Undergraduate Courses

Examination of the melodic, harmonic, and notational resources used in jazz composition, jazz arranging, and jazz performance. Sight-singing, and ear-training activity is correlated with theoretical study.

What is jazz music and how was it shaped and developed byu the specific regions around the world? This class will explore the diverse musical cultures that helped shape jazz music into an original art form. Today, music from around thr world has been integrated into modern jazz styles including Latin America, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. By exploring the history and culture of specific geographic poitns, we hope to better understand the process of jazz through it's history as a model that supports diversity in culture as well as art.

Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Expressive Cultures

In 2010, WikiLeaks, in a partnership with some of the most important news publications, began releasing thousands of classified diplomatic cables sent between the U.S. State Department and consulates and embassies around the world. Three years later, Edward Snowden leaked top secret information about surveillance activities by the NSA. More recently, the Panama Papers became the biggest data leak in the history of journalism. These events signal the beginning of the big leak era, which this course will focus on. We will analyze the role of media concentration and technological innovation as twin driving forces in the inception of this big leak era over recent years. We will study the consequences of these changes at three different levels: (i) the legal consequences for whistleblowers; (ii) the resulting birth of global networks and partnerships that expose technical, cultural and economic limitations in the traditional media; and (iii) the geopolitical implications, as a breach in one government's security apparatus is a victory for that government ́s opponents. Finally, we will confront one larger question: whether the big leak era means that transparency will (could?) replace fairness as journalism's main paradigm.
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In this course, students present their compositional work in a public performance. Students receive guidance and resources for the presentation of a marathon style concert featuring work by all Juniors in the composition program. Students will work with the instructor to coordinate and develop all aspects of the concert experience including production, marketing, and programming. The class will be a combination of group and individual meetings culminating in a marathon concert at the end of the semester,

Surveys key developments in American Civilization since the Civil War. Explores the rise of the U.S. to world power, the impact of industrialization, mass immigration and urbanization on American society, the evolution of the political system, reform and radical dissent, and the role that race, class, and gender played in post-1865 U.S. history. Combines historical with geographical analysis of the U.S., introducing cultural and physical geography as tools for studying and teaching the American past.

For pre-service music teachers to gain practical experience in meeting the various accompaniment performance demands in Pre K-12 music classroom and ensemble settings.

Development of functional keyboard skills for music majors. Emphasized skills: technique, score reading, melodic harmonization, transposition, popular chord reading, & harmonization.

Development of functional keyboard skills for music majors. Emphasized skills: technique, score reading, melodic harmonization, transposition, popular chord reading, & harmonization.

Development of functional keyboard skills for music majors. Emphasized skills: technique, score reading, melodic harmonization, transposition, popular chord reading, & harmonization.

This course is required for Piano Performance majors, Music Education major with piano as their major instrument, and other music majors with extensive piano experience. The main focus is the development of sight-reading, transposition, and score reading skills. Special attention is given to Czech folk songs and Czech composers.

Development of functional keyboard skills for music majors. Emphasized skills: technique, score reading, melodic harmonization, transposition, popular chord reading, & harmonization.

Development of keyboard skills through improvisation and approaches to accompanying movement, singing and instrumental playing. Techniques of sight-reading, transportation, and score reading are emphasized.

Development of functional keyboard skills for music majors. Emphasized skills: technique, score reading, melodic harmonization, transposition, popular chord reading, & harmonization.

Students participate in research on language and literacy skills in children with typical development and in children with a range of conditions, such as developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder and hearing impairment. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on normal and disordered voice production under the supervision of a faculty member, the biopsychosocial aspects of voice, transgender voice, effects of risk factors on voice, singing, and the impact of neurological disorders on voice. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, analyzing data, and statistical
analysis. At the end of the term, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on language acquisition and development under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on children with typical development, late talkers or children with or at risk for a language or communication disorder (such as autism spectrum disorder). Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on normal swallowing function and disordered swallowing (known as dysphagia) under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on the measurement of biomechanical and functional aspects of swallowing. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on speech and language production under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on both behavioral and neurological aspects of neurotypical adults as well as adults with acquired communication disorders subsequent to stroke. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on speech motor control, under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on children with speech sound disorders (such as childhood apraxia of speech) and adults following facial reconstruction. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.