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2022-2023 Scripps Catalog 
    
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Course Descriptions


Course descriptions are provided for course offerings at Scripps College and courses available as part of joint or cooperative programs in which Scripps participates. For those courses that may appear under more than one discipline or department, the full course description appears under the discipline or department sponsoring the course and cross-reference is made under the associated discipline or department. Numbers followed by, for example, “AA,” “AF,” or “CH,” indicate courses sponsored by The Claremont Colleges as part of joint programs, i.e., Asian American Studies, Africana Studies, and Chicanx Latinx Studies.

Please refer to the Schedule of Courses on the Scripps Portal published each semester by the Registrar’s Office for real-time information on course offerings.

All courses are 1.0 credit unless otherwise stated.

 

Music

  
  • MUS 085 SC - Group Piano


    Beginning and intermediate instruction in a digital piano lab setting with groups consisting of no more than nine students. Emphasis on performing solo and duet repertoire as well as learning to sight read, transpose, and provide harmonic accompaniment. Repeatable for credit 8 times for a maximum of 4.0 course credits.

    Formerly MUS 085A, 085B, 085C, and 085D.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 0.5
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 089 SC - Group Voice


    Voice instruction classes consisting normally of four to six students. A study of vocal literature and technique with emphasis on the fundamentals of music necessary for the beginning to intermediate singer. Repeatable for credit 8 times for a maximum of 4.0 course credits.


    Formerly MUS 089A, 089B, 089C, 089D.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 0.5
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 118 SC - Music in the United States


    A survey of the history and development of music in the United States, this course will examine the diverse musical cultures and traditions, including European, African, Latin American, Native American, Asian, and others that have come to this country and have influenced the works of musicians and composers in the United States. Musical examples from American popular culture (jazz, rock, country, and pop), from religious services and practices of various denominations and sects, from ethnic groups and folk cultures within the United States, and from art music in the United States will be studied as expressions of important concerns and values in our society, and as influences on music in other countries as well. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 120 SC - Music in Christian Practice


    Music serves an essential role in Christian worship and devotional practices. This course examines the musical practices in various historical and present-day worship settings ranging from medieval European monasteries and American revival campus to contemporary mainline Protestant churches of various racial and ethnic groups in the United States. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 123 SC - Music and the Performance of Identities: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender


    This course explores the ways in which individuals and groups represent, transform, and create their identities through musical performance and other performative acts. Several issues of “musical identity” are discussed: creation and expression of gender through music, musical expressions of ethnic and/or racial identity, musical creation of “official” identities (including U.S. nationalism), and the representation of the self through music. This course satisfies the fine arts requirement.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 170F SC - Voice


    This course is a study of techniques of singing and their application to vocal literature. Participation in scheduled class meetings is required. Half-hour lessons (H) earn half-course credit per semester; hour lessons (F) earn full-course credit. Repeatable 8 times for a maximum of 8.0 course credits.

    Formerly MUS 170AF, 170BF, 170CF and 170DF.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and MUS 003 SC Fundamentals of Music  or equivalent required. MUS 003  SC may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 170H SC - Voice


    This course is a study of techniques of singing and their application to vocal literature. Participation in scheduled class meetings is required. Half-hour weekly lessons (H) earn half-course credit per semester. One-hour weekly lessons (F) earn full-course credit per semester. Repeatable 8 times for a maximum of 4.0 course credits.


    Formerly MUS 170A, 170B, 170C, and 170D.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and MUS 003 SC Fundamentals of Music  or equivalent required. MUS003  SC may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: 0.5
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 176 JM - Claremont Treble Singers


    A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music for soprano and alto voices selected from the 14th century to the present. Singers will be invited to register after a successful audition. Singers continuing from the previous semester need not audition.

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 180F SC - Voice for Musical Theatre


    This course is an intermediate-/advanced-level study of techniques of applied voice and their application to American musical theatre and American popular song traditions. Participation in scheduled class meetings and performance class is required. Half-hour weekly lessons (H) earn one half-course credit per semester while hourlong weekly lessons (F) earn one full credit. Hourlong lessons (F) are repeatable 8 times for a maximum of 8.0 course credits. Course pending faculty approval.

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 003 SC   or equivalent required.
    Corequisite(s): MUS 003 SC  may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.


  
  • MUS 180H SC - Voice for Musical Theatre


    This course is an intermediate-/advanced-level study of techniques of applied voice and their application to American musical theatre and American popular song traditions. Participation in scheduled class meetings and performance class is required. Half-hour weekly lessons(H) earn half-course credit per semester while hourlong weekly lessons (F) earn one full credit. Half-hour lessons (H) are repeatable 8 times for a maximum of 4.0 course credits. Course pending faculty approval.

    Prerequisite(s): MUS 003 SC  or equivalent is required.
    Corequisite(s): MUS 003 SC   may be taken concurrently first semester.
    Course Credit: 0.5
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.