Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

MATH 819 MATHEMATICS DEVELOPMENT (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement/semester.This course prepares students for college-levelMathematics. Topics include whole numbers, decimals,fractions, percents, ratio and proportion, measurement,geometry, statistics, introductory symbolic manipulation,order of operations, and analytic methods for solvinglinear applications. Course emphasis will be on usingthese ideas and skills to solve problems from everydaylife. Students will be required to complete individual andcollaborative work with assignments both in-class andoutside of class. Students will be required to use tutoringfacilities for assignments as well. Note: This course doesnot replace any course in Skyline College’s requiredcourse sequence based on placement testing. (Units donot count toward the Associate Degree).MUSIC (MUS.)The courses of the Music Department are specificallydesigned to fill the needs of the beginner in music, thosewho are seeking a career in the music business, thosewho are preparing to transfer to a university, those whowant to teach music, and those who simply want toenhance their musical enjoyment.Students may be asked to audition or test for placementin sequential courses. Courses marked with anasterisk (*) require three hours studio practice perweek.MUS. 100 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester.Students will learn how to read music notes, rhythms,key signatures, scales and chords. Students will developlistening techniques and explore musical styles and aesthetics.Recital attendance may be required. Appropriatefor the general student, this course partially fulfills GeneralEducation requirements for the Humanities. Transfercredit: UC; CSU (C1).MUS. 105 MUSIC THEORY I (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:MUS. 100, 301, 377 or 401 with a grade of C or better,or equivalent. Recommended: Concurrent enrollment inMUS. 111.Extended practice in and application of written musictheory skills. Learn melodic, rhythmic and chord structuresneeded for performance, writing, understanding anddeveloping strong musicianship. Projects may includecomposition, arrangements, transcriptions and/or orchestrations.Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C1).MATH „ MUSICMUS. 106 MUSIC THEORY II (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:MUS. 105 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.Incorporates and builds on concepts introduced inMUS. 105. Through four-part chorale writing, analysisand music composition, students continue studies infunctional tonal harmony. Topics include non-dominantseventh chords, III and VII chords, diatonic sequences,applied chords, diatonic modulation, and formal analysisof binary and ternary forms. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.MUS. 111 MUSICIANSHIP I (2)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:MUS. 100, 301, 377, or 401 with a grade of C or better, orequivalent. Recommended: Concurrent enrollment inMUS. 105.Extended practice in and application of music theoryexpressed in performance and listening skills (musicianshipskills). Application topics may change from term toterm. Projects may focus on a specific musical repertoireor a specific musicianship skill, such as sight-singing, eartraining, and/or improvisation. Transfer credit: UC; CSU(C1).MUS. 115 MUSIC, ART AND IDEAS (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.An integrated consideration of art and music as reflectionsof the philosophies and traditions of cultures. Theunderstanding of the various elements common to thecreative efforts of art and music are emphasized as ameans to enhance and extend a student’s recognition,involvement, and ultimately, appreciation of these efforts.Diverse media are examined to demonstrate the realizationsof ideas into works of art and music. Also listed asART 115. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C1).MUS. 144 CONCERT ENJOYMENT (2)(Pass/No Pass.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.A music appreciation course in which live concerts willbe attended. The concerts will be selected from a rangeof musical venues. One week a concert will be attended;the next week it will be critiqued. Group sales keep pricesat a minimum. May be repeated for credit a maximum ofthree times. Transfer credit: CSU (C1).C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N S2 011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u213