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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21358
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Schoenecker Center 106
Instructor: TBD
The student convocation hour is for all music majors regardless of specialization. This course meets three times per semester for each semester of enrollment and gives the community of learners performance opportunities, lectures/ discussions on topics applicable to all music concentrations; and lecture/discussions on topics specific to each music concentration.
0 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21359
In Person | Lecture/Lab
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL23
Requirements Met:
School of Ed Transfer Course
This course teaches the keyboard skills required for music majors whose principal instrument is not piano. It includes training in basic keyboard technique, sight reading, score reading, accompanying, transposing, playing by ear, harmonizing melodies, making practical applications of music theory, and the development of other skills studied in Piano Skills I. The final exam for this class will serve as the piano proficiency exam for BA in Music Business major students. Prerequisite: MUSC 101, and MUSC 114 (concurrent registration preferred)
1 Credits
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1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21360
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 111
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Open to all students, this class introduces those with diverse levels of musical background to the elements of music theory and listening skills. No musical training is necessary for participation – all levels of musical abilities are welcome. Two priorities will guide our activities: (1) drawing on musical practices from multiple social and cultural contexts in both familiar and unfamiliar styles; (2) learning via direct experience. This course offers real-life practice of skills to help students develop their understanding of how music works and how it moves us, particularly regarding the interaction between music elements (e.g. rhythm, melody, harmony, and form) with emotion, meaning, and performance.
4 Credits
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9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21361
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 111
This course, designed for those intending to major or minor in music, covers basic materials and techniques of music, approached through analysis and experience. This course is the first of a three-semester sequence that integrates aural skills with the analysis of harmony, form, and contrapuntal procedures in music from the 16th through the 21st centuries. Topics include meter and rhythm, the management of dissonance, the structure of keys, the harmonic function of triads and seventh chords, and basic formal units (phrases, etc.). Assignments include the development of compositional and arranging skills. Lecture plus laboratory. Offered spring semester. Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on Diagnostic Exam or permission of instructor.
4 Credits
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9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21362
In Person | Lab
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 111
This course, designed for those intending to major or minor in music, covers basic materials and techniques of music, approached through analysis and experience. This course is the first of a three-semester sequence that integrates aural skills with the analysis of harmony, form, and contrapuntal procedures in music from the 16th through the 21st centuries. Topics include meter and rhythm, the management of dissonance, the structure of keys, the harmonic function of triads and seventh chords, and basic formal units (phrases, etc.). Assignments include the development of compositional and arranging skills. Lecture plus laboratory. Offered spring semester. Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on Diagnostic Exam or permission of instructor.
0 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21365
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
This survey course explores the classics of European and American music in their historical, cultural and social contexts. It will investigate the many ethnic, religious, political, philosophical, economic and scientific influences that have shaped these traditions. This course is designed to enable students, regardless of musical background, to increase their understanding of music. The listening skill and knowledge acquired will provide a foundation for students to become more critical and discerning listeners of music of all types. NOTE: Students who receive credit for MUSC 115 may not receive credit for MUSC 118 or 119.
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21366
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
This survey course explores the classics of European and American music in their historical, cultural and social contexts. It will investigate the many ethnic, religious, political, philosophical, economic and scientific influences that have shaped these traditions. This course is designed to enable students, regardless of musical background, to increase their understanding of music. The listening skill and knowledge acquired will provide a foundation for students to become more critical and discerning listeners of music of all types. NOTE: Students who receive credit for MUSC 115 may not receive credit for MUSC 118 or 119.
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21363
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
This survey course explores the classics of European and American music in their historical, cultural and social contexts. It will investigate the many ethnic, religious, political, philosophical, economic and scientific influences that have shaped these traditions. This course is designed to enable students, regardless of musical background, to increase their understanding of music. The listening skill and knowledge acquired will provide a foundation for students to become more critical and discerning listeners of music of all types. NOTE: Students who receive credit for MUSC 115 may not receive credit for MUSC 118 or 119.
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21364
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course includes a study-abroad trip to Berlin over Spring Break. A separate application is required through St. Thomas Office of Study Abroad. MUSC 115: Music & Culture: Cold War Cadence is new with this semester and with the publication of B. Gleason, Cold War Cadence: A Military Musician’s Berlin Memoir, 1988 – 1991 (Calumet Editions, 2024). Generally, sections of MUSC 115: Music & Culture address: “…the classics of European and American music in their historical, cultural and social contexts….investigating the many ethnic, religious, political, philosophical, economic and scientific influences that have shaped these traditions. This course is designed to enable students, regardless of musical background, to increase their understanding of music.”
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 22146
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Global Perspective
This course provides students a foundation for developing critical thinking and self-analysis, by way of exploring the diversity of musical traditions across the world. Students will develop attentive listening skills and analytical perspectives that engage with music’s distinctive sounds, settings, and meanings. Students will gain awareness and appreciation of music as expressions of human experience at the individual, community, and global level.
4 Credits
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1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 22186
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course traces the development of American popular music from its roots through multiple genres such as minstrelsy, jazz, big band, swing, crooning, jump blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, country, western, folk/protest, and rock 'n' roll, concluding with the British Invasion. Popular music development is critically examined through four interrelated driving forces: identity (ethnicity, gender, culture, generation), centers vs. peripheries (the established vs. the innovative ), technology (impact on musical performance and listening), and business/law (commercial competition and development). Multimedia presentations include extensive audio and video support. Designed for the Popular Music minor.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 22180
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Changemaking
Writing to learn
Why do we laugh when bad things happen to good people and what makes scary movies surprisingly funny to us? Most cultural traditions around the globe have long identified both music and humor as supremely human activities, profoundly tied to language, community, and social living. In this class we will look at and listen to movies, asking not only what makes them funny (or scary, or both) but also examining how music and sound articulate the unexpected comedic effects of horror films. Through weekly engagement with images and sounds from all over the world, we will explore the ability of humor not only to challenge boundaries of social and cultural conventions but also redefine our relationships with fear, uncertainty, and with things beyond our knowledge. We will provide the theoretical perspective to film, e.g., the language filmmakers use to create meaning, --through editing, cinematography, acting, screenplay--coupled with examining key characteristics of music, and the concept of sound as an “interpretation” and an “effect.” While arguing that film comedy emerges from a particular time, culture, and for a specific audience, we will investigate how humor--and, by extension, comedic sensibilities--is a vital life skill that can deepen our understanding of cultural complexities and play an instrumental role in forming social bonds in the contemporary world.
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21367
In Person | Lecture/Lab
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL23
This course teaches the keyboard skills required for music majors whose principal instrument is not piano, and will culminate in the piano proficiency exam for all music students except for Music Business majors. It includes training in basic keyboard technique, sight reading , score reading, accompanying, transposing, playing by ear, harmonizing melodies, making practical applications of music theory, and the development of other skills studied in Piano Skills III. Prerequisite: MUSC 201, and MUSC 214 (concurrent registration preferred)
1 Credits
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9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21368
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center
Continuation of MUSC 212. This course, designed for those intending to major or minor in music, covers basic materials and structures of music, approached through analysis and experience. This course is the third of a three-semester sequence that integrates aural skills with the analysis of harmony, form and contemporary procedures in music from the 16th through the 21st centuries. Topics include advanced pitch collections, harmony, rhythmic techniques, form, and timbral analysis. Assignments include the development of compositional and arranging skills. Lecture plus laboratory. Offered spring semester of even years. Prerequisite: MUSC 212 or successful Theory Placement Exam.
4 Credits
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9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21369
In Person | Lecture/Lab
St Paul: Brady Educational Center
Continuation of MUSC 212. This course, designed for those intending to major or minor in music, covers basic materials and structures of music, approached through analysis and experience. This course is the third of a three-semester sequence that integrates aural skills with the analysis of harmony, form and contemporary procedures in music from the 16th through the 21st centuries. Topics include advanced pitch collections, harmony, rhythmic techniques, form, and timbral analysis. Assignments include the development of compositional and arranging skills. Lecture plus laboratory. Offered spring semester of even years. Prerequisite: MUSC 212 or successful Theory Placement Exam.
0 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21370
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
CommGood/Changemaking
Writing Intensive
WGSS Major Approved
The origins and history of jazz in the United States. Various phases in the development of jazz style are discussed. Blues, ragtime, Dixieland, swing, bop, cool jazz, fusion, as well as other recent developments in jazz performances are investigated. An essential part of the course is the analysis and evaluation of recorded performances by outstanding jazz musicians. Designed for non-majors as well as an elective for music majors interested in jazz. Offered fall semester.
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21371
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 111
This course presents the basic principles related to the composition of popular vocal and instrumental forms: lyric, melody, progression, and rhythm. Applications of these elements in Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop, Christian, and Country are explored.
2 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 22147
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
This course focuses on the study of music in the United States within its historical, cultural, and sociological contexts. The course will develop skills in critical listening analysis using appropriate musical terminology, to describe both aural and written traditions of music. Repertoire to be explored include homeland traditions of cultures and population groups brought over through migration/immigration, blends of popular and concert traditions, and new and emerging styles unique to the United States. Historical, cultural, and social contexts will facilitate and understanding of how music reflects particular identities, ideas, values, and issues among population groups in the United States.
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21372
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 120
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
This course explores the role of the arts in children’s lives. The course provides elementary education majors with performative experiences and pedagogical models of best practices in creating music, movement, and visual art experiences for, with, and by children. Students will investigate principles, strategies, and materials for use and will have guided practice in performing, creating, planning, delivering, and assessing learning. Available to Elementary Education majors only.
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21373
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
With special emphasis on entrepreneurship, innovation, & self-efficacy, this course will explore the skills, values and practices that are essential to creating successful and fulfilling careers in music. Through case study, class discussion, and individual/group projects, students will explore best practices for creating successful careers in the creative industries, as well as the modern media tools necessary for sustainable career growth. Assignments in this class will guide you in the processes of defining your career vision and articulating your goals; developing a portfolio to represent your work; developing skills to respond to emerging opportunities; and developing an actionable plan for activating your professional career. This course is restricted to music major and minor students.
1 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21374
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in Classfinder, View Searchable Class Schedule
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21375
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
This course will introduce students to current audio mixing and post production techniques in a variety of musical styles. Independent mixing projects and hands-on experience will support coursework with a focus on advanced concepts in preparing audio mixes for various media, as well as mastering and post prodcution techniques. This course serves as a solid foundation for future music producers, mix engineers, and content creators. Prerequisites: MUSC 205
2 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21376
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
This class explores practical application of compositional techniques found in contemporary commercial writing, for Film, Television, Video Games, Commercials, etc. The course will present real world situations and application of techniques used to finish projects, with strategies to deal with additions, form changes, and revisions. It is designed to improve “Creativity on demand” and working outside one’s comfort zone as a composer and producer. Prerequisite: MUSC 140
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21377
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course will explore the evolution of the music industry and the emerging trends technologies and business models that continue to transform the music industry in all of its aspects. Topics addressed in the course will include but not be limited to analysis of innovation in multiple modes of the music industry; remix culture, copyright, and licensing limitation/innovation; the impact of social media on management, agency, and artist fan engagement; growth sectors of the music economy including concert promotion, & touring; crowd funding, and its impact on new ventures in music; and the impact of technology on communications culture, and the creative sector. Students will move regularly between theory and practice as they use evidence from the past and present to formulate new possibilities for the future architecture of the music industry. Prerequisite: MUSC 160 or ENTR 260 or permission of the instructor
4 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21378
In Person | Directed Study
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Instructor: TBD
This course allows music students to demonstrate research and writing skills by utilizing standard music resources (Music Index, RILM, Grove, Baker's, etc.). The paper may contain theoretical analysis, and/or it may be connected to the student's performance area or degree focus. Prerequisite: 80 credits completed; Seeking a BM or BA in music.
2 Credits
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21379
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Instructor: TBD
A course involving individual research that is shared among the participants. Guest speakers from various areas of music business, the electronic media industries and arts management make presentations to the seminar, which is under the direction of a faculty coordinator. A major research project is required. Prerequisite: At least Junior standing and at least 80 completed credits
4 Credits