in Athens | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2300H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2300H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in Athens (Honors) | Course
Description: | Explores national and international music. The course draws
from Athens, Georgia’s diverse musical communities and their
histories, exploring the rock, hip hop, and indie popular music
scenes along with African-American traditions, folk and
traditional musics, and the emergent Latin music scene. | | Athena Title: | Music in Athens (Honors) | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2300 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2400. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Voice Class I | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | VOICE CLASS I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2410. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Voice Class II | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Voice Class II | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2400 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2420. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Voice Class III | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Voice Class III | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2410 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2430. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Voice Class IV | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Voice Class IV | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2420 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2440. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Voice Class V | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Voice Class V | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2430 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2450. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Voice Class VI | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Voice Class VI | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2440 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2460. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Voice Class for the Non-Music Major | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of vocal performance and pedagogy for the non-music major. | | Athena Title: | NON-MAJOR VOICE | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2500. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano Class I | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for satisfying the piano proficiency requirement. | | Athena Title: | PIANO CLASS I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2510. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano Class II | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for satisfying the piano proficiency requirement. | | Athena Title: | PIANO CLASS II | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2500 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2520. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano Class III | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for satisfying the piano proficiency requirement. | | Athena Title: | PIANO CLASS III | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2510 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2530. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano Class IV | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for satisfying the piano proficiency requirement. The exam for this semester is the piano proficiency. | | Athena Title: | PIANO CLASS IV | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2520 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2540. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano for Music Therapists | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for students who have completed the piano proficiency requirement. | | Athena Title: | Piano for Music Therapists | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2530 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2550. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano for Choral Music Educators | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for students who have completed the piano proficiency requirement. | | Athena Title: | Piano Choral Music Educators | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2540 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2560. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Intro to Jazz Keyboard Harmony | Course
Description: | A basic introduction to the fundamentals of jazz piano with an emphasis on techniques such as scales, arpeggios, chord voicings, reading, transposition, "comping", and score analysis. Includes assigned written or improvised playing assignments and performance exams in a solo or group context. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Jazz Keyboard Harmony | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2510 | | Pre or Corequisite: | MUSI 1120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2570. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Keyboard Musicianship in Pop and Commercial Styles | Course
Description: | A survey of various styles in the pop idiom beginning with early rock-and-roll and rhythm and blues styles to more contemporary genres. Includes assigned written or improvised playing assignments and performance exams in a solo or group context. | | Athena Title: | Pop and Commercial Keyboard | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2510 or permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | MUSI 1120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Media Music | Course
Description: | An overview study of music in film, television, games, videos, and multimedia. Music for film and other media is about “helping tell the story” of the film, show, or game play. We will be critically analyzing the underscore (and songs) for various genres to help gain an understanding of how underscore works to help tell the story. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Media Music | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2790. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Music Education | Course
Description: | Provides an introduction to the music education profession. It will examine practices and principles of music teaching and learning, historical foundations of American music education, and sociological, political, and curricular influences that have shaped its development. It will provide an opportunity for students to take a panoramic view of the profession and critically reflect upon issues of school music teaching and their role as music educators. Field experience in the schools will be required. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Music Education | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2810. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Sophomore Applied Instruction | Course
Description: | Applied instruction for music majors in a musical instrument or
voice for the sophomore year. | | Athena Title: | Sophomore Applied Instruction | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction in a major or secondary applied instrument or
voice, both one-on-one and in seminar. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 2820. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Sophomore Applied Instruction and Recital | Course
Description: | Applied instruction and recital for music majors in a musical
instrument or voice for the sophomore year. Required for BM-Music
Performance majors and AB-Music majors but optional for all other
undergraduate music degrees. | | Athena Title: | Soph App Instruct and Recital | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction in a major or secondary applied instrument or
voice, both one-on-one and in seminar and recital preparation for
that applied instrument or voice. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI(AFST) 2860. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | African Music Ensemble | Course
Description: | An ensemble performing choral, dance, and instrumental music from
Africa including sacred, secular, and popular music. | | Athena Title: | AFR MUS ENSEMBLE | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI(AFAM) 2960. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | African American Percussive Music: From Africa to the Americas | Course
Description: | Traditional and contemporary African American percussion music beginning with its African heritage and tracking its development throughout the Americas, with particular emphasis on the United States. Teaching/learning strategies include in-class performance, demonstrations, audiovisuals, and lectures. No previous music performance background is required. | | Athena Title: | AFR AM PERC MUS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | World Music Survey: Africa, Europe, and the Americas | Course
Description: | Surveys music cultures of Africa, Europe, and the Americas excluding western art music. An exploration of their structures, forms, instruments, performance practices, contexts, and roles in social, cultural, and global systems. | | Athena Title: | WORLD MUS: WEST HEM | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3021. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | World Music, the West, and the East | Course
Description: | Interrogates the East-West divide in music and allied fields. Drawing on anthropological, ethnomusicological, feminist, and postcolonial forms of analysis, participants will explore practices of representation and the structures, forms, instruments, performance practices, contexts, and aestheticization of the East-West binary in social, cultural, and political systems. | | Athena Title: | World Music the West and East | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3025. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Practicum III | Course
Description: | Intermediate level of practical experience in conducting music
therapy sessions with selected clients. Includes assessment,
planning, implementation, and documentation of weekly music
therapy sessions throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Practicum III | | Nontraditional Format: | Field work under the supervision of a licensed music therapist
(2-4 hours per week in the field plus preparation time). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2022 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3026. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Practicum IV | Course
Description: | Continuation of intermediate level of practical experience in
conducting music therapy sessions with selected clients. Includes
assessment, planning, implementation, and documentation of weekly
music therapy sessions throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Practicum IV | | Nontraditional Format: | Field work under the supervision of a licensed music therapist
(2-4 hours per week in the field plus preparation time). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3025 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in the United States | Course
Description: | Music-making and composition in the United States from the colonial period through the twenty-first century. The genres and styles covered include folk, popular, theatre, band, and art music traditions. | | Athena Title: | Music in the United States | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Skills and Fundamentals for Elementary School Teachers | Course
Description: | The basic skills and fundamentals of music for the elementary and early childhood classroom teacher. | | Athena Title: | MUSIC FOR ELE ED | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Creativity in Music | Course
Description: | Where does music come from? When, why, and how did people first start making music? What forms does creativity take in music? How do music creators turn raw inspiration into finished pieces? How do improvisers create music on the spot? How do composers create notes for many instruments playing at once? Can anyone create music, or is that something only for composers? This course will provide many and varied answers to these questions and more. | | Athena Title: | Creativity in Music | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Techniques and Experiences for Children | Course
Description: | Methods and field experience for music education majors. Course consists of a survey of effective teaching techniques, research in learning, and materials, including use of technology and multicultural materials. | | Athena Title: | MUSIC TECH AND EXP | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3190. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Composition Lab | Course
Description: | Elementary exercises and study of composition for non-music majors and music majors not majoring in composition. | | Athena Title: | COMP LAB | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1100 or MUSI 3550 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in the Western Tradition Pre-1750 | Course
Description: | History of western music from its beginnings through the Baroque era. | | Athena Title: | Music West Trad pre 1750 | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1120 and MUSI 1130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in the Western Tradition Post-1750 | Course
Description: | The history of western music from the Classical style period to the present day. | | Athena Title: | Music West Trad Post 1750 | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1120 and MUSI 1130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3240. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Instrumentation and Arranging | Course
Description: | Instrumentation and Arranging is the first course in orchestration. Instrument ranges and colors will be learned and discussed. After learning ranges, colors, and uses, students learn to arrange for the orchestra. Common doublings up to three- and four-part arrangements are learned and discussed. Other compositional techniques will be discussed. | | Athena Title: | Instrumentation and Arranging | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3400. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Guitar Techniques | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of guitar performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Guitar Techniques | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2000 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3401. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Guitar Skills for Therapists | Course
Description: | Functional guitar skills and repertoire appropriate for use in
therapeutic work. | | Athena Title: | GUITAR SKILLS THERA | | Nontraditional Format: | Required of all music therapy majors. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3450S. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Vocal Pedagogy | Course
Description: | Presents structure and function of the singing mechanism,
current research in physical development, maturation, learning
and skill acquisition and the application of these to vocal
instruction for individuals and groups; research and class
presentations utilizing electronic media; and service-learning
vocal instruction experience with area community partners. | | Athena Title: | Vocal Pedagogy | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and
implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of
the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning
component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional
time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3460. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Piano Pedagogy I | Course
Description: | Piano teaching, surveying elementary methods and materials for teaching beginners. | | Athena Title: | Piano Pedagogy I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3470. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Keyboard Musicianship | Course
Description: | Functional keyboard skills for piano performance majors and
music theory majors. | | Athena Title: | Keyboard Musicianship | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major: BM-Music Performance and BM-Music Theory | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3480. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Conducting | Course
Description: | Basic principles, techniques, and methods of conducting and interpretation. | | Athena Title: | INTRO TO CONDUCTING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3490. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Choral Conducting | Course
Description: | Rehearsal, interpretive and conducting techniques, and methods for choral organizations. | | Athena Title: | CHORAL CONDUCTING | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3480 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3500. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Band Conducting | Course
Description: | Rehearsals, interpretive and conducting techniques, and methods for band organizations. | | Athena Title: | BAND CONDUCTING | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3480 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3510. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Orchestra Conducting | Course
Description: | Rehearsal, interpretive and conducting techniques, and methods for orchestra. | | Athena Title: | ORCHESTRACONDUCTING | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3480 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3520. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Piano Accompanying | Course
Description: | Practical experience in chamber music, piano duets, and accompanying. | | Athena Title: | ACCOMPANYING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3540. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Songwriting | Course
Description: | The components of American popular song from the perspective of
the developing songwriter. Following successful examples,
techniques to improve studentsʼ expressive and artistic
songwriting potential will be applied, culminating in performance
of a finished song. Relevant aspects of music production and
music business will also be addressed. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Songwriting | | Prerequisite: | (MUSI 1100 and MUSI 1110) or MUSI 3550 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Theory for Non-Majors | Course
Description: | The fundamentals of music and their application in composition and analysis. | | Athena Title: | MUS THEORY NON-MAJ | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 1100 or MUSI 1110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music and Media | Course
Description: | An overview study of music in film, television, games, videos, and multimedia. Music for film and other media is about “helping tell the story” of the film, show, or game play. We will be critically analyzing the underscore (and songs) for various genres to help gain an understanding of how underscore works to help tell the story. | | Athena Title: | Music and Media | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1100 or MUSI 3550 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3700. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Applied Music Instruction for the Non-Music Major | Course
Description: | Applied music instruction (instrumental or vocal) offered at all
levels through enrollment in the University of Georgia Community
Music School. | | Athena Title: | Applied Music for Non Major | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly vocal or instrumental one-on-one applied instruction with
seminar. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3800. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Applied Music Instruction for Music Minors | Course
Description: | Applied instruction for music minors in a musical instrument or voice. | | Athena Title: | App Music Instruction Minors | | Nontraditional Format: | One-hour or thirty minute weekly lessons in a major or secondary applied instrument, voice, or composition. Credit hours vary according to student ability and reflect differing performance expectations and literature difficulty. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3810. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Junior Applied Instruction | Course
Description: | Applied instruction for music majors in a musical instrument or
voice for the junior year. | | Athena Title: | Junior Applied Instruction | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction in a major or secondary applied instrument or
voice, both one-on-one and in seminar. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3820. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Junior Applied Instruction and Recital | Course
Description: | Applied instruction and recital for music majors in a musical
instrument or voice for the junior year and performance of a
junior recital. | | Athena Title: | Junior App Inst and Recital | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction and recital preparation in a major or
secondary applied instrument or voice, both one-on-one and in
seminar. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3830. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | String Pedagogy | Course
Description: | Instruction in pedagogy for all bowed string instruments. Class and studio teaching methods will be explored. | | Athena Title: | STRING PEDAGOGY | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3900. 1-2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Applied Instruction for the Musical Theatre Certificate Program | Course
Description: | Applied instruction in voice for students enrolled in the Musical
Theatre Certificate Program. | | Athena Title: | App Instruction Mus Theatre | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly one-on-one applied music instruction in voice offered for
students enrolled in the Musical Theatre Certificate Program. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 3910. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Junior Recital in Music | Course
Description: | Required recital for music majors in a musical instrument, voice, or composition. | | Athena Title: | Junior Recital in Music | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed Study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Corequisite: | MUSI 3810 or MUSI 3820 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4000. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Independent Study in Music | Course
Description: | Independent research topics in any field of music directed by a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Directed Independent Study | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed independent study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4010. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Music Technology | Course
Description: | Provides an overview of technologies essential to professional
musicians in the 21st century. Meeting in the MuTec lab, this
course offers hands-on instruction in a variety of relevant music
software. Coursework is primarily creative projects, with some
written examination on fundamentals. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Music Technology | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major: AB-Music, BM-Music Ed, BM-Music Therapy, BM-Music Performance, BM-Music Theory, BM-Music Composition, BM-Intended Music Education, BM-Intended Music Therapy, BM-Intended Music Performance, BM-Intended Music Theory | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4020. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Practicum V | Course
Description: | Senior level of practical experience in conducting music therapy
sessions with selected clients. Includes more in-depth
assessment, planning, implementation, and documentation of weekly
music therapy sessions throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Practicum V | | Nontraditional Format: | Field work under the supervision of a licensed music therapist
(2-4 hours per week in the field plus preparation time). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3026 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4021. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Practicum VI | Course
Description: | Continuation of senior level of practical experience in
conducting music therapy sessions with selected clients. Includes
more in-depth assessment, planning, implementation, and
documentation of weekly music therapy sessions throughout the
semester. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Practicum VI | | Nontraditional Format: | Field work under the supervision of a licensed music therapist
(2-4 hours per week in the field plus preparation time). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 4020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4022. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Summer Music Therapy Practicum | Course
Description: | Practical experience in conducting music therapy sessions with selected clients at beginner, intermediate, and advanced student levels. Includes observation, assisting, planning, implementation, and documentation of weekly music therapy sessions throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | Summer Music Therapy Practicum | | Nontraditional Format: | Fieldwork in music therapy supervision in collaboration with music therapy faculty and community healthcare providers. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Pre or Corequisite: | MUSI 5440/7440 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4023. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Therapy Internship | Course
Description: | In-depth experience of clinical training in a professional
setting. Experience in all aspects of music therapy practice in
preparation for Board Certification. | | Athena Title: | Music Therapy Internship | | Nontraditional Format: | Fieldwork under the continuous, qualified supervision of a
licensed music therapist (the equivalent of approximately six
months of full-time work). | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 4021 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4030/6030. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Double Reed Making Seminar | Course
Description: | Oboe and bassoon players will learn how to create and finish
reeds for their instruments. The course will cover the
fundamentals of making a blank, exploring different reed scrapes
and styles, and focus on detailed finishing techniques. | | Athena Title: | Reed Making Seminar | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4035/6035. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | A Technician's Guide for the Pianist | Course
Description: | Covers piano nomenclature, how pianos work, what to consider when buying a new or used piano, how to care for your piano, an in-depth look at the services that piano technicians provide, and communicating with your piano technician. | | Athena Title: | Technician’s Guide for Piano | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4040/6040. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music in the City | Course
Description: | In New York City, students will attend jazz performances and
Broadway shows, tour recording facilities used for soundtracks,
attend a seminar on the American Federation of Musicians, learn
about union function, spend individual time with working
musicians, and keep a small book on experiences to share with
the class. | | Athena Title: | Music in the City | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4045/6045. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Filmscoring in LA Intensive Field Study | Course
Description: | Field study course designed to provide first-hand exposure to Filmscore professionals in LA. Students will visit composers' studios, scoring stages with an orchestral recording session, studio music heads, music supervisors, and music editors, as well as be introduced to the professional practices of these areas through these meetings. | | Athena Title: | Filmscoring in LA | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4050. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Theory Review | Course
Description: | Visual and aural skills for entering graduate students in need of remediation. | | Athena Title: | Music Theory Review | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 6150, MUSI 6150E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4060/6060. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Music in the Real World | Course
Description: | Music graduates face new challenges in today's professional
landscape, including fewer traditional jobs. Students will build
relevant skills and tools that emphasize versatility and
flexibility to better prepare them for career success in this
evolving landscape. | | Athena Title: | Music in the Real World | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4070/6070. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Alexander Technique | Course
Description: | Introduction to the practice and principles of the Alexander
Technique, which enables musicians to practice and perform their
instrument with less tension and a greater freedom of movement. | | Athena Title: | Alexander Technique | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4080/6080. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Music Recording Practicum | Course
Description: | Audio techniques, technologies, and critical listening will be
applied towards recording, mixing, editing, and mastering live
and archived recordings for the UGA HHSOM. Working in a
professional studio environment equips students with skills
needed to succeed in audio recording, while also empowering them
in their performance, teaching, and research endeavors. | | Athena Title: | Music Recording Practicum | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4090/6090. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Vocal Diction Methods | Course
Description: | Students will demonstrate pedagogical application of IPA and
diction principles suitable for error detection and correction
in a choral or solo vocal teaching setting. | | Athena Title: | Vocal Diction Methods | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4100/6100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Interpreting Popular Music | Course
Description: | Exploration of analytical methodologies for interpreting and understanding various forms of what one might describe as “popular music.” Readings from music theory guide analyses, student-led discussions, and projects. Students are evaluated on presentations, concert reviews (with an emphasis on Athens music), and a capstone final project/presentation that entails a conference proposal suitable for submission to music theory conferences. | | Athena Title: | Interpreting Popular Music | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4110/6110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modal Counterpoint | Course
Description: | The study of counterpoint of the Renaissance, with emphasis on
model composition and analysis of the vocal music of Lassus,
Josquin, Morley, and Palestrina. | | Athena Title: | Modal Counterpoint | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4120/6120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Form and Analysis | Course
Description: | Analysis of form focusing on music from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. | | Athena Title: | Form and Analysis | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4140/6140. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Tonal Counterpoint | Course
Description: | The study of counterpoint of the Baroque, with emphasis on model
composition and analysis of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach. | | Athena Title: | Tonal Counterpoint | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Analysis of Non-Tonal Music | Course
Description: | Introduces basic concepts for the analysis of non-tonal music from the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries, focusing on theories and analysis of pitch, rhythm, form, and other elements in works from this time period. Content for the course will vary depending on the instructor, and aural skills and listening strategies are part of the course’s evaluation. | | Athena Title: | Analysis of Non-Tonal Music | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4160/6160. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Analysis of Texted Music | Course
Description: | Detailed analytical exploration of texted music. The course begins with a preliminary section that reviews harmony and small form and considers analytical methods for interpreting texts. After that preparatory unit, the course progresses into an in-depth study of how composers and musicians use a text to convey an array of meanings. To facilitate delivery, the course’s contents are organized according to genre and/or conceptual area. | | Athena Title: | Analysis of Texted Music | | Nontraditional Format: | Content for the course will vary depending on the instructor, and aural skills and listening strategies are part of the course’s evaluation. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4170/6170. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Dissolution of Tonality | Course
Description: | Poses the questions “What do we mean by tonality?” and “How can we describe music when it challenges the norms of tonality?” Through diverse repertory (much of it from the 19th and early 20th centuries), techniques designed for tonal, chromatic, and post-tonal music are synthesized and expanded to explore answers to those questions. | | Athena Title: | Dissolution of Tonality | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4180/6180. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Composition and Music Technology | Course
Description: | Changing series of topics in composition and music technology that are not covered in other courses. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics Comp Music Tech | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4190/6190. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Music Theory and Analysis | Course
Description: | Changing series of topics in music theory and analysis that are not covered in other courses. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics Music Theory | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4200/6200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Music | Course
Description: | Music from Greek and Roman society to the death of Josquin (c. 1520). | | Athena Title: | ANC MED REN MUSIC | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3210 and MUSI 3220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4210/6210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Late Renaissance and Baroque Music | Course
Description: | Musical styles and genres from the 16th century through Bach and
Handel. | | Athena Title: | LATE REN BAR MUSIC | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3210 and MUSI 3220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4220/6220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in the Classic Period | Course
Description: | Chamber, orchestral, keyboard, and operatic works from the middle and late eighteenth century. | | Athena Title: | MUSIC IN CLASS PER | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3210 and MUSI 3220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4230/6230. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music in the Romantic Period | Course
Description: | Emphasis on the development of song, symphony, chamber music, and opera. | | Athena Title: | MUS IN ROM PER | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3210 and MUSI 3220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4240/6240. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Music | Course
Description: | Modern trends in music from Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Bartok to the present. | | Athena Title: | MODERN MUSIC | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3210 and MUSI 3220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4250/6250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women and Music | Course
Description: | Roles of women in music, including the history of women musicians in western art music, world cultures, and popular music; gender studies in music. | | Athena Title: | Women and Music | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3020 or MUSI 3021 or MUSI 3030 or MUSI 3210 or MUSI 3220 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4260/6260. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Opera | Course
Description: | Examination of representative operas of each period in
historical context. It analyses the roles played in the creation
and production of operas by the patron/audience, librettist,
composer, singers, conductor, director, machinist, and (when
appropriate) film director. | | Athena Title: | History of Opera | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3030 or MUSI 3210 or MUSI 3220 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4270/6270. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Topics in Musical Cultures of the World | Course
Description: | In-depth study of the music of a select culture, area, topic, or genre. Investigates historical aspects, social functions, aesthetic preferences, the musician, musical instruments, structures and forms, performance contexts, and practices. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Musical Cultures | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3020 or MUSI 3021 or MUSI 3030 or MUSI 3210 or MUSI 3220 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4280/6280. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Instrumental/Vocal/Choral Literature | Course
Description: | Solo, sonata, and ensemble music composed for winds, brass, strings, piano and harpsichord, organ or voice, dating from the earliest appropriate period to the present. | | Athena Title: | Instrumental Vocal Choral Lit | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4290. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Musicology-Ethnomusicology | Course
Description: | Investigation of a special topic not otherwise covered in the
curriculum. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester. | | Athena Title: | SEM MUSICOL-ETHNOMU | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WMST(MUSI) 4310/6310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gender and Music Video | Course
Description: | Examination of music videos from the 1980s until the present.
Music videos will be treated as texts from which we can glean
cultural understanding as well as explore new ways of analyzing
aesthetic communication and musical meaning. | | Athena Title: | Gender and Music Video | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in WMST 4310W, MUSI 4310W | | Prerequisite: | Third-year or fourth-year student standing or permission of department. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WMST(MUSI) 4310W. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gender and Music Video | Course
Description: | Examination of music videos from the 1980s until the present.
Music videos will be treated as texts from which we can glean
cultural understanding as well as explore new ways of analyzing
aesthetic communication and musical meaning. | | Athena Title: | GENDER MUSIC VIDEO | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in WMST(MUSI) 4310/6310 | | Nontraditional Format: | This version of the course will be taught as writing intensive,
which means that the course will include substantial and
ongoing writing assignments that a) relate clearly to course
learning; b) teach the communication values of a discipline-
for example, its practices of argument, evidence, credibility,
and format; and c) prepare students for further writing in
their academic work, in
graduate school, and in professional life. The written
assignments will result in a significant and diverse body of
written work (the equivalent of 6000 words or 25 pages) and the
instructor (and/or the teaching assistant assigned to the
course) will be closely involved in student writing, providing
opportunities for feedback and substantive revision. | | Prerequisite: | Third-year or fourth-year student standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI(WMST) 4320/6320. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women and Music | Course
Description: | Roles of women in music, including the history of women
musicians in Western art music, world cultures, and popular
music; gender studies in music. | | Athena Title: | Women and Music | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4350/6350. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | String Instrumental Techniques | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of string performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | String Instrumental Techniques | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4360/6360. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Woodwind Instrumental Techniques | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of woodwind performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Woodwind Instrumental Tech | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4370/6370. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Brass Instrumental Techniques | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of brass instrument performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Brass Instrumental Techniques | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4380/6380. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Percussion Techniques for Music Educators | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of percussion performance and pedagogy. | | Athena Title: | Music Educators Percussion | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4390/6390. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pre-College Music Theory Pedagogy | Course
Description: | Designed primarily to prepare you to teach topics that are typically described as “music theory” to pre-college students. Such topics include several different areas of musicianship including fundamentals, harmony and voice leading, sight-singing, contextual listening, transcription/dictation, and analysis. Designed to be a practical course that places an emphasis on how to teach pre-college music theory topics through effective lesson planning and model teaching. | | Athena Title: | Pre-Coll Music Theory Pedagogy | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4410/6410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Performance and Racialization | Course
Description: | Drawing from work in anthropology, sociology, performance studies, and legal theory, this course explores how modern discourses of racialization and performance in the U.S. context emerge from a long history of travel writing, colonial and postcolonial encounters, and other circulations of people and goods throughout the world. | | Athena Title: | Performance and Racialization | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4420/6420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bollywood and Its Others: Cinema in South Asia | Course
Description: | Examination of the ways in which various kinds of identities are constructed and negotiated through the film industries of South Asia. Exploration of narratives of place and their expression through performance underscore processes of social identification across the South Asian subcontinent. Through our study, we will explore mediums and topics such as: religion and myth; colonialism and postcolonialism; gender and sexuality; language and ethnic identity; caste and other forms of discrimination; and the politics of national and subnational identity. | | Athena Title: | Cinema in South Asia | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4430/6430. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Country Music, Race, and the Idea of America | Course
Description: | This interdisciplinary music history course is built around a few basic questions: What is Country Music? Is it a genre? Is it American? If so, why? In this class we’ll explore the complex construction of country music as a 20th-century modern American musical practice. | | Athena Title: | Country Music, Race, America | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4440/6440. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of American Music | Course
Description: | A survey of art and vernacular music traditions of the United
States. | | Athena Title: | History of American Music | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 1100 and MUSI 1120 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 6160 and MUSI 6170 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4460. 1-2 hours. | | Course Title: | Piano Pedagogy II | Course
Description: | Survey of supplementary teaching materials for elementary and intermediate level piano students. | | Athena Title: | PIANO PEDAGOGY II | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3460 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4470/6470. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Acting for Singers | Course
Description: | Students will apply basic theatrical performance techniques to enhance their music performance training, including song interpretation, intentions, objectives, emotional connectivity, movement, active listening, and responding while utilizing their existing vocal technique to achieve a deeper sense of truth and the creation of a more realistic, natural, and nuanced performance. | | Athena Title: | Acting for Singers | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4490/6490. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Performance Anxiety and Focus | Course
Description: | Students will learn about the issues regarding performance anxiety and discover solutions to work through these issues. The course will also cover strategies for improving focus, resilience, courage, and perspective. Includes readings from a variety of texts, videos, writing assignments, in-class discussions, and in-class exercises and performances. In-class performances by each student are a required part of the course. These can be in music, theatre, dance, and comedy. | | Athena Title: | Performance Anxiety and Focus | | Nontraditional Format: | Regular discussion in class is expected. The majority of the writing assignments will be self-evaluations, responses to readings and videos, and journal-type entries. The final project for the course will involve a self-analysis paper. | | Pre or Corequisite: | MUSI 2810 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4500S/6500S. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music Techniques and Experiences for Children | Course
Description: | Methods and field experience for music education majors. Course
consists of a survey of effective teaching techniques, research
in learning, and materials, including use of technology and
multicultural materials. | | Athena Title: | Musi Techniq Experi for Child | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4520/6520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Choral Techniques and Field Experience | Course
Description: | Methods and field experience for music education majors with specialization in choral music. Course involves effective teaching techniques, research in teaching/learning, and materials, including technology and multicultural materials. | | Athena Title: | Choral Techniques Field Exper | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4500S/6500S or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4500S/6500S or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4530/6530. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Instrumental Techniques and Field Experience | Course
Description: | Methods and field experience for instrumental music education majors. Course involves effective teaching techniques, research in teaching/learning, and materials, including technology and multicultural materials. | | Athena Title: | Instru Tech and Field Exper | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4500S/6500S or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4500S/6500S or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4550E/6550E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | World Music Pedagogy | Course
Description: | Designed principally for prospective K-12 music teachers as an introduction to the content and context of music in a multiethnic American society. Also, an introduction to a wide array of musics, along with a developing understanding for how to incorporate them in K-12 music classrooms. | | Athena Title: | World Music Pedagogy | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | EDUC 2110 or EDUC 2110H or EDUC 2110E | | Pre or Corequisite: | (EDUC 2120 or EDUC 2120E) and EDUC(EPSY) 2130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4600/6600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Suzuki Violin and Viola Pedagogy I | Course
Description: | Course includes the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) Every Child Can!, Violin Book 1, and Viola Book 1, and Group Class Strategies courses. Provides students with skills and resources needed to teach beginning violin and viola to students using the Suzuki method. | | Athena Title: | Suzuki Violin and Viola Ped I | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2810-2810L or MUSI 2820-2820L or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4610/6610. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Suzuki Violin and Viola Pedagogy II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Suzuki Violin and Viola Pedagogy I; provides students with further skills and resources for teaching violin and viola students using the Suzuki method at the Book 2 and 3 levels. Students will be required to provide recorded teaching segments and will include live teaching experiences and feedback. | | Athena Title: | Suzuki Violin and Viola Ped II | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4600/6600 or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4600/6600 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4620/6620. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Suzuki Violin Pedagogy III | Course
Description: | A continuation of Suzuki Pedagogy I and II. Will provide students with further skills and resources needed to teach violin students using the Suzuki Association of the Americas Violin Books 4 and 5 levels. | | Athena Title: | Suzuki Violin Pedagogy III | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4610/6610 or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4610/6610 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4630/6630. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Suzuki Violin Pedagogy IV | Course
Description: | The Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) Violin Books 6, 7, and 8 courses. It is a continuation of Suzuki Pedagogy I, II, and III and will provide students with further skills and resources needed to teach violin students using the Suzuki Method at the Books 6 through 8 levels. | | Athena Title: | Suzuki Violin Pedagogy IV | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4620/6620 or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4620/6620 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4650/6650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Media Composition and Production I | Course
Description: | An in-depth look at the composition process for media. Both linear (film, tv) and non-linear (game) composing processes will be studied. How does underscore “help tell the story”? How, as composers, do we use themes, harmony, instrumentation, rhythm, and tempo to accomplish these goals? In film scoring, how do we address these ideas as the picture changes? In game scoring, how are these ideas accomplished? | | Athena Title: | Media Composition Production I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is primarily project-based with lectures every week on composers and their film scores and how their decisions "help tell the story." | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2100 and MUSI 2110 | | Pre or Corequisite: | MUSI 3600 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4660/6660. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Media Composition and Production II | Course
Description: | A continuation of the concepts of Media Composition and Production I, moving forward into the process of recording live instruments with scores. Students will continue to compose pieces to picture, as well as the continued study of other film scores through score reading and analysis. Different instruments and instrument groups will be studied and recorded with their compositions to picture over the course of the semester. | | Athena Title: | Media Composition Prod II | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4650/6650 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 4650/6650 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4670/6670. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Orchestration for Film | Course
Description: | A review of instrument ranges and techniques, traditional orchestration in practice, and an in-depth discussion and application of orchestration techniques used in film scores, including practical applications of MIDI and notation software packages. | | Athena Title: | Orchestration for Film | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 1100 or MUSI 3550 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4680/6680. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Game Composition and Production | Course
Description: | Students learn to compose and produce tracks or a series of layered tracks to accommodate game scoring or non-linear scoring. Game composers will ask how their music “Helps Tell the Story” of the game, but also how to accommodate non-linear scoring and functions. | | Athena Title: | Game Composition Production | | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | (MUSI 4650/6650 and MUSI 4660/6660) or permission of department | | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | (MUSI 4650/6650 and MUSI 4660/6660) or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4700. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Men's Glee Club | Course
Description: | Concentration on choral literature for men's voices from all periods of music history, including sacred, secular, folk, and popular music. | | Athena Title: | Men's Glee Club | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4710. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Women's Glee Club | Course
Description: | Concentration on choral literature for women's voices from all periods of music history, including sacred, secular, folk, and popular music. | | Athena Title: | Women's Glee Club | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4730/6730. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | African American Choral Ensemble | Course
Description: | Performance of traditional and contemporary black gospel, spiritual, and popular music. | | Athena Title: | African American Choral Ensem | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4740/6740. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 5 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | University Symphony Orchestra | Course
Description: | Performance of orchestral literature of various styles and genres. | | Athena Title: | University Symphony Orchestra | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4750/6750. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | University Chorus | Course
Description: | Performance of choral literature for mixed voices from all periods of music history, including sacred, secular, folk, and popular music. | | Athena Title: | University Chorus | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4760/6760. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | UGA Hodgson Singers | Course
Description: | Performance of choral literature for mixed voices from all periods of music history, including sacred, secular, folk, and popular music. | | Athena Title: | UGA Hodgson Singers | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4780/6780. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Studio Orchestra | Course
Description: | Provides an opportunity for students to perform in a unique ensemble setting that combines the instrumentations of a traditional jazz ensemble with a chamber orchestra. This type of ensemble has been historically used in movie soundtracks, Broadway show orchestras, recording, and concert settings. | | Athena Title: | Studio Orchestra | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4790/6790. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Chamber Music Ensemble | Course
Description: | Directed chamber music experiences in variable instrumental and
vocal catagories (percussion, clarinet, trombone, etc.). | | Athena Title: | Chamber Music Ensemble | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4800/6800. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Chamber Ensemble | Course
Description: | Performance of post-1950 literature and commissioned works for
small and large ensembles. Guided rehearsal time is limited.
Major 20th- and 21st-century work will be presented each fall
semester. The spring semester is a "lab" environment for
composers, performers, and conductors as each prepares and
performs commissioned works by UGA composers. | | Athena Title: | Cont Chamber Ensemble | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4810. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Senior Applied Instruction | Course
Description: | Applied instruction for music majors in a musical instrument or
voice for the senior year. | | Athena Title: | Senior Applied Instruction | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction in a major or secondary applied instrument or
voice, both one-on-one and in seminar. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4820. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Senior Applied Instruction and Recital | Course
Description: | Applied instruction for music majors in a musical instrument or
voice for the senior year and performance of a senior recital. | | Athena Title: | Senior App Inst and Recital | | Nontraditional Format: | Weekly instruction and recital preparation in a major or
secondary applied instrument or voice, both one-on-one and in
seminar. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3810 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4830/6830. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Collegium Musicum | Course
Description: | Performance of early music through the Baroque. | | Athena Title: | Collegium Musicum | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4840/6840. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Wind Ensemble | Course
Description: | Performance of large ensemble and chamber compositions with
concentration on advanced scores and contemporary repertoire.
Professional level experience. | | Athena Title: | WIND ENSEMBLE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4850/6850. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Opera Ensemble | Course
Description: | Study and performance of operatic literature including, as
appropriate, large fully-staged works, one-act operas, and
concert presentations of arias, duets, and ensembles. | | Athena Title: | Opera Ensemble | | Nontraditional Format: | Audition required. Previous stage experience desirable, but not
required. This is a performance group that requires additional
rehearsal time to function. The additional time will account for
what would ordinarily be homework in regular courses. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4870/6870. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Asian Music Ensemble | Course
Description: | An ensemble performing folk, classical, and contemporary music of
China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, or India. | | Athena Title: | Asian Music Ensemble | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4880/6880. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Latin American Music Ensemble | Course
Description: | An ensemble performing folk, classical, popular, nationalistic, and contemporary music and dance of Latin America including countries in North, Central, and South America as well as the Caribbean. | | Athena Title: | Latin American Music Ensemble | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4890/6890. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Near East Music Ensemble | Course
Description: | An ensemble performing folk, classical, nationalistic, and
contemporary music of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the
Mediterranean region. | | Athena Title: | Near East Music Ensemble | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4900/6900. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | British Brass Band | Course
Description: | The British Brass Band ensemble trains brass players for the musical, technical, and physical demands of their instrument. Playing in the band will enhance finger and tongue dexterity, improve reading skills, benefit embouchure endurance, and increase musical awareness and unit cohesion as sections and a full band. | | Athena Title: | British Brass Band | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4910/6910. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Chamber Orchestra | Course
Description: | Chamber orchestra for strings. Preparation and performance of
chamber music from the Baroque period to the present. | | Athena Title: | CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | | Nontraditional Format: | Two group rehearsals in typical performing ensemble format for a
total of six hours per week, culminating in one or two public
performances per semester. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4920/6920. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Opera Orchestra | Course
Description: | Orchestra created specifically for presentation of UGA opera.
Preparation and performance of operatic literature. | | Athena Title: | OPERA ORCHESTRA | | Nontraditional Format: | Group rehearsals in typical performing ensemble format,
culminating in one or two public performances of the opera. | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 4990 | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 4990. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Theory Thesis | Course
Description: | Independent research in music carried out under the direction
of an area faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Theory Thesis | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 4990R | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research in music carried out under the direction of
an area faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5010/7010. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Steel Drum Band | Course
Description: | The Steel Pan Ensemble provides students with the opportunity not
only to study the traditional music of Trinidad, but also to
experience this music through performance. Students will also
learn about the history and evolution of the steel pan. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Steel Drum Band | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5106/7106. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Jazz Combos | Course
Description: | Performance of works in a variety of styles from swing to modern
jazz in a small group setting. | | Athena Title: | Jazz Combos | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a performance group that requires additional rehearsal
time to function. The additional time will account for what would
ordinarily be homework in regular courses. This format is typical
of institutions of our size that offer this class. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5110/7110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Music for Childhood | Course
Description: | Literature, techniques, and methodologies for teaching children music in a diverse society; a study of children's musical development. | | Athena Title: | MUSIC FOR CHILD | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3110 and MUSI 3120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5130/7130. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Early Childhood Musical Development | Course
Description: | Musical development of children from birth through age eight years emphasizing auditory perception, auditory discrimination, responses of children to music, modes of learning music, and children's acquisition of musical performance skills, and understandings. | | Athena Title: | EARLY CHILD MUS DEV | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3110 and MUSI 3120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5140/7140. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Computer-Assisted Instruction in Music | Course
Description: | Programming and testing CAI music lessons. | | Athena Title: | CAI IN MUSIC | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2120 and MUSI 2130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5150/7150. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Jazz in New York and London | Course
Description: | Students will spend semesters studying the evolution of jazz in New York City. This historical perspective covers the 1920's to the present. Students will examine recordings, important musicians, composers, as well as jazz venues and recordings done in the UK. Students will accompany instructor to live performances in London. | | Athena Title: | Jazz in New York and London | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5160/7160. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Violin Orchestral Repertoire Class | Course
Description: | Preparation and performance of standard orchestral audition
repertoire excerpts for violin, as well as mock audition
experience. Students are expected to familiarize and prepare the
assigned repertoire prior to each meeting. | | Athena Title: | Violin Orchestral Rep Class | | Nontraditional Format: | Practicum. | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 2810 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5200/7200. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Repertory Singers | Course
Description: | Repertory Singers is a small choral ensemble geared to provide a
real-world, laboratory, and recital conducting experience for
graduate conducting students, while offering the singers in the
ensemble unique insights into conducting gesture, rehearsal
techniques, group motivational dynamics, and other topics
relevant to choral music education and the choral art. | | Athena Title: | Repertory Singers | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5250/7250. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | UGA Choral Project | Course
Description: | UGA Choral Project is a highly select chamber choir designed to emulate the model and standards of a professional chamber choir. The number of singers will vary depending on the particular project. Auditions are open to everyone and will be advertised in advance of the first rehearsal. UGA Choral Project will rehearse and perform on a condensed timeline, and attendance at all rehearsals and performances is required. Full self-preparation of repertoire is expected. | | Athena Title: | UGA Choral Project | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5260/7260. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Marching Band Techniques | Course
Description: | Methods and techniques for organizing and training marching bands; planning music, drills, formations, and shows. | | Athena Title: | MARCHING TECHNIQUES | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5270/7270. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Conducting | Course
Description: | Choral and instrumental conducting methods and techniques with application in laboratory situations. | | Athena Title: | ADVANCED CONDUCTING | | Prerequisite: | MUSI 3490 or MUSI 3500 or MUSI 3510 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5340E/7340E. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Choral Literature and Performance Practice | Course
Description: | Choral music, including multicultural materials, suitable for
all levels and voices. | | Athena Title: | Choral Lit Perform Practice | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 5340 or MUSI 7340 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Corequisite: | MUSI 3130 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5400/7400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Music Therapy | Course
Description: | Music as human behavior and its uses as therapeutic intervention with various populations. | | Athena Title: | PRINC MUS THER | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 5440/7440 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | MUSI 5440/7440 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5410/7410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Psychology of Music | Course
Description: | Acoustical and psychological aspects of music with emphasis upon problems of perception, experimental aesthetics, musical function, measurement and diagnosis of musical ability. | | Athena Title: | Psychology of Music | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EMUS 7410E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | MUSI 5420/7420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Influence of Music on Behavior | Course
Description: | Physiological effects of music, the relation of music to health, and the plac |
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