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The Graduate School: Departments and Course Descriptions
Ethnomusicology (MUSY)
MUSY5113 Proseminar: Ethnomusicology (Odd years, Fa) An introduction to
ethnomusicological study with practicum in technologies for fieldwork, preservation and presentation.
MUSY5123 Proseminar: Musical Notations, Transnotation and Analysis
(Even years, Sp) Principles and practices for the study and musical analysis of gestural
and oral “notations”, as well as standard notation, for music and dance.
MUSY5213 Proseminar: Historical Ethnomusicology (Even years, Fa) An
introduction to historical ethnomusicological study with readings and discussion of seminal
writings in the field.
MUSY5223 Seminar: Latin American Music (Even years, Sp) A study of
the process and result of musical hybridization in South America and the Caribbean, from
European colonization to the present.
MUSY5313 Proseminar: Topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Musics (Sp)
Research seminars on selected topics, such as The Performing Arts in East Asia; and Music
and Ritual. May be repeated. May be repeated for 6 hours.
MUSY5323 Seminar: Topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Poetry and Music
(Irregular) Reading seminars on selected topics, such as Poetry and Music in Persian,
Arabic and Turkish Cultures of the Islamic World; and Poetry and Song in Early East Asia. May
be repeated. May be repeated for 6 hours.
MUSY5343 Seminar: Special Topics in Traditional Musics and Dance of
Europe and the Americas (Irregular) Topics not covered in MUSY 5223 and MUSY
5423, including, but not limited to: European Folk Music; the musical or scholarly legacy of a
particular figure.
MUSY5353 Seminar: Topics in Systematic Musicology (Irregular) Seminars on
selected topics such as Musical and A-musical Grammars (requires experience in functional
programming languages); and Modes, Melodies, Instruments, and Singers. May be repeated.
May be repeated for 6 hours.
MUSY5363 Proseminar: Music Cognition (Sp) An exploration of recent literature
concerning the mental mechanisms that underlie our ability to perceive, understand, produce,
perform, and enjoy music. Introductory in nature, with readings drawn from the fields of psychology,
philosophy, musicology, computer science, and neuroscience.
MUSY5371 Early Asian Music Performance Workshop (Irregular) Approaches
to performing early Asian musics. Links with Summer School, the Ancient Asian Music
Consort, and/or an Artist in Residence. May be repeated for 2 hours.
MUSY5383 Ethnomusicology Summer Fieldwork (Irregular) A minimum of 6
weeks summer fieldwork related to the topic of the student’s thesis, resulting in an extensive
fieldwork report and the submission of collected material, to be deposited in the University
Library. Prerequisite: MUSY 5113.
MUSY5391 Ethnomusicology Performance Studies (Irregular) Applied vocal
or instrumental studies relating to the performance activities of the International Center for
Research in Early Asian and Middle Eastern Musics. (Private study, as available) May be
repeated for 2 hours.
MUSY5413 Proseminar: Cross-cultural Performance Practices (Sp) A survey
of performance practices from historic western art music through modern non-western music.
An introductury course with readings from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performance
treatises as well as a study of written and aural traditions of non-western music.
MUSY5423 Seminar: History of Jazz (Fa) A study of the musical and cultural crossfertilization
which produced this influential twentieth-century art form, as well as a general
examination of its major practitioners.
MUSY600V Ethnomusicology Thesis (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-6) Thesis requirement for the
Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology program. May be repeated for 6 hours.
MUSY6313 Internship in Asian and Middle Eastern Music (Sp, Su, Fa)
Internship in Asian and Middle Eastern Music Preservation in the Asian and Mid-Eastern
International Music Preservation Collection, Music Division of the Library of Congress.
Prerequisite: MUHS 5973 and (MUSY 5123 or MUSY 5353).
MUSY6333 Advanced studies in Ethnomusicology (Irregular) Advanced level
studies, individually tailored and supervised, including Ethnomusicology (prerequisite MUSY
5113 or MUSY 5213); The Music or Dance of a Selected Area (prerequisite at least one of
MUSY 5313, MUSY 5323, MUSY 5423, MUSY 5223, MUSY 5343, or HUMN 4243); Historic
Performance Practices (prerequisite MUSY 5413); Historical East Asian Musicology (prerequisite
MUSY 5313 or MUSY 5323); and Historical Central Asian or Middle- and Near-Eastern
Musicology (prerequisite MUSY 5313 or MUSY 5323).
MUSY6363 Advanced Studies in Computer-Aided Asian Musicology
(Irregular) Building a computational toolbox for research in early Asian musics. Prerequisite:
MUSY 5353.
Music Pedagogy (MUPD)
MUPD477V Special Topics in Pedagogy (Irregular) (1-6) Subject matter not covered
in other sources. With permission, may be repeated for credit if topics are different. May
be repeated.
MUPD4781L Harpsichord Laboratory (Irregular) The tuning, care and repair of the
harpsichord.
MUPD4863 Piano Pedagogy (Irregular) Analytical study and discussion of the various
approaches to piano pedagogy and its application in individual/class instruction. Involves
demonstration of principles through actual teaching of beginning, intermediate and upper level
students.
MUPD5202 Voice Pedagogy I (Sp, Su, Fa) Graduate-level study of the techniques
and materials of teaching voice.
MUPD582V Conducting (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-2) Private lessons of 1/2 hour and 1 hour
conducting laboratory each week. Development of skills in conducting symphony, choral,
opera, oratorio, ballet, and band repertoire. May be repeated for 18 hours.
MUPD584V Opera Workshop Techniques (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-2) A basic course in
every phase of opera production, including staging, set design, music coaching, voice casting,
and translation.
MUPD585V String Techniques (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-2) A continuation of the undergraduate
courses in techniques and materials for elementary and secondary school music teaching.
MUPD586V Woodwind Techniques (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-2) A continuation of the undergraduate
courses in techniques and materials for elementary and secondary school music
teaching. Prerequisite: one year of similar class instruction in the field on the undergraduate
level.
MUPD587V Brass Techniques (Su) (1-2) A continuation of the undergraduate class
brass instrument course. Emphasis is placed on teaching methods, techniques, concepts, and
materials. Prerequisite: one year of similar class instruction in the field on the undergraduate
level.
MUPD591V Percussion Techniques (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-2) A continuation of the undergraduate
class brass instrument course. Emphasis is placed on teaching methods, techniques,
concepts, and materials. Prerequisite: one year of similar class instruction in the field on the
undergraduate level.
MUPD599V Special Workshop in Music (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-6) Presented by visiting
master artist-teacher in various fields of music performance, teaching and composition.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for 6 hours.
Music Education (MUED)
MUED477V Special Topics in Music Education (Irregular) (1-4) Subject matter
not covered in other sources. With permission, may be repeated for credit if topics are different.
May be repeated.
MUED5513 Seminar: Resources in Music Education (Sp, Su, Fa) Study of the
analytical and writing skills necessary for academic research in music education. Each student
identifies one problem specific to music education, finds and reviews related literature and
sources, develops a comprehensive bibliography, and writes a paper which synthesizes the
research. Open to graduate students and undergraduates in honors in music education.
MUED5653 Seminar: Issues in Music Education (Sp, Su, Fa) A seminar exploring
the relationships between the profession of teaching music and selected views about
learning theories, teaching methods, philosophy, psychology, and other selected topics relevant
to contemporary music education.
MUED5733 Music Education in the Elementary School (Sp, Su, Fa) Concepts
of elementary music education; methods, materials, curriculum design, and supervision in
elementary school music.
MUED5811 Curriculum Design in Music (Sp, Su, Fa) Goals and objectives in
music education. Student will develop a curriculum for an actual or hypothetical music education
program.
MUED583V Workshop: Music in the Elementary School (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-18)
An in-service training workshop for elementary music teachers.
MUED5862 Marching Band Techniques (Su) Includes the place of the marching
band in the school program, types of formations used, and selecting, arranging or writing the
musical score.
MUED588V The Choral Program: Changing Materials and Techniques (Sp,
Su, Fa) (1-3) Treatment of specific problems and issues-survey of choral literature; materials
and contemporary methods appropriate to the development of a comprehensive choral
experience.
MUED5973 Tests and Measurement in Music (Fa) This course will address the
psychometric concepts of tests and measurement of music achievement, aptitude, attitude,
and self assessment. The course will focus on the teaching and assessment of musical skills,
musical responses, and will critically examine existing aptitude tests (Seashore, Watkins
Farnum, Gordon, etc). Basic statistical concepts and data analysis used in common testing
scenarios will be introduced. Prerequisite: graduate standing in music.
MUED5983 Psychology of Music Behavior (Even years, Sp) This course is an
introduction to the psychology of music, and will adopt an interdisciplinary view toward the
field, covering such topics as philosophical and sociological questions about the nature and
function of music, the physiology of the ear, the physical and perceptual properties of sounds
(acoustics), performance anxiety, preference and taste research, social and pedagogical attributes
of performance, and behavioral musical responses. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
MUED599V Seminar (Su) (1-6) May be repeated for 6 hours.
MUED600V Master’s Thesis (Irregular) (1-6) Preparation of a master’s thesis as
partial fulfillment of the requirement for the master’s degree.
MUED605V Independent Study (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-6) Provides students with an opportunity
to pursue special study of problems in music education.
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