THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FACULTY SENATE Senate Document Number 2393S Date of Senate Approval 4/8/93 Signature of Senate Chair _______________________________ Date _________________ Action of Vice Chancellor: Approval ________________________________________ Date ____________________ Denied _________________________________________ Date ____________________ Reasons for denial and suggested modifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Statement of Faculty Senate Action: APC Document #13 "Catalog Changes in Music" 1. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 148, Paragraph 1. The Music Program offers two degree options: Add: The Music Department offers two degree options: Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: The Music Program became the Music Department in 1988. 2. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: NA Add: Page 148, Paragraph 1 (after ". . . Bachelor of Science in Music with Recording Arts"). There are two tracks within the B.A. program: (1) traditional music studies, and (2) jazz studies. Environmental Impact Statement: See # 4d Rationale: See #4e 3. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 148. B.A. Degree Requirements (120 hours) Add: B.A. (traditional track) Degree Requirements (120 hours) Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: To differentiate from Jazz Studies track. 4. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: NA Add: Page 148, before description of Bachelor of Science in Music with Recording Arts. The Bachelor of Arts degree program in Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies is intended for students wishing to pursue a career as jazz performers, composers and arrangers. B.A. (Jazz Studies track) Degree Requirements (120 hours) I. Required courses in the major - 40 hours, including: MUSC 201, 202, 231, 232, 301, 302, 331, 332, 352, 353, 357, 364, 365; 8 hours in Applied Music, 4 of which must be at 300 or 400 level; 4 hours of approved ensemble. II. Required courses outside the major - None. III. Other departmental requirements - Senior competency as demonstrated by recital and written comprehensive examination in music theory and music history. Environmental Impact Statement: No new faculty, equipment, or space will be required. Rationale: The inclusion of this track will offer an attractive option for many of our students who have already been "unofficially" pursuing this course of study. Additionally, as a new track, it is a logical performance and composition complement to our current B.S. and traditional B.A. tracks. 5. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: NA Add: Page 152. MUSC 357 Jazz History (2) A study of the development of jazz, from its roots in ragtime and blues forms through contemporary acoustic and electroacoustic jazz styles. (Pre-requisite: MUSC 232 or permission of instructor) Environmental Impact Statement: No new faculty will be needed. Rationale: The addition of this course will serve both the students enrolled in the jazz studies track as well as other majors and non-majors. 6. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 148, number III under B.A. Degree Requirements . . . Senior competency as demonstrated by recital, senior project in area of emphasis, and written comprehensive examination in music theory and music history. Add: . . . Senior competency as demonstrated by recital and written comprehensive examination in music theory and music history. Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: Due to an oversight, we did not request the removal of this senior competency for the B.A. at the same time we had requested and were granted permission to remove the recital requirement from the B.S. senior competency. 7. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 153, under 191-192, etc. Prerequisite: grade of A or B in previous course, or by audition and permission of department. Add: Prerequisite: By audition and permission of department. Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: This requirement has tended to inflate course grades, rather than improve student performance. 8. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 151, description of 293,294 Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation I, II Harmonization, voicing, and improvisation in various musical styles including: classical, folk, jazz, pop, and rock. Add: Common keyboard voicings and accompanimental improvisation techniques in various musical styles, with an emphasis on harmonic theory and contemporary chord symbol nomenclature. Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: The music faculty wrote the original course description before we hired an expert in the field. 9. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 152, description of MUSC 364 Jazz Theory and Improvisation I Add: The theory and performance of improvised melodic line construction, and its interdependence to issues including: chord/scale relationships, advanced scalar and modal analysis and applications, harmonic function and substitution, and rhythmic development and alteration. Prerequisites: MUSC 192 or equivalent, MUSC 201, and MUSC 231. Co- requisite: MUSC 202. Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: The music faculty wrote the original course description before we hired an expert in the field. 10. Effective Date: Fall semester, 1993. Delete: Page 152, description of MUSC 365 Jazz Theory and Improvisation II Add: The continued study of linear improvisation, with additional emphasis on motivic development, superimposition and displacement of rhythmic elements, solo transcription analysis, and sophisticated compositional structures. Prerequisites: MUSC 202, 364. Co- requisite: MUSC 301. Environmental Impact Statement: NA Rationale: The music faculty wrote the original course description before we hired an expert in the field.