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MAT 221 - Linear Algebra (1) Existence and uniqueness of solutions to linear systems. Linear transformations, linear independence, spanning vectors, vector spaces, basis and dimension, orthogonality, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Students will be required to prepare written and oral presentations on a linear algebra application approved by the instructor. Prerequisites: MAT 120 , MAT 121 , and CSC 151 or MAT 122 .
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MAT 231 - Fundamentals of Geometries (1) An examination of the assumptions inherent in the axiomatic structures of two-dimensional geometry through the parallel postulate and its alternatives. Additional topics may include projective geometries, finite geometries, coordinates and transformations, tilings, and higher-dimensional objects. Prerequisite: MAT 221 . Alternate years.
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MAT 236 - Differential Equations (1) This course is about how to predict the future. Mathematical modeling with differential equations, initial value problems and their approximate solutions, systems of differential equations, qualitative solutions, stability analysis and an introduction to chaos, and Laplace transforms. Prerequisites: MAT 122 and MAT 221 .
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MAT 327 - Modern Algebra I (1) Formal systems of algebra (groups, rings, integral domains, and fields) and their relations to other disciplines. Prerequisite: MAT 221 . Alternate years.
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MAT 328 - Modern Algebra II (1) Formal systems of algebra (groups, rings, integral domains, and fields) and their relations to other disciplines. Prerequisite: MAT 221 . Alternate years.
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MAT 337 - Analysis I (1) Topics from the theory of functions of a real variable. First term will include limits and continuity, differentiation and theories of integration. Second term will extend these results to sequences and series of functions. The second term will include student reading projects and presentations on theory and/or applications related to analysis topics. Prerequisites: MAT 122 and MAT 221 . Alternate years.
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MAT 338 - Analysis II (1) Topics from the theory of functions of a real variable. First term will include limits and continuity, differentiation and theories of integration. Second term will extend these results to sequences and series of functions. The second term will include student reading projects and presentations on theory and/or applications related to analysis topics. Prerequisites: MAT 122 and MAT 221 . Alternate years.
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MAT 357 - Applied Mathematics I (1) A course in applied mathematics. The material of this course is at the discretion of the instructor. Prerequisite: MAT 236 .
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MAT 358 - Applied Mathematics II (1) A course in applied mathematics. The material of this course is at the discretion of the instructor. Prerequisite: MAT 236 .
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MAT 485 - Senior Capstone Project (1) Research on a subject or problem selected by the student and approved by Mathematics and Statistics faculty. Guidance and feedback on the completion of a culminating paper that will serve as a component of the capstone experience for the Mathematics and Statistics major. In addition to consulting with the instructor on the final written project, students will spend class time presenting their progress to classmates, sharing and developing ideas, answering questions, and overcoming difficulties about their research. Prerequisite: MAT 502 Capstone Preparation. No S/U option.
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MAT 502 - Capstone Preparation (1/4) Guidance through the process of choosing a topic for the Senior Capstone Project in Mathematics and Statistics, and writing a proposal for the project that is acceptable to the faculty in the department. Common readings in current literature in mathematics and statistics also will be assigned. This adjunct course must be taken over Terms 1-4. Students will meet with the instructor for approximately 2.5 hours per block. Students will have brief meetings with course instructors and will also work individually on proposals. The total time commitment will not exceed 6 hours per block.
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MAT 511 - Extended Research in Mathematics (1/4) Developing and proving statements in an interesting area of mathematics which are original to the student. Must be taken over four consecutive terms. No more than one course credit of MAT 511 can be earned. Prerequisites: CSC 151 , MAT 122 , a GPA in the department of 3.0 or higher, and permission of instructor.
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MAT 701 - Mathematics and Statistics Culture Points (1) Completion of 30 mathematics and statistics culture points. Points will be accumulated throughout a student’s career at Cornell College. MAT 701 will appear on the transcript following the semester when the total number of completed points is at least 30. Zero course credit is awarded. For a list of how points can be earned, please see https://www.cornellcollege.edu/mathematics/culture-points.shtml
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MAT 702 - Applied Mathematics Minor Essay (1) Completion of a short reflective essay detailing how the applied math minor has completmented other courses at Cornell approved by faculty in Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Prerequisites: Completion of at least 4 course credits towards the Applied Mathematics minor.
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STA 223 - Introduction to Data Science (1) Managing and interpreting an overwhelming amount of raw data is part of the foundation of our information society and economy. People use computers and statistics to translate, process, and visualize raw data, enabling new understandings that in turn contribute new knowledge to the world. Data Science is a newly developing field that merges ideas from both statistics and computer science to address these issues. In this course statistics will inform the discussion about what appropriate goals are for learning from the data and how the data will answer the questions raised. The computer science perspective will help us figure out which goals are actually feasible computationally, and how to achieve them. Prerequisites: STA 201 or CSC 140 . Crosslisted with CSC 223 .
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Statistics |
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STA 201 - Statistical Methods I (1) Elementary study of describing data. Data collection, descriptive statistics, estimation, and hypothesis testing as applied to one- and two-variable problems. Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra, and a writing designated course (W)
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STA 202 - Statistical Methods II (1) A continuation of STA 201 , Statistical Methods I. This course will explore in more depth several methods of analyzing data. Topics covered include linear regression (simple and multivariate), ANOVA (one- and two-way), and logistic regression (simple and multivariate). Prerequisite: STA 201 .
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STA 230 - Epidemiology (1) An introduction to the methods used in the study of health and illness in human populations. In particular, this course will include discussions on the role of epidemiology in public health both in the past and present, the different kinds of epidemiological studies and what conclusions can be made from them, and the process that epidemiologists use in infectious disease and outbreak investigations. The course will also introduce some of the statistical techniques required for epidemiological studies. Prerequisite: STA 201
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STA 347 - Mathematical Statistics I (1) Typically the first term covers probability, random variables, sampling distributions and collecting data. The second term covers theory of estimation and hypothesis testing, linear and multiple regression, analysis of variance, and techniques for categorical data. The second term also includes a substantial data analysis project including written and verbal presentations. Prerequisites: MAT 122 and MAT 221 . Alternate years.
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STA 348 - Mathematical Statistics II (1) Typically the first term covers probability, random variables, sampling distributions and collecting data. The second term covers theory of estimation and hypothesis testing, linear and multiple regression, analysis of variance, and techniques for categorical data. The second term also includes a substantial data analysis project including written and verbal presentations. Prerequisites: MAT 122 ,MAT 221 and STA 347 . Alternate years.
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies |
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MEM 485 - Senior Project (1) Independent, interdisciplinary project, required of all majors during their senior year. Prerequisite: permission of the student’s Medieval and Early Modern Studies advisor.
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MEM 951 - Semester in the Arts of London and Florence (1) see ACM Programs .
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MEM 962 - Newberry Library Program in the Humanities (1) when the topic studied is relevant to Medieval and Early Modern Studies, with the approval of the Medieval and Early Modern Studies advisor.
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Music |
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MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music (1) Basic music reading skills for all interested students, while learning to listen to and recognize the structural and aesthetic elements of music. Preparation for MUS 110 .
(Fine Arts)
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MUS 110 - Music Theory I (1) Fundamentals of music: harmony, melody, rhythm, scales, and forms; with a concentration on the common-practice period, 1600-1900 (with some twentieth century music). Application of these topics to analysis, writing, listening, sight-singing, and an introduction to music literature. Prerequisite: MUS 101 , passing music placement test, or permission of instructor.
(Fine Arts)
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MUS 115 - Beginning Electronic Music Composition (1) An introduction to composing electronic music using Reason software. Course will cover basic synthesis types, sound processing, and MIDI, as well as compositional concepts and techniques associated with traditional electronic music studio. Offered every three years.
(Fine Arts)
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MUS 207 - Vocal Diction (1) Italian, French, German, and English diction as related to the art song and to choral music. Required of all students whose major performance medium is voice; also required of General Music Education majors. Alternate years.
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MUS 210 - Music Theory II (1) Continuation of MUS 110 . Topics include the harmonic progression, triads in inversion, non-chord tones, and an introduction to phrases, periods, and their role in creating musical form. Prerequisite: MUS 110 . No S/U option.
(Fine Arts)
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MUS 212 - Music Listening and Understanding (1) Learning to understand Western art music through historical study and perceptive listening. Does not count toward the Music major or minor.
(Humanities)
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MUS 215 - Jazz Improvisation (1) Improvisation in American jazz, including daily performing experiences in these styles. Prerequisite: MUS 310 .
(Fine Arts)
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MUS 217 - Opera (1) An introduction to opera as a genre and a study of selected masterpieces. The course will involve both traditional investigations and newer scholarly approaches from areas such as “queer studies” and feminist scholarship. Themes of the course will be those of the operas studied: politics, gender, class, love, death, sexuality, the individual within society, religion, and, of course, the union of music and drama. Ability to read music not required. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Offered subject to availability of faculty.
(Humanities)
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MUS 218 - Rock Music: Historical and Cultural Perspectives (1) Rock music from its origins in African-American blues to the present. Examination of the music’s interaction with ethnicity, racism, capitalism, sexism, and politics. Open to all students. Offered subject to availability of faculty.
(Humanities)
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MUS 219 - Revolutionary Music of the Twentieth Century (1) Avant-garde music of the twentieth century and the ways it has challenged previously-held musical and aesthetic values. Ives, Satie, Futurism, Dadaism, Duchamp, Varèse, Cage, and beyond. Experimental works and ideas in arts other than music. Open to all students. Offered subject to availability of faculty.
(Humanities)
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MUS 220 - Jazz History (1) Jazz in America from its roots in Africa and Western Europe to present-day styles and practices. Open to all students. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W). Offered every third year.
(Humanities)
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MUS 263 - Women and Music (1) The roles of women in the history of Western music with special emphasis on the music of women composers. Exploration of issues surrounding gender and musical style. In addition to the Music major and minor, this course also counts toward the GSS major. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W). Ability to read music not required.
(Humanities)
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MUS 273 - Topic: Who Owns Music? The Practice and Politics of Musical Borrowing (1) Originality: how important is it?? And, what happens when musical composition is not completely original? Call it what you like - borrowing, inspiration, appropriation, parody, quotation, sampling, adaptation, plagiarism - this course will examine the broad concept of musical composition based on pre-existing material. We will consider the many different borrowing techniques that composers have used, the various reasons that composers have had for using borrowed material, and the myriad cultural and historical attitudes toward the practice of borrowing. Our examples will be drawn from several diverse sources - including Western Classical music, contemporary popular music, and jazz. Writing Course (W)
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MUS 302 - Song Literature (1) Investigation of the solo repertoire for the voice. Required of all majors in voice performance. Open to others with permission of instructor. Offered upon request. No S/U option.
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MUS 303 - Service Playing and Arranging (1) Selecting music for the church service, the playing of the service, and the study of chanting. Required of all students majoring in performance in organ. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered upon request. No S/U option.
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MUS 304 - Literature of the Major Instrument (1) Study of the repertoire available for the primary instrument. Required of all majors in instrumental performance. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. No S/U option.
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MUS 306 - Conducting I (1) Basic conducting skills for both vocal and instrumental ensembles. Baton technique, musical styles and interpretations, rehearsal techniques, and score reading. Prerequisite: MUS 310 . No S/U option.
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MUS 307 - Piano Pedagogy (1/2) Examination and discussion of current ideas and methods of teaching piano, including lectures, observation of individual and class piano lessons, and supervised practice teaching. Required of all piano performance majors. Open to other pianists with the permission of instructor. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Offered upon request, subject to availability of faculty. No S/U option.
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MUS 308 - Vocal Pedagogy (1/2) Historical and pedagogical development of the art of singing and a study of the physiology of the singing process. Emphasis on teaching techniques and care of the voice. Required of all students majoring in voice. Open to other vocalists with the permission of instructor. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Alternate years. No S/U option.
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MUS 310 - Music Theory III (1) Continuation of MUS 210 . Topics include seventh chords, chord inversion, secondary functions, and an introduction to modulation. Prerequisite: MUS 210 . No S/U option.
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MUS 315 - Jazz Arranging (1) Scoring for the jazz ensemble. Study of contemporary practices for writing and arranging in the jazz idiom. Projects include arrangements for the conventional big band as well as for small jazz ensembles. Prerequisite: MUS 343 . Offered upon request, subject to availability of faculty. No S/U option.
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MUS 321 - History of Western Music I (1) Chronological development of Western music from Antiquity through the late Renaissance. Emphasis on historical, cultural, aesthetic, and structural examination of musical works; and the development of genres, forms, and performance practices. Prerequisites: writing-designated course (W) and the ability to read music. No S/U option.
(Humanities)
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MUS 322 - History of Western Music II (1) Chronological development of Western music from the Baroque (seventeenth century) through Beethoven. Emphasis on historical, cultural, aesthetic, and structural examination of musical works; and the development of genres, forms, and performance practices. Prerequisites: MUS 310 and writing designated course (W). No S/U option.
(Humanities)
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MUS 323 - History of Western Music III (1) Chronological development of Western music from the Romantics to the present. Emphasis on historical, cultural, aesthetic, and structural examination of musical works; and the development of genres, forms and performance practices. Prerequisites: MUS 310 and writing-designated coure (W). No S/U option.
(Humanities)
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MUS 331 - Music Education Seminar (1/2) Introduction to the music teaching profession, with an emphasis on student evaluation, planning, classroom management, teaching strategies, and audiovisual and computer applications. Twenty-five hours of observation/practicum in music in the schools. Prerequisite: MUS 310 . No S/U option.
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MUS 343 - Music Theory IV (1) Continuation of MUS 310 , with emphasis on aural skills, structural analysis, and formal designs of music from the common-practice period. Prerequisite: MUS 310 . No S/U option.
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MUS 348 - Counterpoint (1) Fundamental contrapuntal principles that occur in polyphonic music. Prerequisite: MUS 343 . Offered upon request. No S/U option.
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MUS 349 - Form and Analysis (1) Overview of the standard forms and genres found in the common-practice and twentieth century periods. Study of techniques for uncovering the structure of a specific work. Prerequisite: MUS 343 . Offered upon request. No S/U option.
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MUS 350 - Mozart and Beethoven (1) Historical and analytical study of selected works. Relationships, structures, and meanings within the works selected. Prerequisites: writing-designated course (W) and the ability to read music (treble and bass clefs). Offered subject to availability of faculty. No S/U option.
(Humanities)
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MUS 352 - The Ring Cycle of Wagner (1) Wagner’s four-opera epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Viewing of performances of The Ring, the work’s mythologies, operatic ideals, historic and cultural position, development of leitmotif, interpretations, and philosophical influences and content. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W). Offered subject to availability of faculty. No S/U option.
(Humanities)
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MUS 353 - Wagner and Wagnerism (at the Newberry Library, Chicago) (1) An examination of Richard Wagner’s Musikdramen, essays, theories, sources, and influences, including the phenomenon of Wagnerism. The course will include a study of one of his major works, and students will carry out research at the Library. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. No S/U option.
(Humanities)
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MUS 363 - Topics in Music History and Theory (1) Topics vary from year to year according to the interests of the instructor or students. See Topics Courses . Prerequisites: two courses in music theory and one course in music history. No S/U option.
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MUS 370 - Special Topic: Tradition and Innovation (1) An interdisciplinary course that explores the relationship between tradition and innovation. The course approaches this question through the study of myth, drama, music/opera, literature, criticism, and essays, from antiquity through the 20th century. Major topics/texts are 1) Interpretations of the Electra myth: The Libation Bearers of Aeschylus, the Electra of Sophocles, and Richard Strauss’ Elektra. 2) The role of traditions and historical antecedents in Wagner’s “artwork of the future,” Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and his major essay The Artwork of the Future. 3) James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, wherein our protagonist fights the suffocation he feels from Catholicism, Irish traditions, and language while trying to become an artist. Each of these topics has strong connections with at least one other topic in the course.
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MUS 431 - Methods and Materials for Music Education (1) Preparation for teaching music in the elementary and secondary schools. Educational philosophies, conducting and arranging skills, the teaching of vocal and instrumental music, and teaching strategies for various ages. Twenty-five hours of observation-practicum in music in the schools. Prerequisites: MUS 331 and fulfillment of the Piano Proficiency Requirement. No S/U option.
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MUS 432 - Marching Band Techniques (1) Charting, arranging for, organizing, and directing a marching band, with particular emphasis on high school marching bands. Prerequisite: MUS 343 . Offered upon request, subject to availability of faculty. No S/U option.
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MUS 485 - Music Capstone Project (1) A project in an area of performance practices or some phase of music history, theory, or education. No S/U option.
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MUS 701 - Music Performance Seminar (Zero Course Credit) A semester-long program requiring attendance at a number of musical events. The number of required events changes from semester to semester. Students should contact the Department of Music each semester for details.
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MUS 702 - Composition (1/2-1) Original composition for various media, beginning with smaller forms. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit. No S/U option.
(Fine Arts)
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MUS 703 - Brass Instrumental Techniques (1/4) Development of basic performing techniques. Study and evaluation of procedures and materials for elementary and intermediate instrumental teaching. No S/U option.
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MUS 704 - Percussion Instrumental Techniques (1/4) Development of basic performing techniques. Study and evaluation of procedures and materials for elementary and intermediate instrumental teaching. No S/U option.
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MUS 705 - Strings Instrumental Techniques (1/4) Development of basic performing techniques. Study and evaluation of procedures and materials for elementary and intermediate instrumental teaching. No S/U option.
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MUS 706 - Woodwinds Instrumental Techniques (1/4) Development of basic performing techniques. Study and evaluation of procedures and materials for elementary and intermediate instrumental teaching. No S/U option.
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MUS 707 - Singers Instrumental Techniques (1/4) Development of basic performing techniques. Study and evaluation of procedures and materials for elementary and intermediate instrumental teaching. No S/U option.
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MUS 708 - Guitar Instrumental Techniques (1/4) Development of basic performing techniques. Study and evaluation of procedures and materials for elementary and intermediate instrumental teaching. No S/U option.
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