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MGT 4600 Business Strategy and Policy
This three credit course irepresents a case study approach to business decision-making that integrates functional and organizational disciplines. It examines a series of complex industrial situations in depth to determine, in each instance, the strategy and policies a firm should follow for its long-run survival. Some sections of this course are writing intensive. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2120 AND ECON 2100 AND MGT 2000 AND MKT 2100 AND FIN 3200
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4700 Introduction to Operations Research
The scientific methodology of operations research and logic is applied to the decision-making process. Introduces the concepts of linear and mathematical programming and inventory, and statistical decision theories. Prerequisite(s): MGT 2000 AND ECON 2100 AND MATH 1450
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4770 Business Analytics
Businesses and individuals seek to maximize their utility functions and gain the most from their investments and efforts. To achieve this in the present day environment, the focus has gone beyond the management of “tangible” physical resources, goods and services and shifted towards tapping into the power of information and the “intangible”. Survival and profitability now are impacted by technology enabled data dynamics and information driven competitive advantages. Therefore understanding analytics, relevant technologies and information management is no longer optional for individuals or a businesses or any intelligent entity - today, and in the visible future.
‘Business Analytics’ is the industry phrase referring to technology driven solutions for managing ‘Big-Data’ and associated phenomena. The “Business Analytics” course provides an introductory overview for a broad range of topics associated with business analytics, big data phenomena and information management. It will address issues associated with the generation, storage and retrieval of pertinent data, and associated technologies. The course will discuss topics related to big data, how it is managed and the business relevance of big data analytics. A hands-on approach will be employed, with a fair balance between theory and actual usage of analytics tools. Theory will include both conceptual and managerial topics, as well as discussions on the mathematical models that drive analytics.. The hands-on approach will include the use of software tools such as R, R-studio and some amount of Excel / spreadsheet modeling based analytics. The course will connect technology driven business analytics concepts to real world business realities. All sections are Technology Intensive.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1170 , and ECON 2100 OR MGT 2110
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4800 Seminar Management
Explores, in depth, selected theoretical aspects of management theories and/or the major areas within management. Each student is expected to take a major area and prepare a paper that may include decision-making processes, strategy formulation, perceptions of environmental factors, managerial values, organizational crises, and other current management topics. Students have the opportunity to write a paper based on their studies of real-world situations. Prerequisite(s): MGT 3060 AND MGT 3090
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4850 Management Practicum
A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied theory in a group setting. Done under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and coordinated with a business organization.
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4852 Entrepreneurship Practicum
A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied entrepreneurship and small business management theory in a group setting. A consulting project for a profit or nonprofit organization is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Minimum GPA of 3.0 (overall and major), senior status.
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4860 Business Case Writing
This is a cross-disciplinary course that represents the second part of the 6-credit practicum Honors option, which must be conducted over two semesters and undertaken in the junior or senior year. It will be a core component of the Practicum Honors option. Honors Practicum credits will be applied towards major concentration requirements. The course involves writing an effective business case based on the consulting report or business plan completed in the practicum course. This course will be supervised by a mentor chosen from the Cotsakos College of Business Academically Qualified (AQ) faculty members who participated in the corresponding practicum course.
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4900 Internship in Management
This is a cooperative education/field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working, uninterrupted for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity in the student’s geographical area. Prerequisite(s): MGT 2000
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4901 Internship in Management (HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT)
This is a field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity. Prerequisite(s): MGT 2000 , Junior Status, minimum 2.5 overall and Major GPA , Permission of Chair and Dean.
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4902 Entrepreneurship Practicum
This is a field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working for a significant amount of time, with an entrepreneurial and/or small business.
Prerequisite(s): MGT 2000 , junior status, minimum 2.5 overall & in-major GPA, permission of Chair & Dean.
Credits: 3.0
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MGT 4990 Independent Study
A special project supervised by a faculty adviser.
Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
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MKT 2100 Principles of Marketing
Major emphasis on techniques for solving business problems, the development of marketing policies, and the sale of consumer and industrial products. Various marketing decisions are examined with respect to product planning, channels of distribution, promotion activity, selling and sales management, pricing, and international marketing.
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3140 Marketing Communication Strategy
Covers the theory and management of the different elements of the integrated marketing communication mix of firms. Includes an introduction to the marketing communication process and an overview of customer psychology, including models of motivation, persuasion, learning, and behavior modification. Communication issues relating to brand building and corporate image building are discussed. Each of the elements of the promotion mix - advertising, sales promotion, public relations, personal selling, and direct marketing (including communications on the Web) - are examined. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3160 Global Marketing
A comprehensive examination of the problems and opportunities of international marketing. Provides for in-depth study of international marketing decision requirements, including strategic planning, cultural analysis, and other related topics. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3200 Consumer Behavior
The purpose of this course is to understand how people function as consumers. This knowledge is indispensable to marketing managers as they make decisions concerning what products to offer, how to distribute them, and how to communicate with consumers. The major focus of the course is on consumers’ psychological processes. In addition, the broader social, cultural, and sub-cultural influences on behavior are considered. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3320 E-Marketing
The course entails the study of core web marketing concepts and digital marketing strategies. Topics include disruptive technologies, networks, social media, affiliate marketing, online advertising, search engine marketing, and web analytics. The course adopts a strategic marketing approach to help students understand the value creation principles underlying various new digital business models and monetization. Students implement live web projects in which they learn and apply concepts such as digital curation, content creation, keywords advertising, and search engine optimization. The course emphasizes ethical approaches to safeguarding and protecting the privacy of consumers and other stakeholders for the implementation of digital marketing initiatives. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 or equivalent
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3321 Social Media Marketing
Digital social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and YouTube, have become increasingly important elements of consumers’ daily routines and, as such, are attracting a growing level of attention by marketers.
Social media change the nature of social interactions, which enables new ways for consumers to express positive as well as negative feelings and thoughts about a brand. Brands can use social media, either in the form of social network sites or company-owned pages, to not only establish powerful brand communities, but can also elevate their after-sale service via social media through individualized consumer communications. Social networks lead to a substantially accelerated diffusion of information and thus require a different handling with more-active-than-ever customers.
The course is designed to help students understand and assess brands’ successful or unsuccessful practices of social media marketing by focusing on uses and applications of social media marketing. Thus, it takes an applied approach to social networks and social media platforms. Students in this course will develop the relevant knowledge about social media platforms through practices, demonstrations, and analyses of social media business applications. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3323 Customer Analytics
Customer analytics addresses how to use data analytics to learn about and market to individual customers. This course is designed to provide a useful conceptual framework as well as analytical techniques that can be applied in understanding and managing customers in the era of Big Data. The key areas of customer analytics focus on descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and their applications in the latest business practices. Specific topics to be covered include assessing value to the customer, predicting and targeting the right customers, customer profits and retention, customer lifetime value, etc. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 , ECON 2020 , and ECON 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3420 Retail Management
Provides students with a basic understanding of the strategic planning, operation, and management of the retail enterprise. Topics to be covered include classification of both store and non-store retailing businesses, with special attention paid to electronic retailing (e-tailing); retail customer behavior; retail marketing strategy; financial strategy; store location analysis; merchandising planning and buying; retail pricing and promotion strategies; human resource issues; store design; and service quality. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3510 Selling/Sales Management
Integrates the development of skills associated with the job of professional selling with an examination of the role of the sales manager. Topics include adaptive selling, various selling techniques, building and maintaining relationships with cliens, principles of persuasion, ethical and legal issues, sales forecasting, territory management, selection of sales personnel, and training, motivating, and rewarding the sales force. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 3990 Selected Topics
A topic not covered by an existing course.
Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
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MKT 4100 Global Supply Chain Management
Introduction to the related concepts of supply chain management, logistics and transportation, sourcing, and purchase management in the international context; role of information technology; managing the flow of material across the supply chain; global sourcing and inventory management; developing the maintaining supply chain relationships; strategic alliances and logistics network configuration; free trade zones, and maquiladora operations.
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4650 Marketing Research
Marketing research as a tool of marketing management, emphasizing the role of research in planning, organizing, and controlling marketing activities. Various analytical tools for marketing research are examined and their application to practical marketing problems is illustrated. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 AND (MATH 1400 OR MATH 1170 ) AND (ECON 2100 OR ECON 2110 )
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4750 Supply Chain Management
Covers the theory, techniques, and management of physical supply and distribution. Emphasis is placed on organization, route structure, equipment management, scheduling, control operations, inventory management and other macro- and micro-logistics. Students must deal with U.S. government regulations, industry trends and relations, technological development, and corporate strategy. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4800 Pricing Strategies
Pricing is a multi-disciplinary and multi-functional subject to study and master. From a corporate perspective, pricing is a top management responsibility encompassing financial, marketing, and legal considerations. The course is designed to provide a useful conceptual framework as well as analytical techniques that can be applied in understanding and managing prices from a marketing perspective. The conceptual framework consists of three modules including economic and behavioral foundations of pricing, basic pricing strategies, and innovative pricing concepts and tools. Specific topics to be covered include assessing value to the customer, consumer cognitive and emotional responses to price changes, identifying price-segmentation fences, pricing strategies, and analytical techniques necessary to approach a pricing decision. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 , ECON 2020 , ECON 2100 & MKT 3200
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4820 Marketing Management
Integrates marketing theories to develop solutions to marketing problems. Topics include the identification and selection of marketing opportunities, analysis of market potential, preparation of demand forecasts, formulation of competitive strategy, design and evaluation of marketing plans and programs, and decision analysis with the aid of simulation. Context includes services, not-for-profit sector, and global and emerging markets. Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 AND MKT 3160 AND MKT 3200 AND (MKT 3140 OR MKT 3320 OR MKT 3420 OR MKT 3990 OR MKT 4650 OR MKT 4750 OR MKT 4850 OR MKT 4900 OR MKT 4990 )
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4850 Marketing Practicum
A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied theory in a group setting. Done under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and coordinated with a business organization.
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4851 Marketing Management Practicum
A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical applications of previously studied Marketing Management theory in a group setting. A consulting project for a profit or nonprofit organization is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Can be taken for a maximum of 6 credits. Prerequisite(s): Minimum GPA of 3.0(overall and in major), Junior standing, permission of department chair.
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4852 Digital Marketing Practicum
A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied digital marketing theory in a group setting. A consulting project for a profit or nonprofit organization is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Students can receive a maximum of 6 credits for the course Prerequisite(s): Minimum GPA of 3.0 (overall and major), junior status, permission of department chair.
Credits: 0-3.0
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MKT 4860 Business Case Writing
This is a cross-disciplinary course that represents the second part of the 6-credit practicum Honors option, which must be conducted over two semesters and undertaken in the junior or senior year. It will be a core component of the Practicum Honors option. Honors Practicum credits will be applied towards major concentration requirements. The course involves writing an effective business case based on the consulting report or business plan completed in the practicum course. This course will be supervised by a mentor chosen from the Cotsakos College of Business Academically Qualified (AQ) faculty members who participated in the corresponding practicum course.
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4900 Internship in Marketing
This is a cooperative education/field work experience in the field of marketing. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working, uninterrupted for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity in the student’s geographical area.
Credits: 3.0
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MKT 4901 Marketing Internship - Marketing Management
This is a field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity. Students can receive a maximum of 6 credits for the course Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 , Junior status, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, permission of Chair & Dean.
Credits: 0 - 3.0
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MKT 4902 Marketing Internship - Digital Marketing
This is a field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity. Students can receive a maximum of 6 credits for the course Prerequisite(s): MKT 2100 , Junior status, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, permission of Chair & Dean.
Credits: 0 - 3.0
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MKT 4990 Independent Study
A special project supervised by a faculty adviser.
Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
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MUSI 0000 Recital Hour
Credits: 0.0
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MUSI 1010 Woodwinds I
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1020 Woodwinds II
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1040 Brass II
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1050 Strings
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1060 Low Strings
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1070 Guitar Class
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1080 Percussion Class
Class instruction in basic performance skills on standard instruments. Students proven proficient on an instrument, upon examination, are excused from that class. Classes meet two hours weekly for one semester and are open to music education students only.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1100 Voice Class I
Local fundamentals and practical application in developing and preserving the singing voice. Breath control, resonance, range, diction, vowel formation as related to correct tone production. Method and materials for teaching. Not open to voice majors.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1110 Voice Class II
Local fundamentals and practical application in developing and preserving the singing voice. Breath control, resonance, range, diction, vowel formation as related to correct tone production. Method and materials for teaching. Not open to voice majors.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1150 Understanding Music
The course will introduce students to music’s role as an art form and as an expression of the human experience including the meaning and value of music within societies and individual lives within a historiical setting. Music from a variety of genres, styles, time periods and geographical locations of origin wll be studied, as well as the manner in which the elements of music are utilized within these settings. The course will include the development of attentive listening skills and effective cmmunicaito about music.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1200 Music Appreciation
Development of perceptive listening, concentrating on music from the baroque, classical, and romantic periods.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1210 Symphonic Music
A survey of representative European and American symphonies, tone poems, and concertos from the eighteenth century to the present.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1240 Music Fundamentals
Designed for the beginning student with little or no previous musical training. Through involvement with various tasks and activities, students master the basic skills of music reading, sight-singing and keyboard facilty and gain a knowledge of related theoretical concepts.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1250 Introduction to Music Education
An overview of the music education profession, including history, philosophy, professional organizations, and obligations. Students participate in visits to exemplary public school music programs to assess the components of successful music teaching and learning.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1340 English Diction for Singers
A course for voice majors designed to provide students a working knowledge of English diction for singing and an acquaintance with standard vocal literature.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1350 Italian Diction for Singers
A course for voice majors designed to provide students a working knowledge of Italian diction for singing and an acquaintance with standard vocal literature.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1400 Survey of Music and the Entertainment Industry
Creative and business aspects of the industry. Publishing, copyright, performing rights, mechanical rights, artist’s rights, recording companies, production, marketing, merchandising, mass media, and sociological implications.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1510 Audio Recording for Musicians
This course is designed to provide an overview of the technological concepts, practices, history, and equipment used by the professional audio industry and its applications to the home studio. Topics will include: acoustics fundamentals, microphone technology, audio recording technology, loudspeakers, computers in audio, control room and studio acoustics, new and emerging technologies, and audio over the internet. Students will use internet-based information as well as internet-based technology to fulfill assignments. This is primarily a lecture course with regular demonstrations. This course is Technology Intensive.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1570 Music Education Technology
Designed to meet the needs of candidates for NJ Music Teaching Certification, this course addresses music technology and recording as well as assessment theory and application. Technology topics include music instruction software and hardware, computer music notation, multimedia development, productivity tools, classroom and lab resources. Assessment topics include the design, selection, and validation of appropriate assessments, both technology-based and otherwise. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1250 , AND MUSI 1600 ANDMUSI 1610
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1580 Music Technology I
A study of the most important technologies used for musical applications. Students gain experience working with state-of-the-art equipment, exploring topics such as analog and digital representations of sound, computer hardware and operating system software, sound synthesis MIDI and MIDI sequencing, music notation on the computer, musical resources on the inernet, and applicaton and uses of music technology in educaiton. Emphaisis in the practical uses of technology in the music profession as well as concerns about ethical use of technology are discussed. Students will be charged an additional Electronic Music Fee when enrolling in this course.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1600 Music Theory I
The student is prepared to function artistically and intelligently in a variety of musical situations. Focuses on musical literature of all cultures, styles, and historical periods; develops a conceptual understanding of rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, timbre, and form, and their inter-relationships as they form the basis for listening, performing, and creating. Includes contrapuntal textures in two and three parts, compositional devices, diatonic harmony in three and four parts, secondary dominants and diminished seventh chords, modulation, analysis and composition of music in the smaller contrapuntal and homophonic forms for various vocal and instrumental combinations.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1610 Music Theory II
The student is prepared to function artistically and intelligently in a variety of musical situations. Focuses on musical literature of all cultures, styles, and historical periods; develops a conceptual understanding of rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, timbre, and form, and their inter-relationships as they form the basis for listening, performing, and creating. Includes contrapuntal textures in two and three parts, compositional devices, diatonic harmony in three and four parts, secondary dominants and diminished seventh chords, modulation, analysis and composition of music in the smaller contrapuntal and homophonic forms for various vocal and instrumental combinations. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1600
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1620 Composition Class I
A workshop course in musical composition. The instructor assigns specific technical and/or expressive problems. All music is written for instruments or ensembles available in the department, and all works are performed in class or in concert. No stylistic limitations.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1630 Composition Class II
A continuation of Composition Class I with emphasis on contemporary styles and techniques, strict and free serial techniques, proportional and other approximate notations, aleatory procedures, polytonality, etc. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1620
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1710 Jazz Improvisation I
A workshop course aimed at helping the student evolve an individual style of improvisation. Emphasis on chord scales, interpretation of chord symbols, notation, harmonic and melodic analysis techniques, transposition, and common jazz figures and patterns. Ear training and analysis of improvised solos. One weekly class meeting in lecture format, one in performance groups.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1720 Jazz Improvisation II
Expansion of concepts and principles introduced in MUS 1710. Emphasis on chord substitution, extended and altered harmonics, melodic development, memorization, student jazz compositions, and ear training and analysis.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1780 Contemporary Popular Song Studies I
Contemporary Popular Song Studies I explores the formal, melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and lyrical content of classic songs from multiple genres of popular music. Students will approach songwriting in a myriad of styles inluding the blues, rock & roll, pop, country, soul, rhythm & blues, funk, progressive and story songs. Using the National Songwriters Hall of Fame database and historic Billboard charts, students will analyze important and well-known songs spanning the years of 1950 to the present, as well as examining the vast output and composing style of prominent songwriters from these periods and genres of music. Students will be exposed to successful songs by well-known and admired composers from each decade in order to examine and analyxe the melodies, hooks and content that makes the songs effective and memorable. Student projects will include the arranging and recording of well-known song repertoire as well as writing songs in the style of famous songwriters.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 1800 Ear Training I
An integrated course that includes the development of sight-singing, dictation, and rhythmic skills. Alto and tenor clefs are introduced during the freshman year.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 1810 Ear Training II
An integrated course that includes the development of sight-singing, dictation, and rhythmic skills. Alto and tenor clefs are introduced during the freshman year.
Credits: 1.0
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MUSI 2140 Indian Music
In Indian Music students will focus on classical, pop, and folk music from the Indian subcontinent, as wellas hybrid music that blends Indian music and jazz and Western classical music. We will also look at Indian music as part of the Indian diaspora, and how its interaction with other cultures has changed its essense and presentation. The class is designed as a lecture course, with various listening and group participation exercises. Students will become proficient in the basic music terminology of both North Indian Hindustani music and South Indian Carnatic music, and will learn to play and sing some simple compositions.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 2150 Understanding Jazz
This course examines jazz history and the development of jazz styles as part of a broad framework of significant events and cultural trends in american history. It explores jazz as a product of African-American culture along with other relevant cultures, and examines the ties of jazz to economic, political, and social dimensions of ameria society. Significant jazz recordings and jazz musicians are surveyed and development of jazz styles is examined in historical context. How jazz is played and learned is also examined, including how improvisation, instrumentation, repertoire, and style function in a jazz performance.
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 2160 World Music
This course is an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology through readings of and listenings to selected music from locations such as Africa, Indonesia, the Islamic World, India, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Attention will be focused on traditional and classical musics but varoius popular music that cmbines aspects of Western popular sounds with non-Western traditional cultures will also receive attention. Emphasis will be on analytical questions ( how is music put together?), but social questions (what role does music serve?/how is the music conceived by the people who make it and its primary audience?) will also be included. Cross Listed Course(s): MUS 243 MUS 2430
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 2170 Music History and Literature I
The growth of Western music from its beginnings through the first half of the twentieth century. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1610
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 2180 Music History and Literature II
The growth of Western music from its beginnings through the first half of the twentieth century. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1610
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 2190 Western Art Music
Analysis and discussion of Western art music from its origins in ancient Greece up to and including contemporary styles. Emphasis on baroque through twentieth-century music. Serves the needs of jazz majors and liberal studies students with some prior background, offering both an educational experience beyond what can be taught in MUS 1200. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 1610
Credits: 3.0
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MUSI 2340 German Diction for Singers
A course for voice majors designed to provide students a working knowledge of German diction for singing and an acquaintance with standard vocal literature.
Credits: 1.0
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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