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Music

  
  • MUS 145 - Pep Band


    Description:
    Performance ensemble for nonmusic and music majors to promote school spirit and crowd participation at university and athletic events. No audition required. Must play a pep band instrument. May be repeated for credit.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 146 - Group Piano I


    Description:
    Keyboard skills for the nonpianist music major. Beginning skills in technique, reading, harmonization, transposition, selected repertoire and improvisation.

    Prerequisites:
    Audition

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 147 - Group Piano II


    Description:
    Keyboard skills for the nonpianist music major. Extension of skills in technique, reading, harmonization, transposition, selected repertoire and improvisation.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 146  or audition

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 149 - Class Applied Music - Guitar


    Description:
    Elements of each medium taught by class participation and observation.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 150 - Choral Music Instruction for Instrumentalists


    Description:
    Open to music education majors whose principle instrument is not voice. Pedagogy and instruction in vocal tone production and choral ensemble singing will be emphasized through class participation, observation, peer teaching, and in-class performance. Participate in campus choir as a laboratory experience for this course.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: WLN

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 152 - Instrumental Methods: Single Reeds


    Description:
    Class participation/observation.

    Prerequisites:
    Instrumental Music Education Major

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 153 - Instrumental Methods: Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass


    Description:
    Class participation and observation.

    Prerequisites:
    Instrumental Music Education Major and MUS 152 , or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 154 - Instrumental Methods: Violin (sec 1), Cello (sec 2)


    Description:
    Class participation and observation.

    Prerequisites:
    Instrumental Music Education Major and both MUS 152  and MUS 153 ; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 155 - Instrumental Methods: Percussion


    Description:
    Class participation and observation.

    Prerequisites:
    Instrumental Music Education Major and both MUS 152  and MUS 153 ; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 156 - Instrumental Methods: Brass


    Description:
    Class participation and observation.

    Prerequisites:
    Instrumental Music Education Major, and all of the following: MUS 152 , MUS 153 , and MUS 155 ; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 157 - Instrumental Methods: Double Reeds and Flute


    Description:
    Class participation and observation.

    Prerequisites:
    Instrumental Music Education Major, and all of the following: MUS 152 , MUS 153 , MUS 155 , and MUS 156 ; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 159 - Applied Music - Non-Major


    Description:
    Take thirty-minute weekly lessons with an applied teacher. Section will be assigned by instructor after audition.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent. Must pass audition.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 160 - Applied Music I - Piano


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 161 - Applied Music I - Organ


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 162 - Applied Music I - Voice


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 163 - Applied Music I - Violin


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 164 - Applied Music I - Viola


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 165 - Applied Music I - Violoncello


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 166 - Applied Music I - Double Bass


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 167 - Applied Music I - Flute


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 168 - Applied Music I - Oboe


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 169 - Applied Music I - Clarinet


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 170 - Applied Music I - Bassoon


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 171 - Applied Music I - Saxophone


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 172 - Applied Music I - Trumpet


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 173 - Applied Music I - Horn


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 174 - Applied Music I - Trombone


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 175 - Applied Music I - Euphonium


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 176 - Applied Music I - Tuba


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 177 - Applied Music I - Percussion


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 178 - Applied Music I - Harp


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 180 - Applied Music I - Guitar


    Description:
    Individual instruction. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 181 - Applied Music I - Jazz Guitar


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 185 - Applied Music I - Contemporary Voice


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 192 - Jazz Improvisation I


    Description:
    Fundamentals of jazz improvisation with respect to scale/chord relationships. Focus on standard chord progressions using ii-V-I’s as well as the twelve bar blues.

    Prerequisites:
    Both MUS 110 /MUS 112 , or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 193 - Music Improvisation


    Description:
    Applied improvisation using jazz, aleatory, chance, and free improvisation.

    Prerequisites:
    Basic proficiency on a musical instrument, an understanding of improvisation in other media, or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 207 - Survey of World Music


    Description:
    Analyze and critique musical and historical contexts for each culture studied, focusing on social, traditional, and religious importance. Marshfield or Wausau campuses only.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: IK

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 208 - Musicology I


    Description:
    A survey of twentieth-and twenty-first-century Western art music, including stylistic trends, major developments in composition and performance, and cultural context. Additional emphasis will be placed on global musical styles, both as separate traditions and as an influence on Western music composers.

    Prerequisites:
    Both MUS 210  and MUS 212 , or Instructor Consent

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 210 - Musicianship III


    Description:
    Extension of applied skills, analysis, and composition in chromatic idiom.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 111 , MUS 113 , and concurrent registration in MUS 212  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 212 - Aural Musicianship III


    Description:
    Advanced aural musicianship skills. If you fail or receive an incomplete in applied musicianship courses (MUS 112 , MUS 113 , MUS 212), you may enroll for the next course in the sequence with permission of the theory faculty, provided that you repeat the failed course, or remove the incomplete in the same semester.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 111 , MUS 113 , and concurrent registration in MUS 210  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 217 - Beginning Jazz Arranging


    Description:
    Introduction to jazz arranging styles for small and large ensembles.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 111  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring terms of even years

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 221 - 17th- 18th Century Music


    Description:
    Musical idioms and styles of Baroque and Classical periods; development of new forms; relationship of music to general culture of period.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 222 - Small Ensembles II - Vocal Jazz


    Description:
    Same listing as MUS 122  at sophomore level. May be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 122  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 224 - Small Ensembles II - Pit Orchestra


    Description:
    Small Ensembles II. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 124  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 225 - Small Ensembles II - Studio Orchestra


    Description:
    Same listing as MUS 125  at sophomore level. May be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 125  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 226 - Small Ensembles II - Improvisation Ensemble


    Description:
    Small Ensembles II. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 126  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 230 - Small Ensembles II - Vocal


    Description:
    Small Ensembles II. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 130  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 241 - Large Ensemble: Choir


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit. Marshfield or Wausau campuses only.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1-2

  
  • MUS 242 - Large Ensemble: Orchestra


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit. Marshfield or Wausau campuses only.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1-2

  
  • MUS 243 - Large Ensemble: Band


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit. Marshfield or Wausau campuses only.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1-2

  
  • MUS 244 - Large Ensemble: Vocal Jazz


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit. Marshfield or Wausau campuses only.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1-2

  
  • MUS 245 - Large Ensemble: Jazz Ensemble


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit. Marshfield or Wausau campuses only.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1-2

  
  • MUS 246 - Group Piano III


    Description:
    Keyboard skills for the nonpianist music major. Extension of skills in technique, reading, harmonization, transposition, selected repertoire and improvisation, including introduction to open-score reading.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 147  or audition

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 247 - Group Piano IV


    Description:
    For BM jazz composition/arranging majors; BME vocal/choral majors; and general music add-on certification. Skills in open-score reading, hymn textures, harmonization, transposition and accompaniments.

    Prerequisites:
    Either MUS 246  or MUS 160  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 260 - Applied Music II - Piano


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 160 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 261 - Applied Music II -Organ


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 161 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 262 - Applied Music II -Voice


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 162 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 263 - Applied Music II -Violin


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 163 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 264 - Applied Music II -Viola


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 164 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 265 - Applied Music II -Violoncello


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 165 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 266 - Applied Music II -Double Bass


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 166 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 267 - Applied Music II -Flute


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 167 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 268 - Applied Music II -Oboe


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 168 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 269 - Applied Music II -Clarinet


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 169 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 270 - Applied Music II -Bassoon


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 170 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 271 - Applied Music II -Saxophone


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 171 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 272 - Applied Music II -Trumpet


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 172 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 273 - Applied Music II -Horn


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 173 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 274 - Applied Music II -Trombone


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 174 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 275 - Applied Music II -Euphonium


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 175 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 276 - Applied Music II -Tuba


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 176 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 277 - Applied Music II -Percussion


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 177 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 278 - Applied Music II -Harp


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Individual instruction for music majors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 178 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 280 - Applied Music II - Guitar


    Description:
    Individual instruction. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent and concurrent registration in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 281 - Applied Music II -Jazz Guitar


    Description:
    Applied Music II. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available by audition or with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 181 , Department Consent, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 285 - Applied Music II - Contemporary Voice


    Description:
    Individual instruction for music majors and minors. Normally taken for 2 credits; 4 credit lessons available with permission of applied instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 185  and concurrent enrollment in MUS 341 , MUS 342 , or MUS 343  required

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2 or 4

  
  • MUS 291 - Jazz Keyboard Techniques


    Description:
    Basic keyboard skills in chord voicing, accompanying, and chord/scale relationships.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 292 - Jazz Improvisation II


    Description:
    Study and apply chord/scale relationships with respect to minor iiø-V7 (alt)-I progressions, as well as syntactic approaches to modal forms and unconventional harmonic sequences.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 192  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 299 - Special Work


    Description:
    Credit based on scope of project devoted to theory, conducting, composition, orchestration, or music history. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • MUS 300 - Music International


    Description:
    Music in performance in overseas study program. Attendance at performances supplements attention to backgrounds, development of various forms, and masterworks of various periods. Counts toward bachelor of music degree and music minor.

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2 or 3

  
  • MUS 301 - History of Women in Music


    Description:
    The contribution of women as composers, performers, authors, and teachers throughout European and American history. Available for graduate credit as MUS 501 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 302 - Diction for Singers I


    Description:
    Introduction to international phonetic alphabet (IPA) and its application to singing Latin, Italian, and English song repertoire. 1 hr lec, 1 hr lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as MUS 502 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 303 - Diction for Singers II


    Description:
    Application of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to German and French song repertoire. 1 hr lec, 1 hr lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as MUS 503 .

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 302  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 304 - A Review of Music Theory Practices


    Description:
    Designed for music professionals and students preparing for graduate study. Topics include a review of   tonal theory practices, including voice-leading, music analysis, the study of form, and AP exam preparation. Available for graduate credit as MUS 504 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 305 - Jazz History for Musicians


    Description:
    History of jazz from its genesis to present. Focus on important artists as well as social, political and technological effects on music. Available for graduate credit as MUS 505 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART, USD
    Associate: DUS

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 307 - Survey of World Music


    Description:
    Survey of World Music; analyze and critique musical and historical contexts for each culture studied, focusing on social, traditional, and religious importance. Available for graduate credit as MUS 507 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART, GA

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 308 - Survey of Film Music


    Description:
    Critical study of film music from silent era to present. May take as elective toward music major/minor. Available for graduate credit as MUS 508 .

    Prerequisites:
    Music Major or Minor

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 309 - Historical Analysis of American Popular Music


    Description:
    Critical and historical analysis of popular music in America including jazz and folk music, musical theater, and others. May take as elective toward music major/minor.

    Prerequisites:
    Music Major or Minor, and all of the following: MUS 111 , MUS 113 , and MUS 208  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 310 - Composition


    Description:
    Techniques, analysis, and composition of tonal and post-tonal music.

    Prerequisites:
    Both MUS 210  and MUS 212  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 311 - Digital Music Composition


    Description:
    Software/hardware tools, concepts and techniques used in the creation and manipulation of digital sound for music composition.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 147  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 315 - Orchestration


    Description:
    Orchestral instruments: their ranges, playing characteristics, physical properties, history, and advisable use. Available for graduate credit as MUS 515 .

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 110  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 2 or 3

  
  • MUS 316 - Choral Arranging


    Description:
    Essential concepts and techniques for arranging choral music at the intermediate and secondary school levels. Available for graduate credit as MUS 516 .

    Prerequisites:
    All of the following: MUS 210 , MUS 212 , and MUS 247  

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 317 - Conducting


    Description:
    Conducting techniques for vocal and instrumental groups; experience in conducting through class laboratory situations.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 110  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 319 - Introduction to Music Business


    Description:
    Copyright law, unions and guilds, recording industry, television/film and radio, music mangement. Available for graduate credit as MUS 519 .

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 320 - Musicology II


    Description:
    A survey of Western art music from the Classical and Romantic periods, including stylistic trends, origins and development of major genres, and cultural context. Available for graduate credit as MUS 520 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 321 - Musicology III


    Description:
    A critical examination of early music in which you examine the precursors to standard, common-practice notation and subsequent developments through the mid-eighteenth century. A major emphasis will be on interacting with primary source materials and artifacts in order to understand and synthesize contemporaneous developments of music and its social function. Available for graduate credit as MUS 521 .

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 322 - Choral Literature


    Description:
    Survey significant choral compositions from Renaissance to present, with stylistic understanding.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 323 - Opera History


    Description:
    Opera history from 1600 to present, with masterworks from each period. Available for graduate credit as MUS 523 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring terms of odd years

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 326 - Music Before 1600


    Description:
    History, literature, and stylistic trends of music from the Greeks to 1600. Available for graduate credit as MUS 526 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 327 - Music Reference and Research Techniques


    Description:
    Introduction to musical scholarship and writing projects in music history-literature, theory, and musicology; also bibliographical survey of reference materials. Available for graduate credit as MUS 527 .

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 212 , MUS 208 , MUS 221 , and Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2

 

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