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May 16, 2024
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Course Numbers
Courses numbered 100 are open to all students without prerequisites. Ordinarily, courses numbered 200, 300, and 400 have prerequisites and may not be taken by freshmen. Consult the individual department course listing for exceptions to this general policy.
Students are advised to check the final schedule of courses published before each advisement period.
The following courses may be offered during the 2016-2017 academic year—including Summer, Fall, Intersession, and/or Spring semesters/sessions/trimesters at both SJC Brooklyn and SJC Long Island, unless otherwise noted. Not all of these courses will be available at night or on weekends at SJC Brooklyn and SJC Long Island. Consult the semestral schedule of courses for more specific information, including the SJC Long Island Weekend College Trimester Program.
Online Courses: Academic departments sometimes offer courses in an online format. Check the semester course schedule for details.
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Music: Studio The emphasis of studio courses is to guide the students in discovering and expressing their creative musical potential. Exposure to varied techniques and approaches offers the beginning as well as the advanced student, a broad scope for individual growth and expression. |
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MUS 120 - Vocal Technique, Choral Literature and Performance
A performance-directed choral experience with emphasis on developing the average voice to sing freely and in tune throughout its full range. Music reading and rhythmic perception required of representative choral works of the great historical periods.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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MUS 121 - Vocal Technique, Choral Literature and Performance
A continuation of choral literature.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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MUS 122 - Vocal Technique, Choral Literature and Performance
A continuation of choral literature.
1 semester 1 credit.
Fall and Spring
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MUS 123 - Vocal Technique, Choral Literature and Performance
A continuation of choral literature.
1 semester 1 credit.
Fall and Spring
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MUS 222 - The Chamber Choir
A small ensemble of students proficient in sight reading and interested in the study and performance of representative choral works that have played an important role in shaping vocal music. Significant and representative selections, mostly a cappella from the Renaissance through Contemporary periods. May be repeated once for credit.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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MUS 224 - Chamber Choir
A continuation of choral literature and music theory in a small ensemble of students proficient in sight reading.
1 semester 1 credit.
Fall and Spring
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MUS 227 - Instrumental Ensemble
This studio course is an instrumental ensemble for the performance of contemporary, popular, jazz and/or classical works written and arranged for contemporary music ensembles (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums) and/or concert band and orchestra (brass, winds, strings). In addition to performances planned throughout the year, the ensemble will be featured in a fall concert and a spring concert. Interested students should contact the ensemble instructor or department chair for more information. Repeatable twice for students who declare a music concentration. This course may be applied as a core course if a student takes a music history or theory course.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
Repeatable once for credit.
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MUS 228 - Instrumental Ensemble
This studio course is an instrumental ensemble for the performance of contemporary, popular, jazz and/or classical works written and arranged for contemporary music ensembles (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums) and/or concert band and orchestra (brass, winds, strings). In addition to performances planned throughout the year, the ensemble will be featured in a fall concert and a spring concert. Interested students should contact the ensemble instructor or department chair for more information. Repeatable for credit.
1 semester 1 credit.
Fall and Spring
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