May 23, 2024  
UOFM 2022-2023 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 
    
UOFM 2022-2023 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions-Undergraduate


Courses offered only online or both online and on-ground are indicated with (**)asterisks.  Some courses described in this catalog may require additional fees.

 

Applied Music

  
  • MUAP 3005 - University Orchestra

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of major orchestral literature. Additional opportunities for opera, chamber-orchestral and chamber ensemble performance. Audition required.

  
  • MUAP 3006 - University Singers

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of choral works from broad spectrum of choral literature; sacred, secular, accompanied and a cappella. Open to music majors and non-music majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3007 - Opera Chorus

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Choral ensemble for opera productions with exploration of related stage techniques. Extra rehearsals at discretion of conductor. Audition required.

  
  • MUAP 3008 - Oratorio Chorus

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of major works primarily oratorio in nature. Open to music majors, nonmusic majors and the off-campus community. Audition required.

  
  • MUAP 3012 - Univ Instrumentl Jazz Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of varied jazz styles, including repertory from standard big band literature and studio ensembles. Open to music majors and non-majors through audition. This course will meet large ensemble requirements for Music Industry majors only.

  
  • MUAP 3013 - Univ Voice Jazz Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (0-1)
    Description: Study and performance of varied jazz styles, including repertory from standard big band literature and studio ensembles. Open to music majors and non-majors through audition. This course will meet large ensemble requirements for Music Industry majors only.

  
  • MUAP 3014 - Recording Studio Instr Ensembl

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Ensemble performs and records works written by students in the Music Industry program. This course will meet large ensemble requirements for Music Industry majors only.

  
  • MUAP 3015 - Recording Studio Vocal Ensmble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Ensemble performs and records works written by students in the Music Industry program. This course will meet large ensemble requirements for Music Industry majors only.

  
  • MUAP 3016 - Sound Fuzion

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Preparation and performance of vocal/instrumental music from American popular culture. May be repeated for credit. Entrance by audition.

  
  • MUAP 3101 - Brass Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Practical applications of brass performance techniques for a small chamber ensemble, one performer to a part; survey of brass chamber music. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

  
  • MUAP 3103 - Commercial Music Combo

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Practical application of basic jazz improvisatory skills; combo experiences in all jazz styles; traditional, bop, contemporary. Audition required.

  
  • MUAP 3104 - Collegium Musicum

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Use of early musical instruments and voice in performance of early music; primary sources used in preparation of performances. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

  
  • MUAP 3301 - Chamber Music/Keyboard

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Collaborative performance for pianist, harpsichordists, and organists with keyboard, brass, winds, strings, percussion, and vocalists; open to students in keyboard concentration and others through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3401 - Percussion Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of selected traditional, contemporary, avant garde and pops percussion literature. Open to students in percussion concentration and others through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3402 - Contemporary Chamber Player

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Ensemble of mixed and variable instrumentation; performance of repertoire written since 1900 and little known works of other periods. Primary goal of ensemble: to provide experiences in solving unique performance problems of contemporary music. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

  
  • MUAP 3403 - Orff Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of literature written for Orff instruments, including barred percussion, unpitched percussion, and recorder.

  
  • MUAP 3501 - Chamber Music/Strings

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of string chamber music repertory. Coaching sessions weekly with a member of music faculty. Open to music majors and non-majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3503 - Double Bass Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of works for bass ensemble. Open to music majors and non-majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3504 - Guitar Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of works for guitar ensemble. Open to majors and non-majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3505 - Cello Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of works for cello ensemble. Open to music majors and non-majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3506 - Trombone Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of repertory for multiple trombones. Open to music majors and nonmusic majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3507 - Tuba Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: A performance based ensemble that addresses significant technical and musical challenges typically not met for the tuba and euphonium in other ensembles. Literature performed in this group consists of serious original compositions for tuba ensemble, transcriptions of orchestral literature, and lighter transcriptions. The ensemble will perform on campus for Octubafest and in the community for Tubachristmas. Other performances include regional, national, and international conferences.

  
  • MUAP 3508 - Trumpet Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of works for trumpet ensemble. Open to music majors and non-majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3601 - Chamber Choir

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Vocal ensemble specializing in choral music from the Renaissance to the present. Open to music majors and non-music majors through audition.

  
  • MUAP 3602 - Opera Workshop

    Credit Hours: (6)
  
  • MUAP 3603 - Opera Soloists

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Preparation and performance of role in major production of University Opera Theater. Audition required.

  
  • MUAP 3604 - Opera Production Lab

    Credit Hours: (1-6)
  
  • MUAP 3701 - Woodwind Ensemble

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of original and transcribed works for varied combinations of woodwind instruments. Audition required.

  
  • MUAP 3999 - Junior Recital

    Credit Hours: (1)
  
  • MUAP 4004 - Orchestral Excerpts

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Study and performance of selected orchestral excerpts suitable for auditions. Up to 3 credit hours PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor

  
  • MUAP 4103 - Jazz/Studio Ensemble Techiques

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (CMUS)
    Description: Jazz and studio performance styles and practices, emphasizing ensemble rehearsal and conducting techniques, articulation, phrasing, balance and blend, line dominance, and recording studio performance skills. (F) PREREQUISITE: MUTC 3828.

  
  • MUAP 4111 - Applied Music Trumpet

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4112 - Commercial Music Trumpet

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4121 - Horn

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4131 - Trombone

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4132 - Commerical Music Trombone

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4141 - Tuba

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4142 - Euphonium

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4151 - Cornett

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4161 - Sackbut

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4260, 4264 – 4269 - Special Topics in Applied Music

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.

  
  • MUAP 4263 - Reed Making

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Topics are varied and in the online class listings.

  
  • MUAP 4301 - Acting for Opera I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Essential acting techniques for singers, with special attention to application to operatic stage.

  
  • MUAP 4302 - Acting for Opera II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Essential acting techniques for singers, with special attention to application to operatic stage.

  
  • MUAP 4311 - Piano

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4312 - Commercial Music Piano

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4321 - Harpsichord

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4331 - Organ

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4411 - Percussion

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4412 - Commercial Music Percussion

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4414 - Ethnic Percussion

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4511 - Violin

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4512 - Baroque Violin

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4521 - Viola

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4531 - Cello

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4541 - Bass

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4542 - Commercial Music Bass

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4551 - Guitar

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4552 - Commercial Music Guitar

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4561 - Harp

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4571 - Viola Da Gamba

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4611 - Voice

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4612 - Commercial Music Voice

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4711 - Flute

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4721 - Oboe

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4731 - Clarinet

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4741 - Saxophone

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4742 - Commercial Music Saxophone

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4751 - Bassoon

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4761 - Recorder

    Credit Hours: (2)
  
  • MUAP 4800 - Career Resources for Musicians

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course provides the opportunity for students to learn how to present themselves and their skills to the public.  The course covers career-related writing skills, including biographies, resumes, and grant proposals, in addition to giving students an experiential learning environment to create a practical toolbox for their professional life.

  
  • MUAP 4801 - Individual Study Applied Music

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Directed individual instruction in applied area not listed under MUAP. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours credit. PREREQUISITE: permission of director.

  
  • MUAP 4895 - Sr Proj Jazz/Studio Perform

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (CMUS)
    Description: Project must include live and recorded performances demonstrating the student’s mastery of various styles of jazz and popular music performance. PREREQUISITE: upper division standing in applied music, MUTC 3827 , or permission of instructor.

  
  • MUAP 4999 - Artist Recital

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description: Integration course in which knowledge and skills developed in music history, music theory, and applied music courses are utilized systematically in the preparation and presentation of a public musical performance and of an accompanying descriptive paper. Taught as applied music, individual instruction. PREREQUISITE: a minimum of 4 hours upper division lessons; permission of the instructor.

  
  • MUAP 6260-6262 - Special Topics in Applied Music

    Credit Hours: 0
    Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.

  
  • MUAP 7260-7262 - Special Topics in Applied Music

    Credit Hours: 0
    Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.

  
  • MUHW 4810 - Musicians’ Health and Wellness

    Credit Hours: 1


    Description: Ideas, performances, and perspectives by various faculty and guest lecturers to inform and inspire music students; weekly sessions present workshops to include perspectives on how to stay healthy, prevent and eliminate pain and discomfort, and enhance performance skills through attention to posture, quality of movement, muscle and joint function, and mind-to-body techniques. Additionally, the course will aim to help develop awareness and understanding of physical and mental health and wellness as a musician, how that affects the ability to sustain a career as a musician, and how one may influence other musicians’ health and wellness.

     


Arabic

  
  • ARAB 1010 - Elementary Arabic I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Principles of pronunciation; everyday expressions; basic sentence patterns through oral practice, writing and reading.

  
  • ARAB 1020 - Elementary Arabic II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Continued study of sentence patterns through oral and written practice. PREREQUISITE: ARAB 1010  or equivalent.

  
  • ARAB 2010 - Intermediate Arabic I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Continued study of sentence patterns through oral and written practice. PREREQUISITE: ARAB 1020  or equivalent.

  
  • ARAB 2020 - Intermediate Arabic II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Continued study of sentence patterns through oral and written practice.


Architecture

  
  • ARCH 1111 - Fundamentals of Design Studio

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Visual perception, principles and systems of order that inform two and three dimensional design, architectural composition and urban design; basic architectural principles used in design of buildings, interior spaces and sites. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1112 , ARCH 1120 . COREQUISITE: ARCH 1113 , ARCH 1211 .

  
  • ARCH 1112 - Architecture Graphics Studio

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Graphic communication principles in architecture; mechanical drawing skills; introduction to digital presentation techniques; architectural modeling; orthographic and paraline projections; graphics reproduction techniques. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1120 .

  
  • ARCH 1113 - Design Visualization

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Freehand drawing skills for designers; perception-based drawing and concept ideation; principles of one and two point perspective; use of light, shade and shadow in representation of architectural forms and spaces. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1112 , ARCH 1120 . COREQUISITE: ARCH 1111 , ARCH 1211 .

  
  • ARCH 1120 - Intro to Architecture + Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Fundamental principles of architecture and design; sustainability, historical, cultural, theoretical aspects of architecture and design; architecture and interior design profession values, ethics.

    High Impact Practice Code: Study Abroad
  
  • ARCH 1211 - History of Architecture 1

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Major trends in architecture from prehistoric times to Renaissance; emphasis on impact of technological and social changes on prevailing architectural styles. PREREQUISITE: HIST 1110 .

  
  • ARCH 2212 - History of Architecture 2

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (1212)
    Description: Major trends in architecture from Renaissance to present; emphasis on pre-1900 era; development of architecture through cultural and technological change. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1211  and HIST 1120 .

  
  • ARCH 2311 - Structural Concepts

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Introduction to fundamental principles for the design of structural systems within architecture and design. PREREQUISITE: PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 .

  
  • ARCH 2411 - Building Technology 1

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (1411)
    Description: Building types and building systems; emphasis on the effect of scale, materials, assembly systems and detail methods upon architectural design; drafting of details included. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1111 , ARCH 1112 , ARCH 1113 , ARCH 1120 , ARCH 1211 . COREQUISITE: ARCH 2212 , ARCH 2611 , ARCH 2711 .

  
  • ARCH 2412 - Building Technology 2

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Advanced study of building types and building systems; material and their properties as related to architecture; drafting of details included. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 2411 . COREQUISITE: ARCH 2612 , ARCH 2712 .

  
  
  • ARCH 2612 - Computer Apps in Design 2

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Advanced concepts of computer generated drawings including utilization of third party software for special applications, 3-D building studies, site development. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 2611 , or equivalent. COREQUISITE: ARCH 2412 , ARCH 2712 .

  
  • ARCH 2711 - Design Studio 1

    Credit Hours: (5)
    Description: Projects to introduce architectural precedents, typology, form, space, order, meaning, and place; understanding of specific cultural, social and physical contexts of architecture. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1112 . COREQUISITE: ARCH 2212 , ARCH 2411 , ARCH 2611 .

    High Impact Practice Code: Study Abroad
  
  • ARCH 2712 - Design Studio 2

    Credit Hours: (5)
    Description: Integration of concepts and methods as applied to building types, design, construction, and systems with a focus on regionalism; site analysis and development of design solutions integrating formally expressive visual ideas and functionally adept planning and design concepts. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 2711 . COREQUISITE: ARCH 2412 , ARCH 2612 .

  
  • ARCH 3213 - Survey of Interiors+Furniture

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Major historical periods and trends in the development of interior design and furniture from Renaissance to present; primary emphasis on principles of aesthetic philosophy and design theory. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1211, 2212, or permission of instructor.

  
  • ARCH 3221 - Determinants of Modern Design

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (4221)
    Description: Significant works of architecture and urban design from 1900 to present; focus on Europe, United States, non-Western world; examination of architecture as a mode of cultural production in relation to its aesthetic. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 1211 , ARCH 2212 , or equivalent.

  
  • ARCH 3222 - Contemporary Architecture 1

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Examination of relevant works of architecture impacting the world today; focus on conceptual basis of works, theoretical design intent, technical execution and detailing as reinforcement of design intent; impact of significant works on the profession and larger society. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 3221 

  
  • ARCH 3312 - Structures 2

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Fundamentals of structural design and analysis of steel and timber buildings and building components. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 2311 .

  
  • ARCH 3313 - Structures 3

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Fundamentals of structural design and analysis of concrete buildings and building components. PREREQUISITE: ARCH 2311 .

  
  • ARCH 3321 - Structural Design 1

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Introduction to analysis and design of building systems and impact of these systems based on fundamental principles of mechanics; force systems, equilibrium; axial sheer bending stress theory; stress diagrams, buckling, strain and deformation related to building load requirements of structural systems within architectural forms. PREREQUISITE: PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 .

 

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