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2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Music Education

  
  • MUSC 5957 - Instrumental Problems and Techniques


    3

    Seminar in problems pertaining to elementary, middle school, and secondary school instrumental music programs.
  
  • MUSC 5977 - General Music in the Secondary Schools


    3

    May not count toward foundations curriculum fine arts requirement. Contemporary concepts in teaching at middle, junior, and senior high school levels. Examination of literature and materials.
  
  • MUSC 6048 - Music for Children with Exceptionalities


    2

    Materials, procedures, methods, and activities applicable to teaching music for children with exceptionalities.
  
  • MUSC 6217 - Foundations of Instruction for Instrumental Music


    2

    Criteria for selection and use of music and materials in elementary school. Role of beginning instrumental music in schools and its relationship to entire school program.
  
  • MUSC 6237 - Foundations of Instruction for Vocal and General Music Education


    2

    Planning and evaluation of instruction for general music classroom. Elements of music and their related components. Voice classification, vocal technique, and role of choral program in elementary school.
  
  • MUSC 6287 - Laboratory Choral Experience in Music Education


    2

    Application of conducting skills and refinement of music teaching and rehearsal skills. Teaching approaches and choral rehearsal techniques for middle- and high-school singers.
  
  • MUSC 6323 - Materials and Methods in Music Education


    2

    Relevant issues in music education. Develop individual philosophy of music and musical instruction and specific techniques for teaching instrumental music in primary and secondary schools.
  
  • MUSC 6333 - Materials and Methods for Choral and Vocal Music Education


    2

    Organization, administration, motivation, discipline, and innovative methodology for choral and vocal teaching in primary and secondary schools.
  
  • MUSC 6405 - Laboratory Instrumental Experience in Music Education


    2

    Application of conducting skills and refinement of music teaching and rehearsal skills. Teaching approaches and instrumental rehearsal techniques for middle- and high-school students.
  
  • MUSC 6836 - Foundations, Leadership, and Communication in Music Education


    3

    Adaptations and implications for current practices to historical, philosophical, psychological, sociological, and theoretical foundations of music education and how these factors influence music teaching, leadership, communication, and learning.
  
  • MUSC 6837 - History and Philosophy of Music Education


    3

    Detailed survey from antiquity to present which lead to advancement of personal philosophy of music education.
  
  • MUSC 6838 - Research for Practitioners in Music Education


    4

    Recent developments in music education. Emphasis on research strategies for conducting field-based research.
  
  • MUSC 6839 - Methods, Materials, and Pedagogy in Music Education


    3

    Instructional techniques, methods, materials, pedagogy, and diversity in music education through critical analysis and review of contemporary methods.
  
  • MUSC 6897 - Seminar: Music in Higher Education


    2

    Historical development of music offerings at college level. Comparison of curriculum patterns in major divisions of collegiate music offerings. Relationship of music curricula to general education and professional subject areas.
  
  • MUSC 6927 - Seminar: Problems in Music Education


    2

    Research into specific problems in some phase of music education.
  
  • MUSC 6937 - Seminar: Problems in Music Education


    2

    Research into new problem in music education or continuation of problem first begun in MUSC 6927  that merits additional time and research.
  
  • MUSC 6977 - Curriculum Issues and Trends in Music Education


    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. Contemporary philosophies and objectives of music education in public education. Scope and sequence of K-12 music curriculum. Trends and developments of evaluative criteria.
  
  • MUSC 6990 - Final Project in Music Education


    3

    Written research project with oral presentation.

Music History and Literature

  
  • MUSC 5456 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology


    2

    P: MUSC or ANTH major with consent of instructor. Theories, methods, techniques, and fundamental concepts used in study of non-Western and primitive music.
  
  • MUSC 5466 - Folk and Indigenous Music of Europe and the Americas


    2

    P: Area minors and ANTH majors with consent of instructor; undergraduate MUSC course. Ethnic music of the West surveyed with particular attention to society, culture, and tradition.
  
  • MUSC 5476 - African Music


    2

    P: Open to area minors and ANTH majors with consent of instructor. Sub-Saharan African music surveyed in the context of African society and culture.
  
  • MUSC 5506 - Early Music in the West: to 1600


    3

    P: MUSC 1406, 2406, 2416; or equivalent. Genres, sources, theoretical literature, and cultural contexts of western art music from Late Antiquity through end of Renaissance. Pro-seminar format.
  
  • MUSC 5516 - Ibero-American Musics of the Twentieth Century


    3 WI

    P: MUSC 2166 or consent of instructor. Comprehensive overview from ethnomusicological perspective. Vernacular musics of Spanish- and Portugese-speaking cultures and their influence on art-music composers of twentieth century.
  
  • MUSC 5616 - Historical Development of Solo Vocal Literature


    3 WI

    P: Senior/graduate standing; undergraduate survey of music history. History with concentration on literature of major composers.
  
  • MUSC 5667 - Organ History, Literature, and Design


    2 Same as MUSC 5667 (Sacred Music).

    Recommended that MUSC 5667, MUSC 5677  be taken in sequence. P: MUSC 2416 or consent of instructor. Historical survey of organ literature from earliest manuscripts through music of J. S. Bach in first term. From J. S. Bach to present in second term. Basic principles of organ construction and style. Emphasis on relationship between organ and its repertoire throughout centuries.
  
  • MUSC 5677 - Organ History, Literature, and Design


    2 Same as MUSC 5677 (Sacred Music).

    Recommended that MUSC 5667 , MUSC 5677 be taken in sequence. P: MUSC 2416 or consent of instructor. Historical survey of organ literature from earliest manuscripts through music of J. S. Bach in first term. From J. S. Bach to present in second term. Basic principles of organ construction and style. Emphasis on relationship between organ and its repertoire throughout centuries.
  
  • MUSC 5737 - Piano Literature and Advanced Pedagogy


    3

    Recommended that MUSC 5737, MUSC 5747 be taken in sequence. Literature for piano in relation to contemporary pedagogical use. Intermediate through advanced-level literature from Renaissance through Beethoven and Schubert.
  
  • MUSC 5747 - Piano Literature and Advanced Pedagogy


    3

    Recommended that MUSC 5737 , MUSC 5747 be taken in sequence. Literature for piano in relation to contemporary pedagogical use. Intermediate through advanced-level literature from Chopin and Schumann to present.
  
  • MUSC 5757 - Lute and Guitar Literature


    3

    Comprehensive survey of solo literature for lute and guitar from Renaissance to twentieth century.
  
  • MUSC 5887 - Survey of Performance Practice


    2

    P: MUSC 2416 or consent of instructor. Original and secondary sources on performance practices from Renaissance to present. Development of instruments and comparison of notated music with actual performance practices.
  
  • MUSC 5897 - Survey of Performance Practice


    2

    P: MUSC 2416 or consent of instructor. Original and secondary sources on performance practices from Renaissance to present. Development of instruments and comparison of notated music with actual performance practices.
  
  • MUSC 5906 - Choral Literature


    2

    Historical and stylistic survey and critical evaluation of choral literature for use with school, community, and sacred choirs.
  
  • MUSC 5916 - Choral Literature


    2

    Historical and stylistic survey and critical evaluation of choral literature for use with school, community, and sacred choirs.
  
  • MUSC 5926 - Wind Instrument Literature


    3

    Chamber music, band, wind, and percussion literature for all phases of instrumental instruction.
  
  • MUSC 6106 - Music of the Baroque Era


    3 Formerly MUSC 5406

    Detailed consideration of analytical and historiographic issues in a variety of representative musical genres from ca. 1600-1750.
  
  • MUSC 6116 - Music of the Classic Era and Enlightenment


    3 Formerly MUSC 5416

    Detailed consideration of analytical and historiographic issues in a variety of representative musical genres from 1720 to 1820, including works of precursors and acknowledged proponents of Classic style (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven). Exploration of the relationship of this music to Enlightenment figures such as Rousseau and Goethe.
  
  • MUSC 6126 - Music of the Romantic Era


    3 Formerly MUSC 5426

    Detailed consideration of analytical and historiographic issues in a variety of representative musical genres of the 19th century, including developments in symphonic forms, instrumental and vocal chamber music, and opera, from Schubert to Debussy.
  
  • MUSC 6136 - Music of the Modern and Postmodern Eras


    3 Formerly MUSC 5436

    Detailed consideration of central analytical, historiographic, and philosophical issues in music of the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing primarily on post-tonal developments in traditional genres as well as crossovers with vernacular, non-western, and popular influences.
  
  • MUSC 6216 - Introduction to Graduate Study in Music History


    3

    May not count toward degree. Emphasis on chronological development of musical styles and resources from Gregorian Chant to present.
  
  • MUSC 6226 - Orchestral Literature


    3

    Major orchestral compositions. Score analysis and performance practice research. Development of skills for interpretative decisions by conductor.
  
  • MUSC 6436 - Symphonic Music


    2

    Growth and development of orchestra from Baroque to present. Emphasis on development of symphony, symphonic poem, and other forms of orchestra composition.
  
  • MUSC 6466 - Special Problems in Music History


    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. Proseminar with topics and projects selected according to needs and interests of class.
  
  • MUSC 6496 - History of Lyric Theatre


    3

    History of lyric theatre from late sixteenth century to present. Emphasis on examples from outstanding operas of various periods in music history.
  
  • MUSC 6596 - Historical Development of Vocal Literature


    3

    Music history with concentration on vocal literature of major composers.
  
  • MUSC 6658 - Musical Aesthetics and Criticism


    3

    Examination of the nature and value of music through the discipline of aesthetics, as exemplified by such figures as Aristotle, Kant and Adorno, through various modes of music criticism.
  
  • MUSC 6757 - Seminar: Keyboard Literature


    3

    History and development of keyboard music. Emphasis on styles and forms in eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
  
  • MUSC 6898 - Selected Topics in Performance Practice


    2

    P: MUSC 5887  or MUSC 5897  or consent of chair. Advanced study of performance practice issues in music from the Middle Ages to the present.

Music Research

  
  • MUSC 6254 - Music Therapy Research


    1,2,3

    May be repeated for credit. P: Consent of instructor. Basic research methodology in music therapy studied through completion of research projects. Emphasis on applying principles and methods of evaluative research by critical examination of appropriate research studies.
  
  • MUSC 6255 - Music Therapy Research


    1,2,3

    May be repeated for credit. P: Consent of instructor. Basic research methodology in music therapy studied through completion of research projects. Emphasis on applying principles and methods of evaluative research by critical examination of appropriate research studies.
  
  • MUSC 6256 - Music Therapy Research


    1,2,3

    May be repeated for credit. P: Consent of instructor. Basic research methodology in music therapy studied through completion of research projects. Emphasis on applying principles and methods of evaluative research by critical examination of appropriate research studies.
  
  • MUSC 6507 - Topics and Issues in Music


    1,2,3

    May be taken for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours. May be repeated for credit. Class meetings may or may not be required. Hours and specific course requirements must be arranged prior to enrollment. P: Consent of appropriate instructor and director of graduate studies in music. Research into relevant problems and issues. For each course, student must develop a proposal(s) for independent investigation with support and advice of appropriate professor.
  
  • MUSC 6508 - Topics and Issues in Music


    1,2,3

    May be taken for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours. May be repeated for credit. Class meetings may or may not be required. Hours and specific course requirements must be arranged prior to enrollment. P: Consent of appropriate instructor and director of graduate studies in music. Research into relevant problems and issues. For each course, student must develop a proposal(s) for independent investigation with support and advice of appropriate professor.
  
  • MUSC 6509 - Topics and Issues in Music


    1,2,3

    May be taken for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours. May be repeated for credit. Class meetings may or may not be required. Hours and specific course requirements must be arranged prior to enrollment. P: Consent of appropriate instructor and director of graduate studies in music. Research into relevant problems and issues. For each course, student must develop a proposal(s) for independent investigation with support and advice of appropriate professor.
  
  • MUSC 6600 - Music in Contemporary Society


    3

    Sociological, philosophical, and educational assumptions that underlie changing functions of music in contemporary society.
  
  • MUSC 6887 - Introduction to Research in Music


    3

    Preparation for scholarship in music through development of research and writing skills.
  
  • MUSC 7000 - Thesis


    1-6

    May be repeated. May count maximum of 6 s.h.
  
  • MUSC 7001 - Thesis: Summer Research


    1

    May be repeated. No credit may count toward degree. Students conducting thesis research may only register for this course during the summer.

Music Technology

  
  • MUSC 6300 - Selected Topics in Music Technology


    2

    May be repeated for credit. Topics in acoustics, electronic instruments, computer synthesis, computer composition, digital sampling, and editing. Practical experience with audio media and computer music programs.
  
  • MUSC 6346 - Music Notation, Layout, and Printing with Software


    2

    P: Graduate status in School of Music or consent of professor. Computer technology and software for music notation, layout, and printing.
  
  • MUSC 6400 - Seminar in Multimedia Software Development


    2

    May be repeated for credit. Existing multimedia software and its development.
  
  • MUSC 6403 - Music Multimedia for the Internet


    3

    May be repeated for credit. Offered only via the Internet. Create and implement multimedia project for publication on Internet using Hypertext Markup Language, sound, Musical Instrument Digital Interface, Java Script, and graphics.

Music Therapy

  
  • MUSC 5257 - Psychological Foundations of Music


    3

    Nature and extent of scientific investigations into acoustics of music, human responses to music, learning theory, and basic research in music.
  
  • MUSC 5267 - Psychological Foundations of Music


    3

    Nature and extent of scientific investigations into acoustics of music, human responses to music, learning theory, and basic research in music.
  
  • MUSC 5287 - Psychological Foundations of Music Practicum


    1

    Lab provides opportunity to develop and carry out research in clinical setting.
  
  • MUSC 5297 - Music Therapy Practicum III


    1

    Supervised practicum for music therapy majors. Application of music therapy procedures and techniques with individual clients.
  
  • MUSC 5997 - Clinical Internship


    1

    Supervised internship. P: Music therapy major; completion of academic requirements for the degree. Placement in approved music therapy clinical training program with registered music therapist as director.
  
  • MUSC 6257 - Seminar in Music Therapy I


    3

    May be repeated for credit. P: Undergraduate music therapy degree; internship; or consent of instructor. Models of music therapy practice in traditional and innovative treatment settings. Current models examined with reference to theory and philosophy, research, assessment procedures, intervention strategies, and approaches to evaluation and documentation.
  
  • MUSC 6267 - Seminar in Music Therapy II


    3

    May be repeated for credit. P: Undergraduate music therapy degree; internship; or consent of instructor. Issues affecting the education and clinical training, supervision, certification, and career opportunities of music therapists. Regulatory, fiscal, legal, ethical, administrative, curricular, and accreditation issues will be addressed.
  
  • MUSC 6357 - Advanced Clinical Practicum I


    1

    May be repeated for credit. P: Undergraduate music therapy degree; internship; or consent of instructor. Supervised practicum which provides the opportunity to plan and implement advanced music therapy procedures in a clinical setting.
  
  • MUSC 6367 - Advanced Clinical Practicum II


    2

    May be repeated for credit. P: Undergraduate music therapy degree; internship; or consent of instructor. Supervised practicum which provides the opportunity to apply advanced music therapy procedures and to develop and evaluate an innovative music therapy program in a clinical setting.
  
  • MUSC 6677 - Music in Therapy


    3

    Influence of music on human behavior, the scientific bases for music as therapy, and current music therapy techniques as practiced in health care, education, and community settings.
  
  • MUSC 6998 - Music Therapy Internship


    1

    May be repeated for credit. Clinical intern experience in professional setting under supervision of qualified music therapist.

Neuroscience

  
  • NEUR 6900 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience


    3 Formerly NEUR 5000

    P: Consent of instructor. Introduces cellular mechanisms and molecular basis of neuron and glial function and interaction. Topics include membrane trafficking, action potentials, receptors, and signal transduction, gene transcription factors, neuroimmunology, and developmental neuroscience.
  
  • NEUR 6901 - Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience


    3 Formerly NEUR 5001

    P: Consent of instructor. Introduces neural systems and neural basis of behavior. Topics include basic neuroanatomy; computational neuroscience, learning and memory; sensory and motor systems, neural basis of affective behavior, consciousness and cognitive neuroscience, neural plasticity, and brain lateralization and language.

Nutrition Science

  
  • NUTR 5300 - Nutrition for Wellness


    3

    P: 1 course in clinical nutrition and 1 in nutrition education. Planning, implementing, and evaluating nutrition services and education in wellness programs.
  
  • NUTR 6000 - Vegetarian Nutrition


    3

    Review of available scientific literature regarding the role of vegetarian diets in growth and development and in aging, with special emphasis on the role of vegetarian diets in the prevention and treatment of chronic health conditions.
  
  • NUTR 6031 - Practicum in Clinical Dietetics


    3

    P: Admission to the dietetic internship. Development and integration of knowledge and skills in clinical dietetics practice settings.
  
  • NUTR 6032 - Practicum in Community Dietetics


    3

    P: Admission to the dietetic internship. Development and integration of knowledge and skills in community dietetics practice settings.
  
  • NUTR 6033 - Practicum in Food Systems Management


    3

    P: Admission to the dietetic internship. Development and integration of knowledge and skills in food systems management practice settings.
  
  • NUTR 6100 - Independent Research


    1,2,3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. P: Consent of permanent graduate advisor. Conduct independent research study on topic related to program concentration.
  
  • NUTR 6102 - Current Issues in Clinical Nutrition


    1

    P: NUTR 4312, 4313; or consent of instructor. In-depth review and presentation of current topics and issues in clinical nutrition. Subjects and course subtitles vary. Course may be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
  
  • NUTR 6105 - Human Nutrition in Physiology and Metabolism


    3

    P: NUTR 3105, 3106; or equivalent. Integrates normal nutrition and metabolism at cellular level with physiologic functions of tissues, organs, and systems in humans.
  
  • NUTR 6110 - Nutrition Support


    3

    P: NUTR 6105 . Nutrition support dietetics including enteral and parenteral nutrition. Stages of the life cycle and specific disease states as they modify nutrition support needs are considered.
  
  • NUTR 6120 - Advanced Clinical Nutrition


    3

    P: NUTR 4312, 4313, NUTR 6105 . In-depth study of theory. Applies medical nutrition therapy to management of specific diseases.
  
  • NUTR 6200 - Methods in Nutrition Research


    3

    P: Graduate standing in nutrition and dietetics or consent of instructor; C: Graduate-level statistics course. Review research methodologies in nutrition and develop research proposal.
  
  • NUTR 6250 - Nutritional Epidemiology


    3

    P: BIOS 7021 ; NUTR 6200 . Epidemiological principles and methodology to study nutritional determinants of disease.
  
  • NUTR 6400 - Food and Behavior


    3

    P: Behavior change theory and the influence of the environmental, economic, cultural, interpersonal and physiological factors on food behaviors.
  
  • NUTR 6500 - Pediatric Nutrition


    3

    P: NUTR 6105 . Advanced study of nutritional requirements during infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Nutritional support of child with special problems.
  
  • NUTR 6510 - Maternal and Infant Nutrition


    3

    P: NUTR 6105 . Advanced study of nutritional needs of infants and pregnant and lactating women.
  
  • NUTR 6520 - Geriatric Nutrition


    3

    P: NUTR 6105 . Advanced study of role of nutrition in aging process. Nutrition-related health problems of the elderly and nutrition advocacy and education for elderly.
  
  • NUTR 6530 - Drug-Nutrient Interactions


    3

    P: NUTR 6105 . Examination of pharmacological and nutrient interactions, including drug-nutrient metabolism, problem identification, interpretation of scientific data and health issues, public health policy, and emerging legislative issues.
  
  • NUTR 6600 - Management in Dietetics


    3

    P: NUTR 6200 . Leadership and management principles for dietetics professionals and programs.
  
  • NUTR 6610 - Nutrition and Public Health Issues


    3 Same as MPH 6610 

    P: Consent of instructor. Examines science base for community nutrition, including problem identification, interpretation of nutritional data and scientific issues, public health policy, societal and health trends, and emerging legislative issues related to nutrition and public health.
  
  • NUTR 6640 - Interdisciplinary Community Rural Health Practicum


    3

    P: Admission to dietetic internship or consent of instructor. Prepares health care professionals for community-based practice in rural setting. Provides service to underserved rural citizens.
  
  • NUTR 6900 - Review of Current Literature


    2

    P: Consent of permanent graduate advisor. Intensive review of current literature in selected topic. Enrollment during semester in which written and oral comprehensive exams for non-thesis program are completed.
  
  • NUTR 6950 - Seminar in Nutrition


    1

    P: Consent of permanent graduate advisor. Review, evaluation, and presentation of current research.
  
  • NUTR 7000 - Thesis


    1-6

    May be repeated. May count a maximum of 6 s.h.

Nursing

  
  • NURS 5620 - International Health Care


    3

    P: Graduate standing or senior or by consent of instructor. Issues, philosophy, and cultural differences in health care from international perspective. Compares US health care to that in other nations.
  
  • NURS 6001 - Philosophical Perspectives and Theoretical Bases of Advanced Nursing Practice


    3

    P: Graduate status or consent of instructor. Examines philosophical perspectives, theories, and concepts from nursing and related fields that relate to advanced nursing practice.
  
  • NURS 6002 - Advanced Nursing Practice in Complex Health Care Organizations


    3

    P: Graduate status or consent of instructor. Examines political, legal, and economic influences on health care organizations, advanced nursing practice, and quality of care.
 

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