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MOT 2250 Cinematography I
3 Hours
Explores the creative and technical role of the cinematographer from pre-production to post-production. Basics principles of cinematography are examined including filtration, balancing light and color, lens selection, and metering techniques. We will engage in equipment instruction, review of photographic principles, lighting design exercises, and examine the role of the cinematographer and the camera department in the production process.
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MOT 2270 Finding Your Creative Voice
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2160
This class will focus on developing each screenwriter’s unique, creative voice. It will provide weekly instruction on honing that voice and provide a Table Read setting for students to hear their scripts read aloud. The class will experiment with concepts like Game Theory, Narrative Therapy, Lucid Dreaming, DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats, and the Drama triangle and Non-Violent Communication skills to bring better awareness to the conflict within our stories and within ourselves, and how to bring the writer’s personal truth to the page.
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MOT 2310 Location and Post-Production Sound
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2110 , MOT 2200 , MOT 2230 , and MOT 2710 Corequisites: MOT 2520
A hands-on course in recording dialogue, sound effects, ADR, Foley. Use Pro Tools to manipulate them in a Post Production Audio suite, culminating in the final sound mix of the student’s Production I film.
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MOT 2312 Electrics in Film Lighting
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 1010
This course teaches electricity as it applies to film lighting. This course will cover the fundamentals of electricity, electrical safety, power distribution, troubleshooting, using meters, care and maintenance of lights. In addition, students will learn to properly choose the necessary foundation of electricity to support creativity in lighting.
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MOT 2340 Television Spec Script
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2160
The course examines the structure and teaches techniques used for writing an hour long drama and half hour comedy. Students study multiple current shows, analyze season arcs and cases of characters. Each student develops and writes an episode of a current show. The classroom will be run like a writer’s room for professional television series, with each student taking turns running the room.
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MOT 2360 TV Writers Room
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2340
Writers Room is a screenwriting class exploring the principles and practices of the Hollywood writers room. Students will learn the creative concepts used by writing staffs to “break stories” and map season arcs. We will learn the responsibilities of each writer in the room, from a writer’s PA to Showrunner, and how they interact and function to create a successful room. We will study the cultures of current and past shows rooms. Students will write an episode of a show created in class.
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MOT 2420 Music Supervision
3 Hours
Defining the role of the music supervisor ‘in drawing on the combined resources of the film and television communities to marry music and moving images, this course is for anyone interested in the business and art of film and television music. Classes will be a combination oflecture and hands on “lab’ work, placing music to picture, an introductory taste of music editing, and filling out paperwork. Lectures and discussions will present the principles and procedures of music supervision. If there are guest speakers, they will
include music supervisors, writers. composers, and directors.
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MOT 2430 Music Editing
3 Hours
Defining the role of the music editor in drawing on the combined resources of the film and television communities to marry music and moving images, this course is for anyone interested in the business and art of film and television music. Classes will be a combination of lecture and hands on “lab” work, placing music to picture, a more detailed taste of music editing, and filling out paperwork. Lectures and discussions will present the principles and procedures of music editing and how to make music work with specific scenes. If there are guest speakers, they will include music supervisors, writers, music editors, composers, and directors.
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MOT 2710 Production and Set Management
3 Hours
Analysis of procedures and problems in preparing a project for film or television production. Emphasis on the role of the producer, production manager and assistant directors in breaking down scripts, setting up shooting schedules, preparing budgets, and planning post-production, including all the roles and functions of the entire production team hierarchy.
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MOT 3000 Motion Pictures Internship
1-4 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 1010 , junior standing, a minimum of 20 Belmont cumulative GPA.
This formal career education experience enables students to intern at entertainment business organizations for a selected period of time. Grade is pass/fail. (May be repeated up to a maximum of 4 credit hours.)
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MOT 3120 National Cinemas
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 1110
This course series considers the cinematic output of a particular nation and its impact on global cinema. Each 3 hour course will be given to one nation. Revolving courses on a regular rotation include French Film History, French New Wave to Now, Global Cinemas and other sections will be created, including cinemas of Asia, Africa, South America, and more. The course will examine the cultural, societal, political, and aesthetic aspects of the nation’s film canon. The course will build on theoretical, critical and analytical frameworks learned in MOT 1110 Film History. This course may be repeated once with a different topic.
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MOT 3170 Screenwriting II
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2160
Students will have a solid understanding of structure, character arc, pace, dialogue, etc., as well as the nuances of screenplay format. Student will see and analyze multiple movies and pilots. At semester’s end, student will have written 40 pages ofa motion picture screenplay or television pilot and a detailed outline for the balance of their script.
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MOT 3190 Writing the Adaptation
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3170
This course is intended to teach students how to adapt material from other media to the big screen. Novels, short stories, remakes of earlier films, magazine articles and biographical materials. Students will see and analyze multiple movies and texts.
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MOT 3210 Advanced Production Crew
1-2 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 1010
Advanced Production Crew students work as crew members cm MOT Capstone films. Students who fill a single role on a single film are enrolled in the 1 credit version of the course and students who fill both a production role and also a post-production role are eiigible for the 2-credit version. Pass/Fail.
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MOT 3230 Editing II
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2230
This class introduces students to the art of editing short films. There are two aspects to this class; the technical skill of editing and the storytelling side. The technical side will focus on organizing projects, how to approach a first cut, how to refund the cut and how to rearrange scenes. The second part of the class will focus on how to apply the theories of visual storytelling to make better films. Students will learn how the choices an editor makes help define and affect the emotions, characters, structure and story of a film.
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MOT 3260 How Actors Work: a Guide
Prerequisites: MOT 1010
This course is for those who are training to work behind the camera. The course will demystify the acting process as it applies to all aspects of film making. Students will take a deep dive into script analysis, learn what to look for when casting actors, gain an in depth understanding of text and character in relationship to film development, preproduction and production, and how to cultivate optimal work environments for actor to thrive.
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MOT 3261 Collaborative Screenwriting
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3170
The focus of this class will be on teams of student screenwriters working together to complete a feature film screenplay. Groups of students will create the premise for a screenplay, build character arcs, outline the story, develop their creative process together, and write the scenes. Each group will rewrite collaboratively, edit, retool, and polish the final screenplay. Upon completion of the scripts, students will read and write “script coverage” (analyze and peer review) another group’s screenplay.
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MOT 3280 Advanced Post Sound
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2310
This class will take the student through the full process of post production sound, learning how to edit dialogue, music and sound effects, to make them all blend into the experience that the audience feels in the theater. They will learn techniques one on one in the edit suite with the professor. When the student finishes the course they will have a full understanding of how post production audio works.
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MOT 3290 Adapting the Screenplay
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3170
This course teaches students how to adapt material from other media (novels, short stories, remakes of earlier films, magazine articles and biographical materials) to screenplays.
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MOT 3310 Advanced Avid Editing & Post-Production
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2230
This course is the logical continuation of Editing I. That required class is general in nature - an introduction. Advanced Avid Editing & Post-Production is aimed toward students who will be editing or directly supervising edits. Many of the difficult topics that were only touched in Editing I are expanded with expert skills and shortcuts. Students will more toward mastery of the industry standard edit system - Avid Media Composer Symphony Option with due comparisons to other systems. In addition, “side-kick” programs like Photoshop and After Effects, will be taught at the level of an “ask-for” Editor. Training is enhanced by study-problems to develop the thought process Editors and Motion Graphics Artists use to solve technical problems and effectively communicate with their audiences.
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MOT 3330 Rewriting the Screenplay
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3170
This course instructs students how to rewrite a script previously finished in Screenwriting II. Students will immerse themselves in the rewriting process, workshop their scripts, and develop the skills needed to effectively rewrite screenplays.
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MOT 3350 Cinematography II
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2250 and MOT 2520
This class reviews and expands on the principles of digital cinematography to enhance the effectiveness of visual storytelling and develop problem solving abilities. Practical elements of composition, camera movement, and camera placement will be discussed. Lens choice, exposure, filtration, and digital image control will be explored both in class and independently. Classes will consist of demonstrations, and in class exercises in which students will serve in a variety of crew positions.
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MOT 3410 Theory Analysis
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 1110
Theory & Analysis: ______ builds on the theoretical, critical and analytical frameworks learned in MOT 1110 Film History and explores a series of topics devoted to theories and criticism of cinema, offering in-depth analysis of historical and contemporary approaches to each topic. Students develop critical writing skills by studying professional techniques and producing their own analytical work on the topic. Revolving courses on a regular rotation may include: Diversity in Cinema and Women in Film.
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MOT 3461,3462,3463,3464 The Specialties:
1 Hours
The Specialties will cover a series of topics with individual course numbers, each course devoted to an area of specialized knowledge in film producing. Topics may include: Script Supervision, Grip Craft, DIT (Digitial Imaging Technician), Using the Jib, Electrics, and Pitching.
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MOT 3530 Production II
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2520 .
The student will learn to properly understand the writer’s emotional intention and director’s emotional intention, and they will learn that every part of preproduction planning is to create the emotional response that they, the filmmaker, want. Once they know how to achieve that response, they can pass that information on to their crew and together plan every aspect of preproduction, production and post production to accomplish those goals.
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MOT 3990 Independent Studies
1-3 Hours
Independent Study
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MOT 4010 Senior Film Project Prep
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2520 or MOT 3530
This course is designed to prepare students for their Senior Film Project productions. This course will cover all the pre-production and final preparations for Senior Film Project. With approval of department chair, repeatable up to 9 hours.
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MOT 4015 Senior Capstone
1 Hours
Prerequisites: Junior Cornerstone and ENG 3010
This course is a culminating experience in the major, which also addresses the goals for the Senior Capstone as defined in the course description BEL 4015 . These goals include reflection on the student’s whole educational experiences and on their transition from the university setting to post-graduation. To be taken in the final semester of residence before graduation.
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MOT 4110 Creative Producing
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2110 and MOT 2710 .
An advanced creative story development course that traces the “real life” path of an idea from script to screen.
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MOT 4150 Motion Picture and Television Industry Practices
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 1010 , MOT 1110 , MOT 1115 , MOT 2710 , and MOT 2520 .
An overview of Film, Television and Digital Media businesses from concept to marketing and distribution. Some of the areas covered will be: rights and clearances, finding, developing and optioning material, financing, how studios and independent companies function, agents, managers, film festivals, multi-platform distribution and exhibition-everything from idea to screen.
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MOT 4210 Advanced Sound Design
3 Hours
Prerequisites: AET 4400 or MOT 3280
This course is an advanced study of procedures and techniques used in post production audio with an emphasis on sound design, sound editing, and audio mixing in multi channel formats. Students will learn sound design techniques for immersive audio mixing formats. This course will teach the student to be able to sound design and mix in the formats of today’s technology. This will move them from the student film level to the level of professional filmmaking, including hands on Atmos mixing in one of the world’s state of the art 250 seat Atmos mix stage. The student who is serious about sound will be able to be on par with professional sound designers.
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MOT 4220 Advanced Cameras
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3350
This class focuses on experimentation in cinematography as well as mastering the technical and creative aspects of the motion picture camera students will master the setup and operation of advanced digital cinema cameras as well as be introduced to the current state of the art in digital cameras. Additional topics including composition, movement, and camera placement, along with lens choice, blocking, exposure, filtration, and digital image control will be explored both in class and independently. The student will demonstrate the use of the frame and light to advance story, engage viewers and impact emotions with visual storytelling.
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MOT 4260 Senior Screenwriting Project
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3170
Students will pitch, create sequences for, and write a first pass of a feature screenplay or one hour television pilot and bible, and, and after giving and receiving notes, both from their classmates and professor, will execute those notes and hand in a polished first draft.
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MOT 4315 Senior Film Project
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 4010
Students create a 15 minute narrative film that they have pre-produced in MOT 4010, Senior Film Project Prep. Students oversee every aspect of the creation of the film through all phases of production and post-production. Senior film projects will reflect individual student’s perspective on all they have learned both as filmmakers and as people in their time at Belmont University. Students will write essays that reflect on that growth both creatively and personally. With approval of department chair, repeatable up to 9 hours.
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MOT 4320 Senior Film Prep Cinematography
2 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 3350
This class expands on the principles of digital cinematography to enhance the effectiveness of visual storytelling and problem-solving using a case study model. Working with a Senior Film Project director and his/her script the Director of Photography will complete a cinematographer’s breakdown of the script, create a visual style using the tools of cinematography that expresses and enhances the director’s vision and story; plan the shoot applying the practical elements of composition, camera movement, and camera placement; create a lighting style and plan in conjunction with the director; create the digital imagine LUT or Look for the film; choose equipment needed to execute the cinematography and deliver the final visual look.
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MOT 4325 Senior Film Project Cinematography
1 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 4320
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MOT 4330 Senior Film Prep Editing
1 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 2230
This course is intended to teach the difficult and detailed 4k workflow to the level of confidence needed to edit a Senior Film Project - at minutes at the demanding technical level required for delivery to digital theaters world-wide. It gives the students ample practice and time for questions (as well as pointing out the pitfalls that litter the path to completion of a quality film) before they undertake the task of editing a Senior Film Project in the next semester.
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MOT 4335 Senior Film Project Editing
2 Hours
Prerequisites: MOT 4330
This course supports the editors in creative choices, interpersonal relations and the 4k workfilow as they edit their Senior Film Project - from hours of camera footage in huge files to 15 mintues of aesthetically pleasing film at the demanding technical level required for delivery to digital theaters world-wide.
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MOT 4990 Independent Studies
1-3 Hours
Independent Studies
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MBU 1110 Survey of Music Business
3 Hours
This course is a general overview and a study of the major functional areas of the music business. Attention is given to the theoretical foundations and practical application of current business practices in the music industry including supporting organizations and the revenue flow from music consumer to creator.
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MBU 1120 Bob Dylan: His Songs, Prophetic Voice & Influence on American Music and Culture
1 Hours
The course is an in-depth study of Bob Dylan’s influential songwriting, groundbreaking studio recordings and legendary live tours. This course will focus on the lyrics, poetry and literary criticism of”this generation’s Shakespeare” - including his songwriting influence on the folk revival, rock music, the “singer- songwriter” movement, the Beatles and popular culture. Students will discuss his song’s biblical lyric themes and his preoccupation with sin, virtue and grace. Our discussion will include an emphasis on his Nashville recording sessions and connection to our music community. Students will also reflect on the scope and impact of his live tours, from his early rise in Greenwich Village through The Never-Ending Tour. Cross Listed with SNG 1120
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MBU 2000 Internship and Career Foundations
1 Hours
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
This career development course addresses personal and professional development, career and job strategies, interviewing and networking skills, and internship participation expectations.
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MBU 2120 Digital Music Marketing
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110
A study of best practice strategies for digital marketing in the music industry.
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MBU 2130 History of the Recording Business
3 Hours
A study of the history of the recorded music business from 1877 to the present with emphasis on the development of independent and major recording labels, popular recordings, social, cultural, economic and political influences, and the stylistic differences of notable historic time periods.
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MBU 2131 Venue Management I
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 or CEI 1220
A study of venue and event management that provides a practical and theoretical understanding of public assembly venues and how they operate. Whether part of a sport administration, event management, hospitality or other related discipline, this class will address the functions common to all venues, as well as how different disciplines apply to venue management.
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MBU 2520 Copyright Law
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 or CEI 1220 .
This course provides an in-depth study of copyright law in the entertainment industry including its origins, rationale, protections, and limitations.
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MBU 2610 Radio Promotions
1 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 or CEI 1220 .
A study of the major areas of radio promotion as it relates to the music industry. Students receive an in-depth look at the label’s use of charting, demographics, release plans, sales and the role of research in the life of a radio single.
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MBU 2620 Influencing Culture as a Christian in the Entertainment Industry
3 Hours
This course examines the role and influence of Christianity within the entertainment industries with an emphasis on how the Christian faith and Christian ethics influences business practices, marketing and the development of entertainment products and the creative arts, and the role that Christians play as creatives and in professional entertainment workplaces. Emphasis will be placed on raising awareness of strategies for maintaining one’s Christian identity and influencing culture when working in the entertainment industry.
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MBU 2730 Electronic Media in the Music Industry
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 or CEI 1220 .
This course investigates the integration of electronic media and the media’s role in promoting music-oriented artists. Emphasis is given to current events, personal, and professional change, and predicting the future influence of electronic media industries.
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MBU 3000 Music Business Internship
1-6 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2000 , MBU 3450 , junior standing, a minimum of 20 Belmont cumulative GPA.
This formal career education experience enables students to intern at entertainment business organizations for a selected period of time. Grade is pass/fail. (May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credit hours.)
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MBU 3210 DIY Creative
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 and MBU 2520
Examining Creative Innovation, DIY Creative helps engage highly personalized self-development, evaluating key professional topics such as: artistic and creative techniques; vocal and instrumental frameworks for health and efficiency; self-publishing; strategic planning for brand development in the music industry, and more. DIY engages reflective discussions, interdisciplinary pedagogical approaches, and foundational content pertinent to any creative.
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MBU 3330 International Music Business
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 or permission of instructor.
An exploration of issues confronting entertainment and Music Business firms in a competitive global environment. Particular emphasis includes the manufacturing, marketing, management or financing of entertainment and promotion of the music and entertainment industries which are additional areas of study.
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MBU 3360 Entertainment Career Development
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 .
A study of personal entertainment career development and management including educational, promotional, and financial concerns of the professional entertainer. Various unions, guilds, and associations are studied from the entertainer’s viewpoint.
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MBU 3450 Music Publishing
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2520 .
This course is a study of music publishing income streams, contracts and licensing, foreign publishing, catalog development, setting up a publishing company.
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MBU 3460 Tour Merchandising
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110
A study of the business of touring merchandise, including related tour entities, production, merchandise, VIP/Sponsorships, and tour management.
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MBU 3550 Music Industry Contract Law
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2520 & MGT 2410 .
This course examines the background and principles of contract law as applied to the negotiation, creation, interpretation, and enforcement of binding agreements in the music and entertainment industry.
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MBU 3620 Marketing of Recorded Music
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 , MKT 3210 or permission of instructor.
A study of the theories and techniques used in the marketing of recorded music by major and independent labels and artists to consumers. Topics include market structure and analysis, distribution methods, promotional strategies, charts, airplay, pricing, research and legal issues specific to entertainment marketing.
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MBU 3720 Public Relations in the Music Industry
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 .
An applied based overview of the functions and tools of public relations (PR) techniques used to affect public perception and image of an artist within the music industry. Topics include the analysis of media strategy and crisis control, the development of press releases, print and electronic press kits, promotional events and artist-oriented news for media distribution.
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MBU 3740 Music Supervision In Film and Television
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2520 and junior standing.
This course presents the role of the Music Supervisor through an analysis of scripts and the exploration of the musical, financial, legal, and production aspects of placing music in film, television, and other entertainment media.
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MBU 3760 A & R Administration
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2520 .
This course presents the artist and repertoire (A & R) operations of recording companies including how contractual obligations impact activities and profitability and how music products are delivered and archived for future re-purposing.
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MBU 3895 Special Topics
1-3 Hours
Special Topics or pilot courses.
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MBU 3950 Studies Abroad
3-18 Hours
Study in a foreign country. Individual course titles and locations are assigned for each course taken. See Studies Abroad program for details.
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MBU 3990 Independent Studies
1-3 Hours
Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.
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MBU 4015 Senior Capstone
1 Hours
Prerequisites: Junior Cornerstone Seminar and ENG 3010 Third-Year Writing .
This course is a culminating experience in the major, which also addresses the goals for the Senior Capstone as defined in the course description for GND 4015. These goals include reflection on the students’ whole educational experiences and on their transition from the university setting to post-graduation.
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MBU 4200 Record Company Operations
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 3450 .
Practicum-based course applying the operational principles of independent record labels.
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MBU 4210 Venue Management II
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2131
A study of who, what, why, when and where of opening and running a successful live music venue, including examining the inner-workings of establishing and running nightly shows from a venue owner perspective. This course will emphasize the entrepreneurial aspects of the development and operations of a live music business.
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MBU 4630 Legal Issues in the Entertainment Industry
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2520 .
This course presents an overview of current and emerging legal trends that have significant implications in the entertainment industries.
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MBU 4800 Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 1110 .
Entertainment entrepreneurship is based on the process of identifying opportunities in the entertainment marketplace, exploring potential resources to pursue those opportunities, and committing to action the resources necessary to exploit the opportunities for long-term gain.
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MBU 4820 Artist Management
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 3450 , MBU 2520 , MGT 3110 , or permission of instructor.
An analysis of the various aspects of artist management including talent agencies, personal management, performance and recording contracts, tours, and artist promotion.
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MBU 4830 Concert Promotion and Booking
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MBU 2520 or permission of instructor.
A study of the role of the concert promoter and the organization of concert promoting, including contracts, riders, venues, audience projections/demographics, and finance (budgets, corporate sponsorships, gate receipts, etc.)
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MBU 4895 Special Topics
1-3 Hours
Special Topics or pilot courses.
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MBU 4990 Independent Studies
1-3 Hours
Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.
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MUE 2210 Brass Methods
1 Hours
A study of brass instruments to acquaint students with basic techniques and pedagogical principals. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 2220 Woodwind Methods
1 Hours
A study of woodwind instruments (clarinet and saxophone) to acquaint students with basic techniques and pedagogical principles. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 2230 Introduction to Music Education
3 Hours
An introduction to the field of music education including an overview of music teaching at all levels (pre-school through grade 12) and in all areas (general, choral, instrumental). Among the issues examined are assessment, music in special education, history and philosophy of music education, and advocacy. Class components also include micro-teaching experiences as well as observations in area music classrooms.
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MUE 2240 Guitar Methods
1 Hours
A study of basic guitar techniques with an emphasis on basic accompaniment styles. The course will explore implications of utilizing guitar in K-12 music education and/or in music therapy settings. Students provide their own guitar. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 2245 Guitar Methods II
1 Hours
Prerequisites: MUE 2240 or permission of instructor.
Continued study of basic guitar techniques with an emphasis on basic accompaniment styles. The course will continue to emphasize the utilization of folk guitar in music therapy settings including song leading with guitar. Students provide their own guitar.
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MUE 2250 World Percussion Methods
1 Hours
A study of world percussion instruments and the basic techniques and pedagogical principles of using these instruments in K-12 music classes and ensemble as well as in music therapy settings. The class will also explore the cultural origins and context of these instruments. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 3210 String Methods
1 Hours
A study of string instruments to acquaint students with basic techniques and pedagogical principles. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 3220 Percussion Methods
1 Hours
A study of percussion instruments to acquaint students with basic techniques and pedagogical principles. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 3230 Basic Conducting Techniques
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MUH 1200 and MUT 1310
The study of a basic set of physical and musical skills vital to the practice of the conductor.
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MUE 3240 Choral Conducting
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MUE 3230 . Corequisites: This course is taken concurrently with MUE 3270 Conducting Lab .
The application of the basic techniques of conducting to the specific area of choral work and a survey of materials for various types of choral groups.
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MUE 3250 Marching Band Methods
1 Hours
An overview of the pedagogical and administrative components of the high school marching band. The course emphasizes marching band rehearsal techniques, computer assisted drill writing, the application of pedagogical skills to the marching band, and techniques leading to superior performing ensemble that supports the basic musical objectives of a quality band program. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 3260 Instrumental Conducting
3 Hours
Prerequisites: MUE 3230 .
The application of the basic techniques of conducting to the specific area of instrumental work and a survey of materials for various types instrumental groups.
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MUE 3290 Woodwind Methods II
1 Hours
A study of woodwind instruments (flute and double reeds) to acquaint students with basic techniques and pedagogical principles. $90.00 course fee.
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MUE 3310 Introduction to Orff Pedagogy
2 Hours
Prerequisites: MUT 1310 and MUT 1330 or permission of instructor.
Course content introduces basic concepts of Orff music education pedagogical practices, and provides extensive experience-based learning that develops basic skills in improvisation, movement, recorder, and the synthesis of music and movement through elemental styles/literature of global cultures. The course is required in the curriculum for music therapy majors and is a recommended elective for music education majors.
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MUE 3320 Commercial Conducting
3 Hours
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MUE 4015 Senior Capstone Music Education
1 Hours
To be taken in the final year of residence before graduation. This course is designed to provide a culminating experience for music majors, and address the integration of the major with the BELL Core curriculum. Activities are designed to allow students to reflect on their own professional development, explore the role of music in society, synthesize and expand their knowledge of music history and theory, apply their broadening understanding of music by writing about their own repertory, performance area, and/or career path. Among the activities in this course, students will read and write about music and culture, participate in class discussions on these topics, and complete a final project.
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MUE 4100 Becoming a Professional for Music Education
1 Hours
The purpose of this course is to help you transition from your role as pre-service music teachers to your role as in-service music teachers, with emphasis on becoming a flexible professional music educator
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MUE 4200 Student Teaching Seminar
0 Hours
A seminar dealing with practical and philosophical issues in current music education. Content of this course grows out of the student-teaching experience, MUE 4400 , which is taken concurrently. The seminar meets once each week.
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MUE 4210 Elementary School Music Methods
2 Hours
Prerequisites: Recommended MUE 2230 .
A course designed to acquaint the music specialist with the content, methodology, and materials of an elementary school music curriculum. Required of all Music Education majors. Lab required involving classroom observations and introduction to classroom instruments including pitched and unpitched percussion, recorder, and fretted instruments.
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MUE 4220 Middle School Music Methods
2 Hours
Prerequisites: Recommended MUE 2230 .
Materials and methods for the organization and implementation of a comprehensive music program in the middle school or junior high school.
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MUE 4230 Secondary Instrumental Music Methods
2 Hours
Prerequisites: Recommended MUE 2230 , MUE 3230 , MUE 3260 , and MUE 4220 .
Materials and methods for the organization, development, and implementation of a comprehensive secondary instrumental program, including traditional and contemporary ensembles.
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MUE 4260 Secondary Choral Music Methods
2 Hours
Prerequisites: Recommended MUE 2230 , MUE 3230 , MUE 3240 , and MUE 4220 .
Materials and methods for the organization, development, and implementation of a comprehensive secondary school choral program, including both traditional and contemporary ensembles.
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MUE 4400 Student Teaching in Music
8 Hours
Corequisites: This course is taken concurrently with MUE 4200 Student Teaching Seminar .
A laboratory course giving student teacher experience in music education. This full-semester course allows for teaching experience on both elementary and secondary levels with either an instrumental or vocal emphasis. $400.00 course fee.
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MUE 4990 Independent Studies in Music Education
1-3 Hours
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Opportunity for upper-level music students to pursue a special area of interest under faculty supervision. May be repeated.
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Music Elective Lesson Music elective lessons (MEA) are provided in voice, piano, organ, guitar, orchestral and band instruments. In addition to classical study in these areas, study is provided in commercial styles when appropriate. The fee for a one-credit 25-minute lesson is $150.
The elective lesson course identification is indicated by a four-number system.
The numerical sequence identifies the following:
- 1st number - level of study in the applied area
- 1: non-music majors
- 2: music majors
- 2nd number - hours of credit awarded
- 1 hour credit = 25-minute lesson week
- Last two numbers - area of study (odd numbers are classical applied study, even numbers are commercial applied study)
- 01/02 - Voice
- 03/04 - Piano
- 05/06 - Organ
- 07/08 - Keyboard (special)
- 09/10 - Guitar
- 11/12 - Guitar (special)
- 13/14 - Violin
- 15/16 - Viola
- 17/18 - Cello
- 19/20 - String Bass
- 21/22 - Electric Bass
- 23/24 - Harp
- 25/26 - String (special)
- 27/28 - Flute
- 29/30 - Oboe
- 31/32 - Clarinet
- 33/34 - Bassoon
- 35/36 - Saxophone
- 37/38 - Woodwinds (special)
- 39/40 - Trumpet
- 41/42 - Horn
- 43/44 - Euphonium
- 45/46 - Trombone
- 47/48 - Tuba
- 49/50 - Brass (special)
- 51/52 - Percussion
- 53/54 - Percussion (special)
- 55/56 - Composition
- 57/58 - Conducting
- 59/60 - Special
Example: MEA 1101 is non-music major, one credit, Classical Voice
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MEA 1_/2_ Music Elective Lesson
1 Hours
Lower Division elective lesson in instrument/voice. One 25-minute lesson per week. Course fee: $150
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