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MUSC 1000 - Music Appreciation
Credit Hours: 3
Students will be able to identify from written and aural examples western and non-western music, selected eras of various styles and performance media, composers, performers and music symbols and terminology. In addition, students in this course will attend exhibitions, concerts, recitals, guest lectures and other cultural presentations both on and off campus, and outside of the regular class time.
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MUSC 1001 - Music Fundamentals
Credit Hours: 1
Students will be able to sight sing and take music dictation at the fundamental level, identify key signatures, the circle of fifths, all major and minor scales, clefs, keys, modes, enharmonics, intervals, triads, and rhythm to their primary instrument performance. Students will also be able to design drills utilizing computer- assisted-instruction software.
This course must be taken by music majors and minors who fail to score at least 75% on the music theory placement examination. This minimum score must be achieved before music majors and minors are eligible to enroll in MUSC 1011 . May be repeated for credit.
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MUSC 1011 - Music Theory I
Credit Hours: 2
In this first course of a four-course sequence in music theory and materials, students will be able to apply music rudiments and to identify intervals, triads, four-part harmony, triad inversions, dominant seventh chords, diminished seventh chords, non-harmonic tones, cadences, and diatonic modulations. Students will also be able to compose/arrange at the fundamental level.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1001 - Music Fundamentals or a passing score on the music theory entrance placement examination.
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MUSC 1012 - Aural and Keyboard Skills I
Credit Hours: 1
Students will develop basic skills in music reading, sight-singing, aural perception and keyboard proficiency. Students will be able to use music technology tools to enhance the course work in Music Theory I.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1001 - Music Fundamentals or a passing score on the music theory entrance placement examination.
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MUSC 1013 - Music Theory II
Credit Hours: 2
In this second course of a four-course sequence in music theory and materials students will identify diatonic and chromatic harmony, including secondary seventh chords and inversions, augmented sixth chords, Neopolitan chords and borrowed chords. In addition, students will compose and/or arrange instrumental and/or vocal works using computer technology.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1011 - Music Theory I
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MUSC 1014 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II
Credit Hours: 1
Students will continue their development in music reading, sight-singing, aural perception and keyboard proficiency. Students will be able to use music technology tools to enhance the course work in Music Theory II.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1012 - Aural and Keyboard Skills I
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MUSC 1141 - Major Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to music majors only, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Applied students will receive one fifty-minute individual lesson or two thirty-minute individual lessons each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
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MUSC 1151 - Secondary Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to any student regardless of major but depending on the availability of faculty, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Secondary Applied students will receive one thirty- minute individual lesson or a group performance class which meets for two fifty-minute periods each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
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MUSC 1331 - Music Ensemble Course
Credit Hours: 1
Students will develop creative thinking skills and the ability to perform ensemble literature of various periods and styles. Courses are open to all FVSU students with an audition and permission of the instructor. These courses may be repeated for credit.
- Concert Choir 01
- Women’s Ensemble 02
- Men’s Glee Club 03
- Gospel Choir 04
- Concert Band 05
- Marching Band 06
- Jazz Band 07
- Orchestra 08
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MUSC 2011 - Music Theory III
Credit Hours: 2
In this third course of a four-course sequence in music theory and materials students will be able to identify dominant ninths, elevenths and thirteenths; altered dominants, chromatic mediant and chromatic modulations. Students will also be able to use music technology to compose, and/or arrange instrumental and/or vocal works.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1013 - Music Theory II
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MUSC 2012 - Aural and Keyboard Skills III
Credit Hours: 1
Students will continue their development in music reading, sight-singing, aural skills and keyboard proficiency. Students will be able to use music technology tools to enhance the course work in Music Theory III.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1014 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II
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MUSC 2013 - Music Theory IV
Credit Hours: 2
In this final course of a four-course sequence in music theory and materials, students will be able to identify mode mixture, remote modulation and twentieth-century techniques and materials, including non-diatonic scales, triadic extensions, modality and pitch class centers, Impressionism, Serialism, and innovative techniques using rhythm, meter, orchestration, tone colors and texture. In addition, students will be able to compose instrumental and/or vocal works using these contemporary concepts and techniques.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2011 - Music Theory III
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MUSC 2014 - Aural and Keyboard Skills IV
Credit Hours: 1
Students will continue their development in music reading, sight-singing, aural skills and keyboard proficiency. Students will be able to use music technology tools to enhance the course work in Music Theory IV.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2012 - Aural and Keyboard Skills III
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MUSC 2113 - Voice Diction I (English, Italian, Latin
Credit Hours: 1
In this first course in a two-course sequence for voice students and vocal/choral music majors, students will be able to sing music works in English, Italian, and Latin using the correct pronunciation of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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MUSC 2114 - Voice Diction II (German, French, and Spanish)
Credit Hours: 1
In the second course in a two-course sequence for voice students and vocal/choral music majors, students will be able to sing music works in German, French and Spanish using the correct pronunciation of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2113 - Voice Diction I (English, Italian, Latin
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MUSC 2141 - Major Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to music majors only, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Applied students will receive one fifty-minute individual lesson or two thirty-minute individual lessons each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1141 - Major Applied Music
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MUSC 2151 - Secondary Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to any student regardless of major but depending on the availability of faculty, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Secondary Applied students will receive one thirty-minute individual lesson or a group performance class which meets for two fifty-minute periods each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1151 - Secondary Applied Music
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MUSC 2212 - African and African American Music
Credit Hours: 2
Students will be able to identify and analyze from written and aural examples, African and African American Music including jazz, ragtime, spirituals, gospel music, folk songs, rhythm and blues and rap.
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MUSC 2213 - Survey of Latin American Music
Credit Hours: 2
Available to music majors and non-music majors, students will be able to identify and analyze from written and aural examples some the most important national rhythms and traditional music from Latin America. In addition, students will be able to identify music and instruments of different countries of Latin America. Students will also be able to identify, determine and relate the African and European influence in Latin American music.
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MUSC 2309 - Introduction to Music Education
Credit Hours: 2
Offered to music education majors only, students will be able to identify and analyze different periods in the history and development of music education in the United States, including philosophies and rationales of teaching music to students in public schools. In addition, students will be able to analyze and determine appropriate assessment strategies and methods for a variety of teaching situation settings.
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MUSC 2310 - String Techniques
Credit Hours: 1
Students will be able to exhibit proper bowing and pizzicato techniques, knowledge of instrument nomenclature and appropriate literature and methods and studies to successfully teach the orchestral stringed family.
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MUSC 2314 - Conducting Fundamentals
Credit Hours: 1
Students will be able to conduct using the basic patterns. In addition, students will be able to do score study and score preparation using exercises and examples from choral and instrumental music literature.
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MUSC 2316 - World Music Cultures
Credit Hours: 2
Students will be able to aurally identify representative works of various folk and ethnic cultures and be knowledgeable of the societal and political conditions that have impacted the music of these world cultures.
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MUSC 2331 - Music Ensemble Course
Credit Hours: 1
Students will develop creative thinking skills and the ability to perform ensemble literature of various periods and styles. These courses are open to all FVSU students with an audition and permission of the instructor. These courses may be repeated for credit.
- Concert Choir 01
- Women’s Ensemble 02
- Men’s Glee Club 03
- Gospel Choir 04
- Concert Band 05
- Marching Band 06
- Jazz Band 07
- Orchestra 08
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MUSC 2352 - Introduction to Jazz
Credit Hours: 2
Designed for both music majors and non-majors, students will be able to identify and analyze works by influential jazz musicians of different jazz styles, jazz terminology, musical scores of various jazz forms and film strips and recordings.
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MUSC 2362 - Class Piano I
Credit Hours: 1
Students will read simple piano pieces and will play major and minor scales, arpeggios, chord progressions and will improvise pieces. Each course may be repeated. Open to all FVSU students.
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MUSC 2363 - Class Piano II
Credit Hours: 1
Students will read level I and II piano pieces and will play major and minor scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, four-part harmonies and will improvise pieces. Each course may be repeated. Open to all FVSU students.
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MUSC 3001 - Music History and Literature I
Credit Hours: 2
In this first course in a three-course sequence, students will be able to identify and analyze from written and aural examples compositions from antiquity through the Renaissance period.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 1000 - Music Appreciation
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MUSC 3002 - Music History and Literature II
Credit Hours: 2
In this second course in a three-course sequence students will be able to identify and analyze from written and aural examples compositions from the Baroque era through the Classical period.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 3001 - Music History and Literature I
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MUSC 3100 - General Music Methods for Young Children
Credit Hours: 2
Offered to Music Education majors only, students will acquire music instructional techniques at the elementary level, focusing on singing, rhythm, creative activities, playing instruments, listening and the elements of music. In addition, students will be able to identify, analyze, assess and evaluate various instructional and assessment materials available for this level. Field observation activities are a required component of this course.
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MUSC 3103 - Music for the Young Child
Credit Hours: 3
Offered to Early Childhood Education majors only, students will identify and analyze philosophies and methodologies of teaching music to students in elementary schools. In addition students will be able to identify, analyze, assess and evaluate various instructional and assessment materials available and varied methods of presentation for general music at this level. Field observation activities are a required component of this course.
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MUSC 3141 - Major Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to music majors only, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Applied students will receive one fifty-minute individual lesson or two thirty-minute individual lessons each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
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MUSC 3151 - Secondary Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to any student regardless of major but depending on the availability of faculty, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Secondary Applied students will receive one thirty- minute individual lesson or a group performance class which meets for two fifty-minute periods each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
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MUSC 3270 - Music Education Methods for Secondary Students
Credit Hours: 2
Offered to Music Education majors only, students will acquire music instructional techniques for the middle and secondary schools, focusing on the study of the cognitive and psychomotor, and affective development of students and its relationship to the teaching of general music. In addition, students will be able to identify, analyze, assess and evaluate various instructional and assessment materials available for this level. Field observation activities are a required component of this course.
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MUSC 3293 - Vocal Pedagogy and Literature
Credit Hours: 2
Designed for choral concentration majors, students will be able to identify and analyze historical and current methods of teaching voice. In addition, students will examine and analyze the breathing process, vocal anatomy, vocalises and solo song literature for a variety of mediums and age groups.
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MUSC 3294 - Jazz History
Credit Hours: 2
A continuation of MUSC 2352 , students will be able to identify, analyze and discuss jazz from its blues and spiritual roots, ragtime, dixieland and big bands through modern jazz idioms, including an expanded coverage of the jazz style period between 1890-1950. In addition, students will be able to relate the development of jazz with involving personalities, events and sociological and psychological implications of each era.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2352 - Introduction to Jazz
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MUSC 3314 - Choral Conducting
Credit Hours: 1
Students in this course will be able to conduct choral ensembles with the complete understanding of tempo, phrasing, diction and articulation. Students will be able to prepare music of different styles to be performed appropriately using the proper methods of interpretation and expression.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2314 - Conducting Fundamentals
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MUSC 3315 - Instrumental Conducting
Credit Hours: 1
Students in this course will be able to conduct instrumental ensembles with the complete understanding of tempo, phrasing and articulation. Students will be able to prepare music of different styles to be performed appropriately using the proper methods of interpretation and expression.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2314 - Conducting Fundamentals
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MUSC 3316 - Instrumental Methods and Marching Band Techniques
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to develop the theoretical and practical methods of organizing, teaching and managing school instrumental music programs. Students will be able to design drill routines, arrange, organize and produce performances. In addition, students will be able to use music software to design drills and write music. Students will also analyze, assess and evaluate various instructional and assessment materials available for this level. Field observation activities are a required component of this course.
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MUSC 3317 - Choral Methods
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to identify and analyze the best methods of organizing, training and maintaining school choirs, glee clubs and choruses. Students will also apply the basic principles of singing and will exhibit the knowledge and skills of various vocal techniques and choral methods for teaching music in the secondary schools. In addition, students will analyze, assess and evaluate materials available for this level. Field observation activities are a required component of this course.
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MUSC 3318 - Methods of Teaching Jazz
Credit Hours: 2
Students will be able to select appropriate literature, methods and materials for a school jazz band as well as exhibit comprehension of jazz terminology and improvisational teaching skills. In addition, students will analyze, assess and evaluate materials available for this level. Field observation activities are a required component of this course.
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MUSC 3331 - Music Ensemble Course
Credit Hours: 1
Students will develop creative thinking skills and the ability to perform ensemble literature of various periods and styles. These courses are open to all FVSU students with an audition and permission of the instructor. These courses may be repeated for credit.
- Concert Choir 01
- Women’s Ensemble 02
- Men’s Glee Club 03
- Gospel Choir 04
- Concert Band 05
- Marching Band 06
- Jazz Band 07
- Orchestra 08
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MUSC 3362 - Class Piano III
Credit Hours: 1
In this third course, students will be able to start performing major works by outstanding composers from different music periods. In addition, students will be able to play major and minor scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, four-part harmonies and to improvise pieces. Open to all FVSU students.
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MUSC 3363 - Class Piano IV
Credit Hours: 1
In this final course students will be able to perform major works by outstanding composers from different music periods. In addition, students will be able to play major and minor scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, four-part harmonies and to improvise pieces. Open to all FVSU students.
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MUSC 3372 - Orchestration and Arranging
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to arrange and transcribe works for choral and vocal ensembles; and for band, orchestra and other instrumental ensembles. In addition, students will be able to use music software to write and print their works.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2013 - Music Theory IV
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MUSC 3400 - Woodwind Techniques
Credit Hours: 1
Students in this course will be able to select appropriate methods and exhibit knowledge of various teaching techniques, select the proper instrument to match a student’s physical properties, do simple instrument repair and maintenance and be familiar with the instrument manufacturers. Students will develop the theoretical and practical techniques and methods of teaching woodwind instruments.
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MUSC 3401 - Brasswind Techniques
Credit Hours: 1
Students in this course will be able to select appropriate methods and exhibit knowledge of various teaching techniques, select the proper instrument to match a student’s physical properties, do simple instrument repair and maintenance and be familiar with the instrument manufacturers.
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MUSC 3402 - Percussion Techniques
Credit Hours: 1
Students in this course will be able to select appropriate methods and exhibit knowledge of various teaching techniques, select the proper instrument to match a student’s physical properties, do simple instrument repair and maintenance and be familiar with the instrument manufacturers.
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MUSC 3452 - Computer Applications in Music
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to use computer applications for music notation, MIDI sequencing, synthesizing programs, Computer-Assisted- Instruction using soft and hardware and electronic devices for sound generation and recording.
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MUSC 4003 - Music History and Literature III
Credit Hours: 2
In this third course in a three-course sequence, students will be able to identify and analyze from written and aural examples compositions from the Romantic period to the present.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 3002 - Music History and Literature II
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MUSC 4141 - Major Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to music majors only, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Applied students will receive one fifty-minute individual lesson or two thirty-minute individual lessons each week. May be repeated for credit.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
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MUSC 4151 - Secondary Applied Music
Credit Hours: 1
Available to any student regardless of major but depending on the availability of faculty, students will develop skills in and functional knowledge of wind, string, fretted and percussion instruments and/or voice performance. Secondary Applied students will receive one thirty- minute individual lesson or a group performance class which meets for two fifty-minute periods each week. May be repeated for students.
- Piano 01
- Voice 02
- Woodwinds 03
- Brass 04
- Percussion 05
- Strings 06
- Organ 07
- Guitar 08
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MUSC 4262 - Form and Analysis
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to identify, analyze and determine from written and aural examples harmony structure, texture, formal structure and style from the periods of music history. Emphasis is placed on twentieth-century forms and techniques.
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 3372 - Orchestration and Arranging
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MUSC 4313 - Survey of Choral Music
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to perform, listen, identify and analyze choral literature from different music periods.
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MUSC 4314 - Survey of Instrumental Music
Credit Hours: 2
Students in this course will be able to perform, listen, identify and analyze orchestral and wind band literature from different music periods.
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MUSC 4331 - Music Ensemble Course
Credit Hours: 1
Students will develop creative thinking skills and the ability to perform ensemble literature of various periods and styles. These courses are open to all FVSU students with an audition and permission of the instructor. These courses may be repeated for credit.
- Concert Choir 01
- Women’s Ensemble 02
- Men’s Glee Club 03
- Gospel Choir 04
- Concert Band 05
- Marching Band 06
- Jazz Band 07
- Orchestra 08
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MUSC 4796 - Internship
Credit Hours: 10
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to perform, coordinate, implement and organize the management of artistic presentations and performances in an authentic setting during a full semester.
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MUSC 4797 - Music Seminar
Credit Hours: 2
Students will identify and analyze historical, theoretical and pedagogical materials of music and music education, including preparation strategies for the PRAXIS and Graduate Record Examination. In addition, students will complete the Senior Exit Examination, Exit Interview and program notes for the senior recital. This is the final course in a sequence of courses that address the appropriate types and methods of assessment to be used in various vocal and instrumental music education settings.
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MUSC 4798 - Senior Recital
Credit Hours: 0
Students will perform major works before a jury and to a general audience to demonstrate their performing skills and comprehension of music styles. The recital is a non- required course that must be noted on the student’s transcript. The jury will hear the recital for assessment and approval at least six weeks prior to the public performance.
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MUSC 4799 - Student Teaching
Credit Hours: 12
Students will demonstrate their ability to develop and implement appropriate teaching and classroom management plans in an authentic classroom setting during a full semester. Students will not be allowed to enroll for any other courses during the semester of student teaching.
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NSEN 2143 - Introduction to Health physics
Credit Hours: 3
Students learn the basic concepts of health physics through a descriptive overview of everyday exposure of people to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
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NSEN 3333 - Principles of Health Physics and Radiation Protection
Credit Hours: 3
Students learn the fundamentals of atomic and nuclear structure, basic quantum mechanics, radioactivity and decay kinetics. They also gain an in-depth understanding of charged particle interactions, neutron interactions and shielding.
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NSEN 3400 - Nuclear Science and Engineering I
Credit Hours: 4
Students are introduced to fundamental concepts of various types and sources of energy, atoms and nuclei, radioactivity nuclear processes, radiation and materials, fission and fusion, nuclear reactors, and nuclear power. Additionally, through laboratory activities, students gain hands-on experiences with detection and measurement of nuclear radiations and their properties.
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NSEN 3500 - Nuclear Science and Engineering II
Credit Hours: 4
Students explore the fundamentals of nuclear reactor theory, time-dependent reactor, heat removal methods from nuclear reactors, radiation protection, and radiation shielding. Through laboratory hands -on activities using nuclear power plant simulation software systems, students examine the steady state and transient behaviors of major components of a typical nuclear power plant.
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FVSU 0100 - Orientation to the University
Credit Hours: 1
Students gain an understanding of the history, policies and services of the university. They acquire the college survival skills needed to adjust and survive at the university and the techniques and skills needed to make realistic career choices.
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FVSU 1008 - University Life and Thought
Credit Hours: 1
University Life and Thought is a Freshman Year Experience class for liberal arts majors and other students wishing an introduction to the University. Students will participate in discussions and assignments led by faculty who teach in the various liberal arts fields.
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ORGL 3000 - Reflective Seminar I:Self as Learner
Credit Hours: 1
Graded “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory”. An introduction to the major conceptual frameworks for reflective learning that require students to reflect on and document their own assumptions, beliefs, and biases and how they affected their prior learning experiences.
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ORGL 3050 - Reflective Seminar II: Self in Context
Credit Hours: 1
Graded “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory”. A seminar that develops students’ understanding of the conceptual frameworks for reflective learning and asks students to reflect on and document the social networks, environmental context, and political context that has affected their prior learning experiences.
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ORGL 4000 - Reflective Seminar III: Self Transformation,Transforming Self
Credit Hours: 1
Graded “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory”. A seminar including critical self-evaluation of prior learning experiences using frameworks for reflection and analysis and development of students’ own capacity to adapt and transform their own learning practices.
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PHIL 2000 - Introduction to Philosophy
Credit Hours: 3
Students explore such questions of philosophy as truth, goodness and beauty, knowledge and belief, freedom and determinism, man and the world, and the meaning of life. A critical analysis of answers given to such questions by the major thinkers in the history of philosophy are also examined. A survey of how our thinking about fundamental matters developed from its beginnings to recent times, focusing on what philosophy says about the problems of contemporary society, is conducted.
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PHIL 2002 - Ethics
Credit Hours: 3
The student is introduced to the philosophical study of morality. The student analyzes such concepts as right and wrong, values, moral principles, duty, freedom and responsibility. Also examined are the development of ethical theories from classical to contemporary philosophy; a critical analysis of contemporary moral problems related to medical issues, technology, environment and current aspects of personal and social ethics.
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PHIL 2010 - Intro to Philosophy
Credit Hours: 3
Introduction to the central issues, questions, and theories of Western Philosophy. Topics covered include logic and critical thinking; religion; knowledge and skepticism; philosophy of mind; freedom and determinism; and ethics. Students are expected to engage in philosophical discussion based on primary and secondary texts.
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PHIL 2030 - Ethics
Credit Hours: 3
The student is introduced to the philosophical study of morality. The student analuzes such conepts as right and wrong, balues, moral principles, duty, freedom and responsibility. Also examined are the development of ethical theories from classical to contemporary philosophy; a critical analysis of contemporary moral problems related to medical issues, technology, environment and current aspects of personal and social ethics.
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PHIL 2173 - Religious Studies
Credit Hours: 3
The student becomes familiar with the etiology of religion in ancient times and in primitive cultures and explores the major living religious traditions, their world-views and belief systems and their sacred writings, myths and rituals. In addition, conclusions are drawn regarding the relevance of religion in the new millennium.
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PHIL 4000 - Ethics Seminar - Capstone
Credit Hours: 3
The student will probe the nature, justification and development of fundamental ethical concepts and moral principles from classical to contemporary philosophy in the context of the history of culture. Reading will be from philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant, Mill, Sartre, Rawls and Apel. An analysis of ethical theories will focus on the problems of meaning, method and knowledge. Attention will be given to the application of ethical categories to professional practices in education and medicine, as well as to international relations and to the solution of environmental and other global problems.
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2000 OR PHIL 2002
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PHIL 4002 - Aesthetics
Credit Hours: 3
The student gains knowledge of major theories of aesthetics and philosophy of art, focusing particularly on modern schools of thought and applying them to specific works from literature, music, cinema and fine arts.
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2000 OR PHIL 2002
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PEDW 1402 - Fitness and Lifestyle Assessment
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire the theory and concepts of fitness improvement and maintenance through the administration of individual and supervised fitness assessments. Follow-up recommendations are made. Students learn to lead physically active lifestyles and to manage effective lifestyles for healthy living.
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PEDW 1410 - Beginning Swimming
Credit Hours: 1
Students learn community water safety skills and acquire knowledge of basic and beginning swimming strokes/skills to include survival skills. They complete the American Red Cross (ARC) Level IV Learn to Swim Sequence.
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PEDW 1420 - Intermediate Swimming
Credit Hours: 1
Students develop swimming techniques for freestyle stroke, elementary backstroke, back crawl, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Students demonstrate basic water safety and survival skills.
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PEDW 1422 - Advanced Swimming
Credit Hours: 1
Students perfect their swimming strokes, developing techniques for the freestyle, elementary backstroke, back crawl, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Water safety, survival skills, and conditioning swimming are included.
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PEDW 1431 - Lifeguarding
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire certification for lifeguard and professional rescuer in CPR and Standard First Aid and Safety. Head lifeguard, water-park and water-front certifications are also options.
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PEDW 1441 - Fitness/Conditioning Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire basic conditioning concepts and fitness activities related to weight training, jogging and the theory of prescribed fitness programs. Basic fitness principles of muscular and cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, body composition and injury prevention are reviewed.
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PEDW 1451 - Basketball and Softball
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills, learn fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in basketball, and softball games.
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PEDW 1461 - Dual Sports Golf & Tennis
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills; learn fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in golf and tennis sports.
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PEDW 1471 - Racquet Sports (Racquetball and Badminton)
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills; learn fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in racquetball and badminton sports.
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PEDW 1501 - Volleyball and Handball
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills; learn fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for the successful participation in volleyball and handball.
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PEDW 1511 - Advanced and Intermediate Tennis
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques, knowledge, and strategies required for successful participation in advanced and intermediate tennis.
Prerequisite(s): PEDW 1461
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PEDW 1521 - Advance and Intermediate Golf
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques, knowledge, and strategies required for successful participation in advanced and intermediate golf.
Prerequisite(s): PEDW 1461
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PEDW 1531 - Yoga
Credit Hours: 1
Students gain knowledge and skills regarding psychological and physiological methods to improve their overall health and enhance their sense of well-being through an exercise system utilizing breathing, stretching, and relaxing techniques.
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PEDW 1541 - Exercise and Water Aerobics
Credit Hours: 1
Students are exposed to basic aerobic conditioning concepts, fitness activity in dace, water aerobics, and conditioning swimming. Basic fitness principles of cardiorespiratory endurance and injury prevention are learned.
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PEDW 1551 - Movement Concepts and Dance
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills; learn fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in contemporary dance compositions with experimentation in individual and group choreography.
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PEDW 1561 - Leisure and Outdoor Activity (Hiking, Camping and Angling)
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills, learn the fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in hiking, camping and angling.
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PEDW 1571 - Recreational Games and Activities
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques, knowledge, and strategies required for successful participation in lifetime recreational games and activities.
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PEDW 1601 - Special Physical Activity I
Credit Hours: 1
The physically challenged and medically deferred student goes through a program of individual exercise and physical activity prescription, adapted to his/her levels of ability. The student’s health related and skill-related fitness components are enhanced.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Department Head
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PEDW 1611 - Folk, Square and Social Dance
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques, knowledge, and strategies required for successful participation in folk, square and social dance.
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PEDW 1701 - Special Physical Activity II
Credit Hours: 1
The Physically challenged and/or medically deferred student undergoes a program of individual exercise and physical activity prescriptions, adapted to his/her level of ability. This program further enhances health-related and skill-related fitness components.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Department Head
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PEDW 1711 - Stunts/Tumbling and Gymnastics
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire the motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in stunts/tumbling and gymnastics.
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PEDW 1721 - Football and Soccer
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire the motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in football and soccer.
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PEDW 1731 - Handball and Pickle ball
Credit Hours: 1
Students acquire the motor skills and learn the fundamental techniques and the knowledge required for successful participation in stunts/tumbling and gymnastics.
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PEDW 1741 - Combative I
Credit Hours: 1
Students demonstrate competition skills Karate, judo and other combative sports at the beginning level.
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