Jun 25, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.

 

Mechanical Engineering

  
  • MCHE 488G - Biomechanics I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Mechanical properties of living tissues as they relate to motion, flow, stress, and growth.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 219  and ENGR 313  with a grade of “C” or better
  
  • MCHE 489G - Robot Dynamics and Control

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    The mechanics and control of robotic systems: spatial kinematics of bodies, reference frame transformations, forward and inverse kinematics of robots, full kinematic simulation and animation, static and breaking force analysis, mass properties, dynamics analysis, kinematic path planning, linear control of robots, full dynamic simulation and animation, full dynamic path planned and controlled simulation and animation.  Hands on experience with industrial robot programming and task planning.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 350 , ENGR 313 , MCHE 301  
    Corequisite(s): MCHE 363 , MCHE 474G  
  
  • MCHE 490 - Senior Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Oral and written presentations on current professional topics.

    Prerequisite(s): MCHE 467  with a grade of “C” or better
  
  • MCHE 508 - Engineering Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Principles of engineering management applicable to project development and implementation. Includes topics such as systems theory and concepts, organizational structure, project planning, scheduling, staffing, budgeting, and control of engineering projects.

  
  • MCHE 513 - Intermediate Dynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Three dimensional rigid body motion in non-inertial reference frames. Orbital mechanics, including stability. Energy methods applied to mechanical systems. Computer applications utilized as appropriate.

    Prerequisite(s): Basic course in dynamics
  
  • MCHE 540 - Quality Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Engineering and management methods to improve quality, such as system/Parameter/tolerance design for product and production process development, feedback and process parameter control, attribute characteristics and process improvement, re-engineering, and total quality management.

  
  • MCHE 578 - Special Topics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MCHE 587 - Advanced Metal Forming

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Analytical and FEA methods to solve metal forming problems. Mohr’s circle, yield criteria (Tresca and von Mises), flow laws are utilized. Emphasis is on tube and sheet deformation.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • MCHE 594 - Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Non-thesis option master’s students only.

  
  • MCHE 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-9 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MCHE 623 - Continuum Mechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Basic principles of continuum mechanics and the central role these principles play in the information of the fundamental equations of fluids and solid mechanics.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 350 , ENGR 304  
  
  • MCHE 661 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Mathematical models and analytical solutions in the dynamics of the fluid continuum. Analysis of compressible and incompressible flow. Introduction to aerodynamics.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 304 
  
  • MCHE 662 - Internal-Combustion Engines and Turbomachinery

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Thermodynamic characteristics of internal-combustion engines of the piston and rotary types; super-charging, gar turbines, jet-propulsion systems; aero-thermodynamic study of turbo-machinery.

    Prerequisite(s): MCHE 461 
  
  • MCHE 663 - Thermal Fluids System Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Analysis and design of complete thermal and fluid systems. Emphasis on industrial applications.

    Prerequisite(s): MCHE 461  or MCHE 466G 
  
  • MCHE 665 - Advanced Heat Transfer

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Treatment of the laws governing conduction, convection, and radiation, with problems using analytical and numerical techniques. Includes steady-state and transient heat conduction; boundary layer theory; radiation network analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): MCHE 469 
  
  • MCHE 669 - Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Computational techniques for the solution of multi-dimensional fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions in problems of practical interest. Numerical methods include Explicit, Implicit, Crank-Nicholson, Upwind Scheme, Hybrid Scheme, Power-Law Scheme, etc.

    Prerequisite(s): MCHE 469 
  
  • MCHE 670 - Advanced Computer Controlled Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Computer hardware interfacing design course. Detailed survey of standard bus systems and their applications. Computer-aided design and simulation of control system design. Prototyping implementation of control design. Newest technology control and data acquisition devices are discussed.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • MCHE 672 - Integrated Product and Process Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Concurrent and integrated product and process organization, analysis of all aspects of product and process-related design activities. Industrial case studies.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • MCHE 673 - Robust Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Principles of robust design, history of the design, engineering methodology, and detailed study of the loss functions, concept selection, parameter design, tolerance design, Taguchi’s method, and procedures to optimize the performance of a product or process in spite of variability.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • MCHE 678 - Special Topics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MCHE 683 - Computer-Aided Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Combination of computer-aided design and manufacturing principles into an integrated system approach using the digital computer. Use of several software packages to simulate engineering systems.

  
  • MCHE 685 - Advanced Vibrations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Multi-degree of freedom systems, continuous systems and experimental methods of system analysis. Finite element methods of structural analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): MCHE 485G 
  
  • MCHE 695 - Energy Systems Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Energy systems design and management, energy use option, and computer applications as appropriate.

    Restriction(s): Undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent required

  
  • MCHE 899 - Examinations Only

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.


Military Science

  
  • MLSC 101 - Beginning Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Basic leadership, management, military directions, individual military movements, military customs and traditions, mountaineering, and rappelling.

    Restriction(s): Open to all students with at least two academic years remaining towards degree. If restriction is not met, permission of professor of MLSC required.

  
  • MLSC 102 - Military Orientation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Leadership relations and management of subordinates, basic individual skills, first aid, and orienteering.

    Prerequisite(s): MLSC 101 
    Restriction(s): If prerequisite is not met, permission of professor of MLSC required

  
  • MLSC 200 - Intermediate Military Physical Fitness I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Emphasis on conditioning and the FITT factors - frequency, intensity, time and type.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • MLSC 201 - Military Map Reading/Communication

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Map reading, military communications, ethics, and leadership.

    Prerequisite(s): MLSC 101 
    Restriction(s): Open to students with at least two academic years remaining toward a degree. If requirements are not met permission of professor of MLSC required.

  
  • MLSC 202 - Leadership/Followship

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Leadership, interaction, military concepts, and skills.

    Prerequisite(s): MLSC 101 . If prerequisite is not met permission of professor of MLSC required.
  
  • MLSC 206 - Basic Summer Camp

    Credit Hours: 3-12
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-12 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Six-week summer Basic Camp at Ft. Knox, KY. qualifies students and fulfills prerequisites for immediate entry into advanced course; includes basic military subjects and applied leadership training. Designed for new students who have not completed on-campus basic course. Attendees are paid and provided free room, board, and transportation to and from camp.

    Restriction(s): Permission of professor of MLSC required

  
  • MLSC 301 - Basic Leadership/Management Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Instruction on lower level leadership/Management skills of receiving, understanding, and communicating directions, plans, and guidance. Concentrates on formulating skills to develop and to analyze different approaches to problem solving. Laboratory places students in a role-playing environment to develop different levels of leadership and management skills.

    Restriction(s): Must have 60 credit hours and contract for the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Program

  
  • MLSC 302 - Advanced Leadership/Management Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Development of skills to manage a work group of 9 to 30 individuals as well as responsibility for receiving, guidance, and insuring appropriate action to accomplish production standards. Also includes military skills of radio communication, land navigation, and weapons systems capabilities. Management and leadership skills are stressed in leadership laboratory by placing students in different roles using skills taught in the classroom.

    Restriction(s): Must have 60 credit hours and contract for the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Program. Permission of instructor required.

    Course Notes: Same as MLSC 301 .
  
  • MLSC 303 - Advanced Summer Camp

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Six week summer Advanced camp at Ft. Lewis, WA. Students are evaluated on overall management and leadership skills in a military environment. Skills stressed are small unit tactics, weapons qualifications, and the ability to command and to control a military organization: squad (9 men), platoon (30 men), and a company (100 men).

    Prerequisite(s): MLSC 301  and MLSC 302  and/or the permission of the professor of MLSC required
  
  • MLSC 304 - Nurse Summer Training Program

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced ROTC experiences in a clinical nursing setting. Basic military skills/Field medical procedures are taught in the first week followed by five weeks of clinical training at a military hospital.

    Restriction(s): Junior standing in nursing. MLSC 301  and MLSC 302  and/or the permission of the professor of MLSC required.

  
  • MLSC 397 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Directed individual study or practice in Moving Image Arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of independent study can be applied toward major

  
  • MLSC 398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Directed individual study or practice in Moving Image Arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of independent study can be applied toward major

  
  • MLSC 400 - Advanced Military Physical Fitness I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Advanced Army physical fitness training, including sustaining a training heart rate and leading platoons through progressively challenging physical fitness sessions.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • MLSC 401 - Staff Organization and Training Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Development of middle level management/Leadership skills in planning, organizing and execution, with an emphasis on written and oral communications. Development of training management skills, with the basic training/educational philosophies on how to prepare, conduct, and evaluate job related training/Instruction. Practical exercises are conducted during leadership laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): MLSC 301  and MLSC 302 
  
  • MLSC 402 - Military Justice and the Military Profession

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Discussion of the legal foundations of the military justice system, the responsibilities of leaders in conducting legal proceedings in order to protect the rights of the accused. A discussion of the military as a profession with traditions, customs and courtesies which prepare the cadet to be an officer. Also includes instruction on purchasing and procurement management.

    Prerequisite(s): MLSC 301  and MLSC 302 
  
  • MLSC 403 - Military Science History of the United States

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Historical method, analysis and perspective to contemporary military problems.

  
  • MLSC 465 - Capstone Project

    Credit Hours: 3-6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-6 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MLSC 466 - Capstone Project

    Credit Hours: 3-6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-6 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MLSC 495 - Special Topics and Projects

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Special topics, discussion and projects for future military professionals.

    Repeatable Course: This course may be taken up to four (4) times.

    Restriction(s): Permission of department required

  
  • MLSC 497 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practice in moving image arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of independent study can be applied toward major.

  
  • MLSC 498 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practice in moving image arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of independent study can be applied toward major.


Moving Image Arts

  
  • MIA 101 - Introduction to Moving Image Arts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories, practices, and technologies associated with cinematic art in all its forms.

  
  • MIA 320 - Film Development and Distribution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practical research into commercial and creative aspects of motion picture media.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101 
  
  • MIA 325 - Special Topics in Moving Image Arts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Analysis and/ or applied practice. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101  or permission of director
  
  • MIA 340 - Introduction to Short Form Screenwriting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Structural and textual analysis of short and feature films for arts and entertainment with development of professional screenwriters’ vocabulary for creating original work.

  
  • MIA 342 - Short Form Screenwriting Workshop

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Research and write short scripts, workshopping original scripts for producing.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 340  
  
  • MIA 344 - Adaptation for the Screen

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Students study adaptations and write their own scripted adaptations. Read selected texts and view the filmed adaptation to learn various applications of adapting a text to screen. Students write and workshop their own screenplays adapted from preselected list of stories.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 340  
  
  • MIA 346 - Sound and Story

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Sound design elements that Film and TV shows use to tell stories and express emotion with an emphasis on production recording equipment and methods, sound editing and design, and recording sound effects and dialogue replacement.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101 , MIA 350 , or permission of instructor.
  
  • MIA 348 - Feature Length Screenwriting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Skills for brainstorming, planning, and writing a feature length film script. Emphasizes character development and plot structure.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101 , MIA 340 , or permission of instructor.
  
  • MIA 350 - Digital Video Editing I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    History, theory, and introduction to digital non-linear editing of moving images and sound. Teaches the art and organization of editing including how to organize and label media, structure a film project, and make purposeful and mindful cuts based on editorial rules and cinematic language.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101 
  
  • MIA 352 - Digital Video Production I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Introduction to best practices and technologies for cinematography with emphasis on dramatic storytelling and lighting techniques necessary for effective and creative communication through cinematic language.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101 , and MIA 350  or permission of instructor
  
  • MIA 354 - Digital Editing II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Project-centered class on advanced video editing techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101  and MIA 350  or permission of instructor
  
  • MIA 356 - Digital Video Production II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    A project centered class with extensive practice on more advanced video editing techniques, furthering narrative and non-narrative film, editing knowledge, encompassing dialog editing and basic color correction.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101  and MIA 350  or permission from instructor.
  
  • MIA 358 - Aerial Cinematography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Learning and practicing main camera movements possible with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or drone. Understanding main US airspace safety laws and aerodynamics. Extensive piloting practice will be conducted OFF CAMPUS with the University’s drone fleet, at the UL Ecology Center in Carencro.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 352  or CMCN 365 , or permission by instructor.
    Restriction(s): Enrollment must be approved by Instructor.

  
  • MIA 360 - Directing the Narrative Film

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theory and scholarship, the technical and creative sides of film directing through script analysis and on-set procedures, and the complex craft of directing actors, and understanding the actor/director relationship throughout preproduction and production for arts and entertainment.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101 , MIA 340 , or permission by instructor.
  
  • MIA 397 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Directed individual study or practice in Moving Image Arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of independent study can be applied toward major.

  
  • MIA 398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Directed individual study or practice in Moving Image Arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of independent study can be applied toward major.

  
  • MIA 420 - Color Correction for Digital Video

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Concepts, workflows and techniques of color correction. Tailoring final video look according to creative choices and story values. Adobe Premiere Pro is the primary software.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 350  
  
  • MIA 440 - Visual Effects for Digital Video

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Workflows and techniques to enhance digital video value through post-production, including captions, motion graphics, green screen applications, etc. Adobe After Effects is the primary software.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 350  
  
  • MIA 460 - Documentary Forms in the Arts and Entertainment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Examination of historical and evolving documentary modes of representation and genres from short form to feature length to series based, with emphasis on ethical film making.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 101  
  
  • MIA 462 - Documentary Production in the Arts and Entertainment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Production of individual documentary film or video projects. Conceptualize, perform extensive research and fieldwork, write, shoot (on location), and edit projects to completion. Students must demonstrate a command of production and post-production skills.

    Repeatable Course: This course may be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): MIA 460  
  
  • MIA 465 - Capstone Project

    Credit Hours: 3-6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practical application of moving image arts in a directed project or internship.

    Restriction(s): Portfolio validation required for completion.

  
  • MIA 466 - Capstone Project

    Credit Hours: 3-6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practical application of moving image arts in a directed project or internship.

    Restriction(s): Portfolio validation required for completion.

  
  • MIA 497 - Internship

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practice in moving image arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of internship can be applied toward major.

  
  • MIA 498 - Internship

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practice in moving image arts.

    Restriction(s): No more than six hours of internship can be applied toward major.


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 106 - Sight-Reading 1

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Development of ability to read intermediate level keyboard accompaniment at sight.

  
  • AMUS 115 - Individual Instruction

    Credit Hours: 1-4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-4 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    On various instruments.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated four times.

  
  • AMUS 144 - Ragin’ Cajun Women’s Choir

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 158 - Marching Percussion Technique Class

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Promotes basic rhythmic and rudimental drumming techniques.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor is required.

  
  • AMUS 159 - Winter Guard

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Rehearses and performs utilizing standard guard equipment and dance.

    Restriction(s): Permission of marching band director required

  
  • AMUS 206 - Collaborative Piano

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Supervised collaborative performance of instrumental (fall semesters) and/or vocal (spring semesters) repertoire.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • AMUS 215 - Jazz Improvisation

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theory and performance of improvised jazz solo with an emphasis on functional harmony, patterns, modes, and special scales.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • AMUS 216 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Emphasis on standard chord progressions, minor keys, ear training, patterns, and standard jazz tunes.

    Prerequisite(s): AMUS 215  or permission of the instructor required
  
  • AMUS 315 - Individual Instruction

    Credit Hours: 1-4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-4 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    On various instruments.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): four semesters of AMUS 115  
  
  • AMUS 344 - Advanced Ragin’ Cajun Women’s Choir

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 350 - Composition

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Writing music which encompasses a variety of media, styles, and forms, including working with electronic media and contemporary compositional techniques.

  
  • AMUS 360 - Upper-level Traditional Music Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Study and performance of traditional music such as Cajun and Creole.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

    Restriction(s): Audition required

  
  • AMUS 400 - Advanced Composition

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Continuation of AMUS 350 , with an emphasis on the larger forms of vocal and instrumental music and more intensive work in electronic media.

    Prerequisite(s): AMUS 350 
  
  • AMUS 406 - Collaborative Piano

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Supervised collaborative performance of instrumental (fall semesters) and/or vocal (spring semesters) repertoire.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of Instructor required

  
  • AMUS 440 - Piano Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Supervised performance of piano duet, piano duo or multiple piano ensemble repertoire.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor required

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

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 140 - University Chorus

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 145 - University Chorale

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 146 - Chamber Singers

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

    Restriction(s): Audition required

  
  • AMUS 151 - Basketball Band

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 152 - Marching Band

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 7
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 153 - Concert Band

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 154 - Symphonic Band

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 155 - Wind Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 160 - Traditional Music Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Study and performance of traditional music such as Cajun and Creole.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

    Restriction(s): Audition required

  
  • AMUS 165 - Commercial Music Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Study and performance of commercial and popular music genres, inclduing but not limited to rock, hip hop, and country music.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

    Restriction(s): Audition required.

  
  • AMUS 170 - Jazz Ensemble

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 180 - Jazz Combo

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 190 - University Orchestra

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Audition required.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to four times for credit.

  
  • AMUS 201 - Marching Percussion Ensemble. 1-8

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
  
  • AMUS 202 - Mallet Keyboard Ensemble. 1-8

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
 

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