Jun 01, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2016 - 2017

Undergraduate Catalog 2016 - 2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Military Science
	MSC 402 - Transition To Lieutenant [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Prior approval of Military Science Department. Two hours of classroom instruction covering topics of concern for the junior officer, including military justice, race relations, and drug and alcohol abuse. The course also covers those areas of military life that all junior officers will face, including discussion of subjects such as superior/subordinate relationships, pay and leave policy, military benefits, education, and promotion opportunities. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MSC 499 - Senior Military Science Lab [0 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Prior approval of Military Science Department. Lab stresses practical application of leadership and management skills, while staffing the Cadet Battalion. Prepares cadets for assumption of their responsibility in the Army’s Active and Reserve Components. Click here for the schedule of courses
Music
	MUS 101 - University Chorus [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor at first rehearsal. Open to university community at large, the University Chorus sings a wide variety of repertoire, including multicultural works as well as those from the European tradition. Basic music reading skills pertaining to choral singing will be developed. May be repeated for credit . Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 102 - Band/Wind Ensemble [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor at first rehearsal. Repertoire selected according to nature of each performance, with emphasis on music written specifically for wind band. Chamber Winds (one player per part) is listed as a different section number under this course when offered. May be repeated for credit. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 103 - Collegium Musicum [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Membership by audition. Small ensemble of singers and instrumentalists for the study and performance of music of all eras, with emphasis on works written prior to 1750. May be repeated for credit and may be taken with or without credit. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 104 - University Orchestra [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor at first rehearsal. Orchestral repertoire from the various stylistic periods prepared and performed in three concerts per semester. May be repeated for credit. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 105 - CSU Chorale [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor at first rehearsal. Select ensemble of approximately 30 voices chosen by audition from the student body; provides advanced challenge and opportunity to those with singing experience; music of various genres and stylistic eras. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 106 - Chamber Ensembles [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: For those participating in student recitals. Ensembles of one person per part, working under faculty supervision. Chamber Ensemble credit cannot be earned by student receiving recital credit for the same project. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours, but credit awarded only once for any particular project. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 107 - Jazz Ensemble [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor at first rehearsal. Provides experience in reading and performing jazz band arrangements and compositions. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 108 - Opera Theater Workshop [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor at first rehearsal. Practical experience in performance and production of opera scenes includes theatrical improvisation and stage movement. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 109 - New Music Ensemble [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A performing chamber ensemble dedicated to music literature composed since 1950 with emphasis on more recent literature. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 111 - The Enjoyment of Music [3 credit(s)] An introductory course in classical music, principally through aural understanding. Live and recorded listening experiences. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Arts and Humanities Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 113 - Writing About Music [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music major/ minor status and placement by ACT/SAT scores or English Placement Exam, or completion of either ENG 100 or ENG 101. Builds on skills of English 101 while developing basic research and information literacy skills. Includes the preparation of writing assignments specifically related to music such as a set of recital program notes, or a historical or analytical essay or research paper. Equivalent to ENG 102. Semesters Offered: Every Spring General Education Category: Writing/Composition Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 116 - Accompanying and Collaborative Piano [3 credit(s)] Instruction in the technique and art of musical collaboration on the piano. May be repeated for credit for a total of 24 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 117 - Keyboard Skills I [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Open to music majors only. Intensive training in the application of manual keyboard skills toward the production of simple accompaniments. Drills consist of primary triads in major and minor keys, use of chord inversions, and common finger pattern technique. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 118 - Keyboard Skills 2 [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MUS 102. Intensive training in the application of manual keyboard skills toward the production of accompaniments in common figurations. Includes transposition, improvisation, and harmonizing melodies. Drills consist of primary triads in major and minor keys, secondary dominants, triads of the 2nd, 3rd and 6th degrees in major mode, common harmonic formulas, and interpretation of chord symbols Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 122 - Materials Of Music [3 credit(s)] Open to any university student. Survey course with drills and creative exercises in reading and writing basic pitch and rhythmic materials of music. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 151 - Jazz Survey [3 credit(s)] An introductory course in jazz with a broad overview of its performers, composers, and styles. Live and recorded listening experiences. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Arts and Humanities Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 161 - Roots of Rock And Soul [3 credit(s)] Survey of the roots and development of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music with an examination of social causes and effects, commonalities to art music and role in culture in the United States. Arts and Humanities. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Arts and Humanities Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 184 - Special Topics in Music [3 credit(s)] Rotating subject focused on music. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 204 - Orientation to Music Education [2 credit(s)] The purpose of this class is for pre-service music educators to become familiar with the issues in contemporary music education. Through field experiences, lectures, readings, discussions, and writing assignments, students will explore the role and responsibilities of professional music educators and consider the process of developing the competencies necessary to attain licensure in music education in the state of Ohio. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 206 - Technology for Music Education [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 204. Open only to music education majors. This is a required course for all music education majors. It encompasses effectively identifying, locating, evaluating, designing, preparing, and efficiently using educational technology as a resource for teaching and learning in the music classroom. Topics include the Internet, productivity and instructional software, use of multimedia and other hardware, mobile devices, cloud computing, webpage design, technology planning, lesson plan writing, and copyright and ethics issues. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 218 - Composition Studies I [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Study sessions with composition faculty. Independent projects explore large and small forms, compositional techniques, and modes of expression for various media. A weekly composition forum is part of this course. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 231 - Harmony And Form I [3 credit(s)] Harmonic, rhythmic and formal practices in tonal music of the common practice period. Correlated creative work and analysis. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 232 - Harmony And Form II [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 231 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent. Harmonic, rhythmic, and formal procedures in music from J.S. Bach through the Classic Era. Correlated creative work and analysis. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 233 - Harmony And Form III [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 232 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent. Harmonic, rhythmic, and formal procedures in music from Beethoven through the chromatic music of the late 19th century. Correlated creative work and analysis. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 234 - Harmony And Form IV [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 233 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent. Harmonic, rhythmic, and formal procedures in music from Impressionism through the 20th century. Correlated creative work and analysis. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 235 - Harmony, Form and Techniques in Jazz and Popular Music I [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 232 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent. The goal of this course is to provide a thorough grounding to the student in the various musical elements in jazz and other popular forms of music during the first half of the 20th century. This will include a knowledge of the uses of harmony, song forms rhythms, keyboard skills, songwriting and performance. The course is structured along historical lines so a grounding in the musicological evolution of popular styles is also provided. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 236 - Jazz and Pop Harmony and Form II [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 235 with a grade of C or better. The goal of this course is to provide a thorough grounding to the student in the various musical elements in jazz and other popular forms of music during the second half of the 20th century. This will include a knowledge of the uses of harmony, song forms, rhythms, keyboard skills, songwriting and performance. The course is structured along historical lines so a grounding in musicological evolution of popular styles is also provided. This course is a continuation of Jazz and Pop Harmony and Form I, and the successful completion of that course is a prerequisite for enrollment. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 241 - Musicianship I [1 credit(s)] Corequisite: MUS 231. Course is designed to develop basic skills in sightreading, sightsinging, keyboard, improvisation, basic conducting, and musical perception. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 242 - Musicianship II [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 241 or equivalent. Continuation of MUS 241 with more advanced materials for sightsinging, improvisation, keyboard, score reading and musical perception. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 243 - Musicianship III [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 242 or equivalent. Advanced skills course including sightsinging, improvisation, keyboard, holistic listening, and musical perception. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 244 - Musicianship IV [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 243 or equivalent. Advanced materials for sightsinging, rhythmic performance, improvisation, holistic listening, and musical perception dealing mainly with features of 20th-century concert music and jazz. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 260H - H: Performing Arts/ Cleveland [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. A course designed to examine original sources for works of art that are presented during the regular seasonal offerings of performing arts organizations in Cleveland and on the Cleveland State University campus. Students will attend concerts, plays, dance recitals, ballet, musical theater, and opera. In preparation for each event, the historical, social, and aesthetic context of each work will be studied along with related topics that enhance the appreciation of the event. May be repeated for credit for a total of 6 credit hours. Arts and Humanities. General Education Category: Arts and Humanities Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 261H - H:Evolution West Popular Music [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. This course will explore the elements of current popular music and the way they have developed over throughout history. A central issue will be tracing the development of the expression of individual experience as the main concern of music both as an art and as a commercial product. The class will draw on literature, art, and philosophy as well as writings specifically on music in the exploration of these issues. The course will begin with students making a critical evaluation of the musical culture in which they have grown up. From that evaluation we will derive the key expressive elements and musical genres that will serve as the focus of the class. General Education Category: Arts and Humanities Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 262 - Non-Western Popular Music [3 credit(s)] The course will use post colonial popular music to examine the effect of independence, urbanization, and technology as well as political, social, religious, and gender issues in Africa, Latin America, The Middle East, and India in the later half of the twentieth century. General Education Category: Arts and Humanities ALAAME Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 263 - Black Music of Two Worlds [3 credit(s)] A survey course that will focus on three primary areas: an introductory study of traditional music and culture of Africa, an examination of how traditional African music has changed and developed in the western hemisphere and the influence these neo-African musical forms had on postcolonial African music. Attention will be given to the role of music in culture. Semesters Offered: Every Fall General Education Category: Arts and Humanities ALAAME Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 290 - Introduction to Music Therapy [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music Therapy majors only. Provides an overview of the profession including terminology, history, and practical application of music therapy for various client populations. Assessment of personal qualities to become a music therapist is an ongoing process of the class. Observations of music therapists required. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 290 - Introduction to Music Therapy [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music Therapy majors only. Provides an overview of the profession including terminology, history, and practical application of music therapy for various client populations. Assessment of personal qualities to become a music therapist is ongoing process of the class. Observations of music therapists required. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 291 - Music Therapy Measurement and Techniques [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music Therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290 and MUS 241 and 242. Development of measurement skills and techniques and strategies frequently used in music therapy. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 301 - Music Fundamentals and Methods For the Classroom Teacher [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: For College of Education majors only. Aural, written, and performance competency in musical notation, scales, intervals, key and meter signatures, and primary triads in major and minor modes. Development of skills in singing, conducting, and performance on keyboard, recorder, and classroom music instruments. Applications to elementary classroom activities covered in methods component. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 310 - The Business of Music [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Open to any university student with permission of instructor. A team-taught overview of business practices and how they affect musicians. Topics include auditions, promotional materials, recording, concert production, contracts, copyrights, management, unions, taxes, and grant writing. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 326 - Piano Pedagogy [3 credit(s)] Required for all piano performance majors. The course surveys current methods, techniques and experiences of current and former piano pedagogues designed to equip the student for teaching piano. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 341 - Counterpoint [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 234 and 244 or equivalents. Modal and tonal counterpoint in two and three voices; composition of melodies, subjects, and examination of contrapuntal devices; invertible counterpoint; binary forms, inventions and fugue. Semesters Offered: Spring - odd years Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 350 - Teaching Classroom Instruments [2 credit(s)] Open only to music education majors. Students will actively experience the typical content of elementary and secondary general music classes. Includes class instruction in playing instruments (pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments, ukulele, recorder, and autoharp), folk dancing, and singing. Emphasis will be on developing playing and singing skills, building repertoire, and introducing pedagogical techniques and materials for group instruction. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 351 - Teaching String Instruments [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 204, MUS 232, MUS 242. Open only to music education majors. Techniques of playing and teaching violin, viola, cello, and contrabass with an emphasis upon beginning instruction and methods and materials for group lessons. This is a laboratory class for music-education majors as preparation for teaching school instrumental music. It is required for instrumental music education majors as preparation for teaching school instrumental music. It is required for instrumental music education students; it is optional for vocal/piano music education students. Course requires 5 hours of field experience. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 352 - Teaching Woodwind Instruments [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 204, MUS 232, MUS 242. Open only to music education majors. Techniques of playing and teaching flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon, with an emphasis upon beginning instruction and methods and materials for group lessons. Laboratory class for music education majors as preparation for teaching school instrumental music. Course requires 5 hours of field experience. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 353 - Teaching Brass Instruments [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 204, MUS 232, MUS 242. Open only to music education majors. Techniques of playing and teaching trumpet, trombone, horn, euphonium, and tuba with an emphasis upon beginning instruction and methods and materials for group lessons. Laboratory class for music education majors as preparation for teaching school instrumental music. Course requires 5 hours of field experience. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 354 - Teaching Percussion Instruments [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 204, MUS 232, MUS 242. Open only to music education majors. Techniques of playing and teaching timpani, snare drum, bass drum, xylophone, cymbals, Afro-Indio-Latin drums, and jazz drumset with an emphasis upon beginning instruction and methods and materials for group lessons. Laboratory class for music education majors as preparation for teaching school instrumental music. Course requires 5 hours of field experience. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 355 - Vocal Techniques for the Classroom [1 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 204. Required of all music education majors; open to others by permission of the instructor. Techniques for learning and teaching proper use of the singing voice, with particular emphasis on singers in school settings. Includes the basics of vocal health, the vocal mechanism, tuneful singing, vocal/choral warm-ups, the male changing voice and working with adolescent voices in choral settings. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 356 - Diction [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: For performance majors in voice and others with permission of instructor. Use of the International Ponetic Alphabet as a means to teach proper pronunciation for singers; basic concepts for the formation and use of vowels and consonants within a vocal line; application of IPA symbols to sounds in French, German and Italian; basic rules for singing in English. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 360 - Introduction to Conducting [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 117, MUS 233, MUS 243. This course is open to undergraduate and graduate music majors, or others by permission of instructor. The purpose of this course is for students to acquire the fundamental conducting knowledge and skill competencies that will enable subsequent studies in coral or his terminal conducting. These competencies include basic time-keeping, starting and stopping small ensembles, basic score study procedures, and basic rehearsal techniques. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 361 - Voice Class [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Not for voice majors. Assists students in the basic elements and techniques of vocal production for singing. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 362 - Guitar Class [2 credit(s)] A studio/lab course for music therapy majors to learn basics of guitar playing. Students learn to read tablature and traditional notation, to play chords, to transpose, to play accompaniment for songs and basics of playing with a flat pick. Open to non-majors depending on availability and permission of instructor. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 381 - Jazz Theory And Improvisation I [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music major status or permission of instructor. Theory and practice of spontaneous composition/performance in a jazz style, with emphasis on the 12-bar blues form, modal materials, and melodic derivatives of harmonic progressions. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 382 - Jazz Theory And Improvisation II [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 381 or permission of instructor. Further exploration of melodic-harmonic inter-relation, harmonic substitution, modal materials, and rhythmic styles. Advanced harmonic and rhythmic concepts. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 391 - Recreational Music: Programming and Leadership [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music therapy majors only. Successful completion of MUS 290, MUS 291, MUS 241 & 242, MUS 117, MUS 361, and MUS 362. Co-Requisites: MUS 118 and MUS 354. Development of a repertoire of activities to provide a foundation for initial field work experiences. Adaptation of activities and instruments, basic assessment of client interests and needs, and evaluation of observations are required. Involves field experience in an assigned community agency. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 392 - Music Therapy Practicum I [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music therapy majors only. Experiences working in a community agency, each experience including a musical and behavioral assessment of the group or individual, the development and implementation of ongoing treatment procedures and evaluation. May be repeated for credit for a total of 3 credit hours; a minimum of three practica required. Assignments made by Director of Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 393 - Music Therapy Practicum II [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, 291, MUS 391,MUS 392, and gateway jury. Involves a field experience in an assigned community agency. Each practicum includes an assessment of the group or individual, the development, and implementation of ongoing treatment procedures, and evaluation. Field experience assignments made by Coordinator of Music Therapy. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 394 - Music Therapy Practicum III [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music Therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, 291, 391, 392, 393, and gateway jury. Involves a field experience in an assigned community agency. Each practicum includes an assessment of the group or individual, the development, and implementation of ongoing treatment procedures, and evaluation. Field experience assignments made by Coordinator of Music Therapy. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 411 - Music History I [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Gen Ed Eng/Comp. MUS 112, MUS 113, MUS 234, and MUS 244, or permission of instructor. This course will present the development of Western Music from around 700 (the Middle Ages) to the mid-eighteenth century (the Age of Enlightenment). Understanding the major trends in Western music as well as its function in society, and examination of the parallels with other fine arts is a further goal. Semesters Offered: Every Fall General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 412 - Music History II [3 credit(s)] Pre-req: Gen Ed Eng/Comp, MUS 113, MUS 234 and MUS 244 or permission of instructor. Survey of the history of Western music from 1750 to the present through examination of stylistic characteristics and literature from chronological eras, as well as individual composers’ lives and the culture of their times. Requires intensive listening and score study, and written assignments including the preparation of a research paper. Semesters Offered: Every Spring General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 414 - Ethnomusicology [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music major status or permission of instructor. The study of music outside the European art tradition. Non-Western Culture and Civilization. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 418 - Composition Studies [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Advanced study sessions with composition faculty. Independent projects explore large and small forms, compositional techniques and modes of expression for various media. Recital preparation for undergraduate exit project in composition. A weekly composition forum is part of this course. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 420 - Music Therapy in Psychiatry and Rehabilitation [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, MUS 291, MUS 391, and gateway jury. Clinical methods as they relate to working with psychiatric, geriatric, medical, neurologically impaired and addicted clients. Field experience required. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 421 - Music in Special Education and Therapy [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music Therapy and Music Education majors only; successful completion of MUS 290 (MT majors), MUS 291 (MT majors), MUS 391 (MT majors), and gateway jury. Clinical practice and education as it relates to working with clients diagnosed with developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, sensory impairment, physical challenges, and learning disabilities. Field experience required. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 422 - Psychology of Music [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, MUS 291, MUS 391, MUS 392, and gateway jury. An overview of current research in music learning, music preference, acoustics, influence of music on listener behavior and measurements of music achievement and performance. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 423 - Research Methods in Music Therapy [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, 291, 391, 392, and gateway jury. Overview of common research methods and basic statistical analysis in music therapy, including evidence based practice applications. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 424 - Program Development and Administration in Music Therapy [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Music therapy majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, 291, 391, 392, and gateway jury. Focus on program planning, professional issues, standards of practice, ethics, and advocacy relating to the practice of music therapy. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 425 - Music Therapy Internship [1-6 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music therapy majors only; successful completion of all required coursework for the music therapy undergraduate degree. Six months of full-time clinical experience in an AMTA approved facility. Documentation and special research projects included according to the clinical internship training plan. Must be completed within two years following the conclusion of course work. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 426 - Music Therapy in Medical and Hospice [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Music Therapy Majors only; successful completion of MUS 290, MUS 291, MUS 391, and gateway jury. Clinical music therapy methods related to working in medical and hospice settings. Field experience required. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 427 - Computer Music I [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Introduction to creating music with the use of computers. Topics include synthesis, midi sequencing, sampling, notation, and aesthetics. Also includes an overview of the repertoire of electronic and electro-acoustic music. Assigned studio time for individual composition projects. Semesters Offered: Fall - even years Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 428 - Computer Music II [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 427 or permission of instructor. Advanced applications in computer music. Topics include digital audio, digital signal processing, computer synthesis, and recording techniques. Assigned studio time for individual composition projects. Semesters Offered: Spring - odd years Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 440 - Music Performance and Pedagogy [2 credit(s)] A systematic study of the principles of music pedagogy and learning, and an application of that knowledge to applied music instruction. Topics include expertise, the fallacy of music talent, learning theory, Deliberate Practice, research on applied instruction, motivation, music and memory, intonation, structural communication, emotional communication, curriculum development, assessment, performance anxiety, self-evaluation and reflection. In addition, musical roles (performer, teacher, listener, and user), classroom planning, instructional delivery, and classroom management will be addressed during the course. Semesters Offered: Every Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 441 - General Music Methods [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 350. Open only to music education majors. Students will develop skills and techniques for planning, delivering, and evaluating developmentally appropriate general music instruction grounded in theories of music learning, and the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive developmental characteristics of children. Topics include traditional and nontraditional music teaching approaches and methodologies, classroom management, assessment, and technology appropriate to general music teaching and learning. Course requires 15 hours of field experience. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 442 - Choral Methods [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 118, MUS 355, MUS 360. Open only to music education majors. Materials and methods for preparing and conducting vocal and choral ensembles in middle school, junior high school and high school settings. Includes the selection and preparation of repertoire related warm-ups, age/grade appropriate repertoire, and rehearsal planning and techniques. Laboratory class for music education majors as preparation for teaching secondary school vocal/choral music. Course requires 15 hours of field experience. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 446 - Instrumental Methods [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 352, MUS 353, MUS 354, MUS 360. Open only to music education majors. Development of instructional methods for elementary, middle- and high-school instrumental ensembles, including specific strategies for concert, jazz and marching bands, and string-and full-orchestras. Strategies for recruiting and starting beginners, selecting or creating appropriate materials, and refinement of rehearsal skills. The course includes an in-class lab component during which students will practice rehearsing a peer ensemble. Students will also have an opportunity to continue developing performance skills on secondary instruments. Course requires 5 hours of field experience. Semesters Offered: Every Fall Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 447 - Curriculum and Assessment in Music [3 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 441, MUS 442, MUS 446. Open only to music education majors. Students will develop an understanding of sequential, developmentally appropriate curriculum in music across the K-12th grade span, and of assessment across all the grades and in all contexts for music teaching. Course topics include: scope and sequence, rubrics/rating scales, reliability and validity, types of assessments, appropriate use of assessment results, ethics, professionalism, advocacy, budgeting, and communication. Course requires 35 hours of field experience. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 451 - Orchestration [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: MUS 234 or MUS 236 or permission of instructor. Study of characteristics and capabilities of orchestral instruments; writing for various instrumental combinations; correlated analysis of symphonic forms and orchestral techniques. Semesters Offered: Fall - odd years Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 452 - Career in Composition [3 credit(s)] The course is designed to study aspects of how to build and maintain a career as a composer in a competitive music industry. Defining and researching the many resources available to composers within this industry will be coupled with detailed assignments and projects focusing on proposal composition and the vital understanding of music publishing, commercial recording , commissioning, contracts and publicity. Semesters Offered: Spring - even years Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 462 - Choral Conducting [1 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 118, MUS 355, MUS 360. Co-requisite: MUS 442. Open only to music education majors. An in-depth study of the preparation and implementation of choral rehearsals through the fundamentals of conducting. Practice and score reading and analysis, personal techniques, diction, and the development of appropriate and artistic conducting gestures for leading choral ensembles. Course participants will serve as a lab choir. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 466 - Instrumental Conducting [1 credit(s)] Prerequisites: MUS 351-354, MUS 118, MUS 360. Co-Requisite: MUS 446. Open only to music education majors. This course is designed to engage students in the development of skills involved in conducting contemporary instrumental ensembles. The course is weekly lab offered concurrently with MUS 446 Instrumental Methods. The focus of the class will be on using score analysis to develop a clear understanding of expressive qualities and technical challenges of the work and communicating musically with an ensemble through clear and effective gestures. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 476 - Extended Workshop [4 credit(s)] Special presentations offered by faculty or visiting specialists for professional development. Carries undergraduate or graduate credit. May be repeated for credit for a total of 16 credit hours with a change of topic. These workshops extend beyond the normal semester. Students will receive a “T” grade at the end of the semester and a grade for credit upon completion of the workshop. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 481 - Senior Recital [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Thirty-minute recital demonstrating appropriate level of competency. Required of all music majors. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Capstone Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 482 - Full Recital [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Sixty-minute recital demonstration appropriate level of competency. Required of all applied music majors. May be repeated for credit for a total of 4 credit hours. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Capstone Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 485 - Composition Recital [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A recital of works for various media representing the creative accomplishments of composition study. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Capstone Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 493 - Special Topics [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Topics designed by faculty. May be repeated for credit for a total of 16 credit hours with a change of topic. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 496 - Independent Study [4 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Faculty-supervised independent study in areas of individual interest. May be repeated for credit for a total of 16 credit hours with a change of topic. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring Click here for the schedule of courses
	MUS 498 - Senior Project [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: To be elected by candidates pursuing the B.A. degree with a major in music at least one semester prior to graduation. The project is a focal point bringing together the various strands of the undergraduate’s career in a meaningful way. It represents individual work done under committee guidance, resulting in either a formal research paper, public presentation, or both. Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring General Education Category: Capstone Click here for the schedule of courses
Nursing
	NUR 101 - Introduction to University Life [1 credit(s)] Introduction to University Life is a one-credit course that serves to orient students to the University as an institution in general and as an institution of higher learning specifically. As with any institution, the University has its own ‘spaces’ - physical, cultural, social, political and philosophical, to name a few. Students will get to know those spaces. Furthermore, students will spend considerable time getting to know the people, services and offices of the University. Students will leave this course knowing their way around Cleveland State University, both figuratively and literally. Also included are strategies to help make students successful. Semesters Offered: Every Fall General Education Category: Freshman Orientation Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 125 - Health And Wellness [2 credit(s)] Using a holistic approach, selected health behaviors which promote high-level wellness will be explored. Students will have an opportunity to clarify their own health values and assess their present health behaviors and life styles in order to make decisions relative to future health behaviors and lifestyles. Elective. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 200 - Theory and Professional Practice [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Gen Ed Eng/Comp. Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Introduces the student to the purpose of theory development in nursing, selected nursing models, and the philosophy and conceptual framework of the CSU School of Nursing. Explores attributes, values, nursing history, and ethics that support the professional nurse practice. Emphasizes acquisition of knowledge and skills for facilitative and therapeutic communication and the appreciation of cultural diversity .Includes writing across the curriculum (WAC) assignment. General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 215 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice [2 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Introduces concepts, principles, and theories of nursing practice in relation to levels of preventive care. Includes interpersonal and psychomotor skills as well as the use of the nursing process. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 216 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice - Clinical [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Applies the nursing process and principles from the natural, behavioral, and nursing sciences to provide direct care to adult clients within structured settings who are experiencing health problems as a result of stressors. Psychomotor skills are learned and practiced in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 218 - Nursing Pharmacology [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Introduces the student to various classifications of drugs used in the care of clients experiencing stressors. Emphasis is on nursing implications. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 219 - Pathophysiology for Nurses [3 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. This course focuses on the exploration of various physiologic stressors by which disease occurs, the impact of the individual’s GRR on the response of the body and the effects of the disease on normal physiology. Selected disease entities will be examined by definition, epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic data and clinical manifestations. The clinical concepts of disease can be utilized by the professional nurse in the application of the nursing process in all settings. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 220 - Health Assessment [2 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Designed to teach the student knowledge and skills to assess the health status of an individual. Content related to the use of techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 221 - Health Assessment - Lab [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Provides supervised laboratory practice to develop health-appraisal skills. A comprehensive assessment tool based on the stress framework is used. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 225 - Medical Surgical Nursing I [4 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Focus on nursing care of adults and older adults. Theories/concepts of gerontological nursing, aging, long-term care, rehabilitation, and chronic illness are presented. Selected chronic health problems are discussed. Click here for the schedule of courses
	NUR 226 - Medical Surgical Nursing I - Clinical [6 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program. Focuses on the use of the nursing process in structured settings to plan care for patients from young adulthood through old age who have diseases of adaptation. Emphasis is on developing the student’s ability to provide tertiary preventive care. Psychomotor skills are learned and practiced in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. Click here for the schedule of courses

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Course Descriptions

MSC 402 - Transition To Lieutenant

MSC 499 - Senior Military Science Lab

MUS 101 - University Chorus

MUS 102 - Band/Wind Ensemble

MUS 103 - Collegium Musicum

MUS 104 - University Orchestra

MUS 105 - CSU Chorale

MUS 106 - Chamber Ensembles

MUS 107 - Jazz Ensemble

MUS 108 - Opera Theater Workshop

MUS 109 - New Music Ensemble

MUS 111 - The Enjoyment of Music

MUS 113 - Writing About Music

MUS 116 - Accompanying and Collaborative Piano

MUS 117 - Keyboard Skills I

MUS 118 - Keyboard Skills 2

MUS 122 - Materials Of Music

MUS 151 - Jazz Survey

MUS 161 - Roots of Rock And Soul

MUS 184 - Special Topics in Music

MUS 204 - Orientation to Music Education

MUS 206 - Technology for Music Education

MUS 218 - Composition Studies I

MUS 231 - Harmony And Form I

MUS 232 - Harmony And Form II

MUS 233 - Harmony And Form III

MUS 234 - Harmony And Form IV

MUS 235 - Harmony, Form and Techniques in Jazz and Popular Music I

MUS 236 - Jazz and Pop Harmony and Form II

MUS 241 - Musicianship I

MUS 242 - Musicianship II

MUS 243 - Musicianship III

MUS 244 - Musicianship IV

MUS 260H - H: Performing Arts/ Cleveland

MUS 261H - H:Evolution West Popular Music

MUS 262 - Non-Western Popular Music

MUS 263 - Black Music of Two Worlds

MUS 290 - Introduction to Music Therapy

MUS 290 - Introduction to Music Therapy

MUS 291 - Music Therapy Measurement and Techniques

MUS 301 - Music Fundamentals and Methods For the Classroom Teacher

MUS 310 - The Business of Music

MUS 326 - Piano Pedagogy

MUS 341 - Counterpoint

MUS 350 - Teaching Classroom Instruments

MUS 351 - Teaching String Instruments

MUS 352 - Teaching Woodwind Instruments

MUS 353 - Teaching Brass Instruments

MUS 354 - Teaching Percussion Instruments

MUS 355 - Vocal Techniques for the Classroom

MUS 356 - Diction

MUS 360 - Introduction to Conducting

MUS 361 - Voice Class

MUS 362 - Guitar Class

MUS 381 - Jazz Theory And Improvisation I

MUS 382 - Jazz Theory And Improvisation II

MUS 391 - Recreational Music: Programming and Leadership

MUS 392 - Music Therapy Practicum I

MUS 393 - Music Therapy Practicum II

MUS 394 - Music Therapy Practicum III

MUS 411 - Music History I

MUS 412 - Music History II

MUS 414 - Ethnomusicology

MUS 418 - Composition Studies

MUS 420 - Music Therapy in Psychiatry and Rehabilitation

MUS 421 - Music in Special Education and Therapy

MUS 422 - Psychology of Music

MUS 423 - Research Methods in Music Therapy

MUS 424 - Program Development and Administration in Music Therapy

MUS 425 - Music Therapy Internship

MUS 426 - Music Therapy in Medical and Hospice

MUS 427 - Computer Music I

MUS 428 - Computer Music II

MUS 440 - Music Performance and Pedagogy

MUS 441 - General Music Methods

MUS 442 - Choral Methods

MUS 446 - Instrumental Methods

MUS 447 - Curriculum and Assessment in Music

MUS 451 - Orchestration