Courses

MUST 5217. Selected Topic in Music Theory.

Selected Topics in Music Theory (2-0) Study of specialized topics in Music Theory. Courses in the sequence must be approved by the Music Theory Coordinator.

2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (MUST 5313 w/B or better)

MUST 5313. Survey of Music Theory.

Survey of Music Theory (3-0) Theory of the common practice period in western music. Includes figured bass realization, aural skills, harmonic analysis, common-practice forms, and 20th-century techniques. Will not count for Master of Music Degree.

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

MUST 5319. Pedagogy of Music Theory.

Pedagogy of Music Theory (3-0) A study of pedagogical materials and methods for use in teaching music theory at various instructional levels.

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (MUST 5313 w/B or better)

MUST 5321. Analysis of Tonal Music.

Analysis of Tonal Music (3-0) A three hour course for advanced theory and composition students, focusing on analysis of common practice forms with chromatic harmony and modulation.

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (MUST 5313 w/B or better)

MUST 5322. Analysis of Modern Music.

Analysis of Modern Music (3-0) A three hour course for advanced theory and composition students, focusing on analysis of works which represent styles unique to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including atonality, neoclassicism, impressionism, minimalism, film music and more.

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (MUST 5313 w/B or better)

MUST 5325. Graduate Composition.

Graduate Composition (0-0-3) Applied composition lessons for advanced theory and composition students for weekly independent study. Requires acceptance into a degree program by a two or more person committee of an area or other music faculty.

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
3 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (MUST 5313 w/B or better)