Course Descriptions and Objectives

MUSC 126 - Introduction to Electronic Music

1. Identify the basic components and equipment used in a recording or project studio.
2. Demonstrate the basic principles of acoustics and digital audio theory.
3. Summarize common synthesis and digital audio processing techniques.
4. Describe sounds using commonly accepted terminology.
5. Summarize the evolution of electronic music and instruments from 1900 to the present.
6. Compare and contrast the most prominent figures in electroacoustic music from the last century.

MUSC 127 - Music Production 1

1. Set up and run small recording sessions.
2. Apply common mixing and mastering techniques to multi-track recordings.
3. Create original synthesizer and sampler software instruments.
4. Integrate music and sound design into video footage.
5. Identify common studio production techniques by ear.

MUSC 128 - Music Production 2

1. Make a significant contribution to a student’s own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers.
4. Present their original work to a panel of their peers.

MUSC 129 - Music Production 3

1. Make a significant contribution to a student’s own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of intermediate techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers.
4. Present their original work to a panel of their peers at the reinforcement level.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 133 - Jazz Band

1. Perform traditional jazz styles appropriately.
2. Sight read music at intermediate level.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate basic approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at least at a basic level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 134 - Jazz Band

1. Perform traditional swing and Latin jazz styles appropriately.
2. Sight read music at advanced-intermediate level.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate intermediate approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an intermediate level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 135 - Jazz Band

1. Perform swing, Latin and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Sight read music at an advanced level.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 138A - Chamber Ensemble: Jazz

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC 138B - Chamber Ensemble: Voice

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC 138C - Chamber Ensemble: Wdwnd

This course offers students the opportunity to participate in small ensembles, such as jazz combos, classical chamber groups, percussion ensemble, etc. Ensembles are arranged between students and faculty on a quarter by quarter basis. Course may be repeated for credit.

 
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC 138D - Chamber Ensemble: Brass

This course offers students the opportunity to participate in small ensembles, such as jazz combos, classical chamber groups, percussion ensemble, etc. Ensembles are arranged between students and faculty on a quarter by quarter basis. Course may be repeated for credit.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC 138E - Chamber Ensemble: Strings

This course offers students the opportunity to participate in small ensembles, such as jazz combos, classical chamber groups, percussion ensemble, etc. Ensembles are arranged between students and faculty on a quarter by quarter basis. Course may be repeated for credit.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC 138F - Chamber Ensemble: Perc

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC 138G - Chamber Ensemble: Comp

1. Perform small group repertoire at a beginning/intermediate level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate beginning/intermediate sight-reading skill.

MUSC& 141 - Music Theory I

1. Identify and notate pitches, intervals, and major and minor scales in treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs.
2. Recognize and utilize various simple and compound time signatures.
3. Identify and notate all diatonic triads and 7th chords in root position and inversion.
4. Analyze diatonic musical excerpts using Roman numerals and inversions symbols.
5. Demonstrate proper voice-leading technique.
6. Identify the following by ear: major and minor scales, all simple melodic and harmonic intervals, and root position triads.
7. Sight-sing examples in simple time signatures and major keys, with stepwise melodies and skips from the tonic triad.
8. Perform at the piano any pitch, interval, or diatonic scale and chord.

MUSC& 142 - Music Theory II

1. Write in 4-part chorale style using triads in root position, first inversion, and second inversion.
2. Analyze 4-part chorale style writing, and locate spelling, spacing, doubling and voice-leading errors.
3. Draw from memory the diagrams of usual harmonic progressions, and create harmonic progressions that follow the diagrams.
4. Harmonize a melody in 4-part chorale style.
5. Identify and label phrases, cadences, and periods in written music.
6. Identify and notate the following by ear: triads in inversion; five types of seventh chords in root position; conjunct melodies; melodies with simple skips from the tonic and dominant triads; harmonic progressions of two chords in major and minor keys.
7. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: simple and compound time signatures; major and minor keys; stepwise melodies and skips from the tonic and dominant triads.
8. Play the following on piano: five types of seventh chords in root position; scales and modes; diatonic triads in major and minor; all part-writing assignments; 4-part voicings of triads, and triads in inversion.

MUSC& 143 - Music Theory III

1. Write in 4-part chorale style using diatonic triads and seventh chords in root position and any inversion.
2. Analyze 4-part chorale style writing, and locate spelling, spacing, doubling and voice-leading errors.
3. Analyze and realize figured bass lines incorporating diatonic triads and seventh chords in root positions and any inversion.
4. Add and label non-chord tones to a 4-part chorale.
5. Identify and notate the following by ear: triads in four parts (any inversion); five types of seventh chords in any inversion; melodic dictation (longer diatonic melodies with more and larger skips); harmonic dictation (progressions of three and six diatonic chords in major and minor keys; notation of soprano, bass, and roman numerals).
6. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: simple and compound time signatures; major and minor keys in treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; stepwise melodies and skips from the tonic triad, the dominant triad, and the dominant seventh chord.
7. Play the following on piano: five types of seventh chords in any inversion; scales and modes; diatonic triads and seventh chords in major and minor, all part-writing assignments.

MUSC 146 - Sno-King Chorale

1. Perform the fundamentals of chorale singing including techniques in breathing, phrasing, diction and phonation.
2. Demonstrate correct pronunciation of foreign languages while singing.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of chorale literature in cultural and historical contexts.
4. Perform ensemble singing techniques including dynamics, color tone, and the use of vibrato.
5. Demonstrate proficiency in stage presence and public performance decorum.

MUSC 147 - Symphonic Choir

1. Demonstrate appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing a variety of choral music with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing in foreign languages.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 148 - Symphonic Choir

1. Demonstrate appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing a variety of choral music with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing in foreign languages.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 149 - Symphonic Choir

1. Demonstrate appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing a variety of choral music with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing in foreign languages.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 150A - Applied Music: Piano

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 150B - Applied Music: Voice

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 150C - Applied Music: Woodwinds

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 150D - Applied Music: Brass

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 150E - Applied Music: Strings

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 150F - Applied Music: Percussion

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 150G - Applied Music: Composition

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 155 - Special Topics: Music

1. Identify prominent figures, techniques, ideas, or styles, within the particular subject, along with their impact(s).
2. Compare/contrast the particular subject with alternatives.
3. Express their findings in formal/informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, and/or oral presentation.

MUSC 160 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize basic jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate beginning approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at a beginning level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 161 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize basic jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate beginning approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at a beginning level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 162 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize basic jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate beginning approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at a beginning level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 170 - Jazz and Pop Harmony

1. Perform all triads and seventh chords at the keyboard or guitar.
2. Aurally recognize standard harmonic progressions in jazz and popular songs.
3. Perform standard harmonic progressions at the keyboard or on the guitar.
4. Aurally recognize AABA song forms and 12-bar blues forms in jazz and popular songs.
5. Create a functional bass line under jazz and pop progressions.

MUSC 171 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Demonstrate appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Demonstrate behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Prepare appropriately for rehearsal and performance.
4. Discuss jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 172 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Reinforce appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Reinforce behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Demonstrate ability to prepare solo jazz literature for performance.
4. Discuss jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 173 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Master appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Master behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Demonstrate competency in preparing lead sheets for solo performance using music notation software.
4. Master the ability to identify jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 180 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate good tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music through performance.
3. Sight-read instrumental music.
4. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 181 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate good tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music through performance.
3. Sight-read instrumental music.
4. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 182 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate good tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music through performance.
3. Sight-read instrumental music.
4. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 190 - Introduction to Audio Production

1. Identify the basic components and equipment used in a recording or project studio.
2. Demonstrate the basic principles of acoustics and digital audio theory.
3. Set up and run small recording sessions.
4. Apply common mixing and mastering techniques to multi-track recordings.

MUSC 198 - Individual Project in Music

1. Demonstrate understanding of the research area determined at the start of the course.
2. Showcase their original musical work in a tangible format.
3. Show awareness of new musical topics, ideas, and techniques.

MUSC 199 - Special Projects in Music

1. Determine their own objectives in conference with the instructor; these objectives will form the basis upon which the student will be assessed.
2. Produce work through the opportunity to use independent exploration and expression in a focused area of need or interest.
3. Develop specific skills or techniques within the field of music.

MUSC 200 - Music Production 1 Lab

1. Set up and run small recording sessions.
2. Apply common mixing and mastering techniques to multi-track recordings.
3. Create original synthesizer and sampler software instruments.
4. Integrate music and sound design into video footage.
5. Complete a full-length original audio composition/production.
6. Identify common studio production techniques by ear.

MUSC 211 - Class Guitar

1. Define and identify advanced rhythms, scales and chords.
2. Recognize key signatures in the circle of fifths.
3. Recognize the relationship between chord scale and key signature.
4. Recognize chord and scale positions in a key or mode.
5. Perform advanced open and barre chords and chord progressions.
6. Read advanced tablature, and identify block chords, arpeggiating chords, and scales.
7. Define the components of contemporary song form.
8. Perform in advanced guitar styles.

MUSC 212 - Class Guitar

1. Define and identify advanced rhythms, scales and chords.
2. Recognize key signatures in the circle of fifths.
3. Recognize the relationship between chord scale and key signature.
4. Recognize chord and scale positions in a key or mode.
5. Perform advanced open and barre chords and chord progressions.
6. Read advanced tablature, and identify block chords, arpeggiating chords, and scales.
7. Define the components of contemporary song form.
8. Perform in advanced guitar styles.

MUSC 213 - Class Guitar

1. Define and identify advanced rhythms, scales and chords.
2. Recognize key signatures in the circle of fifths.
3. Recognize the relationship between chord scale and key signature.
4. Recognize chord and scale positions in a key or mode.
5. Perform advanced open and barre chords and chord progressions.
6. Read advanced tablature, and identify block chords, arpeggiating chords, and scales.
7. Define the components of contemporary song form.
8. Perform in advanced guitar styles.

MUSC 214 - Class Piano

1. Read standard keyboard notation with fluency.
2. Perform music at the keyboard using proper advanced technique.
3. Play keyboard in an advanced ensemble environment.

MUSC 215 - Class Piano

1. Read standard keyboard notation with fluency and be able to provide fingerings.
2. Perform music at the keyboard using proper advanced technique and dynamic control.
3. Play keyboard in an advanced ensemble environment.

MUSC 216 - Class Piano

1. Demonstrate alternative fingerings for music pieces.
2. Perform music using advanced dynamic control and articulations.
3. Play keyboard in an advanced ensemble environment.

MUSC 217 - Class Voice

1. Lead other singers in an ensemble setting.
2. Perform music with healthy vocal technique.
3. Sing extended solos from memory in front of an audience.

MUSC 218 - Class Voice

1. Lead other singers in an ensemble setting.
2. Perform music with healthy vocal technique.
3. Sing extended solos from memory in front of an audience.

MUSC 219 - Class Voice

1. Lead other singers in an ensemble setting.
2. Perform music with healthy vocal technique.
3. Sing extended solos from memory in front of an audience.

MUSC 227 - Music Production 4

1. Make an extended (or multiple) significant contribution(s) to their own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of advanced techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers.
4. Present their original work to a panel of their peers at the reinforcement level.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 228 - Music Production 5

1. Make an extended (or multiple) significant contribution(s) to their own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of advanced techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers at an advanced level.
4. Co-lead music discussions and/or present their original work to a panel of their peers.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 229 - Music Production 6

1. Make an extended (or multiple) significant contribution(s) to their own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of advanced techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios while maintaining the highest standards of audio fidelity.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers at the mastery level.
4. Lead music discussions and/or present their original work to a panel of their peers.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 230 - Digital Music for Media

1. Define and discuss common terms and concepts in the film/video sound industry.
2. Navigate through modern digital orchestra sound libraries.
3. Dissect and spot a film or piece of visual media for dramatic form and the role of sound.
4. Write original underscore to various video clips be included in their portfolio upon completion.
5. Recall the evolution of sound in film and television over the past 100 years.

MUSC 238A - Chamber Ensemble: Jazz

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238B - Chamber Ensemble: Voice

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238C - Chamber Ensemble: Wdwnds

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
    

MUSC 238D - Chamber Ensemble: Brass

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
    

MUSC 238E - Chamber Ensemble: Strings

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238F - Chamber Ensemble: Perc

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238G - Chamber Ensemble: Comp

 
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC& 241 - Music Theory IV

1. Spell and recognize secondary dominant and secondary leading tone chords in any key.
2. Analyze musical excerpts that include any of the following types of modulation: Common chord modulation (diatonic common chords); altered chords as common chords; sequential modulation; modulation by common tone; monophonic modulation; direct modulation.
3. Provide formal analysis of musical excerpts in binary, ternary, and sonata allegro forms.
4. Write and analyze in 4-part chorale style using diatonic triads, seventh chords, secondary functions, and modulation.
5. Analyze and realize (in four parts) figured bass lines incorporating diatonic triads and seventh chords, secondary functions, and modulation.
6. Identify and notate the following by ear: compound melodic Intervals; whole tone, pentatonic, and octatonic scales; any type of seventh chord; melodic dictation (melodies with some chromatic tones); harmonic dictation (progressions of nine diatonic chords in major and minor keys; progressions of six chords in major and minor including secondary functions).
7. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: subdivision of the beat in simple and compound time signatures; major and minor keys; treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; stepwise melodies and skips from the tonic triad, the dominant triad, and the dominant seventh chord; chromatic non-chord tones, V/V harmony, and modulation to the key of the dominant.
8. Play the following on piano: all types of seventh chords in root position (from any given root); all scales covered in ear training (from any given tonic); secondary dominant and secondary leading tone chords in any key; all part-writing assignments.

MUSC& 242 - Music Theory V

1. Spell and recognize borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords and augmented sixth chords in any key.
2. Analyze musical excerpts that include Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, mode mixture, and/or enharmonic modulation.
3. Write and analyze in 4-part chorale style using borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords augmented sixth chords, and enharmonic modulation.
4. Analyze and realize (in four parts) figured bass lines incorporating borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords and augmented sixth chords.
5. Identify and notate the following by ear: compound melodic and harmonic intervals; 1/2 step-minor 3rd, chromatic, and sharp 4-flat 7 scales; seventh chords in four voices (five types of seventh chords, any inversion); 9th chords melodic dictation (longer melodies with increasing chromaticism); harmonic dictation (progressions of six chords in major and minor keys including borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords; notation of soprano, bass, and Roman numerals).
6. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: major and minor keys; treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; syncopation, tuplets, changing time signatures, hemiola, and less common time signatures; modulation to closely related keys; secondary dominant harmonies.
7. Play the following on piano: borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords in any key; all scales covered in ear training (from any given tonic); all 9th chords covered in ear training (from any given root); all part-writing assignments.

MUSC& 243 - Music Theory VI

1. Analyze musical excerpts from the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century.
2. Identify various common scale usages, chord structures, and metric considerations of twentieth century music.
3. Compose short pieces incorporating the following: bitonality; pandiatonicism; secundal, quartal, and/or quintal harmony; twelve-tone technique; asymmetric meter, mixed meter, and/or metric modulation.
4. Use pitch class set theory to notate the normal order, the normal order of the inversion, the best normal order, and the prime form for any group of pitches.
5. Analyze musical excerpts composed with twelve-tone technique.
6. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: modes of major and minor keys in treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; syncopation, tuplets, changing time signatures, hemiola, and less common time signatures; extended chromaticism, remote modulation, and nontonal lines.

MUSC 247 - Symphonic Choir

1. Model to less-experienced singers, appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing independently, varied choral music literature with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing choral music in multiple languages with correct phonetic pronunciation.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate advanced skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 248 - Symphonic Choir

1. Model to less-experienced singers, appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing independently, varied choral music literature with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing choral music in multiple languages with correct phonetic pronunciation.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate advanced skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 249 - Symphonic Choir

1. Model to less-experienced singers, appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing independently, a variety of choral music with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing choral music in multiple languages with correct phonetic pronunciation.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate advanced skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 250A - Applied Music: Piano

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250B - Applied Music: Voice

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250C - Applied Music: Woodwinds

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250D - Applied Music: Brass

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250E - Applied Music: Strings

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250F - Applied Music: Percussion

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250G - Applied Music: Composition

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 255 - Special Topics: Music

1. Identify prominent figures, techniques, ideas, or styles, within the particular subject, along with their impact(s).
2. Compare/contrast and contextualize the particular subject with alternatives.
3. Express their findings in formal/informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, oral presentation, and/or musical performance.

MUSC 260 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize advanced jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 261 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize advanced jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 262 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize advanced jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 270 - Jazz and Pop Harmony

1. Play 7th chords with extensions at the keyboard.
2. Recognize 7th chords with extensions in jazz and popular songs.
3. Play standard and advanced harmonic progressions using extended harmony.
4. Aurally analyze advanced jazz chord progressions involving ii V I variations.
5. Create a functional bass line under complex jazz progressions.
6. Arrange a jazz or popular song for vocal or instrumental ensemble.

MUSC 271 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Model to less-experienced musicians, appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Model to less-experienced musicians, behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Demonstrate competencies to effectively lead a sectional rehearsal outside of class.
4. Compare and contrast jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 272 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Reinforce modeling to less-experienced musicians, appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Reinforce modeling to less-experienced musicians, behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Provide feedback to other students regarding their solo performances in class.
4. Reinforce enhanced awareness of jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 273 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Master modeling to less-experienced musicians, appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Master modeling to less-experienced musicians, behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Perform a solo set of jazz literature consisting of 3-4 pieces with an instrumental combo.
4. Demonstrate mastery of jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 280 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate superior tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
4. Demonstrate and play advanced music sections for this genre.
5. Demonstrate and produce sound and music with an awareness of balance of the surrounding ensemble.
6. Prepare and perform solo passages when needed.
7. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 281 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate superior tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
4. Demonstrate and play advanced music sections for this genre.
5. Demonstrate and produce sound and music with an awareness of balance of the surrounding ensemble.
6. Prepare and perform solo passages when needed.
7. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 282 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate superior tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
4. Demonstrate and play advanced music sections for this genre.
5. Demonstrate and produce sound and music with an awareness of balance of the surrounding ensemble.
6. Prepare and perform solo passages when needed.
7. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 290 - Advanced Audio Production

1. Demonstrate the advanced principles of recording acoustics.
2. Set up and run large-scale recording sessions.
3. Apply common mixing and mastering techniques to multi-track recordings at the advanced level.

MUSC 298 - Individual Project in Music

1. Demonstrate a high level of research to be determined at the start of the course.
2. Showcase their work in a tangible format.
3. Show awareness of advanced musical topics, ideas, and techniques.

MUSC 299 - Special Projects in Music

1. Determine their own objectives in conference with the instructor; these objectives will form the basis upon which the student will be graded.
2. Produce advanced work through independent exploration and expression in a focused area of need or interest.
3. Develop an advanced skill or technique within the field of music or performance.

NURS 114 - Pathophysiology

1. Define the basic concepts of pathophysiology.
2. Differentiate between normal physiology and pathophysiologic processes.
3. Identify and discuss risk factors, behaviors, and cultural predispositions that contribute to alterations in health.
4. Describe the nurse’s role in disease prevention and health maintenance.
5. Using correct medical terminology, identify and discuss risk factors, etiology, and elements of pathophysiology of: regulation and control, oxygenation and circulation, elimination and nutrition, protection and defenses.
6. Differentiate between stable and unstable pathophysiologic states.
7. Discuss the nurse’s role in communicating and documenting changes in client condition in common disease states.

NURS 115 - Nursing Foundations

1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team, with an emphasis on nursing roles.
2. Define the legal scope of practice for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
3. Explain how nurses obtain and manage health information and the related legal and ethical implications.
4. Demonstrate competence in basic navigation of an electronic medical record.
5. Describe the legal and ethical basis for nursing documentation.
6. Describe critical thinking and the nursing process and discuss how they are used in data analysis and nursing care planning.
7. Identify theoretical models of health and illness.
8. Discuss the principles of basic nursing care for clients with alterations in functional health patterns.
9. Review and correctly perform basic nursing procedures in a laboratory setting.

NURS 118 - Communication in Nursing

1. Describe the elements of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
2. Analyze and apply ethical and legal standards relevant to communication in the healthcare setting.
3. Describe communication techniques required to implement and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients and families.
4. Discuss cultural and social differences in communication with clients and with healthcare professionals.
5. Develop strategies for client education to promote health and wellness in a variety of healthcare situations.
6. Apply knowledge of legal standards to communication with the healthcare team in oral, written, and electronic formats.
7. Give examples of communication techniques required to implement and maintain collaborative professional relationships with members of the healthcare team and to promote teamwork.

NURS 123 - Health Assessment

1. Demonstrate the use of effective communication techniques and interview skills to obtain a health history.
2. Employ methods and techniques used in physical examination correctly and efficiently.
3. Use diagnostic equipment safely and correctly.
4. Conduct a complete head-to-toe physical exam on a well adult.
5. Recognize abnormal findings and age related changes in the physical exam.
6. Organize and document data legibly and efficiently using correct medical terminology.
7. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze client and case study data and identify nursing diagnoses.
8. Use the nursing process at a beginning level to develop a plan of care for clients from case studies.
9. Respect cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality in all aspects of data collection.
10. Demonstrate professional behavior in all interactions with peers and clients.

NURS 124 - Clinical Skills Lab I

1. Define the roles of licensed practical and registered nurses in decision making and the delegation of nursing care.
2. Correctly demonstrate basic and intermediate nursing procedures in a laboratory setting.
3. Integrate beginning critical thinking skills, physical assessment skills, and communication techniques to evaluate client condition before, during, and after procedures.
4. Describe universal precautions and demonstrate a beginning understanding of infection control principles while performing skills.
5. Use beginning communication skills and understanding of legal principles to document procedures and changes in client condition in both oral and written formats.
6. Practice skills with respect for privacy, cultural and social differences, and confidentiality.
7. Demonstrate safe handling of medical equipment and proper body mechanics when performing procedures.
8. Explain the importance of teamwork in providing safe, effective nursing care.
9. Use the nursing process at a beginning level to plan and provide care in lab practice and simulations.

NURS 125 - Nursing Foundations Practicum I

1. Discuss the legal scope of practice of members of the healthcare team and the concept of appropriate delegation.
2. Use the nursing process at a beginning level to plan, implement, and document nursing care.
3. Perform and document health assessment using beginning techniques for collecting and documenting data.
4. Safely perform basic nursing procedures adhering to legal and regulatory standards and agency policies.
5. Demonstrate beginning professional communication skills in both oral and written format when interacting with clients, families, and members of the healthcare team.
6. Work collaboratively with peers and members of the healthcare team to provide safe beginning nursing care.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 126 - Principles of Medication Administration

1. Correctly calculate drug dosages, enteral feeding rates, and IV flow rates.
2. Describe routes used for drug administration and the nursing implications associated with each.
3. Explain the pharmacologic principles of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion.

NURS 127 - Nursing Foundations Practicum II

1. Demonstrate understanding of the legal scope of practice of members of the healthcare team and the concept of appropriate delegation.
2. Use the nursing process at an intermediate level to plan, implement, and document nursing care.
3. Perform and document health assessment using effective techniques for collecting and documenting data.
4. Safely perform beginning to intermediate nursing procedures adhering to legal and regulatory standards and agency policies.
5. Demonstrate intermediate level professional communication skills in both oral and written format when interacting with clients, families, and members of the healthcare team.
6. Work collaboratively with peers and members of the healthcare team to provide safe nursing care.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 128 - Clinical Skills Lab II

1. Discuss the roles of licensed practical and registered nurses in decision making and the delegation of nursing care.
2. Correctly demonstrate intermediate and advanced nursing procedures in a laboratory setting.
3. Integrate intermediate level critical thinking skills, physical assessment skills, and communication techniques to evaluate client condition before, during, and after procedures.
4. Employ universal precautions and demonstrate appropriate infection control principles while performing skills.
5. Use intermediate level communication skills and knowledge of legal principles in written and oral documentation of procedures and changes in client condition.
6. Practice skills with respect for privacy, cultural and social differences, and confidentiality.
7. Demonstrate safe handling of medical equipment and proper body mechanics when performing procedures.
8. Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively with team members to provide safe, effective nursing care.
9. Use the nursing process at an intermediate level to plan and provide care in lab practice and simulations.

NURS 130 - Mental Health Nursing

1. Describe the role of the practical nurse within a multidisciplinary mental healthcare team.
2. Discuss normal mental health principles and well as mental health problems.
3. Identify the components of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
4. Demonstrate effective use of therapeutic communication skills with clients and families.
5. Communicate to the healthcare team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
6. Use the nursing process to collect and analyze physical and mental health data to plan and provide care in a professional mental health setting.
7. Apply principles of social and cultural diversity to provide care which is nondiscriminatory, empathetic, and culturally sensitive.
8. Give examples of legal and ethical issues related to the care of clients with mental illness.
9. Identify nursing care principles designed to empower clients and families dealing with mental illness, substance abuse issues, and dementia.
10. Explore current mental health nursing theory and research.
11. Discuss medications commonly used in clients with mental illness.
12. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.