MUS 100Applied Music 1 s.h1
MUS 191 or MUS 161 Concert Choir or Concert Band
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- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 1
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- s.h.
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- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
Tennessee Wesleyan University · Courses
MUS
42 courses with the subject MUS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MUS 103Applied Music 8 s.h
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 108INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS3
A study of the rudiments of musical theory. Credit may not be used toward a major in music. (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 111MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC I3
A study of the four-part harmony and harmonic progression techniques used in the eighteenth century and an introduction to seventh chords and modulation. Part writing and analysis are stressed.
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 111LMATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC I LAB1
An introduction to singing and hearing simple rhythms, scales, intervals, and triads. (Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 112MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC II3
A continuation of MUS 111 with emphasis on secondary dominants, two-part and three-part forms, American popular songs, and jazz forms. Prerequisite: Proficiency in the content of MUS 111. (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 112LMATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC II LAB1
A continuation of MUS 111L. Prerequisite: Proficiency in the content of MUS 111L. (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 116CLASS VOICE1
Repeatable for up to four hours of credit. Class and private instruction for beginning and other students interested in functional and applied singing skills. Entry level will be assessed and the degree of progress carefully monitored to determine whether the student should be allowed to register for the course the following term. Open to all students with the permission of the instructor. (Fall, Spring) 2024-2025 Academic Catalog 245 DERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 161COLLEGE BAND1
An organization open to all qualified students in the University on the approval of the director. Literature may include all styles of music, including jazz and popular. Music majors who have a wind or percussion instrument as their applied area may receive no more than six hours of credit toward their degree. (Fall and Spring as enrollment permits)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 171CHORALE1
A small vocal ensemble open to all qualified students through audition and approval of the director. Literature is primarily focused on chamber music of the Renaissance and early Baroque, but also may include popular, jazz, folk, and other classical styles. Several public performances will be given each year both on and off the campus, with tours usually taken every year. Instrumentalists who wish to accompany this group may apply. Music majors who have selected piano or voice as their applied area may receive no more than six hours of credit toward their degree. (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 181VOX HUMANA1
Open to all qualified students in the University on the approval of the instructor. Ensembles could be composed of various voice, keyboard, guitar, or orchestral instrument groups. Music majors may receive no more than six hours of credit toward their degree. (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 191CONCERT CHOIR1
The Concert Choir is a select group of men and women admitted through audition. In addition to concerts performed at the University and in the community, the choir tours extensively, appearing in churches, schools, and on radio and television. Open to all students. Music majors who have selected piano or voice as their applied area may receive no more than six hours of credit in this course toward their degree. (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 207MUSIC APPRECIATION3
For the student interested in developing an appreciation of music from the structural and historical points of view. The course includes an examination of the elements of music, repetition, form, mediums, and style characteristics from 1450 to the present. Credit may not be used toward a major in music. (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 208THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN ART AND MUSIC3
A study to develop an appreciation for and understanding of the creative process in art and music. The emphasis is on expressing ideas through the use of art and music, relating the arts to each other and other subjects, and involvement in the creative process. This course is recommended for licensure seeking students. (Fall) 246 2024-2025 Academic Catalog UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 209WORLD MUSIC3
This course is a survey of the musics and music cultures of the world, focusing on those distinct from the Western European tradition. The course will serve as an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology, the study of music in the context of culture as it exists anywhere in the world. By investigating the music of a variety of the world’s cultures, and how it reflects and shapes the cultures of which they are a part, students will have opportunities to reflect upon views of the world that may be different than their own.
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 211MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC III3
A study of counterpoint; the fugue; variation techniques; borrowed chords; ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords; and altered chords. Prerequisite: Proficiency in the content of MUS 112. (Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 211L212L Materials and Structures of Music III, IV Lab 2 s.h10
MUS 100 or 116 Applied Music (secondary) or Class Voice 2 s.h. MUS 103r, 303r Applied Music (principle)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 10
- Credits (max)
- 10
- Credit unit
- s.h.
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 212MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC IV3
A continuation of MUS 211, with emphasis on altered chords, sonata allegro form, rondo form, and other late nineteenth and twentieth-century compositional techniques. Prerequisite: Proficiency in the content of MUS 211. (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 212LMATERIALS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC IV LAB1
A continuation of MUS 211L, with emphasis on melodic and harmonic dictation, altered chords, chromaticism, and other twentieth-century techniques. Prerequisite: Proficiency in the content of MUS 211L. (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 214Literature of Music I 3 s.h6
Applied music and ensemble combined
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 6
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- s.h.
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 215MUSIC LITERATURE II3
This course is a continuation of MUS 214, Music Literature I. Beginning with the Romantic Period and progressing through the Twentieth Century the student will study composers, major musical works, and compositional forms. Both visual and aural study will be incorporated in the examination of musical works. Jazz, the American Musical, Rock and Nonwestern Music will be components of the course. (Spring) 2024-2025 Academic Catalog 247 DERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 219PERFORMANCE AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR PERCUSSION AND BRASS2
A study of instruments in the percussion family. The snare drum will be the main instrument of study, and emphasis will be placed on strengthening the student’s reading and performance of rhythmic notation. Students will discover through analysis how composers have scored for percussion instruments and how to apply basic principles of instrumentation. A study of instruments in the brass family. The trumpet and trombone will be the main instruments of study. Students will discover through analysis how composers have scored for brass instruments and how to apply basic principles of instrumentation. (Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 220PERFORMANCE AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR STRING/WOODWINDS2
A study of instruments in the string family. The violin and cello will be the main instruments of study. Students will discover through analysis how composers have scored for string instruments and how to apply basic principles of instrumentation. A study of instruments in the woodwind family. The flute and clarinet will be the main instruments of study. Students will discover through analysis how composers have scored for woodwind instruments and how to apply basic principles of instrumentation. (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 303APPLIED MUSIC1-3
Applied instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, and orchestral instruments, with emphasis on learning appropriate techniques and literature for the voice or instrument being studied. Music majors must earn at least three hours in this course toward their degree. Prerequisite: Proficiency audition. (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 309THE CHURCH MUSICIAN AS WORSHIP LEADER2
This course is a study of the philosophy of music in Christian worship. It will examine the biblical roots, historical development commensurate with artistic style periods, and the practice of worship today. The course will also enable students to articulate and defend the use of music in worship based on biblical and theological perspectives.
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 310MUSIC IN THE CHURCH2
A study of the philosophy and objectives of the church music program. Topics will include personnel involved in the program, the music budget, the music library, the rehearsal room, instrumental music, and acoustics. (On demand)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 312COUNTERPOINT3
This is an upper-level music theory class focusing on the technique and skill of musical counterpoint. The course takes a topic which is introduced in the music theory sequence of courses and gives upper-level historical context as well as advanced score study. Prerequisites: MUS 212, MUS 212 L. 248 2024-2025 Academic Catalog
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 313CLASSICAL FORM3
This course will examine different manifestation of form and formal principles in music, and their relationship to harmony and tonality. Starting with contrapuntal tonal music (Bach), the course will concentrate mainly on the “classical” repertoire of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Formal and tonal principle in the nineteenth- century music will be the final section of the course. Pre-requisites: MUS 212, MUS 212 L.
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 314History of Music I 3 s.h3
Western Heritage: Religion
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- s.h.
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 315History of Music II 3 s.h
Select one of the following:
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
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- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 324BEGINNING CONDUCTING3
A study of the basic techniques of conducting, including use of the baton, expressive gestures, clefs and transposition, and principles of orchestral, band, and choral core reading. Prerequisite: MUS 112 or permission of the instructor (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 325Advanced Conducting and Choral Techniques 3 s.h2
MUS 191r, 391r Concert Choir and/or MUS 171r, 371r Chorale 4 s.h. MUS 404r Senior Recital
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Credit unit
- s.h.
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 329METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING MUSIC IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (2) The study of music teaching methods and materials and the role of the music teacher in the elementary school. Twenty hours of field experience required. Prerequisite:
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 332METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING GENERAL MUSIC IN THE
SECONDARY SCHOOL (2) A study of the principles, procedures, and materials for teaching general music and other non-performing music classes in the middle or secondary school. Special emphasis is placed on the methods and materials for teaching the changing voice, and the role of the music teacher in grades 6-12. Twenty hours of field experience required. Prerequisite: EDU 201 (Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 361COLLEGE BAND1
An organization open to all qualified students in the University on the approval of the director. Literature may include all styles of music, including jazz and popular. Music majors who select a wind or percussion instrument as their applied area must earn at least two hours of credit. Prerequisite: At least four hours of MUS 161r (Fall and Spring as enrollment permits) 2024-2025 Academic Catalog 249 DERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 371CHORALE1
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 381VOX HUMANA1
Open to all qualified students in the University on the approval of the instructor. Ensembles could be composed of various voice, keyboard, guitar, or orchestral instrument groups. Prerequisite: At least four hours of MUS 181r (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 391CONCERT CHOIR1
The Concert Choir is a select group of men and women admitted through audition. In addition to concerts performed at the university and in the community, the choir tours extensively, appearing in churches, schools, and on radio and television. Music majors who select piano or voice as their applied area must earn at least two hours of credit. Prerequisite: At least four hours of MUS 191r (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 404RECITAL2-3
Advanced applied instruction in voice, piano, organ, guitar, and orchestral instruments, with emphasis on developing appropriate techniques for literature being prepared for public performance. The course is an extension of MU 303r, Applied Music, in the student’s principle area of performance. Music majors seeking the BA degree must earn five hours of credit. Music majors seeking the BME degree must earn two hours of credit. Prerequisite: Proficiency audition (Fall, Spring)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 410MUSIC COMPOSITION & ARRANGING3
This course is an upper-level music theory course designed to give students first-hand experience creating music for diverse ensembles in both historic and contemporary styles. Pre-requisite courses: MUS 212, MUS 220 (It is recommended but not required that students take Music Counterpoint before Composition & Arranging.)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 430INTRO TO MUSIC TEACHING AND LEARNING2
The study of the history of music education in the United States and its philosophical and psychological foundations. Students examine the psychology of learning, curriculum development, measurement and evaluation, research, and classroom management styles in the field of music education. They also examine music teaching as a profession and the special learner in the classroom. Twenty hours of field experience required. Prerequisites: EDU 110, EDU 201 (Fall)
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
MUS 440MUSIC SEMINAR1
This course functions as a capstone experience for all senior music majors. A substantial portion of the course consists of an integrated review of music theory and music history. For students preparing to teach, music education and conducting techniques are included. Specific topics and learning methods are structured for the individual student. (Fall, Spring) 250 2024-2025 Academic Catalog NDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- Subject
- MUS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- www.tnwesleyan.edu
Source: Tennessee Wesleyan University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59