THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

 

                                                                   FACULTY SENATE

 

Senate Document Number     1806S

Date of Senate Approval      01/19/06  

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

Document  13:                                      Change Titles and Descriptions for MUSC 351, 352, 353;

Addition of New Courses MUSC 358, 359, 360, 493, 494.

           

Effective Date: Fall 2006

 

 

1.      Delete:    On pg. 190, the title and course description for MUSC 351:

 

         Add:        On pg. 190, in place of deleted entry:

  

Music History and Literature to 1600 (2) 

The history of music from antiquity through the 16th century with an analysis of the respective literature. Every third semester.

 

 

         Delete:    On pg. 190, the title and course description for MUSC 352:

 

Add:     On pg. 190, in place of deleted entry:

 

                        Music History and Literature, 1600-1827 (2) 

The music of the Baroque through the Classical periods including style analysis of appropriate literature. Presentations in this course will prepare students for demonstrating oral competency. Prerequisite: MUSC 232; or permission of instructor. Every third semester.

 

 

 

            Delete: On pg. 190, title and course description for MUSC 353:

 

            Add:     On pg. 190, in place of deleted entry:

 

                   Music History and Literature Since 1827 (2)

Survey and analysis of 19th through early 21st century developments including the study of Romanticism, Impressionism, Classicism, Stravinsky, Bartok, the Schoenberg School, atonality, Minimalism, electronic and experimental music. Presentations in this course will prepare students for demonstrating oral competency. Every third semester.

 

 

Impact: None.

 

Rationale:

Jazz Studies majors do not take MUSC 351. This means that under the current arrangement they do not study Baroque improvisation. This compresses a great deal of material into the first semester so that the pace of coverage is uncomfortably rapid. The third semester has only a third of the amount of material as the first semester and seems to move rather slowly. Restructuring the courses will allow a more equitable distribution of material covered by each course.

2.         Add:     On pg. 190, new course, MUSC 358:

           

358       Electronic Music Composition I (3) 

A study of the techniques, history, literature and aesthetics of classical analog and digital electronic music synthesis and composition; hands-on introduction to techniques. A composition project is required. Prerequisite: MUSC 232; or permission of the instructor. Fall.

 

Add:     On pg. 190, new course, MUSC 359:

 

359       Electronic Music Composition II (3)

A continuation of 358, emphasizing study of advanced compositional techniques. A composition project is required. Prerequisite: MUSC 358; or permission of the instructor. Spring.

 

 

Impact: None.

 

Rationale: After Dr. Robert Moog left the UNCA faculty, we stopped offering these courses, previously numbered 333, Electronic Music Composition--Analog and 334, Electronic Music Composition--Digital. Due to changes in music technology and emerging developments in synthesis and compositional techniques, the department decided to create new courses instead of reconfiguring the old ones; we believe that it is more appropriate to use an analog/digital hybrid approach, rather than isolating the two technologies. We recently obtained non-state funding to fully equip an electronic music laboratory with Moog equipment. The music department has a full-time faculty member who is an expert in electronic music composition and who will be teaching the courses. These courses enhance the B.S. in Music Technology curriculum, and can also be used as upper-level electives required of music majors in the B.A. (General Music) program.

 

 

 

3.         Add:     On pg. 190, new course, MUSC 360:

 

360       Music and the Human Organism (3) 

A study of the effects of sound and music on the human organism viewed from both Eastern and Western perspectives. Even years Spring.

 

Impact: None.

 

Rationale:

This course has been offered as a special topics class several times over the past eight years. It has proven to be a very popular class with both majors and non-majors. It can also serve as one of the two upper-level electives required of music majors in the B.A. (General Music) program.

 

 

 

4.         Add:     On pg. 192, new courses, MUSC 493 and 494:

           

                        493, 494  Advanced Applied Music I, II (2, 2)   

Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. (B.A. students must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital.) MUSC 493 prerequisite: MUSC 492. MUSC 494 prerequisite: MUSC 493. Fall and Spring.

           

Impact: None.

 

Rationale:

This course has been offered as a special topic class for many years. These courses enable students who have completed the applied music courses required for the B.A. in Music degree to pursue advanced studies.