2022-2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog 
    
    Apr 26, 2024  
2022-2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Music

  
  • MUS 305 - Jazz: An American Art Form

    Units: 3

    Uniquely American art form of jazz. African- American jazz innovators. Perspectives of history, society, performance, gender, and current trends. Lecture, listening, discussion.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 314 - Theory III

    Units: 3

    Neapolitan, augmented 6th, and mixed chords; enharmonic modulation; fugue, rondo, variation techniques; sonata form.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 215  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 315 - Theory IV

    Units: 3

    20th century techniques: tone rows, set theory, quartal harmony, polytonality, pandiatonicism, chance operations, modal writing, polymeters, and asymmetric meters.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 314  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 316 - Ear Training III

    Units: 1

    Comprehensive ear training correlated to MUS 314 . Develop music reading and perception skills through studies in rhythm (traditional, 20th century), sight singing (traditional, 20th century), dictation, and keyboard.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 215  and MUS 217 , or IA. Co-requisite: MUS 314 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 317 - Ear Training IV

    Units: 1

    Continues MUS 316 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 314  (C) and MUS 316  (C), or IA. Co-requisite: MUS 315 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 318 - Jazz Improvisation

    Units: 2

    Train in contemporary art of jazz improvisation through use of scales, chords, and idiomatic musical devices.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 319 - Elementary Music Methods

    Units: 2

    Materials and methods for teaching elementary general music in the self-contained K-8 classroom. Designed for preservice music specialists and not for preservice general classroom teachers.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 314 , admission to music credential track, IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 320 - Composition: Film Scoring

    Units: 3

    Study and compose music for scenes of dramatic and narrative films.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 320B - Composition: Jazz and Pop Arranging

    Units: 3

    Arranging techniques. Emphasis on big band.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 215 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 320C - Composition: Electronic Music

    Units: 3

    Use computer-driven devices to compose electronic and electro-acoustic music.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 215 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 323 - Jazz Pedagogy

    Units: 2

    Major principles and concepts involving the teaching of jazz in K-12 classrooms. Emphasis placed on both theory and practice. Music education majors develop skills and strategies for instruction of both instrumental and choral jazz groups.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 214  or I.A.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 324 - Contemporary Composition Techniques

    Units: 2

    General survey of contemporary composition. Individual projects; concert presentation.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 214  and IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 326 - Counterpoint

    Units: 2

    Overview of Renaissance, common practice, and modern counterpoint. Emphasis: baroque techniques.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 314  (C) or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 330 - Piano IV

    Units: 1

    Piano accompaniments developed from chord symbols, notated melodies, or choral and instrumental music. Chord voicing, chord analysis, stylistic appropriateness.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 130  and IA. Co-requisite: MUS 314 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 334 - Fundamentals of Conducting

    Units: 2

    Beat patterns, expressive gestures, score reading, musical ranges, rehearsal planning, correction of errors.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 314  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 338 - Vocal and Instrumental Scoring

    Units: 3

    Techniques of arranging music for vocal and instrumental performing groups (large and small). Score layout and legibility, part copying, transpositions, and ranges of instruments and voices.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 215  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 340 - Junior Recital

    Units: 0

    Junior Recital for guitar and piano performance concentration majors. To be taken during the semester that the recital is performed. Requires permission of the Studio Instructor.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 420 
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 0
  
  • MUS 348 - Music History: Antiquity to 1750

    Units: 3

    Analyze musical styles and composition technique in examples selected from medieval, Renaissance, and baroque music. For music majors and minors or by Instructor Approval.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 104  and MUS 314  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 349 - Music History: 1750 to Present

    Units: 3

    Analyze musical style in selected examples of classical, romantic, and 20th century music. Written research projects.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 315  (C) and MUS 348 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 353 - Accompanying

    Units: 1

    Keyboard accompanying for instrumental or vocal solos or groups.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 220  (C).
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 356 - Lyric Diction

    Units: 2

    Techniques and problems of singers’ pronunciation in all major languages.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 215  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 360 - Music Technology

    Units: 2

    Computer technology and music applications. Keyboard controllers and music printing programs.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 361 - Music Technology: Recording and Playback

    Units: 2

    Digital and analog recording techniques combined with digital sequencing, CD-ROM burning, use of digital synthesizers, and soft synthesizer design.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 370F - Woodwind Techniques I

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in woodwind instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 370T - String Techniques I

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in string instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 371F - Woodwind Techniques II

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in woodwind instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 370F , music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 371T - String Techniques II

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in string instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 370T , music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 372B - Brass Techniques I

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in brass instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 372P - Percussion Techniques I

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in percussion instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 373B - Brass Techniques II

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in brass instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 372B , music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 373P - Percussion Techniques II

    Units: 0.5

    Instruction in percussion instrumental techniques and pedagogy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 372P , music major or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 1 hr.

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Units: 0.5
  
  • MUS 384 - Advanced Choral Conducting and Literature

    Units: 2

    Advanced conducting techniques and survey of choral literature for application to K-12 music teaching. Through lecture and physical activity, this course expands on basic conducting patterns and techniques introduced in MUS 334  to include mixed meter, irregular meter, senza misura, cuing, use of left hand, and baton technique. Literature appropriate for major choral ensemble types (concert choir, jazz choir, madrigals, etc.) will be studied.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 334  and IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 385P - P / V Performance Seminar

    Units: 1

    Perform, listen to, and critique literature and performances.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 387 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting and Literature

    Units: 2

    Advanced conducting techniques and survey of instrumental literature for application to K-12 music teaching. Through lecture and physical activity, this course expands on basic conducting patterns and techniques introduced in MUS 334  to include mixed meter, irregular meter, senza misura, cuing, use of left hand, and baton technique. Literature appropriate for major ensemble types will be studied.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 334  and IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 391 - Piano Pedagogy

    Units: 1

    Methods/materials for teaching class and private piano.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 391L - Piano Pedagogy Lab

    Units: 1

    Lab-Practice for piano teachers and their students.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 392 - Vocal Pedagogy

    Units: 1

    Methods/materials for teaching class and private piano.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 392L - Vocal Pedagogy Lab

    Units: 1

    Lab-Practice for voice teachers and their students.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406B - University Singers

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106B 
    Study/perform choral literature of many styles and periods. Occasional off-campus concerts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406E - Opera Workshop

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106E 
    Traditional and contemporary musical theatre repertoire: operetta, grand operas, chamber operas, and Broadway musicals. Prepare individual roles, ensembles, and scenes, culminating in public performance.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406F - Mad River Transit Singers

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106F 
    Study/perform jazz-idiom choral music. Stylistic interpretation; available literature. Occasional off-campus concerts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406H - Wind Ensemble

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106H 
    Study/perform symphonic band and wind ensemble literature. Occasional off-campus concerts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406J - AM Jazz Band

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106J 
    Performance ensemble for novice jazz instrumentalists. Perform jazz literature; study jazz techniques.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406K - Jazz Orchestra

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106K 
    Perform literature composed or arranged for large jazz ensemble. Stylistic interpretation; ensemble playing; study of literature. Occasional off-campus concerts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406N - Humboldt Chorale

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106N 
    Study/ perform choral music of all periods. Emphasis on larger works. No formal audition.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 406O - Humboldt Symphony

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 106O 
    Study/perform orchestral literature. Occasional off-campus concerts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407B - Brass Chamber Music

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107B 
    Study/ perform brass chamber music of all eras.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407C - Calypso Band

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107C  
    Study/perform traditional and contemporary music for steelband.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs. Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407F - Woodwind Chamber Music

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107F 
    Study/perform woodwind chamber music of all eras.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407G - Guitar Chamber Music

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107G 
    Study/ perform guitar chamber music of all eras.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407I - Intermediate Orchestra

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107I 
    Study/ perform orchestral music for less experienced players.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407J - Jazz Combos

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107J 
    Study/perform jazz combo music from all eras.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407P - Percussion Ensemble

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107P  
    Study/ perform traditional and contemporary music for percussion ensemble.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs. Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407Q - World Percussion Ensemble

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107Q 
    Study/perform music for percussion ensembles from around the world.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407S - Chamber Music - Service Learning

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107S 
    Study/perform chamber music from all eras. Perform for community partners, and assess and reflect on the experience. Recommended preparation: fall semester enrollment in a Chamber Music course.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Service learning course: Yes
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407T - String Chamber Music

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107T 
    Study/ perform string chamber music from all eras.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 407V - Madrigal Singers

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: MUS 107V 
    Study/perform small ensemble vocal music with emphasis on music of the Renaissance.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 420 - Studio Piano for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 421 - Studio Voice for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 423 - Studio Oboe for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 424 - Studio Clarinet for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 425 - Studio Bassoon for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237   courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 426 - Studio Saxophone for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 427 - Studio Trumpet for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 428 - Studio Horn for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 429 - Studio Trombone for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 430 - Studio Euphonium for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 431 - Studio Tuba for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 432 - Studio Percussion for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 433 - Studio Violin for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 434 - Studio Viola for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 435 - Studio Cello for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 436 - Studio String Bass for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 437 - Studio Guitar for Performance and Music Education

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction continuing comparable MUS 220 -MUS 237  courses. Guitar students must provide own instrument.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: MUS 106 or MUS 107 or MUS 353  or MUS 406 or MUS 407.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 438 - Studio Composition, Advanced

    Units: 1

    Individual instruction. Techniques for composition, notation, score preparation, instrumentation.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 440 - Senior Recital

    Units: 0

    Senior recital for performance concentration majors. To be taken during the semester that the recital is performed. Requires permission of the Studio Instructor.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: one of MUS 420 
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 0
  
  • MUS 453 - Career Skills for Musicians

    Units: 2

    Learn skills to seek and develop professional opportunities. Explore entrepreneurial facets of various musical careers, including promotional and financial planning.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • MUS 454 - Expanded Repertoire

    Units: 1

    Additional lesson credit for students who are doing at least double the amount of practice and performing as would be expected for students enrolled in 400-level studio lessons.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: Studio for Performance and Music Education MUS 420 -MUS 438 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • MUS 455 - Secondary Music Methods

    Units: 3

    Music education philosophies, methodologies, history, reform movements, significant leaders. Explores the theoretical basis for teaching music in the secondary schools. Rehearsal strategies for K-12 ensembles, Scheduling issues and curriculum in music education. Connecting music with other disciplines.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 319  and IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 480 - Special Topics

    Units: 1-3

    Special topics such as career preparation, technology, performance practices, music history, or music theory.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • MUS 485 - Undergraduate Seminar

    Units: 1-3

    Performance practices, periods, or genre of music history and literature not treated in depth in other offerings.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • MUS 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-3

    Methods of research; projects in music and music teaching.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3

Native American Studies

  
  • NAS 104 - Introduction to Native American Studies

    Units: 3

    Origins and development of content/ method in Native American studies. Contrast the field with adjoining and contributing disciplines (anthropology, history, sociology, and humanities).
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE D: Social Sciences, GE F: Ethnic Studies
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 107 - Introduction to California Indian Peoples and Places

    Units: 3

    Introduction to California Indian tribes and place-based learning exploring contemporary political, social, environmental issues and representations through California Indian perspectives and knowledges. A place-based approach to anti-racist and anti-colonial movements through community-centered learning and a foundational overview of California Indian tribes. Topics can include but are not limited to: Tribal citizenship, Self-determination, Decolonization, Sovereignty, and Settler Colonialism.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History

    Units: 3

    How U.S. policies governing tribes are shaped by societal views of Indigenous Peoples. Analyze documents following history of federal Indian policy. Interactions among diverse Native, European, African, and Asian Americans. Meets requirement in U.S. history established by California legislature.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: Amer Inst: U.S. History ONLY, DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 280 - Selected Topics in Native American Studies

    Units: 1-4

    Special topic, current issues in Indian country, or introductory field research.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • NAS 301 - Native American Literature

    Units: 3

    Contemporary. Topics vary from a broad introduction to focus on one of the following genres: poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and native autobiography.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 302 - Oral Literature and Oral Tradition

    Units: 3

    Identify, interpret, and decipher native symbols depicted in tribal myths, legends, songs, art, oratory, poetry, prose.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 303 - Native American Psychology

    Units: 3

    Compare and critique selected philosophical constructs manifested within European and Native American values and experiences.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 304 - Native Tribes of California

    Units: 3

    Traditional cultures of native peoples: archeology, material culture, social organization, historical interrelationships.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 306 - Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

    Units: 3

    Traditional cultures, historical development, and contemporary social and political situations.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 307 - Nature and Issues of Genocide

    Units: 3

    Examination of the processes of genocide, historical genocide acts and genocide in the twenty-first century. Emphasis on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples of North America.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 312 - Grant Writing for Social and Environmental Justice

    Units: 4

    Teaches the mechanics of proposal writing and the political and social aspects of “grantsmanship,” including a focus on skills in identifying sources of grant funding, doing useful research to support applications, and tailoring proposals to specific audience interests. Provides a broad overview of federal, state, and foundation grants aimed at program and project development for the social sciences with a focus on programs for social and environmental justice. Includes several short writing assignments and an independent project. Students may also be asked to engage in a collaborative grant project to help build their skills in collaboration or to work on a grant application for submission. Those interested in working with nonprofit, state, or tribal organizations will learn how to navigate grant writing, grant submission, and grant planning. Provides context for a critical discussion of decolonial methodologies for grantsmanship and program and project development.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Recommended Preparation: NAS 104  and NAS 107  
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • NAS 331 - Indigenous Natural Resource Management Practices

    Units: 3

    Emphasis on the critical importance of natural resource management in indigenous communities. Comparison of the cultural traditions and beliefs of indigenous people, with those of western science based management. Recommended preparation: NAS 104  and/or NAS 306 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 332 - Environmental Justice

    Units: 3

    Issues/ concerns that led to Executive Order 12898 (environmental policies and conflicts between industries and those seeking environmental protection, including Alaska Native villages, “lower 48” tribes, grassroot community organizations).
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 333 - Food Sovereignty Lab

    Units: 1

    Supplementary interdisciplinary lab course. Offers an opportunity for engaged hands-on learning and research in the NAS Food Sovereignty Lab and Cultural Workshop Space. Students will be asked to engage in collaborative research projects to support workshops and community activities in the lab and participate in ongoing research projects for faculty, graduate students, and community members. Supports the development of students as researchers, community organizers and community-facing professionals. Students who would like to apply for the NAS Food Sovereignty Lab Internship Fellowship Program are required to have taken this course to support the development of their Internship program proposal.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Co-requisites: NAS 304 NAS 331  or NAS 332  (or may be completed previously)
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • NAS 340 - Language and Communication in Native American Communities

    Units: 3

    Native American languages in social, cultural, and historical contexts. Precontact languages; traditional modes of language use; efforts to preserve or revive languages.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 345 - Native Languages of North America

    Units: 3

    Survey principle languages of northwestern California (Hupa, Karuk, Tolowa, Yurok). No special background required; college-level work in non- English language is helpful.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 361 - Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Citizens

    Units: 3

    Comprehensive review of NA civics and dual role of tribal citizenship in the US. Topics: tribal governance, tribal justice systems, Indian-White relations, education, religious conflict, community development.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 362 - Tribal Governance and Leadership

    Units: 3

    Organization and structure. Political, economic, and social constraints.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

    Course Rotations Link
Units: 3
 

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