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MU 212-Music Theory IV (3)
Prerequisite: MU 211; Corequisite: MU 207
A continuation of Music Theory III. Includes chords of
the ninth, eleventh and thirteenth, evaded cadences,
complex harmonic progressions, whole-tone scale
and pentatonic scale, impressionistic techniques,
twelve-tone writing, atonality, new sound sources,
twentieth-century uses of melody, rhythm, harmony
and form, extended uses of chromaticism, new
notational methods, score reading and listening.
MU 217-Choral Ensemble II (1)
Continuation of MU 117-118. Three
rehearsal hours weekly.
MU 218-Choral Ensemble II (1)
Continuation of MU 117-118. Three
rehearsal hours weekly.
MU 219-Jazz Ensemble II (1)
Prerequisite: MU 119 or MU 120
Continuation of MU 119-120. Three
rehearsal hours weekly.
MU 220-Jazz Ensemble II (1)
Prerequisite: MU 119 or MU 120
Continuation of MU 119-120. Three
rehearsal hours weekly.
MU 221-Orchestral Ensemble II (1)
Prerequisite: MU 121 or MU 122
A continuation of MU 121-122.
Three rehearsal hours weekly.
MU 222-Orchestral Ensemble II (1)
Prerequisite: MU 121 or MU 122
A continuation of MU 121-122.
Three rehearsal hours weekly.
MU 223-Wind Ensemble II (1)
Prerequisite: MU 123 or MU 124
A continuation of Wind Ensemble I. Three rehearsal
hours weekly. Applied instruction in chosen
instrument recommended concurrently.
MU 224-Wind Ensemble II (1)
Prerequisite: MU 123 or MU 124
A continuation of Wind Ensemble I. Three rehearsal
hours weekly. Applied instruction in chosen
instrument recommended concurrently.
MU 230-Studio Recording Techniques (3)
Prerequisite: MU 135
Focuses on contemporary recording techniques
associated with popular music production. Topics
include multi-track recording, overdubbing,
MIDI, and project management.
MU 235-Advanced Audio Production (3)
Prerequisite: MU 130; Prerequisite or Corequisite:
EN 70 or EN 75 or EN 52 or ESL 99 or ESL 72
Provides in-depth study and practical application
of the tools and techniques used in professional
audio recording in a variety of musical styles
at a professional level. Includes advanced
practical training in signal processing, mixing,
and mastering. Additional topics include
audio for video and product delivery.
MU 240-MIDI Music Production
Techniques (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: MU 103
Explores electronic music production. Students
will produce electronic music using a variety
of software and techniques. Topics will include
notation, MIDI and controller programming,
sampling, sequencing, virtual instruments,
synthesizers, and production techniques.
MU 251-Class Piano III (1)
Prerequisite: MU 152
A continuation of the material presented in Class
Piano II. Students will work on greater hand
independence and facility, arpeggios, chord
progressions, new types of scales and secondary
dominants. Includes a study of easy classics.
MU 252-Class Piano IV (1)
Prerequisite: MU 251
A continuation of Class Piano III, emphasizing
development of a greater repertoire and
enhancement of performance skills. Students
become more fluent in hand control, rhythmic
ability and accompaniment patterns. Includes a
study of standard national and holiday pieces, as
well as additional drills in functional piano playing.
MU 272-Second Year Piano (1)
MU 273-Second Year Piano (1)
MU 274-Second Year Voice (1)
MU 275-Second Year Voice (1)
MU 278-Second Year Brass (1)
MU 279-Second Year Brass (1)
MU 280-Second Year Woodwinds (1)
MU 281-Second Year Woodwinds (1)
MU 282-Second Year Strings (1)
MU 283-Second Year Strings (1)
MU 284-Second Year Guitar (1)
MU 285-Second Year Guitar (1)
MU 286-Second Year Percussion (1)
MU 287-Second Year Percussion (1)
NM: Nuclear Medicine
NM 100-Physics and Radiation Safety
in Nuclear Medicine Technology (5)
Prerequisite: acceptance into the clinical program
Introduces the atom and its structure within the
context of Nuclear Medicine focusing on nuclear
structure, stabilities, radioactive series, radioactive
decay, and conversion laws and decay schemes.
Radioactivity will be studied in terms of the
exponential decay law, calculation of the mass of
a radioactive sample, specific activity, half-life, and
statistics of radioactive decay. The production of
radionuclides will be presented with emphasis on
methods of production and principles of a generator.
Include regulations, principles and practices of
radiation protection, and information particular
to each radiologic specialty and/or modality.
NM 102-Nuclear Medicine Technology (3)
Prerequisites: acceptance into the clinical program
Orientation to clinical nuclear medicine, includes
medical terminology, professional ethics and
conduct, patient care, radiation safety, and
effect of radiation on living organisms.
NM 103-Nuclear Medicine Techniques I (4)
Prerequisites: acceptance into the clinical program
Introduces all aspects of nuclear imaging related
to skeletal, cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal,
genitourinary, endocrine system, nervous system,
and hematopoietic system as well as therapy
procedures, oncology imaging, and infection
imaging procedures. The procedures, protocols,
instrumentation, and radiopharmaceuticals used in
nuclear medicine imaging of these systems will be
studied in detail. Some of the pathologic conditions
imaged in Nuclear Medicine will also be presented.
NM 104-Clinical Nuclear
Medicine Technology I (1)
Prerequisite: acceptance into clinical program
Directed practice in a clinical affiliate
hospital. Emphasizes routine diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures. Daily image critiques
by a licensed/certified technologist. On-site
lectures by board certified nuclear medicine
physicians supplement clinical experience.
NM 105-Nuclear Medicine Techniques II (3)
Prerequisites: NM 100, NM 102, NM 103, and NM 104
Introduces all aspects of advanced imaging
techniques utilized in nuclear medicine and
molecular imaging. Acquisition procedures,
radiopharmaceuticals, standard uptake values, and
other quantitative data related to imaging will be
covered. Information on pathologic conditions related
to all advanced imaging areas will be encompassed.
NM 107-Instrumentation and Computers
in Nuclear Medicine Technology (4)
Prerequisites: NM 100, NM 102, NM 103, and NM 104
Introduces both non-imaging and imaging
instrumentation in nuclear medicine and the use
of digital electronics and computer technology in
medical imaging. Includes monitoring equipment,
dose calibrators, well counters, uptake probes,
liquid scintillation systems, and the gamma probe.
Incorporates information on the components,
use, and quality control of the various types of
systems used for gamma and positron imaging.
Includes digital image acquisition, reconstruction,
postprocessing, advanced visualization, decision
support, computer networking and PACS,
information systems, and industry standards.
NM 202-Clinical Nuclear
Medicine Technology II (2)
Prerequisites: NM 100, NM 102, NM 103, and NM 104
Provides directed practice in a clinical affiliate
hospital/imaging center. Students will develop
their individual clinical techniques. Daily imaging
critiques by licensed/certified technologists and
on-site lectures by board certified nuclear medicine
physicians supplement clinical experiences.