Graduate Catalog - University of Central Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma
Graduate Catalog, 2012 - 2013
Graduate Course Descriptions
MUED 5333 - Current Trends in Practice
This course acquaints students with recent developments and innovations
in the philosophy, psychology, pedagogy and advocacy
of music with the specific purpose of evaluating their effectiveness
and applicability for today’s music classroom.
MUED 5413 - Trends in Marching Band
This course covers marching band fundamentals, various types of
precision marching, pageantry, charting and show planning. Each
student will be required to write an original seven minute halftime show.
MUED 5433 - Secondary Vocal Methods
This course covers advanced material relating to instructional,
organizational and philosophical issues relevant to the conduct of
vocal music programs at the secondary level. It concentrates on the
methods and materials for conducting a high school choir.
MUED 5513 - Music Advocacy for Schools
This course investigates the major issues relating to advocating
music education in the public school system, considers the variety of
stakeholders, and surveys the relevant research and scholarly work
relating to the subject. Students will formulate for a specific situation
an advocacy plan that addresses all relevant concerns and issues.
MUED 5723 - Arranging for Marching Band
This course develops the advanced skills necessary for creating
successful marching routines consistent with current practice and
aesthetics. Students will gain a command of the techniques of selection
and arranging of music and coordination with effective marching
drills and maneuvers toward the design and creation of multimedia
performances typical of current practice.
MUED 5743 - Music Administration
This course provides students with the skills necessary to manage a
department-level music program including budget formulation, tactical
and strategic planning, personnel management and curriculum
evaluation.
MUED 5833 - Instructional Methods & Materials
This course is designed to help the graduate student identify new
approaches or refine current approaches to instructional, organizational,
or philosophical issues that affect instrumental music education
programs.
MUED 5843 - Instrumental Methods
This course covers teaching instrumental music from beginning
instruction through high school with particular attention to the integration
of methodological techniques with the philosophy, psychology,
and pedagogy of music.
MUED 5853 - Elementary Music Methods
This course studies the methods of teaching general and vocal music
classes in the early grades emphasizing a deeper study of the
interrelationships of educational philosophy, methodology, teaching
technique and how they apply in a variety of teaching situations.
MUED 5900 - Practicum in Music Education
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. Permission of department chairperson
required.
MUED 5910 - Seminar / Special Topics
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
MUED 5920 - Workshop in Music Educ
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. Normally involves lecture, films, guest
speaker, etc. A grade of “P” or “F” is given.
MUED 5930 - Individual Study In Music Education
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Directed intensive study on definite
problems or special subjects, based on approved outlines or plans;
conferences, oral and written reports.
MUED 5940 - Field Study in Music Educ
Credit will vary from 1 to 9 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
MUED 5950 - Internship in Music Education
Credit will vary from 1 to 8 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. Supervised practical experience gained
in a professional field by an advanced or graduate student.
MUED 5960 - Institute in Music Education
Credit will vary from 1 to 8 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
MUED 5970 - Study Tour in Music Education
Credit will vary. Subject matter will vary within the department’s field
of study
MUED 5980 - Graduate Project
Credit will vary from 1 to 6 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
MUED 5990 - Thesis
Credit will vary from 1 to 6 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
MUSIC (MUS)
School of Music
MUS 5022 - Music For Small Vocal Ensemble
Repertoire and performance practices of music for small vocal ensemble
ranging from 16th century madrigal to contemporary literature.
MUS 5043 - Music in America
The course possesses a socio-historical orientation and covers a
broad spectrum of the musical life of the United States since its
colonization. The content includes sacred and secular, popular and
classical, as well as some of the folk traditions that have made important
contributions to American musical life.
MUS 5062 - Applied Composition
This course is the advanced study of the art of music composition by
an individual student under the direct supervision of the instructor.
This approach allows for the instructor to provide intensive feedback
to individual needs as the student advances through more complex
musical structures and ideas to achieve a professional level of skill
in composition.
MUS 5113 - Advanced Choral Conducting
This course develops advanced techniques of choral conducting especially
as they relate to the performance practice of distinct stylistic
and historical periods.
MUS 5133 - Baroque Music
This course presents an intensive exploration of baroque music
(1600-1750) with special emphasis on its historical and social context
and their influence on the music of the time. Students will participate
actively through research and presentation of special topics areas,
developing expertise in the historical and theoretical analysis of the
repertoire and its primary sources. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment open
to graduate music majors only.
MUS 5143 - Wind Instrument Ensemble Literature
This course surveys the history of wind instruments and the literature
for ensembles of winds from the Middle Ages to the present.
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