The following courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.
Prereq: MUT 3000. Arranging and scoring for orchestra in all forms of ensemble structure. (I)
Prereq: junior standing for MUT 5085; graduate standing for MUT 7085. Theoretical writings from Plato to Rameau to Schenker, in historical contexts. (I)
Prereq: MUT 2160 and 2170. Creative writing for small jazz and pop ensembles. Arranging for three to five pieces including "head" arrangements, block chord technique and contrapuntal writing. (F)
Prereq: MUT 5110. Creative writing for larger jazz and pop ensembles; jazz arranging for six to eighteen pieces combining various textures and timbres. (W)
Prereq: MUT 3000, 5120. Arranging pieces with concentration on orchestrating large jazz ensembles. (F)
Prereq: MUT 5997 or equiv. Aesthetic premises and basic analytic procedures of tonal music, viewed from a Schenkerian perspective. Applications of graphic technique to short phrases and to larger forms (e.g., sonata) from a wide repertory (1700-1900). (B)
Prereq: MUT 5997 or equiv. Aesthetic and technical procedures of twentieth-century music. Applications of pitch-class set and interval analysis to short phrases and to large-scale organizational strategies of entire pieces. (B)
Open only to upper division and graduate students. General overview of the development of harmony, voice-leading, and form. (F)
Prereq: MUT 2140, 2150; MUH 3320, MUH 3330. Capstone course for Music Department. Structural analysis of tonal music in historical perspective. (W)
Prereq: MUT 5997 or equiv. Analysis of tonal music using Schenker's influential approach to harmony and voice-leading. (B)
Prereq: MUT 5997 or equiv. Analysis of twentieth-century music using current applications of pitch-class set and transformational theories. (B)
Prereq: graduate standing. Study of materials, teaching techniques, philosophy and organization of music theory classes. (I)
Prereq: graduate entrance exam or MUT 5600. Non-traditional analytical approaches; repertoire of borderline tonalities. (B)
Prereq: MUT 2120 and MUT 5110 or equiv. Analysis and application of advanced harmonic, rhythmic and melodic concepts used in jazz improvisation and composition. (B)
Prereq: junior standing for MUT 5085; graduate standing for MUT 7085. Theoretical writings from Plato to Rameau to Schenker, in historical contexts. (I)
Prereq: MUT 4110. Advanced creative work in all of the idioms of twentieth century musical composition. (F,W)
Prereq: consent of instructor, music adviser, and graduate officer.
(F,W)