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Management

  
  • MGMT 401 - International Marketing

    (3)
    This course provides a theoretical and conceptual foundation for the study of international marketing. It introduces the controllable and uncontrollable variables that affect marketing in a globalized world, and examines the marketing mix necessary to achieve an effective international program. Prerequisite: MGMT 350. Fall.
  
  • MGMT 453 - Marketing and the Consumer

    (3)
    The study of the process whereby producers understand the needs and desires of the consumer, combined with a careful analysis of the marketing techniques required to reach the consumer. Prerequisites: MGMT 350. Fall.
  
  • MGMT 458 - Marketing Strategy

    (3)
    The selection and evaluation of the appropriate marketing mix needed to achieve the overall objectives of an organization. Emphasis is placed on the case method. Prerequisites: MGMT 350 and senior standing. Spring.
  
  • MGMT 460 - Production Management

    (3)
    Addresses the issues of producing, servicing, and delivering high-quality, low- cost goods and services in an increasingly competitive global economy. A total systems approach is used to balance the emphasis between managerial issues and analytical techniques to strengthen both critical thinking and problem solving skills. Prerequisites: MGMT 220, 380. Pre- or corequisite: ECON 306. Fall.
  
  • MGMT 464 - Project Management

    (3)
    Principles and concepts of project management as they relate to contemporary organizations from project inception to termination. Course integrates team leadership techniques, network design, scheduling, in-progress reviews, and project auditing into the quantitative skills of network analysis (PERT, CPM) and time versus cost trade-off. This integration of qualitative and quantitative skills is accomplished through one or more class projects. Computer-aided as well as manual approaches to these topics are presented. Prerequisites: ACCT 216 or 317; MGMT 220. Pre- or corequisite: MGMT 380. Spring.
  
  • MGMT 465 - Operations Research

    (3)
    Introduction and application of operations research techniques and optimization theory as they are applied to problem solving. Methods covered include transportation and assignment models, the revised simplex method, queuing theory, network flow analysis, multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), advanced inventory models, and Lagrange multipliers. Prerequisites: STAT 185 or 225, MGMT 380. Spring.
  
  • MGMT 480 - Management Strategies and Policy

    (3)
    The rationale and development of strategies, policies, procedures and systems as managerial means to pursue organizational purposes and goals. Pedagogy includes case analyses. Prerequisites: ACCT 216 or 317; ECON 306; all required MGMT 300-level core courses; senior standing. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MGMT 481 - Leadership in Organizations

    (3)
    Provides students with a thorough overview of various leadership perspectives, styles, and theories. The goal will be to develop an understanding of effective leadership development at the individual, group/team, and organizational level. Leadership principles will be applied to many management topics, including motivation, diversity, ethics, team dynamics, international business, and organization change. Concepts will be reinforced with assigned readings, case analyses and interactive exercises. Prerequisite: MGMT 313. See department chair.
  
  • MGMT 483 - Strategic Management Business Simulation Lab

    (1)
    An experiential lab that simulates the management decision process in a competitive environment. Key decisions focus on business areas of research and development, marketing, production, and finance. A significant portion of the course involves written analysis. Pre- or corequisite: MGMT 480. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MGMT 484 - Senior Seminar

    (2)
    Applies management and social philosophy concepts to in-depth analyses of current and future business situations. Various topics will be chosen by the instructor with a thematic emphasis on ethical and international business issues. A comprehensive project and an oral presentation are required. Successful completion of the presentation, as defined by published departmental standards, fulfills the oral competency requirement for the management major. Prerequisites: ACCT 216, senior standing, and at least 6 hours of 300-level management courses. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MGMT 487 - Production and Inventory Control

    (3)
    Planning and control in production environments. Techniques and systems used in forecasting, operations planning, inventory control, production scheduling and activity control. Prerequisite: MGMT 380. Odd years Spring.
  
  • MGMT 489 - Project-Based Professional Internship

    (3)
    Semester long, project-based internship with a participating host organization, preferably in the Western North Carolina area, typically scheduled for Management students in their senior year. Specific information is available from the Department Internship Coordinator. Prerequisites: Minimum 2.0 grade point average overall and in major courses; permission of the Department Internship coordinator. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MGMT 499 - Undergraduate Research in Management

    (1-6)
    Independent research under the supervision of a department faculty mentor. Prerequisite: Permission of the supervising departmental faculty member. MGMT 352 is highly recommended. An IP grade may be awarded at the discretion of the instructor. May be repeated for a total of 6 hours credit. Fall and Spring.

Management - Special Topics and Colloquia

  
  • MGMT 171-4 - Special Topics in Management

    (1-4)
    Course not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. Prerequisites: as indicated for the respective courses. See department chair.
  
  • MGMT 179 - Liberal Studies Colloquia (LS 179)


    Colloquia offered to fulfill ILS requirements. See Liberal Studies for course descriptions. May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements. MGMT 479 may not be used by students majoring in Management.
  
  • MGMT 271-4 - Special Topics in Management

    (1-4)
    Course not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. Prerequisites: as indicated for the respective courses. See department chair.
  
  • MGMT 371-4 - Special Topics in Management

    (1-4)
    Course not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. Prerequisites: as indicated for the respective courses. See department chair.
  
  • MGMT 379 - Liberal Studies Colloquia (LS 379)


    Colloquia offered to fulfill ILS requirements. See Liberal Studies for course descriptions. May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements. MGMT 479 may not be used by students majoring in Management.
  
  • MGMT 471-4 - Special Topics in Management

    (1-4)
    Course not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. Prerequisites: as indicated for the respective courses. See department chair.
  
  • MGMT 479 - Liberal Studies Colloquia (LS 479)


    Colloquia offered to fulfill ILS requirements. See Liberal Studies for course descriptions. May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements. MGMT 479 may not be used by students majoring in Management.

Master of Liberal Arts

  
  • CCS 560 - Seminar in Climate Change and Society

    (3)
    Interdisciplinary seminar on questions of human nature and human values raised by the study of climate change and society. Topics include the fundamentals of climate change science, and provide tools for decision-making, modeling, and communicating climate science to the general public to improve the understanding of how these issues impact the human condition. May be repeated as topics vary.
  
  • ENG 520 - Seminar in English

    (3)
    Interdisciplinary seminar on questions of human nature and human values raised by the study of literature, linguistics, and the process of creative writing. May be repeated as topics vary.
  
  • MLA 500 - Human Condition

    (3)

    An introduction to interdisciplinary studies at the graduate level. This gateway seminar for the Master of Liberal Arts Program offers an opportunity to examine topics that address our fundamental human nature from a multitude of perspectives—intimate and immediate as well as analytical and more removed. Students will develop scholarly research, writing, and analytical thinking skills. Must be taken as part of the first 9 hours of coursework in the MLA program. Exceptions must be approved by the director. Fall and Spring.

  
  • MLA 520 - Seminar in the Humanities

    (3)
    Interdisciplinary seminars on questions of human nature and human values raised in the humanities, but drawing on insights from the natural and social sciences as well. Some seminars emphasize the creative writing process. May be repeated as topics vary.
  
  • MLA 540 - Seminar on Globalization Past and Present

    (3)
    Interdisciplinary seminars on questions of human nature and human values within the context of Globalization. These seminars are taught from the perspective of the social sciences, but draw on insights from the humanities and natural sciences as well. May be repeated as topics vary.
  
  • MLA 560 - Seminar on Science and Human Values

    (3)
    Interdisciplinary seminars on questions of human nature and human values raised by the natural sciences, but drawing on insights from the humanities and social sciences as well. May be repeated as topics vary.
  
  • MLA 600 - Contemporary Issues

    (3)
    The different perspectives developed through each student’s program will be brought to bear on assessing the human condition in contemporary America. Such issues as the impact of science and technology, professional ethics, the environment, changing values, and international interdependence will be discussed. Prerequisite: 18 hours of MLA course work.
  
  • MLA 610 - Tutorial

    (1-3)
    Individual study supervised by a faculty member. Topics are chosen after consultation between student, graduate advisor, and faculty member. Course may be repeated as subject matter changes for a total of 6 hours of credit.
  
  • MLA 670 - Scholarly Inquiry Seminar

    (3)
    This seminar provides a forum for students to develop their individual scholarly interests into a capstone MLA project. Includes survey of techniques of inquiry in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, as well as practical issues from finding a topic, to final presentation and defense. Students will define a topic for the project seminar, choosing a subject in which they have had at least 6 credit hours of graduate-level coursework, and begin their preliminary research. Project proposals must be approved by the project advisor, the instructor of MLA 670, and the MLA Director. Prerequisite: 21 hours in the MLA Program. (Grading S/U). Spring.
  
  • MLA 680 - Project Seminar

    (3)
    Seminar dedicated to the completion of a capstone scholarly research project under the direction of a project advisor and project seminar instructor. Typically the project takes the form of a major research paper (40-50 pages), but alternatives, including creative projects in the arts or literature are permitted with the concurrence of the advisor and MLA 670 instructor of record. Drafts are presented and final projects are defended in the seminar before the end of the semester. The final paper/project is approved by the instructor of 680, the MLA Director, and the project advisor. Prerequisite: Successful completion of MLA 670. (Grading S/U). Fall.
  
  • MLA 690 - Master’s Thesis

    (1-6)
    A substantial research project and resulting original thesis, with topic chosen in consultation with the faculty member who will serve as the thesis director and approved by the Graduate Council. Thesis must be publicly defended by the candidate and accepted by the Thesis Committee and Graduate Council. Either 3 credits of MLA 680 or 6 credits of MLA 690 are required of all MLA candidates.(Grading S/U/IP). Students who receive an IP grade for MLA 690 will have two (2) additional semesters in which to complete and defend their theses.

Master of Liberal Arts - Special Topics

  
  • CCS 571-3 - Special Topics in Climate Change and Society

    (1-3)


    Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes. See program director.

     

  
  • CCS 671-3 - Special Topics in Climate Change and Society

    (1-3)


    Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes. See program director.

     

  
  • ENG 571-3 - Special Topics in English

    (1-3)


    Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes. See program director.               

                    

  
  • ENG 671-3 - Special Topics in English

    (1-3)


    Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes. See program director.

     

  
  • MLA 571-3 - Special Topics in Master of Liberal Arts

    (1-3)
    Course not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes. See program director.
  
  • MLA 671-3 - Special Topics in Master of Liberal Arts

    (1-3)
    Course not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes. See program director.

Material Science and Engineering

  
  • MSE 201 - Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials

    (3)
    Introduction to the fundamental physical principles governing the structure and constitution of metallic and nonmetallic materials and the relationships among these principles and the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of engineering materials. Prerequisite: grade of C- or better in CHEM 132. Fall.

Music

  
  • MUSC 101 - Class Piano I

    (2)
    Group and individualized instruction in piano and basic music theory designed to accommodate beginners, as well as students with intermediate abilities. Lecture, demonstration and laboratory. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 102 - Class Piano II

    (2)
    Group and individualized instruction in piano and basic music theory designed to accommodate beginners, as well as students with intermediate abilities. Lecture, demonstration and laboratory. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 103 - Class Guitar I

    (2)
    Group and individualized instruction in techniques of guitar performance, classical and popular. Lecture, demonstration and laboratory. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 104 - Class Guitar II

    (2)
    Group and individualized instruction in techniques of guitar performance, classical and popular. Lecture, demonstration and laboratory. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 105 - Class Voice I

    (2)
    A study of voice production, including respiration, articulation, voice placement and freshman-level repertoire. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 111 - Chorus

    (1)
    Performance course emphasizing vocal and ensemble technique, along with a broad survey of vocal music literature. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 121 - Concert Band

    (1)
    Performance course emphasizing reading and technique. Ability to perform on a brass, woodwind or percussion instrument required. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 122 - Jazz Band

    (1)
    Performance course encompassing jazz idioms. Open to all students by audition and director’s permission. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 123 - Ensemble

    (1)
    Course designed to meet specific needs each semester. Possible participation in all types of trios, quartets, quintets, etc., classical or popular styles. Open to all students by audition and permission of instructor. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 124 - Symphony

    (1)
    Performance of classical repertoire with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. By audition only and permission of the conductor. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 125 - Jazz Choir

    (1)
    Jazz vocal choir rehearsing and publicly performing contemporary jazz arrangements. Open to all students by audition. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 128 - Percussion Ensemble

    (1)
    Performance course emphasizing percussion literature of all styles. By audition. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 129 - Jazz Ensemble

    (1)
    Performance course for instrumentalists emphasizing small-group jazz literature from bebop to present. By audition. Note: Ensembles may be repeated for credit. However, students may earn no more than 8 hours of credit per course, and no more than 20 hours in aggregate may count toward graduation requirements. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 131 - Introductory Music Theory

    (3)
    Stresses basic music literacy, the rudiments of music, and basic analytical techniques and proficiencies relevant to a study of the elements of music. Includes introductory aural skills. For non-music majors. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 191 - Applied Music I

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Prerequisite: Audition and permission of the department. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 192 - Applied Music II

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Prerequisite: Audition and permission of the department. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 201 - Aural Skills I

    (1)
    Laboratory for ear-training and sight-singing. Prerequisite: demonstrated piano competency through the MUSC 101 level; corequisite: MUSC 231. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 202 - Aural Skills II

    (1)
    Continuation of MUSC 201. Prerequisite: MUSC 201; corequisite: MUSC 232. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 231 - Music Theory I

    (3)
    A study of the organization of sound in time as seen through treatment of the elements of music in the Common Practice Period (1600-1900); emphasis also on various types of scales, tuning systems, transposing instruments and four-part voice leading. Includes creative writing. Prerequisite: demonstrated piano competency through the MUSC 101 level; corequisite: MUSC 201. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 232 - Music Theory II

    (3)
    A continuation of MUSC 231 with a unit on the treatment of the elements of music in 20th-century popular styles as compared with that of the Common Practice Period; includes a study of modulation and altered chords; includes creative writing. Prerequisite: demonstrated piano competency through the MUSC 102 level; MUSC 231; corequisite MUSC 202. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 241 - Composition I

    (1)
    Creative writing and original compositions in various forms and for varied media. Prerequisite: MUSC 332; or permission of instructor. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 242 - Composition II

    (1)
    Creative writing and original compositions in various forms and for varied media. Prerequisite: MUSC 332; or permission of instructor. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 291 - Applied Music III

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Prerequisite: Audition and permission of the department. Students intending to take 300-level Applied Music courses must apply for the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition in applied study no later than the middle of the semester preceding enrollment. Auditions will be held during the juried Applied Music examinations held at the end of the semester preceding enrollment. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 292 - Applied Music IV

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Prerequisite: Audition and permission of the department. Students intending to take 300-level Applied Music courses must apply for the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition in applied study no later than the middle of the semester preceding enrollment. Auditions will be held during the juried Applied Music examinations held at the end of the semester preceding enrollment. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 293 - Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation I

    (2)
    Common keyboard voicings and accompanimental improvisation techniques in various musical styles, with an emphasis on harmonic theory and contemporary chord symbol nomenclature. Prerequisites for MUSC 293: demonstrated piano competency through MUSC 102 level; MUSC 231. Prerequisite for MUSC 294: MUSC 293. MUSC 293: Fall. MUSC 294: Spring.
  
  • MUSC 294 - Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation II

    (2)
    Common keyboard voicings and accompanimental improvisation techniques in various musical styles, with an emphasis on harmonic theory and contemporary chord symbol nomenclature. Prerequisites for MUSC 293: demonstrated piano competency through MUSC 102 level; MUSC 231. Prerequisite for MUSC 294: MUSC 293. MUSC 293: Fall. MUSC 294: Spring.
  
  • MUSC 301 - Aural Skills III

    (1)
    Continuation of MUSC 202. Prerequisite: MUSC 202; corequisite: MUSC 331. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 302 - Aural Skills IV

    (1)
    Continuation of MUSC 301. Prerequisite: MUSC 301; corequisite: MUSC 332. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 331 - Music Theory III

    (3)
    A study of counterpoint (16th and 18th centuries); a continuation of the study of chromatic harmony (all altered chords and extended tonalities and extended chords); forms (variation, sonata allegro, rondo, minuet and trio). Prerequisite: MUSC 232; corequisite MUSC 301. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 332 - Music Theory IV

    (3)
    Impressionistic and 20th-century techniques including alternatives to tonality and contemporary treatment of the elements of music; techniques for writing and analyzing compositions based on pitch class sets and serialism. Prerequisite: MUSC 331; corequisite MUSC 302. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 341 - Composition III

    (1)
    Creative writing and original compositions in various forms and for varied media. Prerequisite: MUSC 332; or permission of instructor. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 342 - Composition IV

    (1)
    Creative writing and original compositions in various forms and for varied media. Prerequisite: MUSC 332; or permission of instructor. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 351 - 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.
  
  • MUSC 352 - 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.
  
  • MUSC 353 - 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.
  
  • 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. Even years Fall.
  
  • MUSC 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.
  
  • MUSC 359 - Electronic Music Composition II

    (3)
    A continuation of MUSC 358, emphasizing study of advanced compositional techniques. A composition project is required. Prerequisite: MUSC 358; or permission of the instructor. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 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
  
  • MUSC 364 - Jazz Theory and Improvisation I

    (3)
    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 demonstrated competency through audition), 201, 231. Odd years Spring.
  
  • MUSC 365 - Jazz Theory and Improvisation II

    (3)
    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, 232, 291, 364. Odd years Fall.
  
  • MUSC 382 - Music Industry and Business I

    (3)
    A survey of the music industry with special emphasis on music publishing, copyright, licensing, agents, managers, attorneys and merchandising. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 383 - Music Industry and Business II

    (3)
    Surveys record industry and other technologically oriented areas of music enterprise: record markets, artists’ contracts, record production and merchandising; also radio, telecommunications and newly developing technologies. Prerequisite: MUSC 382. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 384 - Audio Engineering Technology I

    (2)
    Theoretical foundations of modern recording including the study of microphones, loudspeakers, signal processors, magnetic tape, equalizers and filters. Enrollment limited to formally declared Music Technology majors. Prerequisites: MUSC 231; PHYS 102; corequisite: MUSC 385. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 385 - Recording Studio Practicum I

    (1)
    Application of modern recording techniques with hands-on experience in a multitrack recording studio, covering microphone technique, digital audio workstation (DAW) operation, session procedures, and basic production techniques. Enrollment limited to formally declared Music Technology majors. Prerequisites: MUSC 231; PHYS 102; corequisite: MUSC 384. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 386 - Audio Engineering Technology II

    (2)
    A continuation of MUSC 384, including the theoretical foundations of digital audio, studio synchronization and post production. Prerequisite: MUSC 384; corequisite: MUSC 387. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 387 - Recording Studio Practicum II

    (1)
    Continuation of MUSC 385, with emphasis on the application of modern recording techniques, including digital recording, digital editing, MIDI, studio synchronization, and advanced production techniques. Prerequisites: MUSC 384, 385; corequisite: MUSC 386. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 390 - Professional and Technical Internship

    (1-6)
    Internship with a participating firm or organization relevant to the student’s degree emphasis. Internships available in various cities, such as New York, Nashville and Los Angeles, as well as cities in North Carolina. Specific information available from department chair. Prerequisite: departmental permission. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 391 - Applied Music V

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Transfer students will be tested for upper-level standing during the first week of their initial semester. Music students seeking a B.A. must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital. MUSC 391 prerequisites: MUSC 292 and pass the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition. MUSC 392 prerequisite: MUSC 391. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 392 - Applied Music VI

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Transfer students will be tested for upper-level standing during the first week of their initial semester. Music students seeking a B.A. must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital. MUSC 391 prerequisites: MUSC 292 and pass the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition. MUSC 392 prerequisite: MUSC 391. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 441 - Composition V

    (1)
    Creative writing and original compositions in various forms and for varied media. Prerequisite: MUSC 332; or permission of instructor. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 484 - Audio Engineering Technology III

    (2)
    A continuation of MUSC 386 with emphasis on the electronic principles (impedance, power, signal interfacing, and grounding) which are fundamental to operating a recording studio or live sound reinforcement system. Prerequisites: MUSC 232, 386, 387; corequisite: MUSC 485. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 485 - Recording Studio Practicum III

    (1)
    A continuation of 387, including field-experience in sound reinforcement, remote recording, analog tape recording, and advanced production techniques. Prerequisites: MUSC 232, 386, 387; corequisite: MUSC 484. Spring.
  
  • MUSC 486 - Audio Engineering Technology IV

    (2)
    A continuation of MUSC 484, with emphasis on studio acoustics and emerging technologies. Prerequisites: MUSC 484, 485; corequisite: MUSC 487. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 487 - Recording Studio Practicum IV

    (1)
    A continuation of MUSC 485, with emphasis on surround recording techniques and individually assigned studio and fieldwork. Prerequisites: MUSC 484, 485; corequisite: MUSC 486. Fall.
  
  • MUSC 488 - Directed Studio Projects

    (1-6)
    Individual recording, computer music and research projects realized in the UNCA music technology studios. May be repeated for a total of 6 hours credit. Prerequisites: MUSC 486, 487. See department chair.
  
  • MUSC 490 - Professional and Technical Internship

    (1-6)
    Internship with a participating firm or organization relevant to the student’s degree emphasis. Internships available in various cities, such as New York, Nashville and Los Angeles, as well as cities in North Carolina. Specific information available from department chair. Prerequisite: departmental permission. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 491 - Applied Music VII

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Placement by the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition in applied study. Transfer students will be tested for upper-level standing during the first week of their initial semester. Music students seeking a B.A. must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital. MUSC 491 prerequisite: MUSC 392. MUSC 492 prerequisite: MUSC 491. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 492 - Applied Music VIII

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Placement by the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition in applied study. Transfer students will be tested for upper-level standing during the first week of their initial semester. Music students seeking a B.A. must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital. MUSC 491 prerequisite: MUSC 392. MUSC 492 prerequisite: MUSC 491. Fall and Spring.
  
  • MUSC 493 - Advanced Applied Music I

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Placement by the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition in applied study. Transfer students will be tested for upper-level standing during the first week of their initial semester. Music students seeking a B.A. must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital. MUSC 493 prerequisite: MUSC 492. MUSC 494 prerequisite: MUSC 493.
  
  • MUSC 494 - Advanced Applied Music II

    (2)
    Individual weekly lessons and a one-hour weekly group meeting. Details available from Music Department. Placement by the Upper-Level Qualifying Audition in applied study. Transfer students will be tested for upper-level standing during the first week of their initial semester. Music students seeking a B.A. must be enrolled in Applied Music during the semester they perform their degree recital. MUSC 493 prerequisite: MUSC 492. MUSC 494 prerequisite: MUSC 493.
  
  • MUSC 499 - Undergraduate Research in Music

    (1-6)
    Independent research under the supervision of a faculty mentor. An IP grade may be awarded at discretion of instructor. May be repeated for a total of 6 hours credit. See department chair.
 

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