Courses

• CFA DR 673: Costume Design III
  Prereq: CFA DR 473 & 474 or CFA DR 773 & 774 or consent of instructor. Advanced theoretical and practical design training; project work weighted toward individual student needs, and realistic preparation for a career in costume design. Readings and projects incorporate multiple theatre genres, ballet, dance, and opera, depending on individuals in the class.
• CFA DR 674: Costume Design III
  Prereq: CFA DR 473 & 474 or CFA DR 773 & 774 or consent of instructor. Advanced theoretical and practical design training; project work weighted toward individual student needs, and realistic preparation for a career in costume design. Readings and projects incorporate multiple theatre genres, ballet, dance, and opera, depending on individuals in the class.
• CFA DR 675: Costume Production III
  Prereq: CFA DR 475 & 476 or CFA DR 775 & 776 or consent of instructor. Continues the study of flat patterning and draping through individual projects. Silhouette, line, and proportion become essential elements in the development of complete muslin reproductions. The study of the form and function of period underpinnings is stressed. 3 cr.
• CFA DR 676: Costume Production III
  Prereq: CFA DR 475 & 476 or CFA DR 775 & 776 or consent of instructor. Continues the study of flat patterning and draping through individual projects. Silhouette, line, and proportion become essential elements in the development of complete muslin reproductions. The study of the form and function of period underpinnings is stressed. 3 cr.
• CFA DR 750: Internship
  Prereq: Advisor approval. Meets as arranged. Work as an intern in a professional setting. Positions may be sought by the individual or suggested by the advisor. The accepting organization must provide a letter of agreement prior to, and an evaluation letter following the conclusion of the internship. May be repeated for credit. Variable Credit.
• CFA MU 101: Music Theory 1
  Basic music vocabulary. Elements of tonal music approached through hearing, writing, analytical work, and keyboard. Species counterpoint. All students must also enroll in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 102: Music Theory 2
  Understanding of chord grammar through study of voice leading, figured bass, and harmonization of melodies. Keyboard harmony and coordination exercises. Introduction to the systematic study of form. All students must also enroll in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 106: Introduction to Musicianship
  Elementary reading in treble and bass clefs with emphasis on basic scale and arpeggio patterns, intervals, rhythm, and intonation. Notation of pitch and rhythm, spelling of scales and chords. Beginning skills in musical dictation. Credit not applicable to music major. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 107: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 1
  Prereq: CFA MU 106 or placement by examination. Sight singing and dictation of diatonic materials in all clefs and intervals. Exercises in rhythmic reading, conducting, prepared singing, and intonation. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 108: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 2
  Prereq: CFA MU 107 or placement by examination. Continuation of CFA MU 107. An introduction of chromaticism and modulation within a tonal context. Triplets and compound rhythms. Melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 201: Music Theory 3
  More advanced study of tonal harmony and voice leading. Tonal counterpoint. Formal and compositional idioms of the late Baroque. Keyboard harmony, figured bass, and introduction to score reading. All students must also enroll in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 202: Music Theory 4
  Continued study of tonal and chromatic harmony and voice leading. Composition of small forms. Introduction to instrumentation and scoring. Formal and compositional idioms of the Classical period. Keyboard harmony and score reading. All students must also enroll in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 207: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 3
  Prereq: CFA MU 108 or placement by examination. Continuation of CFA MU 108. More challenging exercises in sight singing and preparation of increasingly chromatic or disjunct materials. Melodic, harmonic, two-part, and rhythmic dictation. Two-part rhythmic exercises and conducting. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 208: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 4
  Prereq: CFA MU 207 or placement by examination. Continuation of CFA MU 207. Greater emphasis on nondiatonic material, more difficult exercises in prepared singing, sight-singing, dictation, and rhythm. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 223: History and Literature of Music 1
  For description, see CFA MU 221. For College of Arts and Sciences students, who are required to do an additional project or projects as determined by the instructor. 4 cr.
• CFA MU 224: History and Literature of Music 2
  For description, see CFA MU 222. For College of Arts and Sciences students, who are required to do an additional project or projects determined by the instructor. 4 cr.
• CFA MU 301: Music Theory 5
  Individual musicianship problems developed according to the major area of study. Formal and compositional idioms of the Romantic period of music. Individual study or compositional projects. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 302: Music Theory 6
  Individual musicianship problems developed according to the major area of study. Formal and compositional idioms of the twentieth century. Individual study or compositional projects. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 303: Instrumentation 1
  Basic techniques in scoring for chorus, orchestra, band, and ensembles. Ranges and transpositions of voices and instruments; idiomatic writing, score reading, and clef transposition. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 304: Honors Theory 5
  Prereq: Musicianship problems developed according to the major area of study. Formal and compositional idioms of the late Romantic period and twentieth century. Individual projects. 2 cr.

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