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Course Descriptions

 

Moss Landing Marine Lab
  

  • MLML 613 - Advanced Marine Ichthyology

    MS 213: Advanced Marine Ichthyology - Advanced examination of: 1. Systematics and Taxonomy, 2. Structure, Function, and Physiology, 3. Habitats and Adaptations, and 4. Behavior, Life history, and Population Ecology. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. MLML 503/MS 103 recommended as prerequisite. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (A college-level zoology course or equivalent) and (Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 614 - Advanced Physical Ecology of Marine Animals

    MS 614: Advanced Physical Ecology of Marine Animals - This course examines the adaptations that animals have evolved to live in marine environments; to deal with environmental gradients in water, temperature, salinity, oxygen, exercise, and nutrients; as well as short-term physiological responses to environmental changes. Topics include energy metabolism, sensory systems, respiration, circulation, thermoregulation, osmoregulation. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Introductory Biology) and (An upper-division vertebrate biology course, e.g., physiology, ecology, or similar) and (Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 621 - Advanced Topics in Marine Invertebrates

    MS 221: Advanced Topics in Marine Invertebrates - Advanced considerations of the ecology, physiology, and phylogeny of the various invertebrate phyla emphasizing current literature and research. Topics and emphasis vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 2-4
  

  • MLML 631 - Biology of Seaweeds

    MS 231: Biology of Seaweeds - Discussions on marine macroalgal biology with extensive reading of original literature. Ecologically oriented individual research projects involving laboratory culture and field experimentation. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Senior or Graduate Standing)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 633 - Advanced Topics in Marine Ecology

    MS 233: Advanced Topics in Marine Ecology - Selected topics and current issues in marine ecology. The subjects vary depending on student demand and availability of instructors. Can be repeated for credit when topics change. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq:(Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]

     
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-4
  

  • MLML 634 - Advanced Biological Oceanography

    MS 234: Advanced Biological Oceanography - Experimental techniques in biological oceanography with emphasis on problems important in plankton ecology. The course includes lectures and labs, and discussions of current research problems. An individual research project involving the use of one or more modern analytical tools is required. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: MLML 544  and (Senior or Graduate Standing)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 642 - Plate Tectonics

    MS 242: Plate Tectonics - Historical background, modern theory, and geophysical evidence of continental drift, sea floor spreading, and plate tectonics. Examinations of the impact of the recent revolution in historical geology. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Senior or Graduate Standing)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3
  

  • MLML 646 - Geology of the Monterey Bay Region

    MS 246: Geology of the Monterey Bay Region - Geology, tectonics, and active naturally occurring processes in the Monterey Bay region and in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The geologic and tectonic history of Central California, plate tectonic processes, representative stratigraphy, and geomorphology of the Monterey Bay region. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 648 - Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping

    MS 248: Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping - The collection and interpretation of geophysical data used to characterize marine benthic habitats. Basic geophysical principals are reviewed. Application of techniques to identify and characterize marine benthic habitats, including echosounders, multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, sidescan sonar, seismic profiling, and GIS. A project in the collection and interpretation of geophysical data is required. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 651 - Marine Geochemistry

    MS 251: Marine Geochemistry- Geochemical processes in the oceans: thermodynamics of low-temperature aqueous reactions, weathering, oxidation-reduction and biologically mediated reactions, and processes occurring at the sea floor and air-sea interface. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 661 - Mixing, Estuarine, and Sediment Transport

    MS 261: Mixing, Estuarine, and Sediment Transport - Dynamical processes in estuarine and coastal systems, with an emphasis on flow, friction, sediment transport, mixing and diffusion of mass and biogeochemical constituents (nutrients and oxygen, others). Discussion of recent literature. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Graduate Standing) and (MS 104 or MLML 504 ) and (MS 142 or MLML 542 )]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 663 - Data Analysis Techniques in Marine Science

    MS 263: Data Analysis Techniques in Marine Science - Introduction to using observational oceanographic data, with hands-on practice in scientific programming for data analysis. Lecture, discussion, and practical experience including the use of existing programs and subroutine libraries. Semester project required. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 671 - Population Biology

    MS 271: Population Biology - Principles of interaction among marine organisms that result in the alteration of population structures. Techniques for assessment and management of populations. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3
  

  • MLML 672 - Subtidal Ecology

    MS 272: Subtidal Ecology - The ecology of near-shore rocky subtidal populations and communities with emphasis on kelp forests. Lectures and discussions of original literature. Fieldwork with SCUBA including group projects on underwater research techniques and community analysis, and individual research on ecological questions chosen by the student. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 673 - Marine Environmental Studies of the Gulf of California

    MS 273: Marine Environmental Studies of the Gulf of California - A comparative analysis of the marine environment of the Gulf of California through background lectures, readings, proposal writing, intensive field research in the Gulf, and writing a scientific paper based on the results. Topics vary depending on instructors. Course is taught in conjunction with a similar course at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Mexico. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 674 - Advanced Topics in Oceanography

    MS 274: Advanced Topics in Oceanography - Study of selected areas in oceanography. Subjects vary depending on student demand and availability of instructors. May be repeated once for credit when topic changes. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-4
  

  • MLML 680 - Scientific Writing

    MS 280: Scientific Writing - Techniques and strategies of scientific writing used for proposals, journal submissions, and abstracts for meetings. Students develop their writing skills by preparing, editing, and rewriting manuscripts. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3
  

  • MLML 681 - Coastal Dynamics

    MS 281: Coastal Dynamics - Addresses the oceanographic dynamics of coastal environments, with an emphasis on eastern boundary current systems influenced by coastal upwelling. The course focuses on how physical and geological oceanography interact with each other and how both affect coastal ecosystem dynamics. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MLML 685 - Graduate Seminar in Marine Science

    MS 285: Graduate Seminar in Marine Science - Seminar topics change each semester. Each student will be required to give at least one seminar. May be repeated once for credit when topic changes. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 2
  

  • MLML 698 - Research in Marine Science

    MS 298: Research in Marine Science - Independent investigations of an advanced nature for the graduate student with adequate preparation. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Senior or Graduate Standing)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1-4
  

  • MLML 699 - Masters Thesis

    MS 299: Masters Thesis- Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Senior or Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1-4

Music & Performing Arts
  

  • MPA 100 - Music Fundamentals

    Introduction to Common Western Notation and literate sonic creativity through calligraphy, composition, performance, and the descriptive and prescriptive use of fundamental pitch and rhythm elements. Problems of written and aural expression and interpretation, across a variety of historical and cultural contexts, genres, and styles. Theoretical concepts form a descriptive and analytic framework for the critique of musical works against articulated aesthetic conventions.

    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 101 - Diatonic Harmony

    Brief review of concepts covered in Music 100 (Music Fundamentals), figured bass theory and realization in four parts, roman numeral and chord function theory, complete cadential formulae and period phrase structure, non-chord tones, and four-part chorale voice-leading principles. Introduction to digital engraving using a computer.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100  or equivalent)
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 102 - Chromatic Harmony

    Non-dominant 7th chords, secondary dominants, modulation to closely related keys through common chord and alternate techniques, and analysis of small binary and ternary forms. Continued development of digital engraving using a computer.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 101  or equivalent)
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 103 - Advanced Chromatic Harmony

    Borrowed chords and mode mixture; Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords; chromatic mediant relationships; 9th, 11th, and 13th chords; and altered chords. Advanced digital engraving using a computer.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 102 )
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 104 - Musicianship I

    Pitch topics include melodies with leaps within the primary triads, common melodic patterns, simple phrase structures, tendency tones, melodies in harmonic context, diatonic intervals through the octave, identification of triad and V7 chord qualities and inversions, and harmonic progressions with primary chords and their inversions; rhythm topics include common time signatures and patterns. Students perform and sight-read exercises. Individual sight-singing, rhythmic, and dictation examinations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq or Coreq for MPA Majors and Minors: MPA 100 )
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 105 - Musicianship II

    Pitch topics include major and minor keys including leaps within all diatonic triads and the V7 chord, expanded phrase structure within simple melodic forms, and common diatonic chord progressions with inversions. Rhythmic topics include simple and compound rhythmic patterns using the subdivision of the beat, as well as triplets. Students perform and sight-read exercises. Individual sight-singing, rhythmic, and dictation examinations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: MPA 104 ) and (Prereq or Coreq: MPA 100 )]
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 106 - Musicianship III

    Pitch topics include melodic chromaticism, secondary dominants, modulation to closely related keys, and harmonic progressions with all inversions possible; rhythmic topics include triplets at the subdivision and beat level, duplets and quartolets at the beat level in compound meter, and syncopation. Students perform and sight-read exercises. Individual sight-singing, rhythmic, and dictation examinations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: MPA 105 ) and (Prereq or Coreq: MPA 102 )]
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 107 - Musicianship IV

    Pitch topics include modulations to distant keys, mode mixture, non-dominant 7th chords, Neapolitan and augmented 6th chords, extended and altered chords, diatonic modes, non-diatonic and synthetic scales (whole-tone, pentatonic, octatonic), and post-tonal materials; rhythmic topics include irregular beat divisions, polyrhythms, as well as asymmetrical and mixed meters. Students perform and sight-read exercises. Individual sight-singing, rhythmic, and dictation examinations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: MPA 106 ) and (Prereq or Coreq: MPA 102 )]
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 110 - Keyboard I

    Introduction to music literacy and technique at the keyboard in a group setting, through five-finger exercises, major scales, and pieces from a variety of traditions in monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic textures.

    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 115 - Performance Study Fundamental

    Instruction on a new instrument. Focus on basic principles of sound production and critical listening, common practice routines and warm-up exercises, and introduction to simple repertoire.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 195 - Special Topics

    Study in a particular topic in music and performing arts. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • MPA 196 - Field Studies

    Individualized student placement for field study as related to Music & Performing Arts.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • MPA 197 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • MPA 201 - Survey Of Jazz

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 208 - Music of the Beatles

    This course surveys the career of the Beatles, mainly focusing on the years that they were active as a recording band (1963-1970), but also including events leading up to their formation, as well as an overview of four members’ solo careers. Additionally, the course interprets the role of the Beatles as a groundbreaking multimedia phenomenon, through a close critical reading of their official cinematography and the development of their multimedia company, Apple Corps.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 209 - African Drumming

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 210 - Keyboard II

    Continued development of music literacy and technique at the keyboard in a group setting, through major and minor scales in parallel motion, simple chord progressions in sharp and flat keys, and both solo and 4-hand repertoire from various musical traditions.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (MPA 110  or equivalent) or (Instructor Consent)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 211 - Beginning Guitar

    Introduces students to the fundamental techniques of guitar playing. Students with no or minimal experience playing the instrument are welcome.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 212 - Intermediate Guitar

    Intermediate group instruction in playing the guitar.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 211 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 213 - Advanced Guitar

    Advanced group instruction in playing the guitar.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 212 )
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 214 - Guitar Ensemble

    Study, rehearsal, and performance of works for guitar ensemble from the Renaissance to the present.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 212 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 215 - Performance Study Beginning

    Beginning-level teaching for students with prior experience playing the studied instrument. Results in public performance.

    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 216 - Stage Design and Technology

    Emphasizes technical training including lighting, audio, projection, and scenic elements. Students work on planning and presenting concepts for a variety of live events, including music, theater, dance, and conference/lectures.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 220 - From Gregorian Chant to Hip-Hop

    Chronicles the development of Western and world music from the medieval era to the 21st century.

    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 225 - Ballet Folklorico

    Teaches the historical and cultural roots, traditions, and basic techniques of different styles of Mexican dance.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 226 - Beg Movement & Theater Design

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 229 - African Dancing

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 233 - Expressive Arts

    Explores the expressive nature of the human being through the study of visual art, music, dance, and theater. Examines myth and ritual through history as it relates to today. Students receive four weeks of study in each area.

    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 238 - Intro to Theater Performance

    Group theater exercises, individual and group rehearsals, research, and technical rehearsals in the creation of public theatrical performances.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 239 - Contemporary Musical Theater: Little Johnny Jones to The Color Purple

    Surveys the development of American musical theater from the early 20th century to the present. Examines composers, songs, narrative, and cultural/social/political references that impacted American musical theater history.

    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 241 - Introduction to Theater

    A theater appreciation course that explores the development of theater as a mirror to the development of human society and culture from the ancient Greeks to the present.

    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 242 - Acting As Revealed Behavior

    The course will introduce students to an exploration of human intention, as revealed in behavior, to be accomplished through a study of the techniques of acting, the interpretation of conflict, and the analysis of character as a form of public dialogue in Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Initial exercises will focus on developing the individual student’s ability to use acting techniques as effective tools of social and political change.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 243 - Performance Skills for All Professions

    Provides an overview and application of performance techniques and communication skills used in professions as diverse as business, law, politics, entertainment, communications, science, technology, health care, and many more. Through presentations to large audiences or communication to select groups, basic performance techniques assist the student in the development of personal communication skills that enhance a speaker’s ability to develop rapport with and encourage participation from diverse audiences.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 244 - Voice and Movement

    Introduces students to basic principles of stage voice and movement normally associated with the art of acting but also valuable in a number of professional situations where voice and movement enhance the range of a speaker’s vocal and expressive skills.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 245 - Playwriting

    The purpose of the course is to teach students the basic tools and principles of playwriting with a particular emphasis on language, dramatic scenes and dialogue, setting, and the development of an analytical approach to solving script problems. By emphasizing the craft of scriptwriting for the stage, students will be encouraged to see the script as a plan for the creative project before anything is committed to production.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 260 - Pep Band

    Study of pep band musical repertoire culminating in a public performance. Prerequisite: Must be able to read music and play a band instrument.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 ) or (Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 261 - String Ensemble

    Study of works for string ensembles culminating in a public performance. Prerequisite: Must be able to read music and play a violin, viola, cello or double bass.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 ) or (Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 295 - Special Topics

    Study in a particular topic in music and performing arts. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • MPA 297 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • MPA 300 - Proseminar I

    Critical group discussion of music as both profession and academic discipline. Students choose a capstone research area and map an emphasis pathway that aligns with the chosen research topic. Introduction to basic research and citation skills, and to music’s subdisciplines, their methodologies, and their citation strategies. Guest presentations complement discussion and provoke students to consider new research areas.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Junior Standing) and (Coreq: MPA 304 )
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 301 - Music for Children

    Provides an overview of musical materials, concepts, and skills appropriate for teaching music in elementary school classrooms. Teaches music fundamentals with the applied development of basic skills on such instruments as guitar and piano.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 302 - Popular Music Seminar

    Seminar on rotating popular music topics.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: MPA 100 ) or (Instructor Consent)]
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 303 - Proseminar II

    Critical group discussion of music as both profession and academic discipline. Students continue literature review work toward a chosen research topic for capstone and begin formulating potential theses. Introduction to basic research and citation skills, and to music’s subdisciplines, their methodologies, and their citation strategies. Guest presentations complement discussion and provoke students to consider new research areas.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 300 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 304 - Writing About Music

    Introduction to reading and writing strategies for music’s academic and professional contexts. Course discussions and assignments close a loop between reading – through the comprehension, evaluation, and analysis of texts of varied genre and purpose – and writing – through focused writing and critique, with emphasis on development, structure, paragraphing, tone, mechanics, the function and citation of sources, scope, and the joy of writing as both creative act and vehicle for self-reflection.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: Junior Standing and (MPA 103  or equivalent) and (Coreq: MPA 300 )]
    University Requirement: GWAR Graduation Writing Assess
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 305 - Measuring Music

    Interdisciplinary inquiry into the quantitative dimension of sound and music. Topics include sound waves, sound perception, tuning, harmonic spectra (via Fourier analysis), music computation, and music notation, with creative and digital signal processing applications. Students design music notations and learn to edit and program electronic music with contemporary software tools. Concurrent enrollment in MPA 306 - History of Electronic Music  recommended.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4) and (MPA 100 ) with a C- or better)]
    General Education: UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 306 - History of Electronic Music

    Introduction to the history and contemporary practice of electronic music through exploration of historically significant works and technologies.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: MPA 101  and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 307 - Audio Production

    Introduction to analog and digital audio production techniques. Topics include microphone design and pickup patterns, analog electronics, live instrumental and vocal tracking, concepts from acoustics and psychoacoustics, session management, and introductory mixing with industry-standard software applications. Students create original music and must play an instrument or sing in group recording sessions outside of class meeting times.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 305 ) or (Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 308 - Mixing & Editing

    Examines advanced mixing topics including signal routing, inserts, auxiliary sends, equalization, signal processing, and digital editing.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: MPA 305 ) or (Instructor Consent)]
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 309 - Global Percussion

    Explores percussion rhythms from around the globe through performance.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 310 - Gospel Choir

    Performance and study of the historical evolution of contemporary gospel music in America culminating in public performance. Off-campus and/or outside-of-regular-class-time performances may be required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: (MPA 100  or Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 311 - Music and Audio Programming

    Digital signal and symbol processing for sonic creativity applications via text-based and graphical computer programming. Topics include programming fundamentals (variable reference, conditionals, iteration, encapsulation, debugging, and style); real-time digital signal processing for electroacoustic music; algorithmic composition; music information retrieval; web audio and MIDI APIs; and live coding improvisation.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 305 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 312 - Music in Film

    Exploration of composers, aesthetic considerations, and developments of music in film from the silent era to the present. Introduces feature films whose groundbreaking, innovative use of music plays establishes them as examples of Richard Wagner’s revolutionary concept of total artwork.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 )
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 314 - Arts Management and Music Business Ethics

    Explores contemporary arts management from legal, structural, ethical, and technological perspectives. Confronts issues of fairness, authorship, authenticity, and appropriation. Provides a broad and detailed understanding of the music industry.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 315 - Performance Study Intermediate

    Intermediate-level teaching for students with prior experience playing the studied instrument. Results in a public performance.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 215 ) or (Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 316 - Sound Art Practicum

    Practice-based introduction to composition and performance in the gallery-based sound installation and Fluxus instruction score traditions. Students create, workshop, and publicly present instruction score performances, as well as generative, multi-channel audio installations, through weekly presentation and critique.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 305 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 317S - Community Involvement Service Learning

    Fosters the development of arts education programs in local communities. Students employ a combination of community organizing skills and arts teaching strategies to facilitate arts education programs at specific sites. Students provide one-on-one or group tutoring to facilitate arts education. Students become self-reflective, culturally aware, and responsive community participants through reciprocal service and learning projects.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 318 - Tonal Analysis

    Introduction to hypermetric analysis and phrase rhythm in tonal music. Complete movements or entire shorter works of the 18th and 19th centuries are analyzed through a variety of theoretical approaches.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 103  or equivalent)
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 319 - Post-Tonal Analysis

    Introduction to Late Romantic and Modernist harmonic and rhythmic structures and techniques. Introduction to hypermetric analysis and strategies for large-scale formal organization in post-tonal music. Complete movements, or entire shorter works of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, are analyzed through a variety of theoretical approaches.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 103 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 320 - Chorale

    Study and performance of vocal repertoire for small ensembles including solo song, oratorio, opera, and other ensemble music. Emphasizes the development of effective performance skills culminating in public performance. Off-campus and/or outside-of-regular-class-time performances may be required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100  or Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 321 - Monterey Jazz Festival

    Explores the Monterey Jazz Festival as an institution that musically reflects and shapes cultural values in the United States. Topics include the intersection of jazz with a wide variety of cultural values and social issues involving gender, race, class, politics, religion, sexuality, and more embedded within particular historical and cultural contexts. Students study jazz in live and mediated performance contexts and engage in ethnomusicological fieldwork at the Monterey Jazz Festival. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with C- or better)
    General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 322 - Sonic Data Science

    Contemporary applications of data analysis and artificial intelligence to sound and music datasets. Topics include data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, data visualization, algorithms for supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and artificial neural networks. Students prototype data pipelines with critical feedback from guest music industry entrepreneurs and engineers. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 305 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 325 - Video Game Music

    Explore the history of video game sound from a technical and aesthetic perspective. Significant games and composers are discussed in detail, and students will read literature from a variety of disciplines to gain a better understanding of the semiotic and logistical impacts of sound on the experience of video games.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 330 - Voice Training I

    Explores the basic techniques of tone production, breathing, and related skills in interpreting vocal music of various periods and styles building to public performance. Off-campus and/or outside-of-regular-class-time performances may be required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 ) or (Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 332 - Voice Training II

    Explores intermediate/advanced techniques of vocal production, expressive interpretation, and vocal repertoire from various music styles and periods building to public performance. Off-campus and/or outside-of-regular-class-time performances may be required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 330 ) or (Instructors Consent)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 335 - Reflections on America

    This survey course is designed to provide an overview of American popular music from 1900 to the present. The course focuses on a broad spectrum of popular music, including sacred and secular genres. Through lectures, listening sessions, and film screenings, course content emphasizes the social, economic, cultural, technological, political, and aesthetic development of American popular music.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 336 - Jazz History

    An overview of jazz development from its roots in African music and American spirituals to the funeral bands of New Orleans with an examination of the work and stylistic contributions of the great jazz originators like King Oliver, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. Emphasis on the social, cultural, and economic circumstances that influenced jazz.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 337 - Music History I: 500-1750

    A stylistic survey of music of the tonal era, 500-1750, with emphasis on aural and visual analysis of the principal musical styles of the standard western music repertoire.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 )
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 338 - Music History II: 1750-1900

    A stylistic survey of music of the tonal era, 1750-1900, with emphasis on aural and visual analysis of the principal musical styles of the standard western music repertoire.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 339 - History of Song

    Surveys the solo vocal repertoire from the early Renaissance to the present, with special emphasis on extant repertoire of the Classical and Romantic eras.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 340 - Music Production & Artistic Development

    Student bands and solo artists develop their songwriting, production skills, stage presence, and other assets required to be successful in the music business and work toward a final performance.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100  or Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 341 - Sight Reading for Singers

    Addresses music reading challenges specific to singers such as text-note relationships and interval negotiation problems.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100 ) or (Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 342 - Score Reading

    Builds large-score reading (orchestral, chamber, concert scores) skills for musicians.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 2
  

  • MPA 345 - Jazz Improvisation

    Examines the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation from 1927 to the present. Students gain greater understanding of, sensitivity to, and skills in the practice of improvisation. Particular emphasis is placed on each student acquiring and developing critical listening skills. All students must have a basic proficiency on their chosen musical instrument and a basic knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords. Vocalists are welcome.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 346 - Free Improvisation Ensemble

    Rehearsal and public performance of free and structured transidiomatic group improvisations with focus on student composition and the existing game piece and instruction score repertoire. Students perform, compose, and critique works and improvisations in weekly workshop rehearsals, in preparation for public performance. Any student with the ability to make sound can join the ensemble, and neither audition nor prior musical training is required.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 347 - Latin Jazz Ensemble

    Advanced ensemble practicum in the Latin jazz tradition. Students rehearse music together in preparation for public performances.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing) or (Instructor Consent)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 350 - Advanced Performing Band

    Emphasizes the study, rehearsal, and preparation of professional level materials for performance for the large jazz ensemble. Includes classic pieces from historical jazz to contemporary developments in the jazz form. May include off-campus performances outside of catalog course schedule.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MPA 100  or Instructor Consent)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1
  

  • MPA 364 - Music of Mexico

    Music of Mexico explores a variety of musical styles that have emerged from the pre-Hispanic era to the present. From the indigenous influences on music throughout the Americas, to the musical styles brought by European and African immigrants, this course explores the geographic and political contexts reflected in Mexican music as a cultural icon.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • MPA 365 - Survey of Global Music

    Introduces non-Western music and arts within global sociocultural context, with an emphasis on indigenous, folk, and classical music as art forms.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • MPA 367 - Music of Latin America and the Caribbean

    Provides an overview of the roots of musics from Latin America and the Caribbean and explores their development in the United States.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
 

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