Music (MUS)

MUS 100 Fundamentals of Music Notation. (3) F, S, SS
Provides non-Music majors with sufficient symbol literacy to begin work in the field of musical learning. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree.

MUS 340 Survey of Music History. (3) F, S, SS
Major periods, composers, and compositions in the history of music. General Studies: HU, H.

MUS 347 Jazz in America. (3) F, S, SS
Current practices employed by contemporary jazz musicians; the historical development of jazz techniques. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree. General Studies: HU.

MUS 353 Survey of Afro-American Music. (3) A
Afro-American music traced from its origins in Africa to the present with emphasis on spiritual, blues, jazz, gospel, and classical styles. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree. General Studies: HU.

MUS 354 Popular Music. (3) A
Emphasis on historical, cultural, and performance patterns in a variety of popular idioms such as, but not limited to, rock, folk, jazz, and Afro-American music. May be repeated for credit. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree. General Studies: HU.

MUS 355 Survey of American Music. (3) F, S, SS
Growth and development of American music. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree. General Studies: HU, H.

MUS 356 Survey of the Musical Theatre. (3) N
Music's place in the theatre, viewed in terms of historical importance and relative function. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree. General Studies: HU.

MUS 357 Aesthetic Perception in Music Performance. (3) F, S, SS
Introduces the non-Music major to the aesthetics of performance by stressing their physical and emotional involvement in the direction, motion, intensity, and color spectrum of music. Credit not applicable toward any Music degree. General Studies: HU.

MUS 363 Survey of Russian Music. (3) F '97
Examines music and musical life in Russia and the Soviet Union from the Middle Ages to the present. Lecture, discussion.

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