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2022-2023 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Course Descriptions
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MGMT 360 - International Management 3 Credit Hours
This course serves as an introduction to the field of international management. Global economy of the 21st century calls for managers, even in small companies, to interact with people- managers, employees, and other stakeholders etc. around the world; thus, an understanding of management practices across nations will be the foundation of a successful career in management. The purpose of this course is to help students understand how people and organizations function in an international context. Effective managers will be those who understand and use the knowledge of international business as well as cross-national similarities and differences in management practices. Students will engage in weekly individual assessments, virtual discussions and a team-based integrative project that will be guided by the instructor through regular meetings.
Previously numbered as BAD 385
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 301
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MGMT 362 - Human Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
Managing human resources effectively, efficiently, and ethically is critical to organizational success, but human resource practices and policies also have widespread implications for individuals and society as a whole. The human resources management (HRM) responsibilities covered in this course include matching individual skills with specific job needs, recruiting and selecting employees, designing performance management systems, developing and implementing compensation policy, managing training and development, monitoring compliance of governmental and corporate standards, and supporting management efforts to create or maintain an ethical, healthy corporate culture.
Previously numbered as BAD 245
Listed also as CAS 306 .
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and MGMT 301 .
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MGMT 364 - Healthcare Communication 3 Credit Hours
As medical advances make it easier for us to live longer, the ability to communicate in a healthcare setting is increasingly relevant in our daily lives. Whether from the perspective of wellness or disease control, health care can be complicated to navigate. This introductory class will examine the various models of health care communication, marketing, quality assessments, regulatory oversight groups, dealing with patient complaints, methods for measuring patient satisfaction, disability and the medical model, and culture and diversity in healthcare. CC
Listed also as CAS 311 and HLTC 755
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MGMT 401 - Principles of Operations Management 3 Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the basic principles of operations management in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics of discussion include design of production systems, layout analysis, production planning, master scheduling, forecasting, inventory control, materials requirement planning, personnel planning, quality control, and just-in-time production systems. The course is developed in a lecture format with the use of case studies to introduce students to experiential learning. Upon completion, students will master the principles of Operations Management.
Previously numbered as BAD 380
Prerequisite(s): QUAN 201 and MGMT 301 .
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MGMT 460 - Leadership and Negotiation 3 Credit Hours
This course is based on the premise that negotiation and conflict resolution skills are integral to a leader’s ability to successfully shepherd all types of organizational change from inception to full realization. The course is largely experiential, providing students with opportunity to develop their skills by participating in activities and integrating their experiences with the principles presented in the course discussions. Perspectives on leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution are examined against the backdrop of contextual factors including culture, diversity, and ethics.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 301
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MGMT 461 - Managing Diversity 3 Credit Hours
The focus of the course is to help students develop an ability to understand, respect, and value similarity and diversity among people as well as how group composition affects and in turn gets affected by the workplace context. Issues related to discrimination, affirmative action, and cultural dynamics are explored; historical, legal, psychological, and sociological viewpoints are highlighted.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 301
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in multicultural studies.
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MGMT 463 - Global Supply Chain Management 3 Credit Hours
In today’s global competitive world, businesses from corporate giants to small businesses, strive to optimize logistics and operations techniques and practices. This course introduces the concepts of supply chain management and evaluates the core fundamentals of logistics. In addition, to identifying supply chain trends and evolution, the relationship between domestic and foreign goods supply is explored. The course is delivered in an experiential learning setting that blends lectures with case studies and computer simulations. Case discussions include reflection on current trends in Global Supply Chain Management practices. Upon completion of the course, students will develop the needed skills to pursue careers in Global Supply Chain Management.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 401
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MGMT 490 - Special Topics: Management 3 Credit Hours
This course provides students with the opportunity to focus on a particular and salient topic in the field of management. Potential topics may include sustainability, disruptive innovation, or other topics based on the current context. Depending on the topic, critical reviews of selected journal articles, guest lectures, empirical research projects and papers, as well as student presentations, may be an integral part of the course. This course may be repeated for credit if the topic is different.
Previously numbered as BAD 492
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 301 .
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MGMT 497 - Business Capstone Practicum 3 Credit Hours
This course takes a holistic approach and draws from multiple business disciplines where the goal of companies is to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. During the course, students will learn and use a variety of strategic management tools to help them analyze business strategy and the business environment, and craft and implement effective decisions and strategies. There is typically a mixture of individual and team assignments and exams, with assignments typically done in the style of report done by real world managers, usually in PowerPoint or Excel. A major component of the course is a team-based simulation where students manage a simulated company and compete against their classmates and teams around the world.
Previously numbered as BAD 490
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301 , MGMT 301 , FIN 301 , and QUAN 201 ; senior standing. MGMT 401 is recommended.
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MGMT 502 - Foundations in Management 0 Credit Hours
This course provides opportunity to learn about your ‘self’ in the context of your professional life and helps you learn how to effectively manage your relationships with coworkers, managers, and subordinates. It begins acquainting you with the ever-growing body of evidence that will be available to you throughout your career regarding effective organizations and management practice, and helps you become a literate, well-informed professional, able to make decisions that are beneficial to you and others.
Previously numbered as GSB 614
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MGMT 601 - Business Gateway Practicum 3 Credit Hours
This Gateway Practicum delivers two major experiential opportunities centered on the How and the Why of business, along with numerous opportunities to explore decision-making, conflict-resolution, and cross-cultural negotiation through the lens of DU’s core values - Caritas and Veritas. The focal point for the How is a team-based challenge helping a business client solve a current problem. The Why is engaged by exploring the Mission of Dominican University with an overnight trip to the university’s birthplace in southwestern Wisconsin. The Why is the compass heading of ethical business leaders guiding their How. There is a Gateway Experience fee for food, travel, and lodging.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all MBA foundation courses and permission of the Director of Graduate Programs.
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MGMT 602 - Leading People and Organizations 3 Credit Hours
The goal of the course is to prepare students to manage self, people, teams and organizations, focusing on three overlapping levels of leadership: organizational, team, and individual. Students will examine and discuss the structures, functional processes, operating practices, and styles needed to be an effective leader in the global economy.
Previously numbered as GSB 624
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 502
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MGMT 607 - Management Information Systems 3 Credit Hours
This course explores and assesses the current and future role of information technology in business, from both a management and a user perspective. Topics include: the strategic role of IT, hardware and operating systems, software development tools and processes, relational databases, big data, data warehouses, data analytics, security concerns, ethical issues, privacy issues, enterprise applications, intelligent systems, and the role and influence of IT on business processes. Hands-on experiences include, web site creation, database, data warehouse, data analytics, and spreadsheets. Case studies are also used to facilitate discussions focused on the course topics.
Previously numbered as GSB 622
Prerequisite(s): QUAN 504 and MGMT 601 .
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MGMT 609 - Operations Management for Competitiveness 3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the concepts and methods utilized in planning, directing and controlling the transformation process of resources into goods and services. Employing the integrated, process-based analytical framework developed in this course, students will utilize selected business cases and in-class experiential learning exercises to connect the courses ideas and techniques to their real-world application.
Previously numbered as GSB 723
Prerequisite(s): QUAN 504 and MGMT 601
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MGMT 699 - Strategic Management 3 Credit Hours
This is a course in strategic management that builds upon and integrates the curriculums core subjects to develop management decision-making skills. Students examine how executives effectively formulate and implement strategies most conducive to a firms success and growth in a global economy. The course may include a business computer simulation that helps students develop and hone their management skills. Students analyze case studies of multinational firms. Students typically take this course in their final semester.
Previously numbered as GSB 791
Prerequisite(s): All MBA foundation and core courses.
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MGMT 760 - Leadership Development 3 Credit Hours
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant (Max De Pree). Leadership is one of the most studied topics in all social sciences and yet, remains one of the least understood. This seminar is intended to steer students towards a lifelong, self-directed learning path in leadership and self-development. In this course, students will learn about different leadership styles and practice. They will develop proficiency to evaluate readings and research in order to gain insight into the role of leadership in organizations, the challenges of being a leader, and the importance of leadership on other people’s work and personal lives. New frontiers in the study of leadership, such as caring, positive and relational leadership, will be also discussed together with the most establish paradigms in leadership literature. This seminar will be taught in a non-traditional format and will utilize tools to facilitate experiential and evidence-based learning. Only students who are proactive, motivated, and energized by learning should apply for enrolling in this seminar.
Previously numbered as GSB 790
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 602
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MGMT 762 - Strategic Human Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
Students in this course develop a deep understanding of the terminology, principles, and practices of strategic human resource management (HRM). A single HR manager may be involved in hiring, firing, enforcing policy, investigating mishaps, consulting on corporate strategy, training, negotiating in relation to compensation, employment contracts, and benefits provision. This broad array of HR practices will be examined from the perspective of not only what’s best for the corporation, but also what’s best for human beings, communities, and the world.
Previously numbered as GSB 751
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 602
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MGMT 790 - Special Topics in Management 3 Credit Hours
This course provides graduate students with the opportunity to focus on a particular and a germane topic in the field of management. Potential topics may include sustainability, disruptive innovation, or other topics based on the current context. Depending on the topic, critical reviews of selected journal articles, guest lectures, empirical research projects and papers, as well as student presentations, may be an integral part of the course. This course may be repeated for credit if the topic is different.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 602
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MKTG 301 - Marketing 3 Credit Hours
This course serves as an introduction to marketing. It is designed to integrate accepted theories of marketing with real world applications to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills needed for marketing products and services to consumers and to businesses. Students will focus on the major principles of marketing theory and history of marketing and its impact on today’s business environment. They will learn to recognize how marketers achieve results by effectively managing the interactive areas of marketing including product, price, place, promotion and more. Students will analyze marketing opportunities and challenges in through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, and client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations. It is recommended that this course be taken in year two for marketing majors and in year three for non-majors.
Previously numbered as BAD 250
Prerequisite(s): ECON 101 .
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MKTG 370 - International Marketing 3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the complexities of marketing products and services in international markets. Through lectures, discussions, and case studies, the course will explore the elements of the marketing mix in an international marketing context. Topics will include the importance of international marketing to American producers, appraisals of the international marketing environment, and the recognition of cultural differences in various foreign countries.
Previously numbered as BAD 351
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301
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MKTG 371 - Marketing Research 3 Credit Hours
This course serves as an introduction to marketing research theory and practice. The course will focus on a variety of research methods including quantitative and qualitative approaches. There will also be emphasis on the importance and management of information. Students will gain skills in marketing research and analysis through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, and client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations.
Previously numbered as BAD 352
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301
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MKTG 372 - Buyer Behavior 3 Credit Hours
This course will focus on consumer-oriented marketing practices and strategies. Students will integrate theories of consumer behavior with practical examples to understand the role of the customer as it relates to contemporary business practice. Students will analyze marketing opportunities and challenges in through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, and client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations.
Previously numbered as BAD 353
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301
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MKTG 373 - Personal Selling 3 Credit Hours
This course presents the principles and techniques involved in the selling process and the role of selling and sales management in the marketing plan. This course will help you become more expert in the personal selling process by applying principles learned in real selling situations. You will study and experience the role of selling in the marketing process. Sales positions are often the gateway into most companies and their marketing positions. Having a personal selling course under your belt adds to your competitiveness in the job market.
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301
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MKTG 374 - Digital Marketing 3 Credit Hours
This course allows students to explore the world of digital marketing strategy and tactics. Students will integrate understood theories of marketing with the challenges and opportunities of the digital era. Students will develop an understanding of online channels and platforms and their role in developing a marketing plan through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, and client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations.
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301
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MKTG 470 - Marketing Strategy 3 Credit Hours
An integrated course that builds upon the core subjects in the marketing curriculum and will be an experiential learning exercise in marketing management, decision-making, problem solving and planning. You will face the challenge of evaluating real marketing situations and propose courses of action to address those situations. This will allow you to experience the situations and challenges often faced by marketing professionals. This course is also intended to develop and reinforce the habits, behaviors, skills and sense of professionalism required for success in the world of business. This may also serve as an elective for non-marketing majors.
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301
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MKTG 490 - Special Topics: Marketing 3 Credit Hours
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore in depth a particular topic in the field of marketing. Potential topics may include sales management, brand management, and integrated marketing communication. Depending on the topics, critical reviews of selected journal articles, guest lectures, empirical research projects and papers, as well as student presentations, may be an integral part of the course. This course may be repeated for credit if the content of each class is different.
Previously numbered as BAD 493
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 301 .
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MKTG 606 - Marketing Management 3 Credit Hours
This course is an exploration of marketing concepts, topics and theories presented to provide an understanding of marketing and buyer relationships in today’s business environment. The class analyzes the elements of the marketing mix, including product, price, promotion, and physical distribution, for successful planning, strategy and control of marketing campaigns. Students will analyze marketing opportunities and challenges through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, and client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations.
Previously numbered as GSB 626
Prerequisite(s): ECON 501 and MGMT 601 .
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MKTG 770 - Global Marketing Management 3 Credit Hours
This course examines international business activities with special emphasis on the global marketing environment. Students evaluate marketing mix variables such as product, promotion, physical distribution and pricing policies that drive management decisions.
Previously numbered as GSB 764
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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MKTG 771 - Marketing Research 3 Credit Hours
The course will focus on a variety of marketing research methods including quantitative and qualitative approaches. There will also be emphasis on the importance and management of information. Students will gain skills in marketing research and analysis through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, and client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations. An emphasis is placed on students developing a marketing research project.
Previously numbered as GSB 771
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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MKTG 773 - Consumer Behavior 3 Credit Hours
This course enables students to effectively design consumer-oriented marketing strategies and practice. Through a variety of approaches including lectures, classroom activities, client-centered projects, case studies, or simulations, students examine consumer behavior theories as well as contemporary consumer research on the fast-changing marketing trends.
Previously numbered as GSB 773
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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MKTG 774 - Marketing Strategy 3 Credit Hours
An integrated course that builds upon the core subjects in the marketing curriculum. This course will be an experiential learning exercise in strategic marketing decision-making, problem solving and planning. Students will face the challenge of evaluating real marketing situations and propose courses of action to address those situations. This will allow students to experience the situations and challenges often faced by marketing professionals
Previously numbered as GSB 774
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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MKTG 775 - Brand Management 3 Credit Hours
This course will explore the understanding of a brand’s meaning, of its promise to its customers, and of customer relationships with brands. Enrolled students will earn a Brennan Credential in Brand Management in addition to course credit.
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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MKTG 790 - Special Topics in Marketing 3 Credit Hours
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore in depth a particular topic in the field of marketing. Potential topics may include business-to-business marketing, sales marketing management, and integrated marketing communication. Depending on the topic, critical reviews of selected journal articles, guest lectures, empirical research projects and papers, as well as student presentations, may be an integral part of the course. This course may be repeated for credit if the topic is different.
Previously numbered as GSB 776
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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MRST 395 - Independent Undergraduate Research or Creative Investigation 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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MRST 495 - Independent Undergraduate Research or Creative Investigation 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano I 3 Credit Hours
Basic skills in music theory and beginning piano. This course is designed for the absolute beginner who has not played any musical instrument. This course concludes with a performance.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 105 - Rudiments of Music Theory 3 Credit Hours
This course is designed for the students who have no formal training in music. It explores basic note reading in the treble and bass clefs, time signatures, intervals, basic rhythm and key signatures. Students interested in music theory but who have no prior theory classes start with this course. Students with prior experience can test out of this class and proceed with MUS 107 - Music Theory I . Please contact the head of the music discipline with questions.
Previously numbered as MUS 129
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 107 - Music Theory I 3 Credit Hours
The student will study in detail and become familiar with intervals, triads, and seventh chords in both major and minor scales. It is important that the student become familiar with the color of each degree of the scale through many rigorous exercises in class and through assigned homework. The class will cover material that includes common chord modulation, cadences, and the importance of the dominant seventh chord and all of its inversions and resolutions. Secondary dominants will also be introduced. These concepts will be applied to musical examples and to music that the student is studying when appropriate to the theory being studied in class.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 108 - Music Theory II 3 Credit Hours
Students will develop a comprehension of formal structures, for example binary and ternary forms, sentence structures in the music of the Baroque and Classical eras. Emphasis will be focused in the second half of the course on the chromatic harmony of the 19th century including Neopolitan chords, diatonic seventh chords, mode mixtures, and augmented sixth chords. Toward the end of the course, concepts of early 20th century music will be introduced.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 107 or consent of the instructor.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 115 - Private Instruction-Piano 1-2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in piano at the elementary through early-intermediate level. This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of class piano or the equivalent amount of previous private piano instruction. Absolute beginners should enroll in MUS 101 . Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Audition and consent of instructor.
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MUS 119 - Diction for Singers 3 Credit Hours
Basic rules of singing diction using the International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of notation recognized by singers, actors, and other speech/language-oriented professions. Students will apply IPA to repertoire study and performance in English, Italian, Latin, Hebrew, German, French, and Spanish.
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MUS 120 - Private Instruction-Tonal Harmony 3 Credit Hours
This course will explore many facets of the study of tonal harmony including the recognition of intervals, chordal and non-chord tones; understanding the fundamentals of rhythm; principles of part writing; basic analysis of musical scores; recognition of cadences, phrases and periods in music of the Baroque and Classical periods; and a preliminary study of the chromaticism of 19th century music. Final project will be to compose a short original piece for solo piano. Course fee applies.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 122 - Private Instruction-Voice 1-2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in voice at the beginning to intermediate levels. The student and voice teacher will explore solo singing techniques, identify and solve vocal issues that may not be readily apparent in choral rehearsals or theatre productions, and build confidence in self-expression through song. This class is open to all students, with the consent of the instructor, based upon a prior evaluation/assessment. Extensive musical knowledge is not required; however, the assessment will determine if a student is ready for one-on-one, private vocal instruction. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor assessment and consent.
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MUS 130 - Private Instruction-Composition 1-2 Credit Hours
Beginners and more advanced-level composers are welcome to study any style composition. Students will be introduced to the many different approaches developed in the 20th century. Important composers to study are Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Olivier Messiaen, George Gershwin, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Elliott Carter, and Steve Reich among others. The study of composition from song writing to the many forms that have developed for creating music over the last 1000 years in Western music will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
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MUS 132 - Group Guitar I 3 Credit Hours
This class is geared towards beginning guitar students. The students will learn the basics of reading music and guitar playing. Students will work on technique, chords, scales, and improvisation while building a repertoire of music from various styles.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 134 - World Beats: Group Percussion 3 Credit Hours
This class is an introduction to playing percussion instruments. We will cover fundamental percussion techniques (hand drumming technique and stick technique) on some of the more common percussion instruments, including conga, djembe, cowbells, shakers, drums, etc. Students will learn to understand, discern, and perform a variety of rhythms and parts from all over the world in a group context. While listening carefully to and interacting musically with their fellow ensemble members, students will discover a rewarding means of musical self-expression (and group expression) via percussion. No experience is needed.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 135 - Private Instruction-Drumset and Percussion 1-2 Credit Hours
Students of beginning to advanced experience levels will be able to study essential percussion techniques and drum set styles, including various drum set grooves such as Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, jazz, fusion, African styles and others. If interested, students could also learn hand drumming skills and styles, including congas, and djembe. Drum set and hand drumming topics would include proper hand technique, coordination and independence, learning or improving solos and improvisations, and addressing any other specific goals or weaknesses the student has. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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MUS 136 - Private Instruction-Guitar 1-2 Credit Hours
Individual guitar instruction at the beginning to intermediate levels. Students will work on technique, note reading, scales, chords, and improvisation all while building a repertoire of music from various styles. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Audition and consent of the instructor.
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MUS 178 - Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano II 3 Credit Hours
A continuation of the study of basic skills and concepts of music, explored at the piano and extending beyond the beginning level. This course is designed for students who have completed MUS 101 or studied piano privately over the years. Knowledge of music notation is required.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 200 - Private Instruction: Composition 1-2 Credit Hours
This class is for more advanced-level composers. Class includes studies in any style of composition. Class covers the 20th century. Important composers to study are Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Olivier Messiaen, George Gershwin, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Elliott Carter, and Steve Reich, among others. The study of composition from song writing to the many forms that have developed for creating music over the last 1000 years in Western music will also be explored. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): and consent of instructor.
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MUS 203 - Private Instruction - Pastoral Music Ministry 2 Credit Hours
This course is designed to help the pastoral music student develop an understanding of the role music plays in deepening the worship experience. The student will build upon musical skills in service of the worshipping community, become more familiar with sacred music literature, and understand the cycle of the liturgical year and music’s role in it. The student will be given opportunities to direct, teach, and lead music in rehearsal and in public prayer. The student will prepare a small music ensemble to sing special music for a prayer service during Advent (ie. Taize or Praise and Worship). The student should plan for two hours of preparation or rehearsal each week. Reading material will be provided. Periodic reflections will be assigned to assess student learning. Music copies will be provided by the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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MUS 204 - Private Instruction - Conducting 2 Credit Hours
The student will be exposed to the basic techniques of conducting such as posture, baton technique, cueing, clef reading, reading conducting scores, understanding ranges of instruments and voices, and vocal warm-ups. Emphasis for this class is on conducting vocal ensembles.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 107 and consent of director of the music discipline.
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MUS 210 - Songwriting with Software 3 Credit Hours
This class will teach you how to write contemporary songs in various styles, and use lyrics, chords and melodies. Explore how the songwriting business works. All creative, ambitious songwriters are welcome. Student does not need to be able to sing.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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MUS 218 - Private Instruction: Survey of Guitar Styles 2 Credit Hours
In this class, the student will explore the many styles that frequently make use of the guitar. The course will cover accompaniments and melodic improvisation in Brazilian, rock, jazz, blues, pop, country, folk, classical and flamenco styles.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 136 (4 hours total)
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MUS 220 - Private Piano Instruction 1-3 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in piano for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. This course is designed for students who have had at least a few years of private instruction in piano. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit. Option to register for 3 credits limited to music majors with junior or senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): Audition and consent of instructor.
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MUS 221 - Private Instruction-Piano Duet 2 Credit Hours
Students will be exposed to standard duet repertoire. They will develop an understanding for the role of primo and secondo in piano duets, voicing, balance, compositional techniques for duets, listening, and performance skills.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 220 (2 hours) and consent of director of the music discipline.
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MUS 222 - Private Instruction - Chamber Music/Accompaniment 2 Credit Hours
Students will be exposed to standard chamber music/accompaniment repertoire. They will explore the idea of voicing within an ensemble, of listening, of being expressive along another instrument, of developing a supportive sound and performing with other musicians.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 115 (4 hours total) and consent of the director of the music discipline.
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MUS 223 - Piano Technique Private Instruction I 1 Credit Hours
Students will learn standard technical skills: scales, arpeggios, and exercises for independence of the fingers, as well as finger strengthening exercises. The specific composers and exercises will be determined based on the technical needs of the student.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 115 (2 hours) and consent of the director of the music discipline.
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MUS 224 - Piano Technique Private Instruction II 1 Credit Hours
Students will be exposed to etudes that are part of standard piano repertoire. Etudes may include, but are not limited to the following composers: Moszkowski, Moscheles, Cramer, Czerny, Chopin, and Liszt.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 115 (4 total credit hours) and MUS 223 .
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MUS 228 - Private Guitar Instruction 1-3 Credit Hours
Individual guitar instruction at the advanced level. Students will work on technique, note reading, scales, chords, and improvisation all while building a repertoire of music from various styles. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit. Option to register for 3 credits limited to music majors with junior or senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): Audition and consent of instructor.
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MUS 230 - Composition and Music Software Private Instruction 1-2 Credit Hours
In studying composition, students will be led through an exploration of musical forms, sounds, styles, and possibilities, and challenges in an effort to help them become more easily able to develop their own original musical ideas into strong compositions. This is not necessarily traditionally “classical” music composition instruction, but is instead a way for students who might have their own preferred musical genres to learn new, specific and time-tested techniques to help them develop their own compositional talents. Students interested in studying composition are expected to have experience on a musical instrument, as well as some understanding of basic chords, melodies, and music notation.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 231 - Group Guitar II 3 Credit Hours
Students will advance their music reading and guitar playing. Students will work on technique, chords, scales, and improvisation all while building a repertoire of music from various styles. Ensemble music will be used.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 132 or private guitar lessons and consent of the instructor.
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MUS 232 - Private Instruction-Voice 1-3 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in voice for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. The student and voice teacher will continue to work on advanced vocal techniques, performance practice in different styles of singing, and competency in aural skills. Our goal, as partners, is to develop the student’s talents to his or her full potential. Preparation for public performance will be an integral part of the class. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit. Option to register for 3 credits limited to music majors with junior or senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 6 hours of MUS 122 and consent of instructor.
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MUS 248 - Private Instruction-Guitar Theory and Composition 2 Credit Hours
The class will cover triads, seventh chords, and extended chords in all inversions along the entire fingerboard. Students will also learn in all positions the major, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and harmonic major scales as well as their most commonly used derivative modes. Symmetrical and pentatonic scales will also be covered. Each of these concepts will be applied to composition and improvisation exercises.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
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MUS 266 - Blues and Jazz Appreciation 3 Credit Hours
The blues is arguably the most important art form to have developed entirely in America. Along with minstrelsy, spirituals, ragtime, and jazz, it forms the backbone of all contemporary American vernacular music; bluegrass, country and western, rock, R&B, gospel, and hip-hop all show the imprint of the blues. This course studies blues and jazz as musical forms, poetic genres, philosophies, and expressions of deep historical cultural meanings as a part of African-American culture in the 20th century and beyond.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 268 - History of Rock and Roll 3 Credit Hours
A survey of the origins, development, and worldwide mass popularity of rock ‘n’ roll. From its roots in blues and rhythm and blues in the ‘50s to the explosion of creativity and development in the ‘60s, renewal and revolution in the ‘70s and its worldwide mass popularity ever since, rock has become the lingua franca of popular music around the world.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 272 - Group Voice 3 Credit Hours
Group instruction in voice. The students and voice teacher will explore the fundamentals of singing technique. The class is open to all students, with the consent of the instructor, based on a brief audition on the first day of class to determine pitch-matching ability. Prior musical knowledge is not required.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 274 - Western Music History: An Overview 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to Western music covering multiple historical periods and genres. Students will experience the music as when it was first performed. The course uses a unique book that allows access to an ebook, streaming music, dynamic author videos, and other online listening tools.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 275 - Diction: Private Instruction 1 Credit Hours
Basic rules of singing diction using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), a system of notation recognized by singers, actors, and other speech/language-oriented professions. Students will apply IPA to repertoire study and performance in English, Italian, Latin, Hebrew, German, French, and Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): Two semesters of 100 level private voice lessons.
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MUS 277 - Arts Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
This seminar introduces entrepreneurial concepts to assist artists in supporting their passion. Students will be presented with an overview of business structures, business plan examples, and free or low-cost marketing resources, including e-mail list management, website creation, social media integration, and mobile fundraising and crowdfunding tools. Sessions will include group brainstorming, discussion, and collaboration. The course culminates with business plan submission and pitch presentation.
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MUS 278 - The Beatles 3 Credit Hours
Few artistic entities had as large an impact on our popular culture as The Beatles. In this course, we explore their background, history, development, evolution, and legacy on multiple fronts. We look at the Beatles’ core competencies, expert craftsmanship, and uncompromising will. We look at how they specifically changed the state of contemporary songwriting, recording technology, music business practices, television and radio trends, marking techniques, and social norms. We look at who adored them and why. We sidestep the hype and attempt to analyze how the Beatles lead a community of new-thinking artists and consumers into an unpredictable musical and social landscape that they were creating and the complex relationship that exists between uniquely innovative creativity, commerce, technology, and consequences. Even students who are not fans of the Beatles will learn how their impact on our current pop culture is still resonating and influencing today’s artists.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 290 - Liturgical Choir 1 Credit Hours
This course serves to develop music skills while enriching the contemplative and prayer life of the University community. Students will learn basic music reading, singing technique, and harmonization within a choral ensemble. They will also learn about the liturgical year and music’s role in it, while experiencing a variety of liturgical music styles: polyphony, chant, classical hymnody, contemporary music, folk, and gospel music. Liturgical Choir will provide music for 4 liturgical events throughout the semester. This course can be repeated for credit and is graded on a satisfactory/fail basis. All levels are welcome.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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MUS 291 - Pastoral Music Ministry 3 Credit Hours
This course will help to develop the skills necessary to foster the art of musical liturgy. The student will work closely with the director of the liturgical choir, learning to select, prepare, and rehearse a diverse repertoire of music for the Catholic Mass. An overview of the following will increase the student’s understanding of pastoral music ministry: cantor training, choral techniques, sight singing, conducting, basic keyboard accompaniment, and liturgical planning.
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MUS 292 - Liturgical Chamber Singers 3 Credit Hours
This course meets in conjunction with and supports the Liturgical Choir, but has an additional 2 hours per week to prepare advanced choral repertoire. It serves to strengthen music literacy and vocal performance skills by providing opportunities to sing a balance of historical styles, sacred and secular, harmonize in varied voicings, explore music of non-western culture, and perform works for the public, which are of exemplary quality. Students will develop sight-reading proficiency, singing technique, and harmonization abilities through a variety of musical styles, including polyphony, chant, classical, hymnody, oratorio, contemporary, praise, gospel, and folk. This course also provides an overview of the liturgical year as well as the history and evolution of sacred music. Chamber Singers will provide music for six liturgical events throughout the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Permission from instructor.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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MUS 300 - Private Instruction: Composition with Music Software 2 Credit Hours
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MUS 304 - Private Instruction: Composition-Advanced II 1-2 Credit Hours
Students will produce a series of short compositions for varying instruments, studying their ranges and extended techniques.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 200
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MUS 306 - Music Theory IV 3 Credit Hours
Writing and analyzing aspects of late 19th century chromatic harmony. Introductions to musical forms and analytic techniques.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 108 and consent of the instuctor.
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MUS 321 - Piano Pedagogy Private Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Students will explore standard teaching repertoire, pedagogy, age-appropriate teaching materials, local and national teaching organizations and conferences, and standard piano music publishers. A study of current and former pedagogues to equip the student for teaching.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of second year of music major requirements.
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MUS 326 - Private Guitar Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Individual guitar instruction at the advanced level. Students will work on technique, note reading, scales, chords, and improvisation all while building a repertoire of music from various styles. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 228 (4 hours total)
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MUS 327 - Guitar Chamber Music Private Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Chamber music is designed to provide students with the opportunity and experience of playing with a small ensemble. Ensembles will be formed using the available students or faculty. This class leads into a performance. This course may be repeated for credit
Prerequisite(s): MUS 136 (4 hours total) and MUS 228 (4 hours total)
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MUS 328 - Private Instruction-Guitar Pedagogy 2 Credit Hours
Students will explore standard teaching repertoire, pedagogy, age-appropriate teaching materials, local and national teaching organizations and conferences, and standard guitar music publishers. A study of current and former pedagogues to equip the student for teaching.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 228 (4 hours total)
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MUS 330 - Private Piano Instruction for Music Majors 3 Credit Hours
This course is advanced private instruction for piano majors during their junior year; students are required to devote increased time to practice. The course will eventually lead to a junior recital project to be presented in public.
Prerequisite(s): Two semester of MUS 220 .
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MUS 345 - Private Drumset and Percussion Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in drumset and percussion for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of drumset and percussion private instruction at the 200 level. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 245 (4 credit hours total) and consent of director of the music discipline.
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MUS 400 - Private Instruction: Composition-Advanced III 3 Credit Hours
Students will work on larger scale work for distinction project or senior recital, as well as several listening responses to the music of contemporary composers.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 304
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MUS 430 - Private Piano Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in piano for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. The completion of this course will lead to the senior recital. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 330 (4 hours total) and consent of the director of the music discipline.
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MUS 432 - Private Voice Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in voice for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. This course is designed for students who have completed two semester of 300-level private voice instruction. Students build on information they received in MUS 332 . The completion of this course will lead to the senior recital. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 332 and consent of department or instructor.
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MUS 436 - Private Guitar Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in guitar for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of guitar private instruction at the 300 level. The completion of this course will lead to the senior recital. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 326 (4 total hours)
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MUS 445 - Private Drumset and Percussion Instruction 2 Credit Hours
Individual instruction in drumset and percussion for students at the late-intermediate level and beyond. This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of drumset and percussion private instruction at the 300 level. The completion of this course will lead to the Senior Recital. Course fee applies. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 345 (4 total hours) and consent of the director of the music discipline.
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MUS 450 - Independent Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Directed study in special topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
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NEUR 105 - Introduction to Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours
This course provides an overview of the history, methods, and principles of neuroscience with a special emphasis on the increasing social and political impact of new neuroscience technologies. This is the initial course for neuroscience majors, but it also is available and accessible to non-majors. No laboratory is required, but hands-on activities are incorporated into the course work.
Listed also as NSC 105 and PSYC 105 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in natural sciences.
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NEUR 272 - Behavioral Neuroscience 4 Credit Hours
This course explores principles of behavioral neuroscience, including brain mechanisms of learning and memory, regulation of food intake and body weight, and mechanisms of fear and anxiety. The laboratory portion covers basic techniques in electrophysiology and behavioral analysis.
Listed also as PSYC 372 .
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 111 .
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NEUR 380 - Topics in Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours
This course provides an in-depth exploration of a specific subfield of neuroscience (e.g., developmental neuroscience, neuropharmacology, sensory physiology, etc.). The topic for each semester will be selected by the course instructor.
Listed also as BIOL 273 .
Prerequisite(s): NEUR 272 and NEUR 273 (NEUR 273 may be taken concurrently).
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NEUR 393 - Learning and Memory 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as PSYC 393 .
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NEUR 394 - Neuropsychology of Language 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as PSYC 394 .
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 290
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NEUR 490 - Independent Research 1-6 Credit Hours
Problems for original investigation are assigned under faculty supervision.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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NSC 105 - Introduction to Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as PSYC 105 and NEUR 105 .
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