Curriculum Action Notice

From:

Academic Affairs Committee

Date:

November 22, 2005

This is a bulletin from the Academic Affairs Committee concerning proposed curricular actions. Please forward any comments or concerns in the next 10 days to the AAC chair, Jannis Floyd, Retan Center 208-D, ext. 4795, jfloyd@mansfield.edu.

Curricular Action Notice: Music


Course Change: MU 2212 Basic Music II
Description Change: Continuation of MU 2211. The study of diatonic harmony with emphasis on the phrase model. Emphasis on cadences, choral harmonization, figured bass, sequences, and analysis approached through written material, sight singing, and dictation
Prerequisite: grade of C- or better in MU 2211
Rationale: Update course description and modify prerequisite

Course Change: MU 3311 Basic Music III
Description Change: Continuation of MU 2212. The study of modulation and chromatic harmony approached through written material, sight sing, and dictation.
Prerequisite: grade of C- or better in MU 2212
Rationale: Update course description and modify prerequisite

Course Change: 3312 MU Basic Music IV
Description Change: Continuation of MU 3311. An introduction to the study of musical form and structure including variations, rondo, and sonata form. Examination of late nineteenth- and twentieth- century harmonic practice through written, sight sing and dictation.
Prerequisite: grade of C- or better in MU 3311
Rationale: Update course description and modify prerequisite