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Test in the format of the ExCET exam covering music theory, music history, and listening skills. Students are required to show mastery at the 71% or higher level.

Continuation of MUSI 1132. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2331. Prerequisite: MUSI 1132 and 1332.

Continuation of MUSI 2131. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2332. Prerequisite: MUSI 2131 and 2331.

A study of teaching, playing, and pedagogical aspects of band and orchestral instruments. Some emphasis will be given to technical maintenance. Instrument groups included in the study will be woodwinds, strings, brass, and percussion.

Beginning skill development with the baton; conducting beat and metrical paterns; gestures of articulation and expression. Prerequisite: MUSI 1320 or its equivalent.

A study of the pedagogical aspects of vocal music education. The course will also include an overview of the physiological process of vocal production, vocal diction, choral ensemble techniques, and vocal ensemble literature.

A required course for all music education majors, vocal and instrumental emphasis, which provides an overview of the total public school music program. Observation and clinical experiences in public school classrooms and performing groups will be required.

An orientation in the overall area of church music and the ministry through music. A survey of the multi-faceted use of religious music in various settings.

This course is an introduction to the art and discipline of musical composition. Emphasis is given to the creative processes through original works written for the smaller musical genres. The student is expected to compose several works through the course of the semester with attention being given to melodic and harmonic structures, formal organization, and appropriate instrumentation. Prerequisite: MUSI 1331.

This course is a continuation in the art and discipline of musical composition. Emphasis is given to the creative processes through original works written for the smaller musical genres. The student is expected to compose several works through the course of the semester with attention being given to melodican and harmonic structures, formal oranization, and appropriate instrumentation. Prerequisite: MUSI 2311.

Continuation of MUSI 1332. Includes secondary dominant and leading tone chords, modulation to closely related keys, borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, Augmented 6th chords, modal scales, florid counterpoint, and ternary forms. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2131. Prerequisite: MUSI 1132 and 1332.

Continuation of MUSI 2331. Includes study of 20th century harmonic vocabulary and techniques. Topics include chromatic modulation, exotic and synthetic scales, contrpuntal variants, multi-movement forms, 12-tone and set theory, aleatoric practices, and various media techniques. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2132. Prerequisite: MUSI 2131 and 2331.

Practical experience in reading and creating chord charts, lead sheets, chord substitutions, reharmonizations, modulations, segues, introductions, and other popular or jazz-oriented improvisational techniques. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2132. Prerequisites: MUSI 2131 and 2331.

A survey of the history, music literature, and compositional techniques and styles from Gregorian chant up through the death of Bach.