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Test in the format of the ExCET exam covering music theory, music history, and listening skills. Students are required to show mastery at the 71% or higher level.

Continuation of MUSI 1132. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2331. Prerequisite: MUSI 1132 and 1332.

Continuation of MUSI 2131. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2332. Prerequisite: MUSI 2131 and 2331.

A survey of best practices in the administration of comprehensive Church Music and Worship programs.

Beginning skill development with the baton; conducting beat and metrical patterns; gestures of articulation and expression. Prerequisite: MUSI 2331 or permission of the instructor.

A required course for all music education majors, vocal and instrumental emphasis, which provides an overview of the total public school music program. Observation and clinical experiences in public school classrooms and performing groups will be required.

An orientation in the overall area of church music and the ministry through music. A survey of the multi-faceted use of religious music in various settings.

This course is an introduction to the art and discipline of musical composition. Emphasis is given to the creative processes through original works written for the smaller musical genres. The student is expected to compose several works through the course of the semester with attention being given to melodic and harmonic structures, formal organization, and appropriate instrumentation. Prerequisite: MUSI 1331.

This course is a continuation in the art and discipline of musical composition. Emphasis is given to the creative processes through original works written for the smaller musical genres. The student is expected to compose several works through the course of the semester with attention being given to melodican and harmonic structures, formal organization, and appropriate instrumentation. Prerequisite: MUSI 2311.

Continuation of MUSI 1332. Includes secondary dominant and leading tone chords, modulation to closely related keys, borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented 6^th chords, Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2131. Prerequisite: MUSI 1332.

Continuation of MUSI 2331. Includes study of chromatic tonal harmony, late Romantic harmony, chromatic modulation, enharmonic reinterpretation, modes, exotic and synthetic scales, 20th century harmonic vocabulary and techniques, set theory, 12-tonal theory, and aleatoric practices. Should be taken concurrently with MUSI 2132. Prerequisite: MUSI 2331.

A survey of the history, music literature, and compositional techniques and styles from Gregorian chant up through the death of Bach.