Course Descriptions

A course for the general interest student, the intent of which is to heighten the student's awareness of the place of music in our culture and enhance his or her enjoyment of the art form itself. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

Major course topics include a study of scales, intervals, key signatures, meters, rhythmic reading, and chords. This course is for students with little or no background in music performance or theory. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

An introductory course designed for the general student and for individuals majoring in Music or Music Recording. Students learn the fundamentals of harmony, music reading, part-writing in root position, simple chorale analysis, keyboard skills, and sight singing. Attendance at one hour of keyboard lab weekly is required in addition to the lectures. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities credit., Co-requisite: Prerequisite: A score of 13 or higher on the Theory

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

An introductory course designed for individuals majoring in Music or Music Recording to amplify the material covered in the lecture portion. Course specific skills developed include sight-singing and ear training. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit., Co-requisite: Co-requisite: MUS-106.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

This course is a continuation of Music Theory I. Concepts include a continuation of part-writing triads, a study of chord and non-chord tone function in tonal system, analyses of chorales and easy keyboard literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. Attendance at one hour of keyboard lab weekly is required in addition to the lectures.Prerequisite: Take MUS-106 with a Minimum Grade of C-., Co-requisite: Co-requisite: MUS-107L.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course is a continuation of Music Theory Aural Lab I, designed for individuals majoring in Music and Music Recording. Course content amplifies the material covered in the lecture portion. Course specific skills developed include sight-singing and ear training.Prerequisite: Take MUS-106L with a Minimum Grade of C-., Co-requisite: Co-requisite: MUS-107.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

A select group of students chosen annually through audition and with the approval of instructor, who perform jazz and pop standards in concerts each semester.Prerequisite: Audition and approval of instructor.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This is a survey course that traces the history of British and American rock music. Beginning with its roots in jazz, rhythm and blues, and country and western music, the course traces the development of Rock to the present day and examines the cultural, economic, and social contexts of the music. We will study the music of Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Nirvana, and many more artists. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

A study of Masterpieces of Western Music Literature and the critical issues involved in determining "greatness". This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

The complimentary study (with MUS 111) of canonic pieces of Western Music Literature as well as critical issues involved in the assertion of canonicity or "greatness". Students will consider a number of genres including concerti, opera, and symphony.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)