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  • CFA MU 352: Jazz Music
    No prereq; open to all students. A study of issues in, or survey of, jazz from its beginnings to the present, focusing on major performers and recordings, individuality and style, instruments, and forms. 4 cr.
  • CFA MU 353: Popular Music and Culture
    No prereq; open to all students. Selected topics exploring the relationship between popular music and culture from American popular song and musical theatre, to worldbeat, blues, rock, Hip-hop, and techno. 4 cr.
  • CFA MU 354: Interdisciplinary Topics in Music History
    No prereq; open to all students. Wide-angled and narrowly-focused topics dealing with music's application to and interaction with other disciplines, including the broader humanities, science, politics, and technology. 4.0 credits.
  • CFA MU 361: Music Education 2
    Philosophy and goals of the general music program from kindergarten through grade 9. Techniques and experiences employed to implement the development of musical concepts and skills; activities and teaching materials related to the musical development of the child.
  • CFA MU 362: Music Education 3
    Philosophical foundations and objectives of music programs in grades 5 through 12. Development of teaching materials and presentation of representative lessons; techniques of analysis and evaluation. 4.0 credits.
  • CFA MU 371: Student-Teaching Practicum 1
    Pre-K-5. Supervised student teaching in grades K-5, weekly seminar, individual conferences with University supervisor. Six weeks; minimum 150 hours required. 4 cr. each semester.
  • CFA MU 372: Student-Teaching Practicum 2; 5-8
    Supervised student teaching in 5-8; weekly seminar, minimum of 150 clock hours; weekly seminar; individual conferences with University supervisor. 4 cr. each semester.
  • CFA MU 373: Pedagogy and Practicum I, II
    Teaching methods and materials for use in private and group instruction; literature concerned with leading teachers' approaches to acquiring musical skills and understanding. 2 cr. each semester.
  • CFA MU 374: String Pedagogy and Practicum 2
    Teaching methods and materials for use in private and group instruction; literature concerned with leading teachers' approaches to acquiring musical skills and understanding. 2 cr. each semester.
  • CFA MU 375: Student-Teaching Practicum 3; 8-12
    Supervised student teaching in grades 8 through 12; six weeks, minimum of 150 clock hours; weekly seminar; individual conferences with University supervisor. 4 cr. each semester.
  • CFA MU 376: Practicum 4
    Supervised music teaching in grades 5 through 12; minimum of 150 clock hours; weekly seminar; individual conferences with University supervisor.
  • CFA MU 377: Intro to Conducting
    This course covers basic skills, including use of each hand, study of musical terminology, transposition, tempi, and dynamics. Students learn simple score reading and receive conducting experience. 2 cr.
  • CFA MU 379: Instrumental Conducting 1
    Basic skills--beat patterns, use of each hand, study of musical terminology, transposition, tempi, and dynamics; simple score reading and conducting experience with emphasis on instrumental techniques. 2 cr.
  • CFA MU 380: Instrumental Conducting
    Basic skills--beat patterns, use of each hand, study of musical terminology, transposition, tempi, and dynamics; simple score reading and conducting experience with emphasis on instrumental techniques. 2 cr.
  • CFA MU 381: Pedagogy & Practicum 3
    Continued exploration of source materials and methods addressed in Pedagogy and Practicum I and II, with additional hands-on teaching experience. 2 cr, each sem.
  • CFA MU 382: Pedagogy & Practicum 4
  • CFA MU 394: Opera Project
    Designed to provide a basic understanding of how to prepare and perform appropriate selections from the operatic repertoire, with a dual focus on stagecraft and musical preparation. Class performance projects include recitative, staged operatic arias and opera scenes. 1 cr
  • CFA MU 395: Opera Project
  • CFA MU 397: Performance Techniques for the Singing Actor 1
    Fundamental stage techniques. Basic stage language, movement, presentation skills, and fundamentals of acting for recital and opera. No audition necessary. Some Opera Workshop participants may be asked to take Performance Techniques as a pre-requisite to casting in scenes. 2 cr, each semester.
  • CFA MU 398: Performance Techniques for the Singing Actor 2
    Continuation of CFA MU 397. Training in the awareness of the dramatic aspects of music as basis for characterization and includes an introduction to scene work. 2 cr. each semester.

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