Bachelor of Arts, BA
Music History and Literature
Degrees and Certificates
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Music Major, -
Composition Major, Bachelor of Music, BM -
Music Education: Choral Major, Bachelor of Music, BM -
Music Education: General Music Major, Bachelor of Music, BM -
Music Education: Instrumental Major, Bachelor of Music, BM -
Music Therapy Major, Bachelor of Music, BM -
Performance: Wind Instruments Major, Bachelor of Music, BM -
Contemporary Music (Media Applications) Major, Bachelor of Musical Arts, BMA -
Music History Concentration, Concentration -
Arts Administration Minor, Minor -
Minor in Music, Minor
Courses
MUH 100: RECITAL ATTENDANCE
Class Program
A minimum of 20 Fall Term, 20 Jan/Spring Term concert/recital/special music event attendances is required, selected from The Petrie School of Music Calendar of Events or outside events approved in advance by the instructor. Six terms (a minimum of 20 Fall Term, 20 Jan/Spring Term) must be passed in order to graduate. Required of all undergraduate music majors, all degrees. Pass/fail grading.
MUH 103: MUSIC HISTORY II
Class Program
A survey of the development of western music from 1400 to 1750. Required of all music majors.
Prerequisites
MUH 125 with a grade of C- or higher.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 110: MUSIC APPRECIATION
Class Program
An introduction to the music of Western Civilization through a study of its history and literature. Partial fulfillment of the fine arts requirement in the General Education Program for non-music majors.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 111: AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC
Class Program
A survey of American popular music including folk, blues, jazz, rock and roll, and musical theatre. Partial fulfillment of the fine arts requirement in the General Education Program for non-music majors.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 112: FILM MUSIC
Class Program
A survey of the history, repertoire, and techniques of composing for motion pictures and television. Partial fulfillment of the fine arts requirement in the General Education Program for non-music majors.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 113: IMPORTANT ALBUMS OF THE ROCK ERA
An in-depth survey of influential albums by artists such as The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Nas, Tom Petty,
Paul Simon, U2, and others.
Notes
GEP Fine Arts credit.
MUH 115: THE BEATLES
Class Program
A survey of the history and published body of work by The Beatles, 1957- 1970. Fulfills a GEP fine arts requirement for non- music majors.
Notes
GEP, Elective credit.
MUH 125: FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
Class Program
First-Year Seminars constitutes a common and academically significant experience in a student’s first year at Converse University. All incoming first-year students are required to take a 3-credit hour FYS in the fall semester, choosing from a variety of discipline specific topics. Each FYS carries the corresponding departmental prefix, but with the common course number (except for designated honors sections). Each FYS course is designed to have no more than 18 students, and counts in some designated category of the General Education Program. Strong writing and speaking components are required elements of the course. For music majors the First Year Seminar will be Music History I: An Introduction to the study of music history, including terminology, acoustics and research skills. The course will also include the development of Western music from Antiquity through 1400.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 201: MUSIC HISTORY III
Class Program
A survey of the development of Western music from 1750 to the 1900. Required of all music majors.
Prerequisites
MUH 103 with a grade of C- or higher.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 203: MUSIC HISTORY IV
Class Program
A survey of the development of Western music from 1900 to the present. Required of all music majors. Writing intensive.
Prerequisites
MUH 201 with a grade of C- or higher.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 210: SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC
Varying music topics focusing on subjects and experiences that are not part of the standard music curriculum but of general interest to a non-musician. Possible subjects include popular culture, a body of work or musical style, biographies of musicians, non-Western music, etc. Partial fulfillment of the fine arts requirement in the General Education Program for non-music majors.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 299H: INTERDISCIPLINARY HONORS COURSE
Class Program
This course is team taught by members in two departments and is open to Nisbet Honors Program participants and to others who meet Honors Program guidelines. All students registering for these courses must register not only through the Honors Program but also with their adviser and the Registrar’s Office.
Notes
GEP, Elective credit.
MUH 299H: INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPIC: MUSICALS AND AMERICAN SOCIETY: AN APPRECIATION OF ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN MUSICALS
Class Program
This course examines the relationship of Broadway musicals and social criticism in American society during the 1940s and 1950s from the examination of five musicals coming from the collaboration of Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rogers. We will consider both the musical contributions and social issues raised in the context of a developing Cold War mentality in the United States. Cross listed with HST 299H.
Notes
GEP fine arts or humanities, elective credit.
MUH 331: MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC ERA
Class Program
A topics seminar in Western music in the Nineteenth Century.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 332: DIVERSE CULTURES AND THEIR MUSIC
Class Program
An examination of the intersection of music and culture with special emphasis on musical styles other than western art music. Non-European/non-Anglophone.
Notes
GEP credit.
MUH 333: MUSIC OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Class Program
A topics seminar in Western music in the 20th Century. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 441: MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Class Program
A topics seminar in Western music through 1600. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 443: MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE AND CLASSIC ERAS
Class Program
A topics seminar focusing on Western music from 1600 through 1800. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 450: INTERNSHIP IN MUSIC HISTORY
A supervised internship which provides music majors with the opportunity to explore an external area of interest related to Music History. The course will serve as a music elective or a free elective in the student’s degree program. Pass/fail grading.
Prerequisites
Declared music major; permission of the department.
MUH 451: SONG LITERATURE
Class Program
A survey of standard art song literature from the 16th Century to the present, with emphasis on both music and poetry. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 453: PIANO LITERATURE
Class Program
A survey of piano and harpsichord literature from the Baroque to the present. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 460: OPERA LITERATURE
Class Program
A survey of standard opera literature form the 17th century to the present. Offered alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 463: ORCHESTRAL LITERATURE
Class Program
A survey of the literature for large and small orchestras from the Baroque to the present, as well as a survey of solo literature appropriate to the student’s primary instrument. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher.
MUH 475: SEMINAR IN MUSICOLOGY
Class Program
An intensive seminar experience in a special topic.
Prerequisites
MUH 203 with a grade of C- or higher and MUT 203 with a grade of C- or higher or permission of Department.
MUH 480: DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY
Projects of independent study approved by the faculty and the Music Curriculum Committee.
Prerequisites
Approval of the Music Curriculum Committee.
MUH 485: SENIOR PROJECT
Class Program
The project consists of a lecture-recital or capstone. A $50 scheduling fee is required for the lecture-recital.
Prerequisites
Approval of the faculty.