2006–2007 Academic Catalog - Concordia University Ann Arbor

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
sonnel are presented to inform cadets of expected and proper behavior while in the service of
the military. The 90 minute laboratory places the senior student in positions of leadership.
MSxxx Army ROTC credits: 1
Army Reserve Officer Training Corp administered and conducted on the campus of the
University of Michigan.
MUS111 Improvised Art Ensemble credits: 1
Open to all performing artists; musicians, poets, visual artists, athletes, etc. An interdisciplinary
approach to collective creativity and improvisation. All skill levels welcome.
MUS201 Music Theory I credits: 3
Students examine part writing using fundamental triads and their inversion. Ear training
lab required.
MUS202 Music Theory II credits: 3
This course presents non-harmonic tones, modulation, and seventh chords in part writing.
Chorale settings of the eighteenth century. Ear training lab required. PREREQUISITES:
MUS201
MUS205 Musical Improvisation credits: 2
Open to all musicians. All skill levels welcome. Focus on the fundamentals of musical improvisation,
with emphasis on jazz improvisation. Students will learn standard jazz repertoire.
MUS215 Understanding Jazz credits: 3
This course will explore the fundamental of jazz. Students will gain all understanding of
styles, history, form, and listening skills.
MUS217 Chamber Music credits: 2
Through the formation of small ensembles, students will learn the skills and terminology
essential to the performance of chamber music. Techniques for adapting literature to suit
the needs of any ensemble will also be explored. Performances of the music learned will take
place inside and outside of the college community. PREREQUISITES: MUS202
MUS221 Conducting I credits: 1
Students learn the essential elements of choral and instrumental conducting correlated
with ear training, progressing from single line to simple four part choral and
instrumental materials.
MUS222 Conducting II credits: 1
This course provides essentials of choral and instrumental conducting correlated with ear
training, progressing from single line to simple four-part choral and instrumental materials.
PREREQUISITES: MUS221
MUS223 Functional Keyboard Skills credits: 1
This course will enable the student to develop skills of sight reading, accompaniment and
hymn playing at the keyboard.
MUS243 Instrumental Techniques: Percussion credits: 1
Fundamental skills for playing percussion instruments. Application to development of
school music programs.
MUS244 Instrumental Techniques: Strings credits: 1
Fundamental skills for playing orchestral string instruments are taught.
MUS245 Voice Techniques credits: 1
This course will equip future choral conductors and voice teachers with basic vocal pedagogical
knowledge. The varying needs of church choirs, children's choirs, teen choirs, and
adult choirs, including warm-ups and diction, will be examined.