Music Courses

Department of Music

Courses

Music: Composition

• •  MUS 414 - Contemporary Orchestration and Arranging
• •  MUS 415 - MIDI Orchestration
• •  MUS 485 - Sound Design I: Sampling, Editing, and Mixing
• •  MUS 486 - Sound Design II: Synthesis, Modulation & Creative Digital Signal Processing
• •  MUS 498 - Internship
• •  MUS 698 - Internship

Music: Jazz Studies

• •  MUS 316 - Jazz Theory and Composition
• •  MUS 317 - Improvisation Techniques I
• •  MUS 416 - Jazz Arranging for Large Ensemble
• •  MUS 417 - Improvisation Techniques II

Music: Graduate Applied Study

• •  MUS 661A - Graduate Applied Study: Piano
• •  MUS 661B - Graduate Applied Study: Organ
• •  MUS 661C - Graduate Applied Study: Harpsichord
• •  MUS 661D - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Piano and Keyboard
• •  MUS 662 - Graduate Applied Study: Voice
• •  MUS 663A - Graduate Applied Study: Violin
• •  MUS 663B - Graduate Applied Study: Viola
• •  MUS 663C - Graduate Applied Study: Cello
• •  MUS 663D - Graduate Applied Study: Bass
• •  MUS 663E - Graduate Applied Study: Harp
• •  MUS 663F - Graduate Applied Study: Guitar
• •  MUS 664A - Graduate Applied Study: Flute
• •  MUS 664B - Graduate Applied Study: Clarinet
• •  MUS 664C - Graduate Applied Study: Bassoon
• •  MUS 664D - Graduate Applied Study: Saxophone
• •  MUS 664E - Graduate Applied Study: Oboe
• •  MUS 665A - Graduate Applied Study: Trumpet
• •  MUS 665B - Graduate Applied Study: French Horn
• •  MUS 665C - Graduate Applied Study: Trombone
• •  MUS 665D - Graduate Applied Study: Euphonium
• •  MUS 665E - Graduate Applied Study: Tuba
• •  MUS 666 - Graduate Applied Study: Percussion
• •  MUS 667A - Graduate Applied Study: Composition
• •  MUS 667B - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Composition
• •  MUS 667C - Graduate Applied Study: Interactive and Media Composition
• •  MUS 668 - Graduate Applied Study: Conducting
• •  MUS 669A - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Guitar
• •  MUS 669B - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Bass
• •  MUS 669C - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Drums and Percussion
• •  MUS 669D - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Saxophone
• •  MUS 669E - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Trumpet
• •  MUS 669F - Graduate Applied Study: Jazz Trombone

Music: Graduate Musicology and Ethnomusicology

• •  MUS 600 - Seminar in Research Methodology
• •  MUS 611 - Seminar in Music of the Medieval & Renaissance Periods
• •  MUS 612 - Seminar in Music of the Baroque Period
• •  MUS 613 - Seminar in Music of the Classical Period
• •  MUS 614 - Seminar in Music of the Nineteenth Century
• •  MUS 615 - Seminar in Music of the Twentieth & Twenty-First Centuries
• •  MUS 622 - Seminar in Asian Music and Culture

Music: Graduate Theory and Composition

• •  MUS 601A - Analysis of Musical Styles I
• •  MUS 601B - Analysis of Musical Styles II
• •  MUS 608A - Interactivity with Sound & Music I
• •  MUS 608B - Interactivity with Sound & Music II
• •  MUS 630 - Advanced Conducting
• •  MUS 631 - Teaching Music in Higher Education
• •  MUS 633 - Pedagogy of Music Theory
• •  MUS 697 - Issues in Music

Music: Graduate Performance

• •  MUS 660A - Graduate Vocal Coaching
• •  MUS 660B - Graduate Instrumental Coaching

Music: Graduate Research

• •  MUS 690 - Independent Study
• •  MUS 691 - University Thesis
• •  MUS 693 - Project

Music: Major Performing Ensembles

• •  MUS 351A - Singing Society
• •  MUS 351B - East Bay Singers
• •  MUS 353 - East Bay Wind Symphony
• •  MUS 354 - East Bay Orchestra
• •  MUS 355 - East Bay Jazz Orchestra

Music: Music Education

• •  MUS 231 - Teaching String Instruments
• •  MUS 232 - Teaching Woodwind Instruments
• •  MUS 233 - Teaching Brass Instruments
• •  MUS 234 - Teaching Percussion
• •  MUS 235 - Basic Guitar Techniques
• •  MUS 236 - Basic Vocal Techniques
• •  MUS 238 - Music Education Laboratory Ensemble
• •  MUS 331 - Foundations of Music Education
• •  MUS 335 - Technology for Music Educators
• •  MUS 341 - Basic Conducting
• •  MUS 431 - Elementary Music Teaching Methods
• •  MUS 432 - Instrumental Music Teaching Methods
• •  MUS 433 - Choral Music Teaching Methods
• •  MUS 441 - Intermediate Conducting
• •  MUS 445 - Piano Pedagogy
• •  MUS 446 - Vocal Pedagogy
• •  MUS 495 - Music Education Practicum
• •  MUS 497 - Contemporary Issues in Music Education

Music: Musicology and Ethnomusicology

• •  MUS 321 - Western Music History I
• •  MUS 322 - Western Music History II
• •  MUS 323 - Western Music History Topics
• •  MUS 421 - Orchestral Literature
• •  MUS 423 - Wind Ensemble Literature

Music: Performance

• •  MUS 281 - Vocal Coaching
• •  MUS 282 - Instrumental Coaching
• •  MUS 380 - Recital Class - Junior
• •  MUS 480 - Recital Class - Senior
• •  MUS 481 - Vocal Coaching
• •  MUS 482 - Instrumental Coaching

Music: Theory and Musicianship

• •  MUS 111 - Music Theory I
• •  MUS 112 - Music Theory II
• •  MUS 115 - Aural Skills I
• •  MUS 116 - Aural Skills II