May 14, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • MET 320 - Humans and Atmospheric Change


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A course that examines climate and air pollution change to determine what is caused by nature and what is caused by humans, the nature of the change, and solutions to the change, with an emphasis on non-western societies.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 335 - Micrometeorology


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Atmospheric processes near the surface of the earth, including radiation fluxes, turbulent transfer, pollutant dispersal, air-sea interaction, biometeorology, agrometeorology, local wind circulation.

    PREREQ: MET 220 and MAT 220, or instructor permission
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 340 - Air Pollution


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Meteorological study of air pollution including pollution sources and dispersion; air quality criteria; general effects on health, the economy and the climate.

    PREREQ: MET 220 and MAT 220, or instructor permission
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 350 - Meteorological Experimentation


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    How to proceed in designing, carrying out, and reporting on an experiment in meteorology; description of principles of meteorological instruments.

    PREREQ: MET 100 OR 210 and one of the following CHE 111 OR PHY 111 OR PHY 112, or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 350L - Meteorological Experimentation Laboratory


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Optional laboratory to accompany Met 350 consisting of operation, calibration, and use in the field of meteorological instruments.

    COREQ: MET 350.
  
  • MET 365 - Tropical Meteorology


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course will give meteorological attention to tropical systems and provide basic knowledge on characteristics and dynamics of the atmosphere in the tropics. Important tropical systems include tropical cyclones, easterly waves, Hadley and Walker circulations, monsoons, the Maddenâ Julian Oscillation, and the El NiÃoâ Southern Oscillation.

    PREREQ: MET 210 and MAT 220 and PHY 213.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 390 - Special Topics in Meteorology


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Selected topics in Meteorology.

    PREREQ: MET 100 OR 210 and instructor permission.
    NOTE: Problems in specified areas vary from semester to semester.
    credit: 1 to 3
  
  • MET 399 - Independent Study


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Requires preparation by a superior student (cumulative GPA at least 3.0) who presents a written plan for a study not available as a regular course and nine hours in subject area.

    PREREQ: Nine hours in Meteorology and instructor permission.
    credit: 1 to 6
  
  • MET 401 - Atmospheric Physics: Radiation and Remote Sensing


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Application of fundamental physics and calculus to describe radiation processes and other related phenomena in the earth’s atmosphere. Use of radiation budget models to explain temperature structures found in the atmosphere. Utilization of meteorological satellites, and radiation methods to probe the atmosphere.

    PREREQ: MAT 220 and PHY 213 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 402 - Atmospheric Physics: Atmospheric Aerosol and Cloud Physics


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Application of fundamental physics and calculus to describe aerosol influences and cloud processes in the earth’s atmosphere. Knowledge on the importance of aerosol acting as cloud condensation nuclei and the physical processes involved in the growth of hydrometeors. Utilization of weather radar to probe the atmosphere in order to measure concentrations of aerosol and cloud particles.

    PREREQ: MAT 220 and PHY 213 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 411 - Dynamic Meteorology I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Thermodynamics of the permanent gases and water substances in the atmosphere; study of the atmosphere at rest; stability conditions and convective behavior; model atmosphere.

    PREREQ: MAT 220 and PHY 213 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 412 - Dynamic Meteorology II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Air motion on a rotating earth; special wind systems; wave motions in the atmosphere and oceans.

    PREREQ: MET 411.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 415 - Mesometeorology


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of the characteristics and mesoscale dynamics of coastal, orographic, and convective circulations in the atmosphere including the evolution and structure of severe local storms. Treatment of planetary boundary layer processes.

    PREREQ: MET 301 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 416 - Remote Sensing and Mesoscale Meteorology Lab


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Analysis of mesoscale meteorological phenomena (e.g., lake-effect snow, thunderstorms) with satellite, radar and profiler data. Multi-channel satellite imagery will be used to diagnose cloud type and composition. Analysis of radar data, including Doppler, dual-polarimetric, and phased array observations, and use of these data to understand cloud kinematics, dynamics, and microphysics.

    PREREQ: MET 302 (may be taken concurrently) and MET 310 or CSC 212 and MET 350, or instructor permission.
    credit: 1
  
  • MET 420 - Broadcast Meteorology and Weather Forecasting


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Application of the science of meteorology to everyday forecast challenges and case study analysis. Recognition of important and reoccurring weather patterns. Development of public speaking skills for presentation on TV, radio and the Internet. Development of skills on camera. The use of good story telling skills and weather graphics to build a relationship with the viewer or reader.

    PREREQ: MET 302
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 497 - Seminar


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Intensive reading and discussion of topics to be chosen.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing.
    NOTE: Individual student research is encouraged.
    credit: 3
  
  • MET 499 - Independent Study


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Requires preparation by a superior student (cumulative GPA at least 3.2) who presents a written plan for a study not available as a regular course and fifteen hours in subject area.

    PREREQ: Twelve hours in Meteorology and instructor permission.
    credit: 1 to 6
  
  • MGT 110 - Critical Thinking: Gateway to Business


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    The course is designed to introduce business students to the fundamentals of business as it focuses on developing communication and reasoning skills that are necessary for success in the School of Business as well as the corporate world. In addition, the course promotes the development of learning skills required of students to make a successful transition into college.

    PREREQ: First semester freshman standing in the School of Business.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 261 - Business Organization


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of organizations and their management. Organizations will be explored as sociotechnical systems requiring different levels of managerial systems. Organization and management theories are used as foundations for an understanding and application of managerial practices to today’s dynamic and complex organizations.

    PREREQ: Minimum second semester freshman standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 310 - Operations Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introduction to the problems and practices involved in manufacturing and service industry. Topics include production and operations strategies, facilities location and layout, production planning and scheduling, inventory management, and quality control.

    PREREQ: MGT 261 and MAT 158
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 350 - Entrepreneurship


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course will explore the challenges of modern entrepreneurship experienced in new venture creation, managing your own business, or leading corporate business renewal. It will review the core body of knowledge in entrepreneurship and new ventures. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of theoretical concepts with experiential knowledge.

    PREREQ: MGT 261 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 395 - International Business


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An examination of business opportunities and challenges associated with operating within the international arena. Special emphasis on competitive strategy and the international business environment, risk analysis, international financial markets, the multinational firm and technology transfer.

    PREREQ: Minimum first semester junior standing and ECO 101 and 200 OR ECO 120 and MGT 261.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 410 - Management Science


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Students in this course will learn quantitative techniques and supporting software to make management decision. Both deterministic and stochastic models will be taught to address different needs in real world decision making. The emphasis will be placed on formulation of management decision problems as appropriate mathematical models, and selection of management science techniques for the solution to the established models. Hands-on use of some computer software package is needed.

    PREREQ: MAT 208
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 415 - Decision Analysis


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is an introduction of principles and methods of decision analysis, with an emphasis on the application of quantitative models to complex managerial decision- making problems with conflicting objectives, uncertainty, and risk, and involving noncooperative and competing decision makers. The goal is to provide students with the tools, techniques, and skills needed to represent complex real-world management problems using models that provide insight and understanding.

    PREREQ: MAT 158, MAT 208 and MGT 310
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 425 - Supply Chain Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course provides an understanding in the design and management of a supply chain. It focuses on developing supply chain management strategy for managing flows of materials, information, and cash over integrated logistics networks. It emphasizes inventory-service level trade-offs, risk pooling, transportation, coordination, and information technology in supply chains.

    PREREQ: MKT 250, MGT 261, MAT 158, and MAT 208.
    NOTE: Course is repeatable once for credit
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 444 - Topics in Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Course description and prerequisite found on section notes.

    credit: 1 - 3
  
  • MGT 460 - Leadership


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of leadership as a phenomenon and its impact on individuals, organizations, and society. Major theories of leadership will be examined and the impact of leadership on various internal and external organizational factors will be explored. Leadership traits, styles, development, behavior, power and influence, and communication will be stressed. The following intellectual issues will be covered in the course: the impact of leadership on ethics and corporate responsibility, cultural and gender differences in leadership style and values, and the influence of heredity and environment on leadership. Finally, the course will explore the dark side of leadership (leadership incompetence and derailment) and whether or not leadership makes a difference to societal and organizational outcomes.

    PREREQ: MGT 261 and minimum first semester junior standing, or instructor permission.

    Advisement Recommendation: Completion of all Basic Skills requirements and Knowledge Foundation courses.
    credit: 3

  
  • MGT 468 - Change Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course examines organizational processes, structures and behaviors to provide students with a broad understanding of the forces facilitating and retarding organizational change. The focus on change provides students with the opportunity to increase the depth of their understanding of basic concepts learned in their earlier business education.

    PREREQ: MGT 261 and upper division standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 469 - Cultural Environment of International Business


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of physical and cultural environments as they relate to the management of International Organization/Multi-cultural Corporations. Emphasis is on cultural components—population, geography, religion, education, values, customs, languages, technology, and social organizations, and their effect on human attitudes, behavior motivation and leadership.

    PREREQ: MGT 261 and minimum first semester junior standing, or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 475 - Global Business and Society


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    The purpose of this course is to investigate societal issues faced by global businesses and organizations today and in the future, and to explore strategies for business sustainability from economic, human resource, environmental, and social perspectives. The following intellectual issues will be covered in the course: ethics and corporate social responsibility, managing diversity and a multi-cultural work force, and environmental sustainability.

    PREREQ: MGT 261 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 480 - Women in Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    The course explores socialization patterns as they relate to women in management. The topics explored include: the impact of gender, class, and race on relationships at work, workplace discrimination, and tolerance for women in management.

    PREREQ: Minimum first semester junior standing
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 486 - Materials Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introduction to the process of the management of materials common to all economic organizations. The functions of purchasing, inventory and production control, traffic, warehousing, shipping and receiving, materials handling and related activities will be explored.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and MAT 208
    credit: 3
  
  • MGT 494 - Seminar in Career Planning and Job Searching


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Knowledge of self and the job market is important as students prepare for transition to the workforce. This course is designed to involve students in experiences related to successfully negotiating the process of seeking employment after graduation. Students will examine the fundamental aspects of careers in business, application for jobs, self-assessment, self-promotion and interviewing preparation.

    PREREQ: 75+ credit hours; major within the School of Business.
  
  • MGT 495 - Management Policy and Simulation


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course provides an interactive simulated business situation intended to present the participants with realistic decision making problems and management situations. All aspects of relevant business decision making are included in the simulated environment. In addition, case analysis is used to emphasize specific topics, in Management Policy.

    PREREQ: MGT 261, MKT 250, FIN 325, ACC 202 and minimum first semester senior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 250 - Marketing Principles


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An analytical study of marketing as a major business function and a social process. Introduces analysis of market forces, marketing opportunities, determination of price, product, distribution, promotion, and organization policies required to control and fulfill planned marketing programs.

    PREREQ: ECO 101 OR 120 and minimum second semester freshman standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 352 - Distribution Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Examination of distribution as a function of the marketing system. Components of distribution are considered, focusing attention on decision making and policy formulation. Topics include: transportation, physical distribution, channel management, and distribution regulation.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 370 - Consumer Behavior


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is designed to introduce the students to the relevant concepts and theories of consumer behavior. Topics covered include: learning theories, perception, attitudes, motivation, internal and external variables that affect consumer behavior, and the consumer decision making process.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 375 - Marketing Research


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is designed to provide the prospective marketing manager with an understanding of marketing research. A research framework will be provided to assist students with respect to the choice of basic research techniques for common marketing problems.

    PREREQ: MKT 250, MAT 158 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    NOTE: The course will include an applied marketing research project.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 378 - Sales


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    The selling process and the role of sales as a function of marketing are key factors in the development and implementation of a promotional strategy. These aspects of promotion will be studied from both theoretical and an experiential perspective, integrating the concepts of persuasion, motivation and time management. Selling to organizations and institutions rather than individual consumers is the major focus of this course.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 390 - Global Marketing


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is designed to provide an exposure to the different cultural, socioeconomic, and legal environments in which international marketing decisions are made. It focuses on the development of relevant skills in planning, implementing, and controlling adaptive marketing strategies with the purpose of entering or expanding in foreign markets.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 395 - Seminar in Electronic Marketing


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course explores the opportunities and challenges related to current and emerging electronic commerce and electronic marketing technologies using the Internet. Course participants will have the opportunity to study principles, concepts, theories, key issues and applications of electronic marketing.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 465 - Topics in Marketing


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Selected topics in marketing. Topics may include: Sales Management, Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations, Industrial Marketing, Promotion Management, and others.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester junior standing.
    NOTE: This course may be repeated for credit.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 466 - Seminar in Marketing Management


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    In-depth analysis of marketing techniques including channel decisions, new product introduction, survey design and data analysis. Course content will include the analysis of marketing problems using the case study method.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester senior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MKT 467 - Advertising and Promotion


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is designed to introduce the students to the nature, theories, current practices, social consequences, legal constraints, and economic costs developing an effective promotional and advertising campaign for an organization.

    PREREQ: MKT 250 and minimum first semester senior standing.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 100 - Fundamentals of Music Theory


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introductory course which emphasizes basic musical skills and knowledge, including note reading, scales, rhythmic patterns, elementary keyboard, and basic concepts of harmony.

    NOTE: Recommended for all students, including majors who have not had high school theory.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 101 - Introduction to the Worlds of Music


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is designed to present a wide variety of musical experiences, including music of all cultures and time periods. The course will include a substantial number of live performances, along with presentations by specialists involving multimedia formats. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of information about music and musicians.

    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 104 - Aural Skills I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introduction to aural musical skills with emphasis on musical texture, timbre, melodic contour, basic interval identification, and rhythmic reading. Sight-singing is also included.

    PREREQ: MUS 100 or permission of the instructor.
    credit: 1
  
  • MUS 110 - Introduction to Music Listening through Folk and Classical


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introductory course designed to develop the student’s perception and listening skills through a variety of aural experiences and various types of music.

    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 112 - Introduction to Music Literature


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introductory course designed to help the student understand and appreciate the many styles of musical masterpieces, both aurally and visually, as seen through historical perspective. The subject matter is the music of western civilization with special emphasis on the masters of classical music.

    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 113 - Introduction to Music Literature and History


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Intended for music majors and minors, this course is an enhanced version of Music 112. Music 113 includes score study and an introduction to research and writing in the discipline of music.

    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 117 - Introduction to Music Listening through Jazz, Rock, and Pop


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introductory course designed to develop the student’s perception and listening skills through a variety of aural experiences and various types of music.

    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 200 - Intermediate Music Theory I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Introduction to the elements of melody, harmony and rhythm with emphasis on aural comprehension, intervals, keys, triads, simple part-writings, rhythmic reading.

    PREREQ: MUS 100.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 201 - Intermediate Music Theory II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Continuation of materials from MUS 200; introducing seventh chords. Emphasis on chorale melody harmonization. MUS 201 is a continuation of MUS 200.

    PREREQ: MUS 200.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 204 - Aural Skills II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A continuation of Music 104. This course further develops aural musical skills with an emphasis on recognition of chords and harmonic progression, as well as melodic dictation and intermediate sight singing abilities.

    PREREQ: MUS 104 or instructor permission.
    credit: 1
  
  • MUS 206 - Introduction to Music Technology


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course begins with a brief introduction to basic computer concepts and quickly moves into music technology topics, offering the musician an opportunity to utilize music technology as a tool for sequencing, notation, composition, and arranging. Emphasis is placed on sequencing and notation.

    PREREQ: MUS 100 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 210 - Western Heritage—Survey of Music I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A survey of Western music from ancient times through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque, and its relationship to the historical, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual development of each period.

    PREREQ: ENG 102.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 211 - Western Heritage—Survey of Music II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A survey of Western music from the Classic Period to the present and its relationship to the historical, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual developments of each period.

    PREREQ: ENG 102.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 220 - Convocation


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    The course is designed to introduce music majors and minors to the breadth of musical experiences available to them through live performances, discussion of career opportunities and lecture presentations.

    credit: 0
  
  • MUS 230 - Class Piano I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Class piano instruction is designed to develop musicianship through study of scales in all keys, parallel motion, rudimentary sight-reading, proper approaches to arm, wrist, hand, and finger coordination; the construction and use of the I, IV, and V triads in all keys; and elementary accompaniment and repertoire through group instruction.

    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 231 - Class Piano II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Increased facility in scales in all keys, parallel octaves, sight-reading, harmonization of melodies, transposition, and improvisation. Emphasis on facility with chords in major and minor keys.

    PREREQ: MUS 230 or instructor permission.
    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 240 - Voice, Class Instruction I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Building musicianship through class instruction in voice. Applying all the essential techniques of breathing and diction to basic repertory. Extending the range and enlarging the quality of the vocal sound.

    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 241 - Voice, Class Instruction II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Building musicianship through class instruction in voice. Applying all the essential techniques of breathing and diction to basic repertory. Extending the range and enlarging the quality of the vocal sound.

    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 285 - Guitar Class Instruction I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Class instruction in guitar designed to build musicianship. It develops skill in reading notation, basic performance techniques, chord structure, and an introduction to the literature.

    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 286 - Guitar Class Instruction II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Class instruction in guitar designed to build musicianship. It develops skill in reading notation, basic performance techniques, chord structure, and an introduction to the literature.

    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 288 - Efficient Body Use in the Performing Arts


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Class and private instruction in relaxation techniques (based on the Alexander Technique) for efficient use of the body for performance in music, theatre, or dance.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 290 - Wind Ensemble


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This ensemble is open to all students, regardless of major. This project-based course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to become acquainted with the musical literature of the concert band and participate in rehearsal and concert performances of such literature.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission. Ability to play an instrument and read music required. Auditions are held at the beginning of the semester for placement.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 0 or 1
  
  • MUS 291 - College/Community Orchestra


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This ensemble is open to all students, regardless of major. This project-based course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to become acquainted with the musical literature of the standard orchestra and participate in rehearsal and concert performances of such literature.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission. Ability to play an instrument and read music required. Auditions are held at the beginning of the semester for placement.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 0 or 1
  
  • MUS 292 - College Choir


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This ensemble is open to all students, regardless of major. This project-based course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to become acquainted with the musical literature of the mixed chorus and participate in rehearsal and concert performances of such literature.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission. Ability to play an instrument and read music required. Auditions are held at the beginning of the semester for placement.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 0 or 1
  
  • MUS 293 - Oswego State Jazz Ensemble


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This jazz ensemble is open to all students, regardless of major. The project-based course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to become acquainted with the musical literature of the instrumental jazz ensemble and participate in rehearsal and concert performances of such literature.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission. Ability to play an instrument and read music required. Auditions are held at the beginning of the semester for placement.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 0 or 1
  
  • MUS 294 - Oswego State Singers


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This select vocal ensemble is open to all students, regardless of major. It is a project-based course designed to provide an opportunity for the student to become acquainted with the jazz, popular and classical musical literature for chamber choir and participate in rehearsal and concert performances of such literature.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission. Ability to play an instrument and read music required. Auditions are held at the beginning of the semester for placement.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 0 or1
  
  • MUS 295 - Ensemble


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Chamber groups—string, woodwind (including flute and recorder consort), brass, percussion, jazz, guitar, vocal, and opera ensembles.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    credit: 0 or 1
  
  • MUS 297 - Oswego Festival Chorus


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This large choral group is open to all students, regardless of major, as well as to the greater Oswego community. It is a project-based course designed to provide an opportunity for the participants to become acquainted with standard oratorio and choral/orchestral masterworks and to participate in rehearsal and concert performances of such literature.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 0 or 1
  
  • MUS 300 - Advanced Music Theory I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Continuation of materials of MUS 201; altered triads and seventh chords. Emphasis on chorale melody harmonization.

    PREREQ: MUS 201.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 301 - Advanced Music Theory II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Application of the principles of music theory to major works by eighteenth and nineteenth century composers. Exploration of musical style.

    PREREQ: MUS 300.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 302 - Orchestration


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    The study of the instruments of the orchestra, their ranges, tonal characteristics and technical possibilities, and the uses of these instruments. Projects include orchestration from original compositions and transcriptions.

    PREREQ: MUS 201 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 303 - Conducting


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Development of the techniques needed to interpret and communicate the written musical score; conducting techniques studied in both classroom and laboratory settings.

    PREREQ: MUS 201 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 304 - Contemporary Improvisation


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    This course is designed to teach and develop instrumental performance skills in contemporary improvisation. Although the focus is on jazz, the basic performance techniques explored may be used in all forms of contemporary music.

    PREREQ: MUS 230 OR 231.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 305 - Jazz Composition and Arranging


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An introductory course in jazz theory and orchestration. Through this course students will study the transpositions, practical ranges and peculiarities of writing for the standard instruments found in contemporary jazz band. Students will learn the basic harmonic structures and notations of chords most commonly used in jazz today, and the basic functions of these chords. Students will study the most common voicings for the instruments of the jazz band in individual sections and in various combinations.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 307 - Music and the Theatre: An Introduction to Opera


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Survey of operatic development of the past four centuries with emphasis on major operatic works.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 310 - History of Music Survey I


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    History of music in Western civilization, stressing the most significant examples of music literature, Ancient to Baroque.

    PREREQ: MUS 113 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 311 - History of Music Survey II


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Continuation of MUS 310, covering the period from Baroque to the present.

    PREREQ: MUS 113 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 313 - Music of the Classic Period


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of music written between 1740 and 1810 and its relationship to literature and society of the period through class lecture, score analysis, and selected readings.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 314 - Music of the Romantic Period


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of the music of the nineteenth century and its relationship to literature, political and social trends of the times through class lecture and discussion, recordings, score analysis and selected literary readings.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 316 - American Music


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Music from the seventeenth century to the present with emphasis on styles and techniques that are uniquely American; lectures, discussions, and recorded illustrations.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 317 - The Evolution of Jazz and Rock


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A survey of the evolution of jazz and rock through the development of the elements that make up the music, the people responsible for these developments and the social influences of their times.

    PREREQ: ENG 102 OR MUS 117.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 319 - Piano Literature


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    History of the keyboard and its diverse literature, covering all major periods; emphasis on representative composers and their styles, as related to changes in keyboard design from pre-Christian times to the 20th century.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 320 - Renaissance Music in Italy and Its Medieval Origins


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A stylistic survey of music in Renaissance Italy, its relation to other contemporary European trends in music, and its development from medieval origins.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 323 - Women and Music


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of women and music from earliest times to the present in all types of music classical, folk, popular, jazz, rock. It will cover the many roles of women as composers, performers, conductors, educators, scholars, and patrons, as well as amateur musicians and all who make music part of their daily lives.

    PREREQ: ENG 102 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 329 - Music and Politics


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A study of politics and music from earliest times through the twentieth century in all kinds of music classical, folk, popular, jazz, and rock. It will cover the many roles of composers, performers, conductors, educators, scholars, and patrons, as well as amateur musicians and all who make music part of their daily lives. There will be an acquaintance with current scholarship regarding the interaction of music and politics and with recent approaches to the study of music gender, culture, as well as revolutionary, messianic, and religious movements.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 330 - Class Piano III


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Emphasis on the understanding and interpretation of various musical styles from different historical periods, thus enlarging individual piano repertoire; basic techniques for improving keyboard facility in improvisation, modulations and sight reading; ensemble playing; developing skills involved in accompanying a soloist and in reading open choral scores at the piano.

    PREREQ: MUS 230 or instructor permission.
    credit: 2
  
  • MUS 331 - Piano, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Advanced concepts of musicianship and technique, based on the rate of achievement for each. Also concepts in ensemble musicianship involving keyboard, vocal and instrumental performance.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 341 - Voice, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Advanced study of vocal techniques, directly related to performance of standard repertory.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 345 - Music Theatre Workshop


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A laboratory workshop approach to opera designed to prepare advanced students in both the vocal and theatrical aspects of operatic production.

    PREREQ: THT 230 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • MUS 351 - Violin, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 352 - Viola, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 353 - Cello, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 354 - Double Bass, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 361 - Flute, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 362 - Single Reeds, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Private instruction in clarinet or saxophone.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
  
  • MUS 363 - Double Reeds, Individual Instruction


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Private instruction in oboe or bassoon.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
    credit: 1 or 2
 

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