Courses in Music Theory

These official course descriptions are from the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs.
Current/anticipated scheduled offerings are also listed. Future listings are subject to change.

MUT 1001: Introduction to Music Theory Rudiments
Credits: 2.The study of notation, scales, intervals, triads, aural skills and keyboard skills.
Fall 2004 - Mr. Gary Langford

MUT 1121 & MUT 1122: Theory of Music 1 & 2, a.k.a. "Freshman Theory"
Credits: 3 each course: Prereq: Music Theory Placement Examination or MUT 1001 for MUT 1121; MUT 1121 or equivalent for MUT 1122; Coreq: MVK 1111 or MVK 1112.Rhythms, intervals, motifs, phrases, melodies, chords and chord progressions, in the standard clefs through listening, playing, singing and writing. Chord study includes primary and secondary triads in root position and inversions, non-harmonic tones and diatonic seventh chords.
Fall 2004 (Theory 1) - Mr. Sam Hamm
Spring 2005 (Theory 1) - Dr. Kevin Orr
Spring 2005 (Theory 2) - Mr. Sam Hamm

MUT 2126 & MUT 2127: Theory of Music 3 & 4, a.k.a. "Sophomore Theory"
Credits: 3 each course; Prereq: MUT 1121 for MUT 2126; MUT 2126 for MUT 2127; Coreq: MVK 2121 or MVK 2222.Modulation, secondary dominants, diminished sevenths, neapolitan and augmented sixth, chords of the ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, sight singing and dictation.
Fall 2004 (Theory 3) - Dr. Leslie Odom
Spring 2005 (Theory 4) - Dr. Leslie Odom

MUT 2641: Jazz Improvisation
Credits: 2; Prereq: written permission of instructor.
Fall 2004 - Mr. Gary Langford

MUT 3321: Arranging for Voices and Instruments
Credits: 3; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury. Study of voices and instruments, singly and by family, with basic scoring for standard ensemble combinations.
Fall 2004 - Dr. Paul Richards

MUT 3322: Scoring for Band and Orchestra
Credits: 3; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury; MUT 3321.Transcribing and arranging for full band and orchestra, including preparation of parts for performance.

MUT 3611: Form and Analysis 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury.Analysis of melodic structures and homophonic forms of the common practice period including binary, ternary, rondo and sonata-allegro forms.
Fall 2004 - Dr. Laura Ellis

MUT 3612: Form and Analysis 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: MUT 3611.Analysis of contrapuntal forms of canon, motet and fugue; study of musical forms in the 20th century.

MUT 4411: Modal Counterpoint
Credits: 3; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury.Free and strict counterpoint in the 16th century modal style through listening, reading, playing, singing and writing.

MUT 4421: Tonal Counterpoint
Credits: 3; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury.Counterpoint in the 18th-century style through listening, reading, playing, singing and writing.

MUT 4601: Score Reading
Credits: 2; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury.Score-reading at the keyboard. Exercises in realization of music in two or more staves and clefs, and involving instrumental transpositions.

MUT 4626: Advanced Analysis
Credits: 3; Prereq: professional performance jury and musicianship assessment jury, MUT 3611, MUT 3612 Form and Analysis 1 and 2.Analysis of large forms, particularly from the repertoire of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; contemporary analytical systems are introduced.

MUT 6051: Graduate Music Theory Review
(3) Credit earned will not apply to credit-hour requirement of any graduate degree offered in the School of Music.
Fall 2004 - Mr. Sam Hamm

MUT 6445: Advanced Counterpoint
(3) Prereq: MUT 4411, 4421. Emphasis on advanced harmonic techniques and upon fugal writing.

MUT 6531: Figured Bass and Continuo Performance
(3) Theoretical principles and practical application of figured bass realization and continuo performance practice techniques.

MUT 6565: Late Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Styles
(3) Prereq: MUT 6629. Analysis of exemplary works of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

MUT 6624: Seminar in Set Theory
(3) Prereq: MUT 6629. Advanced study in set theory for analysis of music.

MUT 6627: Seminar in Reductive Analysis
(3) Prereq: MUT 6629. Advanced study in reductive approach to analysis of music.

MUT 6629: Analytical Techniques
(3) Study of analytical systems and methodology emphasizing style analysis and the integration of all elements of music.

MUT 6751: Pedagogy of Music Theory
(3) Prereq: MUT 6629. Techniques and art of teaching music theory and conditions for effective learning.
Fall 2004 - Dr. Leslie Odom

MUT 6936: Music Theory Seminar
(1; max: 4) Prereq: MUT 6629. Selected topics from current research for study, presentation, and discussion.

MUT 7316: Advanced Orchestration
(3) Analysis of nineteenthand twentieth-century compositions for full orchestra and orchestration of original scores and arrangements for full orchestra.

MUT 7585: Seminar in Musical Style
(3) Prereq: MUT 6629. Analysis of exemplary works from the Medieval period to the early nineteenth century.
Fall 2004 - Dr. Paul Koonce

MUT 7760: History of Music Theory
(3)The study of musical theories, primarily through readings, from ancient Greece to the present.
Fall 2004 - Dr. Paul Richards