Course offering pattern

I. Courses offered every Fall and Spring semester

A. Applied lessons, ensembles, laboratories, recitals, and Jazz Chamber Music

B. MUAE, MUCE, and MUJS courses

  • MUAE 3100 / MUCE 5060 / MUJS 5900 (MUJS 5900 upon request) - Introduction to Digital Audio Workstation Techniques
  • MUCE 4000 / MUCE 5000 - Music Business and Entrepreneurship
  • MUCE 4030 / MUCE 5030 - Music Entrepreneurship Practicum/Internship
  • MUCE 5020 - Music Leadership and Performing Arts Management
  • MUJS 2400 - Theory III (Jazz Studies Track)
  • MUJS 2410 - Aural Skills III (Jazz Studies Track)
  • MUJS 2500 - Theory IV (Jazz Studies Track)
  • MUJS 2510 - Aural Skills IV (Jazz Studies Track)
  • MUJS 2360 - Jazz Improvisation
  • MUJS 2370 - Jazz Improvisation
  • MUJS 3070 - History of Jazz
  • MUJS 3120 - Vocal Jazz Techniques
  • MUJS 3360 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation
  • MUJS 3370 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation
  • MUJS 5360 - Graduate Review of Jazz Fundamentals
  • MUJS 5361 - Graduate Review of Jazz Aural Skills
  • MUJS 5362 - Graduate Review of Jazz Theory
  • MUJS 5370 - Graduate Review of Jazz Improvisation
  • MUJS 5430 - Graduate Review of Jazz History (meets with MUJS 4470)
  • MUJS 5760 - Jazz Arranging

 

II. Courses offered in Fall semester only
  • MUCE 4050 / MUCE 5050 - Artist Management and Touring
  • MUJS 1131 - Jazz Performance Fundamentals
  • MUJS 1013 - Keyboard Skills III (for Jazz Studies majors)
  • MUJS 3610- Jazz Arranging
  • MUJS 3920 - Songwriting
  • MUJS 4120 - Vocal Jazz Styles
  • MUJS 4610 - Advanced Jazz Arranging
  • MUJS 5610 - Graduate Review of Jazz Arranging I
  • MUJS 5630 - Graduate Review of Jazz Arranging III
  • MUJS 5470 - Conducting College Jazz Ensembles (also Summer I)
  • MUJS 5490 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation
  • MUJS 5780 - Jazz Styles & Analysis
  • MUJS 6010 - Seminar in Jazz History and Analysis (even years)

 

III. Courses offered in Spring semester only
  • MUAE 3200 - Advanced Digital Audio Workstation Techniques 
  • MUAE 4200 - Album Making, Pre- to Post-Production - Sections for undergraduate and graduate students available
  • MUCE 4010 / MUCE 5010 - Marketing for Musicians
  • MUCE 4040 / MUCE 5040 - Music Law and Finance
  • MUJS 1014 - Keyboard Skills IV (for Jazz Studies majors)
  • MUJS 1132 - Jazz Performance Fundamentals
  • MUJS 3470 - Jazz Lecture Series
  • MUJS 3620 - Jazz Arranging
  • MUJS 3900 - Vocal Pedagogy for Non-Classical Styles
  • MUJS 4620 - Advanced Jazz Arranging
  • MUJS 5363 - Graduate Review of Jazz Keyboard Skills (starting Spring 2024)
  • MUJS 5620 - Graduate Review of Jazz Arranging II
  • MUJS 5640 - Graduate Review of Jazz Arranging IV
  • MUJS 5440 - Introduction to Research in Jazz Studies
  • MUJS 5480 - Pedagogy of Jazz
  • MUJS 5540 - Composition for the Media
  • MUJS 6020 - Seminar in Jazz Pedagogy (odd years)

 

IV. Courses offered in summer semesters
  • MUJS 5470 Conducting College Jazz Ensembles

Other jazz courses may be offered during the summer depending on faculty availability:

  • MUJS 5480 Pedagogy of Jazz
  • MUJS 6020 Seminar in Jazz Pedagogy

 

V. Courses offered as needed when there is sufficient enrollment
  • MUJS 4630 Vocal Jazz Arranging