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MUS 100: University Chorale 1 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of Department. May be repeated for credit
for a maximum of six hours. Intensive study of choral music of
all periods, including preparation for public performance. Three
hours of laboratory.
MUS 110: Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band
at LSUS 1 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of Department and prior experience in woodwind,
brass, or percussion instruments. Music studied and performed will
include all combinations of wind and percussion instruments from
the Renaissance to the present. May be repeated for a maximum of
three credit hours.
MUS 120: Music Appreciation* 3 cr.
Classifications and elements of music, musical forms and types
with emphasis on listening to instrumental and vocal music, symphonies,
tone poems, keyboard music, art songs, opera excerpts, blues and
jazz. Designed to develop an understanding and an enjoyment of
music. Three hours of lecture.
MUS 125: Introduction to Music Theory 3 cr.
An introductory course in the fundamentals of music theory. Open
to all University students. Integrated theory for beginners incorporating
the basic principles of note reading and notation, rhythm and meter,
major and minor scales, key signatures, and intervals. Three hours
of lecture.
MUS 150: Beginning Piano 3 cr.
Group instruction in piano for beginners. Includes basic fundamentals
of piano technique, note reading, and major scales and chord progressions.
Work in piano lab with software programs and keyboard is necessary.
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
MUS 205: Intermediate Piano 3 cr.
Prerequisite: MUS 150 or consent of the department. Intermediate
group instruction in piano. A continuation of MUS 150, with a more
advanced treatment of chords, inversions, techniques, and repertoire.
Work in piano lab with software programs and keyboard is necessary.
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
MUS 260: Music Education for Elementary Teachers 3 cr.
Fundamentals of music applied to the elementary school classroom.
Three hours of lecture and demonstration.
MUS 440: Music History I 3 cr.
A survey of the development of musical style in the Renaissance,
Baroque, and Classic periods. Three hours of lecture.
MUS 441: Music History II 3 cr.
A survey of the development of musical style in the Romantic period
and twentieth century, and a survey of American music. Three hours
of lecture.
MUS 442: Our Musical Heritage: Music in America 3 cr.
A survey of the development of music in the United States from
colonial days to the present, stressing the historical and sociological
contexts in which various types of music developed. Topics to be
studied will include popular, sacred, orchestral, band, jazz, opera
and musical comedy, dance, and folk music. Three hours of lecture.
MUS 490: Seminar in Music History and Literature 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. May be repeated for credit
for a maximum of six semester hours. Selected topics from various
periods of musical style development or the works of particular
composers. Three hours of seminar.
MUS 642: Our Musical Heritage: Music in America 3 cr.
A survey of the development of music in the United States from
colonial days to the present, stressing the historical and sociological
contexts in which various types of music developed. Topics to be
studied will include popular, sacred, orchestral, band, jazz, opera
and musical comedy, dance, and folk music. Three hours of lecture.
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