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• Faculty
• Field Description
• General Information
• The Majors and CoursesMajor in Music
  • Program Learning Goals
  • Major Course Requirements
• The Major in Business Communication - Graphic Communication Specialization
  • Program Learning Goals
  • Major Course Requirements
• The Arts and Sciences Ad Hoc Major in Arts Administration
  • Visual Arts Specialization
    
    • Program Learning Goals
    • Major Course Recommendations
  • Theatre Specialization
    • Program Learning Goals
    • Major Course Recommendations
• The Minors and Courses
• Courses
  • Courses in Fine and Performing Arts (FPA)
  • Courses in Art (ART)
  • Courses in Music (MSC)
  • Courses in New Media (NMA)
  • Courses in Theatre (THE)
• Department of Fine and Performing Arts Web Site

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The Department of Fine and Performing Arts offers a music major and a management of musical enterprises specialization. Students following the prescribed curriculum with a major in music will learn about the broad historical and cultural context in which the art is developed as well as study music literature, history, theory, and musicianship. Such study is intended to provide a base from which subsequent advanced training may be undertaken.

Program Learning Goals

Upon completion of a major in Music, students will be able to:

1. Articulate objective descriptions of many different types of music and distinguish sub-styles and genres.
2. Understand the structure and content of music.
3. Perform scholarly music research in a staged writing assignment involving planning, critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving.
4. Assess source material relating to music using appropriate technologies and print sources.
5. Appreciate the broad creative process involved in Western European and non-Western European music making, in art music and popular music,  and be tolerant of a diversity of tastes and styles.
6. Make complex objective judgments about his/her own music criticism and the expression of musical opinions by others.
7. Understand the importance of flexibility and innovation as preparation for a future in the music industry.
8. Communicate clearly to music business professionals within the desired area of employment utilizing appropriate technology.

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Major Course Requirements 

The department expects that all students majoring in music will participate each semester in a performing group sponsored by the Music Program. The arts and sciences major in music is as follows:

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The major also offers specializations in business writing (see the Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions listing) and corporate communication (see the Department of Communication Studies listing).

Program Learning Goals

Upon completion of a major in Business Communication, Specialization in Graphic Communication, students will be able to:

1. Identify, interpret, and evaluate aesthetic information.
2. Identify, understand, and apply the research strategies and methodologies used in graphic communication.
3. Exhibit proficiency in graphic communication technology.
4. Comprehend, synthesize, and apply the visual vocabularies of effective graphic communication.
5. Use text, image, and composition together to successfully communicate visual messages.
6. Construct thoroughly researched, well-organized, stylistically and fiscally appropriate solutions to graphic communication problems.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the history and ethical issues of graphic communication.
8. Interpret the designed world with an enhanced visual vocabulary and aesthetic awareness.

Major Course Requirements

Program Prerequisites                      15 credits

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Two specializations are commonly pursued by those students with an arts and sciences ad hoc major in arts administration: visual arts and theatre.

Visual Arts Specialization

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