Course Listing

Please note that the information on this page is unofficial - please view the current 2019-2020 course catalog for official information on UNT courses. This is a listing of our courses with topics that do not change. For graduate seminar courses with variable topics, click here.

MUET

MUET 2000

Global Perspectives in Popular Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Addresses popular music—broadly defined as music produced and consumed through mass media technologies—from different industries, genres and sites throughout the world. Students do not require any formal training or background in music to participate fully in this course.

MUET 3020

Popular Music in American Culture

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


Historical development of popular musical styles, including Tin Pan Alley, Blues, Country and Western, Big Band Swing, 1950s Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, the British Invasion, Art Rock, Punk, Reggae and Heavy Metal. These musical styles are explored as part of the sociocultural complex in which they developed.

MUET 3030

Music Cultures of the World

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Survey of music cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Music traditions are studied from a perspective that emphasizes music as an integral part of society and culture.

MUET 3070

Studies in Asian Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Historical development and current issues in Asian music. Select music cultures are studied from an ethnomusicological perspective.

MUET 3080

Studies in Latin-American Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Study of the traditional and popular music of Latin America in its cultural context using theoretical approaches of ethnomusicology and related disciplines. Countries and topics may vary.

MUET 3090

Music of India

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Study of Indian music culture from Vedic times to the present day. Course materials cover classical traditions (both North Indian Hidusthani and South Indian Carnatic styles), folk and popular music. These genres are explored from the socio-cultural contexts in which they developed and continue to function.

MUET 3617

African Music and Movement

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Study of selected African drum music and development of related traditional movement skills through studio experience. Movements will be compared and contrasted with various African dance styles, while exploring their cultural basis, recreational and social uses, and artistic and educational values.

MUET 4500

Introduction to Ethnomusicology

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


General overview of the discipline of ethnomusicology, including major contributions to the field, history, methodology and practical applications. Case studies are used to illustrate specific theoretical problems encountered in ethnomusicological research.

MUET 5020

Anthropology of Sound

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Examines sound from a cross-cultural perspective by opening up a dialogue about alternative sonic practices which challenge many taken-for-granted notions about contemporary theories of sound.

MUET 5030

Music Cultures of the World

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Selected survey of music cultures of the world. Examination of musical traditions from a perspective that emphasizes music as an integral part of society and culture.

MUET 5050

Music of Africa

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Study of musical experience in African life. How does music function in everyday life, in ritual and ceremony? When does music happen and for what reasons? What are the social and political horizons of musical events? How has musical experience changed in contemporary life? These questions are explored in relation to African music, ranging from the complex vocal polyphony of the Mbuti Pygmies of the Itui Forest to the worldwide explosion of Afro Pop.

MUET 5070

Studies in Asian Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Historical developments and current issues in Asian music. Select music cultures are studied from an ethnomusicological perspective.

MUET 5080

Studies in Latin American Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Study of the traditional and popular music of Latin America in its cultural context using theoretical approaches of ethnomusicology and related disciplines. Countries and topics may vary.

MUET 5090

Music of India

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Development of Indian music from Vedic times to the present day. Overview of North Indian classical music, a detailed study of South Indian classical music systems, and a selected survey of folk music from different regions of India.

MUET 5220

Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Exploration of the relationship between shifting theoretical research paradigms and how they have affected field methodology. Close readings of representative ethnographies, several short field assignments and reports, and a field research project, resulting in a final paper.

MUET 5230

World Music Analysis

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Analytical approaches to world music; theoretical and practical issues in transcription; development of new paradigms for transcription, analysis and graphic representation of music.

MUET 5500

Introduction to Ethnomusicology

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


General overview of the discipline of ethnomusicology, including major contributions to the field, history, methodology and practical applications. Case studies are used to illustrate specific theoretical problems encountered in ethnomusicological research.

MUET 5617

African Music and Movement

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Study of selected African drum music and development of related traditional movement skills through studio performance. Movement will be compared and contrasted with various African dance styles, while exploring their cultural basis, recreational and social uses, and artistic and educational values.

MUMH

MUMH 1610

Music as Communication

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Introduction to issues of music seen as a form of human communication with emphasis on developing listening skills and critical thinking. Includes discussion of Western and non-Western music based on case studies.

MUMH 2040

Music Appreciation

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


Music masterpieces; elements of music, form and design; relation of music to other areas of cultural development; live and recorded performances.

MUMH 2050

Sounds and Cinema

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


This course develops critical and analytical approaches to the soundtrack, music’s role in the soundtrack, and the relation of soundtrack and imagetrack (especially relating to music) on small-scale and large-scale (narrative) levels. Previous experience with musical performance (including the ability to read music) is not required or expected.

MUMH 3000

Nineteenth-Century Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


Music in romantic humanism; lectures, recordings, art works and live performances.

MUMH 3010

Twentieth-Century Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


Music since Impressionism; changing currents in culture and society. Lectures, recordings, art works and live performances.

MUMH 3100

Music, Gender, Sexuality

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


This course explores various intersections between music, gender, and sexuality. Previous experience with musical performance (including the ability to read music) is not required or expected.

MUMH 3200

Music as Politics

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


This course explores various intersections between music, activism, and politics. Previous experience with musical performance (including the ability to read music) is not required or expected.

MUMH 3500

Music History and Literature to 1750

Prerequisites: MUMH 1610

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres, and creative figures in Western art music from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century.

MUMH 3510

Music History and Literature Since 1750

Prerequisites: MUMH 1610

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres, and creative figures in Western art music from the Classic period to the present.

MUMH 4050

Symphonic Literature

Prerequisites: MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Historical overview of the symphony as a genre from Haydn to the present; emphasis on skills for recognizing and analyzing symphonic genres and forms through score study and listening.

MUMH 4070

Operatic Literature

Prerequisites: MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Historical overview of Western opera; emphasis on skills for recognizing and analyzing operatic styles and genres from both the musical and dramatic perspectives.

MUMH 4760

Chamber Music Literature

Prerequisites: MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Chamber music from the Baroque to the present.

MUMH 4770

Masterpieces of Choral Literature

Prerequisites: MUMH 1610

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present.

MUMH 4800

Nazism, Judaism and the Politics of Classical Music in Germany

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Explores the connections between Nazi ideology, politics, anti-Semitism and classical music in Nazi Germany.

MUMH 5010

Introduction to Research in Music

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both


Introduction to research techniques and application.

MUMH 5020

Introduction to Musicology

Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or consent of College

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Critical assessment of current issues, methodologies and themes in musicological research.

MUMH 5110

History of Opera

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


In-depth examination, at the graduate level, of selected topics in the history of opera.

MUMH 5331

Western Music History, 750–1400

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 750–1400. Combination of lectures, source study and writing.

MUMH 5332

Western Music History, 1400–1600

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1400–1600. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.

MUMH 5333

Western Music History, 1600–1700

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1600–1700. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.

MUMH 5341

Western Music History, 1700–1800

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1700–1800. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.

MUMH 5342

Western Music History, 1800–1900

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1800–1900. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.

MUMH 5343

Western Music History, 1900 to the Present

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1900 to the present. Combination of lectures, source study and writing.

MUMH 5430

Music in Latin America

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Examination of selected topics in the history of music by Latin American composers. Topics vary by term/semester.

MUMH 5440

Music in the United States

Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Examination of selected topics in the history of music in the United States. Topics vary by term/semester.

MUMH 5500

Music History and Literature to 1750

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres and creative figures in Western art music from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century.

MUMH 5510

Music History and Literature Since 1750

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres and creative figures in Western art music from the Classic period to the present.

MUMH 5610

Ornamentation and Improvisation 1500–1800

Prerequisites: Admittance to MM in musicology, DMA or MM related fields in early music or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Improvisation and ornamentation practices of the Renaissance, baroque and classical periods. Students write and perform ornamentations weekly.

MUMH 5630

Performance Practice: Baroque

Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or equivalent

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Comprehensive study of baroque performance practices.

MUMH 5640

Performance Practice: Classic/Romantic

Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or equivalent

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Comprehensive study of classical and romantic performance practices.

MUTH

MUTH 1300

Exploration in Music I

Prerequisites: None

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


Introduction to basic musicianship including elements of music, staff, clefs, key signatures, scales, time signatures and notation. Credit in this course may not be applied to a music degree.

MUTH 1350

Exploration in Music II

Prerequisites: MUTH 1300 or consent of instructor

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major


Introduction to basic musicianship course for the non-music major that covers analysis, part-writing, figured bass realization, and harmonization.

MUTH 1400

Theory I

Prerequisites: Limited to current music majors, or with consent of instructor Corequisite: MUTH 1410

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Large-lecture format. Introduction to analysis, part writing, figured bass realization, and harmonization beginning with melody and two-part exercises.

MUTH 1410

Aural Skills I

Prerequisites: Limited to current music majors, or with consent of instructor Corequisite: MUTH 1400

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 1400 via singing, ear training and conducting experiences.

MUTH 1500

Theory II

Prerequisites: MUTH 1400 and MUTH 1410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 1510

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Continuation of analysis, part writing, figured bass realization and harmonization covering harmonic vocabulary of 18th-century music and smaller forms of the Baroque period.

MUTH 1510

Aural Skills II

Prerequisites: MUTH 1400 and MUTH 1410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 1500

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 1500 via singing, ear training, keyboard, and conducting experiences.

MUTH 2400

Theory III

Prerequisites: MUTH 1500 and MUTH 1510, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2410

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Analysis, part writing, figured bass realization and harmonization covering harmonic vocabulary of late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, larger forms of the Baroque era and form of the Classic and Romantic eras. Computer competency skills are included.

MUTH 2410

Aural Skills III

Prerequisites: MUTH 1500 and MUTH 1510, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2400

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 2400 via singing, ear training, keyboard and conducting experiences.

MUTH 2500

Theory IV

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2510

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Analysis of the musical language of pieces composed in the 20th and 21st centuries.

MUTH 2510

Aural Skills IV

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2500

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 2500 via singing, ear training, keyboard and conducting experiences.

MUTH 3410

Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Contrapuntal procedures of 16th-century composers. Writing motets and madrigals in two to four voices.

MUTH 3420

Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Contrapuntal procedures of 18th-century composers. Writing inventions, chorale preludes and other 18th-century forms.

MUTH 3510

Form Analysis

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Structural principles of 18th- and 19th-century music determined by analysis of major composers’ works, larger instrumental and vocal forms.

MUTH 3520

Harmonic Analysis

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Harmonic structure of compositions representative of different schools and composers.

MUTH 4370

Schenkerian Analysis

Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.

MUTH 4520

Twentieth-Century Techniques

Prerequisites: MUTH 2500 and MUTH 2510, both with a grade of C or better

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Dodecaphonic and atonal set theory techniques as applied to representative works of the 20th century.

MUTH 4680

Advanced Topics in Music Theory

Prerequisites: MUTH 2500, MUTH 2510, MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510; or consent of instructor

Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Investigation and research on subjects within the discipline of music theory and analysis. For advanced music students.

MUTH 5010

Graduate Theory Review

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Theoretical principles of music from the 17th through early 20th centuries and their application through analysis and aural skills.

MUTH 5080

Pedagogy of Theory

Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Methodologies of teaching and acquiring concepts of musical structure; compilation of teaching materials. Practical observation and supervised teaching of collegiate written theory and aural skills.

MUTH 5350

Music Analysis and Performance

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Music analysis with a focus on performance practice. Primarily for performers who want to explore analytical techniques that facilitate approaches to musical style and performance.

MUTH 5355

Analytical Techniques I (Ars Antiqua–1700)

Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written 900–1700.

MUTH 5360

Analytical Techniques II (1700–1900)

Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5001, MUTH 5002 and MUTH 5003

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written 1700–1900.

MUTH 5370

Analytical Techniques III (Post 1900)

Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010 MUTH 5360 recommended MUTH 4520 or consent of instructor

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written after 1900.

MUTH 5380

Schenkerian Analysis

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.

MUTH 5400

Invertible Counterpoint and Fugue

Prerequisites: MUTH 3420 Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Advanced techniques in contrapuntal writing in 18th-century style.

MUTH 5410

16th Century Counterpoint

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Contrapuntal procedures of 16th-century composers. Writing motets and madrigals in two to four voices.

MUTH 5420

18th Century Counterpoint

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Contrapuntal procedures of 18th century composers. Writing inventions, chorale preludes and other 18th century forms.

MUTH 5470

Advanced Schenkerian Analysis

Prerequisites: MUTH 4370 Satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5001, MUTH 5002 and MUTH 5003

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Advanced analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.

MUTH 5510

Form Analysis

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Structural principles of 18th- and 19th-century music determined by analysis of major composers’ works, larger instrumental and vocal forms.

MUTH 5520

Harmonic Analysis

Prerequisites: None

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Harmonic structure of compositions representative of different schools and composers.

MUTH 6660

History of Music Theory I

Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Theoretical systems and treatises from antiquity to the late 15th century and analysis of related compositions.

MUTH 6670

History of Music Theory II

Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Theoretical systems and treatises from the 16th to early 18th century and analysis of related compositions.

MUTH 6700

Analytical Systems I (1700–1900)

Prerequisites: MUTH 5360, and MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Examination of analytical systems from the middle works of Rameau to the harmonic theories of Riemann, Schenker and Schoenberg.

MUTH 6710

Analytical Systems II (Post 1900)

Prerequisites: MUTH 5370, and MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent

Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major


Examination of analytical systems in the 20th century.