SPECIAL STUDIES
For qualified juniors and seniors. Admission by permission of the instructor and the chair of the department. Departmental permission forms required.
THEATRE PRODUCTION
A laboratory course based on the preparation and performance of department productions. Students in the first semester of enrollment are assigned to a production run crew. In subsequent semesters of enrollment, students elect to fulfill course requirements from a wide array of production-related responsibilities. May be taken four times for credit, with a maximum of two credits per semester. There is one general meeting in the fall (September 10) and in the spring, in the Green Room, Theatre Building.
GRADUATE SPECIAL STUDIES
This is a yearlong course.
GRADUATE SPECIAL STUDIES
Independent study for graduate students. Admission by permission of the chair.
ANALYSIS AND REPERTORY
An introduction to formal analysis and tonal harmony, and a study of pieces in the standard repertory. Regular exercises in harmony. Prerequisites: ability to read standard pitch and rhythmic notation in treble and bass clefs, major and minor key signatures, and time signatures, and the ability to name intervals. (A placement test is given before the fall semester for incoming students). One 50-minute ear training section required per week, in addition to classroom meetings. Class sections limited to 20.
ANALYSIS AND REPERTORY
An introduction to formal analysis and tonal harmony, and a study of pieces in the standard repertory. Regular exercises in harmony. Prerequisites: ability to read standard pitch and rhythmic notation in treble and bass clefs, major and minor key signatures, and time signatures, and the ability to name intervals. (A placement test is given before the fall semester for incoming students). One 50-minute ear training section required per week, in addition to classroom meetings. Class sections limited to 20.
CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Open on a limited basis to qualified students who are studying their instruments. This course requires a one-hour lesson and three hours of practice per week. May be repeated. Permission of the instructor required.
SPECIAL STUDIES
Such subjects as advanced theory, social organization and disorganization, culture contacts, problems of scientific methodology.