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Courses

 

Music Instruction
  

  • MUSI 2350 French Diction for Singers

    A course for voice majors designed to provide students a working knowledge of French diction for singing and an acquaintance with standard vocal literature.
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 2351 Italian and French Diction for Singers

    Italian and French Diction for Singers provides students with skills in the study and practice of Italian and French pronunciation and articulation to aid in vocal performance and pedagogy. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is employed to reinforce shared phonemes across various languages. Video, audio, and experiential learning (including vocal performance) is integrated to the course.

      Voice major or permission of the Department Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2340  
    Credits: 1.0

  

  • MUSI 2400 Struc/Content Mus Industry

    Historical aspects of recording and publishing industries and their impact on society. Current trends in publishing and recording, including business structure and role in the industry. Various topics that are pertinent to being successful. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1400  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2410 Doing Business in the New Millennium

    This one-credit course introduces students to the music and entertainment industry by studying various current topics of importance. Assignments include discussions of current events and important pertinent articles.
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 2510 Sound Engineering Arts I: Fundamentals and Transducers

    The primary goal of this course is to provide an in-depth discussion of transducers and transducer theory as it relates to audio engineering including: microphone theory and types, magnetic recording principles and applications, mixing console signal flow and design, and loudspeaker theory and design. Primary auditory physiology and theory are presented and principles of wave motion, electricity, and acoustics are introduced. Students will submit written homework assignments, daily journal entries, and keep a comprehensive notebook of all class information as well as related audio information gathered through other readings and experiences. This is a writing and technology intensive course. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1510 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2520 Sound Engineering Arts I Laboratory

    This course is designed to familiarize the student with basic audio studio recording practices. Topics mainly parallel the material in SEA 1. This is a course which requires time in the recording studio. Topics include: introduction to policies and procedures of the Sound Engineering Arts program, introduction to microphone technique, monophonic recording, stereo recording, analog tape editing, tape recording maintenance, the use of DAT recorders, and introuction to multitrack recording. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1510 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 2530 Sea II: Signal Proc

    Small groups of performing musicians (typically 3-10) working independently with a faculty coach. Repertoire ranges from standard art music and contemporary music to improvised and world music. Students will meet a minimum of twice per week and give a minimum of one performance per semester of enrollment. Permission of the ensemble coach is required. Non-majors may participate by audition. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2510  AND MUSI 2520 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2540 Sound Engineering Arts II Laboratory

    Topics mainly parallel the material in MUS 2520. Multitrack theory and practice, popular music recording and mixing, and deconstruction of popular selections for the purpose of illustration and critique. Assignments gradually lead the student to feel confident to effectively administer an 8-track recording session, overdub sessions, and mix sessions. Use of signal processing is introduced. Emphasis placed on process and not the product. Students are required to record a number of student recitals. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2510  AND MUSI 2840
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 2555 Audio Production for Songwriters

    Songwriters and composers need the knowledge and skills necessary to render their musical works and peformances at the highest level possible. This couse offers the musician an in-depth investigation into digital audio workstations, computer-based compositional tools, the recording process, small room acoustics, plugins, signal processing, audio mixing techniques, and mastering. Projects will include a variety of mixing and recording exercises. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1510  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2560 Music in Social Media I

    This course will examine the history of social media and how technology and user generated content have transformed society and popular music. Topics will include personal computers, the Internet, technology search engines, peer-to-peer ( P2P), open sourse, wikis, Creative commons, blogs, podcasts, videocasts, social media services and companies and mobile media.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2570 Music in Social Media II

    This course will continue to examine the history of social media and how technology and user generated content have transformed society and popular music. Topics will include personal computers, the Internet, technology search engines, peer-to-peer ( P2P), open sourse, wikis, Creative commons, blogs, podcasts, videocasts, social media services and companies and mobile media. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2560 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2580 Electronic Music I

    An introduction to electronic music with hands-on experience in the basics of subtractive, FM, and digital synthesis. Emphasis placed on MIDI and computer applications. No prior experience on synthesizer necessary. Most assignments and projects are to be completed during required lab time. Ability to read music required. Placement test is given at first class meeting. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1240  or MUSI 1600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2590 Electronic Music II

    A continuation of Electronic Music I with hands-on lab experience of music synthesis, sampling, digital audio, and production. Emphasis will be placed on imaginative musical applications of technology and the role of technology in the music profession and in society as a whole, including legal and ethical implications (software priacy, file sharing, etc.). Most assignments and projects are to be completed during the required lab time. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2580 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2600 Music Theory III

    The work of the sophomore year continues with the comprehensive development of musicianship by the study of literature in the larger contrapuntal and homophonic forms. Specific areas include chromatic harmony and contemporary harmonic and compositional techniques. Considerable analysis of romantic and twentieth-century literature, as well as correlated written projects, forms the nucleus of this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2610 Music Theory IV

    The work of the sophomore year continues with the comprehensive development of musicianship by the study of literature in the larger contrapuntal and homophonic forms. Specific areas include chromatic harmony and contemporary harmonic and compositional techniques. Considerable analysis of romantic and twentieth-century literature, as well as correlated written projects, forms the nucleus of this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2620 Composition I

    A workshop course that develops compositional skills in the homophonic forms. Two-, three-, and five-part song forms, minuet and trio and rondo forms are explored by way of musical analysis. Specific projects of composition are assigned for each of the above-named forms. Student works are performed. Students will be charged an additional Music Private Lesson Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2610  
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 2630 Composition II

    In this second semester of Composition Workshop, the development of basic compositional skills is continued with their application to the traditional forms of rondo, theme and variations, ostinato, and sonatina. Students will be charged an additional Music Private Lesson Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2620 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 2710 Jazz Improv III

    Continuation of Improvisation II. One- or two-week units featuring guest lectures on a variety of advanced topics. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1610  AND MUSI 1720 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 2730 Jazz History and Analysis I

    A study of the evolution of jazz from its African and European origins to the early bebop period. The course emphasizes how each period developed both musically and historically, and includes an in-depth analysis of its major performers, arrangers, and composers. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2740 Jazz History and Analyisis II

    This course studies the evolution of jazz from the bebop period (1945-1950) to the present. It explores and analyzes important musical developments in the music, focusing on seminal individual musicians, groups, and musical movements. Historical and cultural factors that influenced the development of jazz are also explored at length. The course includes in-depth analysis of the styles and contributions of important jazz performers, arrangers and composers, and requires the students to apply historical knowledge of style to performances on their major instrument. This writing intensive class is for jazz majors only.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2780 Songwriting I

    The student in songwriting will develop skills in melody, harmony, and arranging as well as creative approaches to musical composition, lyric writing, and an individual writing style. A focus on individual development will be emphasized. Through the study of acknowledged masterpieces of the songwriter’s art, the student will develop the critical skills necessary to recognize and discuss quality elements in musical and lyrical structure.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2790 Songwriting II

    This courseis a continuation of Songriting I and will develop skills in melody, harmony, and arranging as well as creative approaches to musical composition, lyric writing, and an individual writing style. A focus on individual development will be emphasized. Through the study of acknowledged masterpieces of the songwriter’s art, the student will develop the critical skills necessary to recognize and discuss quality elements in musical and lyrical structure. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2780 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 2800 Ear Training III

    More advanced work in sight-singing, dictation, and rhythmic skills with special emphasis on the techniques required to perform twentieth-century music. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1810 
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 2810 Ear Training IV

    More advanced work in sight-singing, dictation, and rhythmic skills with special emphasis on the techniques required to perform twentieth-century music. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1810  1 credit each.
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 2820 Jazz Ear Training I

    An integrated course in ear training that includes the development of sight-singing, diction, improvisation, and rhythmic skills as they especially apply to the jazz style. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1810 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 2830 Jazz Ear Training II

    An integrated course in ear training that includes the development of sight-singing, diction, improvisation, and rhythmic skills as they especially apply to the jazz style, and continuation of Ear Training I. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2820 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3110 Studies in Music

    An introduction to musicology in a very broad sense of the term. Readings, library projects, and research papers are assigned on the history and sociology of music, music theory, ethnomusicology, musical acoustics, and the aesthetics of music. Basically interdisciplinary, the course deals with the relationships among these areas and their connections with composition, performance, criticism, and pedagogy. Extensive training in the techniques of scholarship, preparation of papers and dissertations, and the use of the library.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3130 Western Music Through Josquin

    A detailed study of Western music and its place in society through the death of Josquin des Prez.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3140 Music in the Late Renaissance and Baroque Periods

    Western music from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and early eighteenth centuries is listened to, analyzed, and discussed.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3150 Music in the Rococo and Classical Periods

    A study of the music from the sons of Bach through Beethoven.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3160 Pop Music and Genre I

    The Popular Music Periods and Genre Studiy I course raises the following questions: 1) How do social lives and musical cultures interrrelate? 2) How have globally commercialized musics emerged over time? This course introduces students in the Popular Music major to a variety of musical and social features related to specific music genres within the global music market. Through an ethnomusicological method, both lectures and examples from a diverse musical repertoire present the social values for music that frequently circulate between Western and non-Western musical contexts. Students’ participation in musical analysis and use of social theory will strengthen their understanding of the role of musical style and related social attitudes within the global order.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3170 History of American Pop Music From 1950

    Chronological survey including sociological implications, current trends, and new directions.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3180 Rock Music Diversity & Justice

    This course is a chronological survey of the history of American Popular Music documenting the power relations in the music industry, both systematically and individually. Also included are the roles the different performers of the different genres of music play in protest and civil rights movements. This couse is Writing Intensive.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3190 Music Romantic Period

    An in-depth study of European concert music and its place in society during the 19th century.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3200 Basic Conducting

    Presents the basic techniques of conducting, both with and without a baton. These techniques include basic beat patterns, preparation, cut-offs, fermatas, tempos, moods, use of the left hand, etc. Each student conducts, using the class as the performing medium. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2610 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3210 Choral Conducting

    Develops and refines the basic techniques of conducting acquired in Basic Conducting. Actual conducting experience applies these techniques to the specific demands of vocal music. Other areas of study include organization and administration of secondary school choral groups, tone and diction, and rehearsal techniques.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3220 Instrumental Conducting

    Basic conducting techniques applied to the media of orchestra and band. Score reading, rehearsal techniques, and interpretation are included in addition to further development of physical skill. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3200 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3250 Teaching Strategies: General Music-Music Education

    This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the methods and materials necessary for teaching general music to students in grades K - 5. Traditional techniques of presenting a variety of musical activities are examined as well as the more contemporary systems of Orff, Kodaly, Gordon, and Dalcroze. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1250   Cross Listed Course(s): MUSI 5050
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3260 Teaching Strategies- Choral Music

    To provide music education majors specific information and practical experience concerning and the teaching and directing of choral music at the elementary through high school levels.   Prerequisite(s): CIED 2070 , MUSI 3250 , MUSI 3200 , PSY 1100  Co-requisite(s): MUSI 3280 or MUSI 3290  
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3280 Music Pedagogy Internship

    This course provides placements for music majors who desire teaching experience in a supervised environment. Placements may include the university’s Music After School program, the Paterson Music Project, and other community or regional music teaching situations as determined by the internship coordinator. Requires permission of music department chair. 

      This class may be completed for a maximum of three credits. Prerequisite(s): Must be a Music major, permission of music department chair.
    Credits: 1.0

  

  • MUSI 3290 Clinical Experience for Music

    A practicum field experience and seminar that provide pre-service music education students with opportunities to observe, teach, and reflect upon their teaching in a public school classroom setting for one day per week prior to Clinical Practice I and II. 
      Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1250  , MUSI 3250  , MUSI 4250  , CIED 2070   Co-requisite(s): MUSI 3260  
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 3300 Woodwind Literature

    An exploration of standard repertoire for woodwind instruments focusing on specific examples which can be utilized for teaching and/or performing. Included will be examples of solo, orchestral and chamber music which will be examined through lectures, discussion and performance.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3310 Brass Literature

    A study of solo, chamber, and orchestral music for brass ensembles and performers.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3320 Percussion Literature

    A study of standard and contemporary Western music for percussion ensemble, solo performance, and mixed chamber ensemble, as well as orchestral repertoire.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3330 Guitar Literature

    Students survey the history and literature of plucked instruments through transcription, analysis, and performance. Students gain a deeper awareness of the repertory of plucked instruments.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3340 Vocal Literature I

    An introduction to the song repertoires of German Lieder and French Melodie through performance, listening, analysis, and attending concerts.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3350 Vocal Literature II

    An introduction to the opera and oratorio arias and nationalistic songs through performance, listening, analysis, and attending concerts. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3340 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3360 Piano Literature I

    A review of piano literature from the Baroque and Classical periods for beginning through advanced students.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3370 Piano Literature II

    A review of piano literature from the Romantic and Contemporary periods for beginning through advanced students.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3390 Choral Literature

    A chronological survey and examination of representative choral compositions from each period of Western music, with emphasis on style and its relation to performance. Music is studied in relation to the cultural environment of its time.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3400 Modern Entertainment Company I

    Through the operation of a real-time entertainment company, students will experience the inner workings of the music and entertainment industry. In The Modern Entertainment Company I (Fall Semester), students will gain additional insight toward the business side of the music industry. From strategic planning to budgeting, from marketing to sales & distribution, from merchandising to event management, this project-based class will create a new entertainment company from scratch.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3410 Modern Entertainment Co II

    In The Modern Entertainment Company II, the class will take on artist(s) projects for sales, marketing and distribution. Students will develop a recording schedule (and work with SEA to record an artist), produce and film a music video, book and promote live events, and execute a full marketing & promotional plan in order to generate sales from all available revenue streams.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3440 Entrepreneurship for Musicians

    The student will be introduced to all areas of self-promotion and marketing, including print media, the world wide web, social media, public relations, and networking. Projects will include the creation of a web presence through a website and electronic press kit, the creation of a social media presence, the creation of a business/marketing plan as it relates to a career in teaching, performance, composition, music business, or professional audio areas.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3450 Intellectual Property Rights

    This course will introduce the student to the concepts, definitions, theories and practices of intellectual property (IP) along with the main subdivisions of IP- copyright, trademark, patent, unfair competition, trade secrets and right of publicity. The course will primarily cover copyright and copyright infringement, their history, development and present status, as well as the related concepts, definitions, and practices of ideas, expressions of ideas, originality, creativity, borrowing, paraphrasing, interpolation, sampling and similariity especially with respect to music.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3460 Media Use in the Music and Entertainment Industry

    Articles, press kits, promotional materials, advertising, and the media in industry relations. Roles of artist, public relations representative, advertising company, and recording company. Application of communication skills to professional tasks Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1400  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3500 Art of the Producer

    This course offers a complete perspective on the history and practice of the art of the music producer in contemporary popular music from the 1950’s to the present. Included in this course will be discussions and examples of the responsibilities of the producer, the art of mixing, trouble shooting the production, playback systems, the creative tools used in production, client relations, self-producing, and budgeting. A wide range of musical and video examples will be used to demonstrate production techniques
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3510 Sound Engineering Arts III: Current Practices and Techniques of the Audio Industry

    The primary goal of this course is to provide and in-depth discussion of digital audio theory as it relates to audio engineering. Topics include: Nyquist thorem, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion oversampling, noise shaping, digital recording media, digital recording devices, digital editing systems, error correction/detection, simple digital signal processing, digital delivery systems, the Internet, fiber optics, the compact disc, DVD, film sound formats, high bit and sample rates, and data compression.This is a Writing Intensive course. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2530  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3520 Sound Engineering Arts III Laboratory

    Topics mainly parallel the material in SEA 3. Students are introduced to the 24-track studio. Topics include tape recorder alignment, in-line console signal flow, patchbay operations, recording session protocol, microphone techniques, and mixing principles. Assignments gradually lead the student to feel confident to effectively administer a 24-track recording session, overdub sessions, and mix sessions. The creative use of signal processing is expanded. Introduction to digital editing and CD recording. Emphasis placed on process and not the product. Students are required to record a number of student recitals. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2520  AND MUSI 2540 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3530 Sea Iv: Digital Audio Principles and Applications

    An in depth exploration of digital audio as it relates to the audio professional. Topics include: the Nyquist theorem, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, oversampling, noise shaping, digital recording media, digital recording devices, digital editing systems, error correction/detection, simple digital signal processing, digital delivery systems, the Internet, fiber optics, the compact disc, DVD, film sound formats, high bit and sample rates, and data compression. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3510  AND MUSI 3520 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3540 Sound Engineering Arts IV Lab

    Topics include: a comparison of sample rates/word lengths, digital editing assignments, introduction to the digital console, multitrack recording and editing projects, and integration of the analog and digital control rooms. Students are required to record a number of ensemble performances. Students are required to successfully complete a junior practical exam in order to advance to the Sound Engineering Arts Seminar. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3510  AND MUSI 3520 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3550 Studio Supervision

    The purpose of this course is to familiarize the sound engineering arts student with the basics or recording studio management. To this end each student enrolled in this course - a maximum of four - form a team which manages and supervises the SEA program’s recording facilities as outlined in the SEA Survival Guide. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3560 Audio Post-Production and Surround Sound

    Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3550 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3570 Acoustical Design for Audio Applications

    This course is designed to provide an overview of the pactical applications of acoustical design as it relates to critical recoding and listening environments. The student will be introduced to sound isolation concepts and materials, frequency and reflection control, construction techniques, isolation techniques, acoustical measurement, basic computer-aided drafting, HVAC concerns, reverberation time calculations, and project management. Each student will complete the design and materials specification for a room to be transformed into an appropriate acoustical environment. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 1900  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3575 Digital Music Creation I

    This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and tools used in modern laptop music production. Topics will include discussions and projects related to pitch, tempo, musical style, commonly used music creation software, commonly used song structure, sampling, basic sound design, mixing techniques, basic beat and accompaniment creation, basic music terminology, drum programming, virtual instruments, sound libraries, MIDI data entry and editing. Projects and homework assignments are designed to develop the skills needed to bring songs to completion. Basic knowledge of music (Music Fundamentals MUSI 1240 or equivalent) including note values, basic music notation, basic chord structure, etc.  Students must check with the instructor for this courses’ current technological requirements.

      Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1240  or equivalent.
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • MUSI 3576 Digital Music Creation II

    This course is a continuation of Digital Music Creation I. The student will further advance her/his arranging and mixing techniques through a semester-long collaboration with a peer songwriter culminating in the production of a full-length album. Topics will include: exploration of lesser used song structure, exploration of lesser used chord progressions, further investigation of recording techniques, advanced mixing techniques, advanced signal processing, a deeper investigation of audio plug-ins, how to master a final mix, how to function as a music producer, deeper understanding of musical arranging, and the role of experimentation in the music creation process. Students must check with the instructor for this courses’ current technological requirements.

      Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3575  
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • MUSI 3580 Electronic Music III

    A continuation of Electronic Music I and II with hands-on experience using subtractive synthesis, frequency modulation synthesis, linear arithmetic synthesis, and sampling. Emphasis is placed on creativity, practical music applications and regularly assigned projects producing music for various types of media including dance, film, video, and radio. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2580  AND MUSI 2590 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3600 Music Analysis

    Intensive formal, harmonic, rhythmic, melodic, and textural analysis of compositions from the Renaissance to the present. Traditional terminology is covered, but the emphasis is on empirical analysis. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2610 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3610 Arranging

    A practical approach to arranging for choral and instrumental groups. Deals with the problems teachers encounter as directors of musical organizations. Voice leading, part distribution, range, transpositions, and musical styles are studied.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3620 Composition III

    Individual student composition projects in a succession of predominant twentieth-century styles and techniques: serialism-free atonality, pandiatonicism, quartal harmony, etc. Students will be charged an additional Music Private Lesson Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2620 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3630 Composition IV

    A continuation of Composition Workshop III. Students will be charged an additional Music Private Lesson Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3620 
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3680 Composition For Media

    This course is designed to provide an overview of the technological concepts, practices, history and techniques used by composers for visual media, such as film, television, advertising, video games and interactive media. Topics will include: spotting, scoring, mixing, licensing and networking. Students will use technological resources to create music to accompany visual media, using actual clips and sample job descriptions from the current marketplace. Terminology and procedures will be discussed while studying examples and composing works that display mastery of the concepts learned. Students’ work in the course will result in a portfolio of work which students can showcase online. This is a Technology Intensive course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3780 Arranging for Songwriters

    ARRANGING FOR THE SONGWRITER deals with myriad aspects of popular song-arranging. Students will learn fundamental approaches to arranging songs and acquire skills for vocal and instrumental arrangement of rock, folk and pop music ensemble settings, as well as more elaborate and unusual instrumental groupings. Basic elements of orchestration such as sound qualities and ranges of various instruments will also be explored and employed. Additionally, students will be exposed to successful arrangements of classic rock, jazz, folk and popular songs by well-known and admired artists in order to examine what it is that makes these song arrangements effective. Projects will include arranging and recording of students’ original songs as well as song collaborations with fellow classmates. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2780  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 3800 Ear Training V

    Advanced third-year ear training work, including sight-singing, dictation, and rhythmic skills, with special emphasis on the techniques required to perform twentieth-century music. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2810 
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 3810 Ear Training VI

    Advanced third-year ear training work, including sight-singing, dictation, and rhythmic skills, with special emphasis on the techniques required to perform twentieth-century music. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3800 
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 3820 Jazz Ear Training III

    Continuation of MUSP 2830 with emphasis on extension harmonies, altered scales, alternate and advanced jazz forms, phrase structure. Sight singing activities include prepared and unprepared vocalization exercises, single line, polyphonic jazz and classical progressions, and rhythmic duplication of jazz percussion materials.

      Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2830  
    Credits: 2.0

  

  • MUSI 3830 Jazz Ear Training IV

    An integrated course in the development of skills that pertain specifically to hearing and executing (playing, singing, writing) the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials of the jazz style. It is a continuation of Jazz Ear Training III. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3430
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3840 The Nashville Music Biz

    This course is designed to introduce students to the music and entertainment industry at a Nashville-based conference.    Particular emphasis will be placed on networking techniques and social media.  One-on-one interviewing, simple audio editing software, and podcasting are key components to this class.


      Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1400  
    Credits: 2.0

  

  • MUSI 3980 Sacred Music Seminar

    A series of seminars dealing with all aspects of work within a sacred music field that cannot be covered within the applied lesson.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the Dean. 1-6 credits. Permission of the department chairperson required.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • MUSI 4000 BA Capstone

    Working closely with the course instructor, students will conduct an in-depth research study or an advanced level project related to their primary area of expertise or interest within their degree program. Students registering for this course must complete a standardized form detailing the capstone project. The topic of the project will be determined by the student in conjunction with the instructor and must be approved by the instructor.  Students will participate in a final presentation of their project. 

      Students must be Music majors.
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • MUSI 4050 The Music Enseml;E and The Community

    This course combines continued training for music performers in an ensemble (majors only) with academic and experiential exploration of the dynamics of civic and community engagement through service-learning. Students will prepare for the experience of the performance in the community by engaging in readings about music community outreach (current articles, case studies and other accounts) that connect their discipline with community service. As part of course requirements students will perform the same musical program with the same ensemble in two disparate socio-economic settings in the greater Northern New Jersey area, then engage in structured reflection about their experience. Students will become problem solvers by planning, designing, and implementing music performance in less advantaged areas.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4100 Pop Music Period and Genre II

    he Popular Music Periods and Genre Studiy I course raises the following questions: 1) How do social lives and musical cultures interrrelate? 2) How have globally commercialized musics emerged over time? This course introduces students in the Popular Music major to a variety of musical and social features related to specific music genres within the global music market. Through an ethnomusicological method, both lectures and examples from a diverse musical repertoire present the social values for music that frequently circulate between Western and non-Western musical contexts. Students’ participation in musical analysis and use of social theory will strengthen their understanding of the role of musical style and related social attitudes within the global order.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4180 Masterworks of Opera

    A study of selected masterpieces of opera in their entirety, with emphasis on the cultural, literary, historic, and artistic foundations of each work.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4190 Masterpieces of Western Concert Music for the Jazz Musician

    A detailed study of major compositions from the standard repertory of Western concert music from the Medieval Period through the Contemporary period. Each work is examined utilizing its score and representative recording to gain understanding of its expressive content, historical importance, and technical language.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4200 Seminar in Popular Music

    Students will gain significant insight into various aspects of songwriting, arranging, music production, music entrepreneurship and the like through the attending of various lectures and demonstrations from faculty and guest speakers. Topics can include: lyrics writing, collaboration, promotion, lifestyle, advanced learning, songwriting as a livelihood, marketing, music licensing, composing for pictures, jingle writing, topics in world popular music, tour management, surviving in a DIY culture, and similar items.
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 4210 Advanced Choral Conducting

    Provides continued study and practice of choral conducting techniques. Emphasis on developing good vocal tone production in choral groups, style and interpretation in choral literature, and program building. Some of the standard larger choral works are studied.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 4230 Performing and Teaching World Music

    A hands-on course where students learn about the musical/cultural traditions of three countries, regions, or cultures; develop performing skills from these cultures; and apply this knowledge to develop pedagogical skills and materials. UCC:Area 6 Music major or permission of the department Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1600  and MUSI 1610  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4250 Teaching Strategies: Instrumental Music

    This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the methods and materials necessary for teaching instrumental music to students in grades 4-12. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100  ,MUSI 1250  ,MUSI 3250   Co-requisite(s): CIED 2070  ,MUSI 3250  
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 4260 Jazz For Music Educators

    Study of the core elements of jazz, repertoire, and the teaching of jazz history, improvisation, and jazz ensembles in the public schools. Music Majors only. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2610  andMUSI 1250  
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 4290 Professional Learning Seminar I:Music Education

    A weekly course in which students who are enrolled in MUSI 4290 - Clinical Practice I meet to discuss and review topics and issues relevant to their clinical practice and to further prepare for a career as an educator.  
     

      Prerequisite(s): CIED 2070  , MUSI 3290  ,MUSI 4250  ,MUSI 3250  , MUSI 3260  ,MUSI 1250  ,PSY 1100  

    Pass the Praxis CORE(or have the equivalent SAT)
    Pass the Praxis Exam: Music Content Knowledge
    3.00 GPA Co-requisite(s): EDUC 4150  
    Credits: 2.0

  

  • MUSI 4291 Professional Learning Seminar II:Music Education

    A weekly course in which students who are enrolled in EDUC 4250  - Clinical Practice II meet to discuss and review topics and issues relevant to their clinical practice and to further prepare for a career as an educator.   Prerequisite(s): CIED 2120  , MUSI 1250  , MUSI 3290 , MUSI 4290   CIED 2070  , and Pass the Praxis CORE (or have equivalent SAT scores), Pass the Praxis Exam:  Music Content Knowledge, Overall GPA 3.00 Co-requisite(s): EDUC 4250  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4300 Maintenance and Repair of Instruments

    Problems of repair with respect to brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments. Laboratory sessions.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4310 Applied Pedagogy

    Materials and strategies for teaching applied classical music lessons at a variety of levels.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 4320 Performance Seminar

    Develops performing skills and techniques through master classes, studio classes, guest lectures and performances; addresses professional goals and objectives including understanding the challenges facing performes; and provides opportunities for critique.
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 4340 Vocal Pedagogy

    An overview of teaching methods and material for private and group voice instruction. Appropriate literature and physiology are included. Required for Classical Performance voice majors.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 4350 Pop Music Internship

    This Internship provides the student with the opportunity to gain real world experience in the professional music and entertainment industry. Students who have completed this program will have an in-depth and working knowledge of the music and entertainment industry, the role of social media in this industry, a global perspective of popular music, and the basics of songwriting and arranging.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • MUSI 4360 Piano Pedagogy I

    An overview of teaching methods and materials for private and group piano instruction. Appropriate literature and techniques for music reading and skill development are included.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 4370 Piano Pedagogy II

    A continuation of MUS 4360 consisting of more advanced concepts for private and group piano instruction. Required for Classical Performance piano majors.
    Credits: 2.0
  

  • MUSI 4380 Accompanying

    Provides opportunities for upper-class students and advanced piano majors to study the art of accompanying and to develop potential in this area of piano performance.
    Credits: 1.0
  

  • MUSI 4390 Piano Tuning

    Complete explanation and application of tuning acoustic and electric pianos by the equal temperament system. Problems, procedures, and exploration of standard techniques.
    Credits: 3.0
 

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