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2013-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.
 

Applied Music

NOTE: No applied music credit beyond the amount prescribed in each curriculum will be counted toward a degree. All students pursuing the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Arts in Music Education degree are responsible for policies and procedures outlined in the “Applied Music Curriculum Guide” available in the music office.
  

  • AMUS 360 - Upper-level Traditional Music Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Study and performance of traditional music such as Cajun and Creole.

    Rstr: Audition required.
  

  • AMUS 361 - Instruments for Vocal Teachers

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Performance and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted, and percussion instruments.

    Coreq: EDCI 361.
  

  • AMUS 400 - Advanced Composition

    2 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Continuation of AMUS 350 , with an emphasis on the larger forms of vocal and instrumental music and more intensive work in electronic media.

    Prereq: AMUS 350 .
  

  • AMUS 520 - Voice

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.


Applied Music: Ensemble

Music majors are required to participate in the ensemble of their applied major every semester unless prescribed otherwise by the curricula they are following. Opportunity is offered to non-majors for participation in ensembles with the permission of the instructor.
  

  • AMUS 117 - Percussion Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 140 - University Chorus

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  

  • AMUS 145 - University Chorale

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  

  • AMUS 151 - Basketball Band

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.
  

  • AMUS 152 - Marching Band

    2 Credit(s). 7 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 153 - Concert Band

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 154 - Symphonic Band

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 155 - Wind Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 170 - Jazz Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 180 - Jazz Combo

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 190 - University Orchestra

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 201 - Marching Percussion Ensemble. 1-8

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 202 - Mallet Keyboard Ensemble. 1-8

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 203 - World Music Percussion Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Study and performance of traditional drumming and dancing of Africa, Japan, and steel bands.

  

  • AMUS 220 - Ul Lafayette Chamber Orchestra. 1-8

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Strings only. String majors must register for both the “University Orchestra” and the “UL Lafayette Chamber Orchestra”.

  

  • AMUS 234 - Ul Lafayette Singers Chorus

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit hours.

    Rstr: Admission by interview only.
  

  • AMUS 240 - Piano Ensemble. 1-8

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 250 - Chamber Music Ensemble. 1-8

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 317 - Upper-level Percussion Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar 1-8

    0 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 340 - Upper-level University Chorus

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  

  • AMUS 345 - Upper-level University Chorale

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  

  • AMUS 346 - Upper-Level Chamber Singers

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit.

    Rstr: Audition required.
  

  • AMUS 352 - Upper-level Marching Band

    2 Credit(s). 7 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 353 - Upper-level Concert Band

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 354 - Upper-level Symphonic Band

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 355 - Upper-level Wind Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 370 - Upper-level Jazz Ensemble

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 380 - Upper-level Jazz Combo

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.
  

  • AMUS 390 - Upper-level University Orchestra

    1 Credit(s). 5 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated up to four times for credit. Audition required.

  

  • AMUS 451 - Introduction to Operatic Performance

    2 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to stage performance techniques for singers.
  

  • AMUS 521 - Piano

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 522 - Harpsichord

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 524 - Flute

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 525 - Clarinet

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 526 - Oboe

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 527 - Bassoon

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 528 - Saxophone

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 529 - Trumpet

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 530 - Trombone

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 531 - Horn

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 532 - Baritone

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 533 - Tuba

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 534 - Violin

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 535 - Viola

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 536 - Cello

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 537 - String Bass

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 538 - Percussion

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 539 - Conducting

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 540 - Internship Recital

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Performance pedagogy only.

    Grading Option: Grades: CR, NC and W.
  

  • AMUS 541 - Guitar

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • AMUS 542 - Composition

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced study in composition with correlated analysis and listening.
  

  • AMUS 544 - Graduate Ensemble

    1-2 Credit(s).

    Performance ensemble.
  

  • AMUS 550 - Recital

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Grading Option: Grades: NC/CR.

Music Theory History, Literature, Music Education

NOTE: Courses in methods of teaching vocal, band and orchestra in the schools and observation for music majors will be found listed in the Education (EDCI) section of the catalog.

400 LEVEL COURSES WILL BE OFFERED WHEN THE NEEDS ARISE AND THE APPROPRIATE UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS ARE MET.

  

  • MUS 102 - Keyboard Fundamentals for Music Majors I

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Basic materials of music through keyboard playing. Not applicable to Bachelor of Music degree.

  

  • MUS 103 - Keyboard Fundamentals for Music Majors II

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Continuation of MUS 102 .

    Prereq: MUS 102 . Not applicable to Bachelor of Music degree.
    Coreq: MUS 113  
  

  • MUS 104 - Music Appreciation: History of American Popular Music

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    American popular music from the late 19th century to the present.
  

  • MUS 105 - Music Appreciation: Survey of Styles

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Classical and popular music from the Renaissance to the present.

    LCCN: CMUS 1013.
  

  • MUS 106 - Music Appreciation: Survey of Choral Music

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Classical music from the Middle Ages to present with a focus on choral music.
  

  • MUS 107 - Music Appreciation: Music of France

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    French music ranging from the songs of the troubadours through the sacred polyphony of Avignon to the jazz, pop, folk, and serious music of the twentieth century. Variety of ‘live’ performances available.

    Rstr: Offered only in the UL-Lafayette/France Summer Curriculum.
  

  • MUS 108 - Music Appreciation: Intro to Jazz

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    History of jazz with emphasis on noted innovators as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and John Coltrane.

    LCCN: CMUS 1023.
  

  • MUS 109 - Music Appreciation: Broadway and the Lyric Theatre

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Music on the stage, intended primarily for non-music majors.
  

  • MUS 110 - Music Theory for Oral Traditions

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of oral traditions of North America through vocal and instrumental performance, analysis, and improvisation.

  

  • MUS 112 - Musicianship I

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Notation, rhythm, scales, triads, and intervals. Reading and writing lead sheets.

  

  • MUS 113 - Musicianship II

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Seventh chords, popular music chord progressions, elementary orchestration, and concepts to support improvisation.

    Prereq: MUS 112 .
    Coreq: MUS 103  
  

  • MUS 120 - Music Theory I

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Diatonic tonal harmony through part-writing, analysis, and keyboard exercises. Includes drill in music reading and ear training.

  

  • MUS 130 - Music Theory II

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Diatonic tonal harmony through part writing, analysis, and composition. Includes Aural Skills.

    Prereq: MUS 120 .
    Coreq: MUS 142 
  

  • MUS 141 - Keyboard Skills I

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Functional piano skills for the music major including repertoire, keyboard theory, transposition, sight reading and harmonization.

    Coreq: MUS 120 .
  

  • MUS 142 - Keyboard Skills II

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Continuation of MUS 141 . Functional piano skills for the music major including repertoire, keyboard theory, transposition, sight reading and harmonization.

    Prereq: MUS 141 .
    Coreq: MUS 130 .
  

  • MUS 143 - Keyboard Skills III

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Continuation of MUS 142 . Functional piano skills for the music major including repertoire, keyboard theory, transposition, sight reading and harmonization.

    Prereq: MUS 142 .
    Coreq: MUS 280 .
  

  • MUS 144 - Keyboard Skills IV

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Functional piano skills for music majors including repertoire, keyboard-theory, transposition, sight-reading, and harmonization.

    Prereq: MUS 143 .
  

  • MUS 181 - Minor Brass Instruments

    2 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for maximum of four credit hours. Trumpet and French horn; trombone, baritone and tuba.
  

  • MUS 183 - Percussion Methods

    2 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Methods and techniques for teaching percussion instruments in school music programs. Includes drums, timpani, cymbals, and keyboard percussion instruments.

  

  • MUS 185 - Minor String Instruments

    2 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Violin and viola; cello and string bass.

  

  • MUS 187 - Minor Woodwind Instruments

    2 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for maximum of four credit hours. Single reeds and flute; double reeds.

  

  • MUS 200 - History and Literature of the Guitar

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Classical guitar concert and student solo literature, chamber music, works of voice and guitar and concertos paralleled with the instrument’s history.

  

  • MUS 238 - The Music Industry

    2 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Professional practices of the music industry.

  

  • MUS 241 - Survey of Guitar Literature

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Classical guitar pedagogical materials, concert and student solo literature, chamber music, works for voice and guitar concertos.

  

  • MUS 255 - Music Marketing and Promotion

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Marketing and promoting music merchandise and services.

  

  • MUS 256 - Music Merchandise and Sales

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Selling online and performances and product sales.

  

  • MUS 271 - Piano Pedagogy I

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Materials and procedures for instruction of beginning piano students in both private and group settings. Lesson planning and observation.

  

  • MUS 272 - Piano Pedagogy II

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Materials and procedures for instruction of intermediate and advanced piano students in both private and group settings. Lesson planning, observation, and studio management.

  

  • MUS 276 - Introduction to Music Technology

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Foundation in acoustics and audio theory, and applications for digital audio workstations, including sequencing, recording, editing, video and Internet.

  

  • MUS 277 - Music Synthesis II

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Programming of sounds in analog and digital FM synthesis.

    Prereq: MUS 276 .
  

  • MUS 280 - Music Theory III

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis and composition demonstrating chromatic extensions in tonal music . Includes Aural Skills.

    Prereq: MUS 130 .
  

  • MUS 290 - Music Theory IV

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis and composition demonstrating chromatic extensions in tonal music and an introduction to twentieth-century techniques. Includes Aural Skills.

    Prereq: MUS 280 .
  

  • MUS 305 - Foundations of Musical Behavior

    2 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Psychological effects of music with emphasis on how sound is produced and perceived, sound vs. music, psychoacoustics, characteristics of harmony, melody, and rhythm, what makes sound music, aesthetics, mood music, commercial music, musical creativity and intelligence.

  

  • MUS 306 - Music for the Teacher

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Fundamentals of music with suggestions for using music in the elementary school classroom; emphasis on state standards and benchmarks.

    Rstr: Upper division.
  

  • MUS 307 - Conducting

    2 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Basic techniques with emphasis on the use of the baton.

    Prereq: MUS 130 .
  

  • MUS 308 - Fundamentals of Music

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to the basic materials of music through listening, analysis, and composition exercises. Open to all students.

  

  • MUS 310 - Jazz Pedagogy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Methods and procedures for setting up and rehearsing a jazz band or combo, plus pointers on effective use of amplifiers and P.A. systems. In addition, chord interpretation, improvisation, the audition, and music selection will be studied.

  

  • MUS 312 - Jazz Theory I

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Study of the basic elements of jazz harmony. Includes major and minor scales, modes, pentatonic scales, symmetrical altered scales, intervals, ear training, substitution, polychords, and analysis of jazz solos.

    Prereq: MUS 290 .
  

  • MUS 314 - Jazz Theory II

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Continuation of Jazz Theory I with special emphasis on five part harmony, modal harmony, chords voiced in 4ths, ear training, plus analysis and transcription of jazz solos.

    Prereq: MUS 312 .
  

  • MUS 315 - Keyboard Harmony

    2 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Harmonization, clef reading, and transposition.

    Prereq: MUS 290 .
  

  • MUS 319 - Songwriting

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May Be repeated once for credit. Practice in writing songs (both words and music), in genre(s).

    Prereq: ENGL 102 with a grade of “C” or better.
  

  • MUS 320 - Analysis of Musical Form

    2 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analytical techniques for the study of standard design procedures in Western music.

    Prereq: MUS 290 .
 

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