May 20, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Course Descriptions


 

Other Courses

  
  • FRSE 101 - Freshman Seminar

    3 Credits

    Freshman Seminar is designed to assist students’ pursuit of academic excellence and their successful social and academic transition into Bowie State University. It consists of exploring Bowie State’s history and, through engaging experiential and cultural activities, developing critical thinking skills for firm foundations that lead to higher education success. This course is required of all new students and transfer students with fewer than 12 CREDITS transferable semester hours.

Accounting

  
  • ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 101 or BUAD 101 This course focuses on accounting principles, conventions, and concepts underlying financial reporting. Emphasis is placed on the accumulation of financial data, the processes of organizing it for presentation, and its use by managers for decision-making.
  
  • ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 211 with a grade of C or better. This course focuses on accounting principles, conventions, and concepts underlying financial reporting. Emphasis is placed on the accumulation of financial data, the processes of organizing it for presentation, and its use by managers for decision-making.
  
  • ACCT 311 - Inter Accounting I

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 211, 212. These courses are a comprehensive study of the current accounting theories supporting the generally accepted accounting principles. The focus will be on problem solutions relating to the classification and evaluation of all accounts associated with the various types of accounting systems and their proper inclusion in the published financial statements, including a review and an understanding of all pronouncements, concepts, and principles relating to the accounting process.
  
  • ACCT 312 - Inter Accounting II

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311 with a grade of C or better. These courses are a comprehensive study of the current accounting theories supporting the generally accepted accounting principles. The focus will be on problem solutions relating to the classification and evaluation of all accounts associated with the various types of accounting systems and their proper inclusion in the published financial statements, including a review and an understanding of all pronouncements, concepts, and principles relating to the accounting process.
  
  • ACCT 313 - Cost Accounting

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course is a study of the fundamental procedure of cost accounting, including cost definition, classification, and allocation, as related specifically to inventory valuation considerations associated with job order costing and processing costing, as well as such related areas as joint-product and by-product costing and the treatment of waste and spoilage.
  
  • ACCT 315 - Income Tax Accounting

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course is a study of the important provisions of the federal tax laws, using illustrations, selected problems, and the preparation of returns.
  
  • ACCT 316 - Corp & Partnership Acct

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212. This course focuses on those special tax provisions which are unique to corporations and partnerships. Also included are evaluations of potential tax consequences associated with managerial decisions.
  
  • ACCT 411 - Advanced Accounting I

    3 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311. These courses emphasizes advanced accounting theory applied to specialized problems in partnerships, ventures, consignments, installment sales, insurance reports; the application of mathematics to accounting problems; home, office, and branch accounting; parent and subsidiary accounting; and foreign exchange.
  
  • ACCT 412 - Advanced Accounting II

    3 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311 and ACCT 411. These courses emphasizes advanced accounting theory applied to specialized problems in partnerships, ventures, consignments, installment sales, insurance reports; the application of mathematics to accounting problems; home, office, and branch accounting; parent and subsidiary accounting; and foreign exchange.
  
  • ACCT 413 - Gvt & Institutional Acct

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311. This course emphasizes the concept and use of funds in accounting for nonprofit institutions. The basis of accounting for municipal and other governmental units, with emphasis on fund accounts, and the related budgetary and encumbrance procedures, also will be discussed.
  
  • ACCT 415 - Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination

    3 Credits

    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of ACCT 211 with a grade of “C” or better. This course explores the forensic accountant’s role in today’s economy. Topics covered include fraud detection and fraud investigation techniques, valuation of closely held businesses, lost profits analyses, and various types of litigation support services. Fundamental legal concepts governing expert witness testimony are also examined, and students are required to quantify economic damages in cases. By the end of the course students are able to understand both the pervasiveness and the causes of fraud and white-collar crime in our society, examine the types of fraud and fraud schemes that affect business enterprises, explore methods of fraud detection and prevention, and increase their ability to recognize potential fraudulent situations.

    (Students from other colleges outside of the College of Business who desire to take to this course will be given exemption from the prerequisite requirement of ACCT 212: Accounting II.)

  
  • ACCT 417 - Accounting Systems

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311 and BUIS 260. This course explores systems fundamentals relating to the design requirements to accommodate the flow of accounting information associated with an economic transaction. Consideration is given to such accounting fundamentals as internal controls and adequacy of information needed to complete the requirements of validation, recognition, valuation, and matching. Attention is also given to the part played by the accounting system as an integral part of the management information system.
  
  • ACCT 418 - Auditing

    3 Credits

    (Spring, Summer)
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 311. This course emphasizes factors involved in the design and installation of accounting systems: the organization, volume and types of transactions, charts of accounts, accounting manuals, the reporting system, techniques of report writing will be discussed.

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 102 - Introduction to Anthropology

    3 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of human evolution, racial origins, fossil man, prehistoric cultures, problems of race, nationality, language, and growth and spread of religion and culture.
  
  • ANTH 301 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa

    3 Credits

    (Fall Only)
    This course is a study of Africa, including its ethnic and tribal divisions and its cultural behavior, with attention given to the similarities and differences in structure and function of cultural elements.
  
  • ANTH 302 - Peoples of the World

    3 Credits

    (Spring Only)
    This course is a cross-cultural description and analysis of cultural and social institutions. The cultures of a representative number of groups will be studied in terms of their implications for present-day society. Biological and cultural facts about living races are reviewed and analyzed.
  
  • ANTH 304 - Language and Culture

    3 Credits

    (Periodically)
    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Status. This course is a study of language, its nature, its structure, and its cultural setting as a system of human communication and interaction through which man understands man and develops a view of the world.
  
  • ANTH 305 - Anthropological Theory

    3 Credits

    (Periodically)
    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Status. This course reviews various schools of thought, contributions of scholars, and major concepts that have developed into systematic theory; techniques and methods as related to archaeology, cultural and social anthropology; selected theoretical and methodological problems.
  
  • ANTH 405 - Urban Anthropology

    3 Credits

    (Periodically)
    This course is designed to familiarize students with the scope of urban anthropology through use of the comparative, cross-cultural perspective. Topics include the nature, roles, functions, and cultures of cities, as well as the urbanization process and the urban problems that currently face our society.

Applied Music

  
  • MUSA 101 - Applied Piano

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course is a study of the basic principles of piano playing, including scales, arpeggios, and etudes.
  
  • MUSA 102 - Applied Piano

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course is a study of the basic principles of piano playing, including scales, arpeggios, and etudes.
  
  • MUSA 103 - Jazz Ens./Big Band

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The BSU Jazz Ensemble is a select group of approximately 20 musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of diverse jazz styles and literature, ensemble performance, and improvisation. Students will have the opportunity to arrange and compose music for performance and recording. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. (Sec. 002) The BSU “Big Band” is comprised of approximately 20 entry-level aspiring jazz musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of early styles of Jazz, Blues, Swing, Dixieland, etc., through “Bee Bop” with emphasis on improvisation and ensemble performance. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students.
  
  • MUSA 104 - Jazz Ens./Big Band

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The BSU Jazz Ensemble is a select group of approximately 20 musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of diverse jazz styles and literature, ensemble performance, and improvisation. Students will have the opportunity to arrange and compose music for performance and recording. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. (Sec. 002) The BSU “Big Band” is comprised of approximately 20 entry-level aspiring jazz musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of early styles of Jazz, Blues, Swing, Dixieland, etc., through “Bee Bop” with emphasis on improvisation and ensemble performance. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students.
  
  • MUSA 105 - University Choir

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of classical, popular, folk, spirituals, and theater choral music. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 106 - University Choir

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of classical, popular, folk, spirituals, and theater choral music. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 107 - Concert Band /Wind Ens.

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The Concert Band is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. The concert band typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies. (Sec. 002) The Wind Ensemble is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition only and is open to all BSU students. The wind ensemble typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies.
  
  • MUSA 108 - Concert Band /Wind Ens.

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The Concert Band is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. The concert band typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies. (Sec. 002) The Wind Ensemble is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition only and is open to all BSU students. The wind ensemble typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies.
  
  • MUSA 109 - Seminar

    0 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Music Concentrations Majors. Fine Arts Music Concentration Majors are expected to participate on at least seven seminars and receive a satisfactory grade. All music students are required to attend each scheduled seminar (two per semester).
  
  • MUSA 110 - Seminar

    0 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Music Concentrations Majors. Fine Arts Music Concentration Majors are expected to participate on at least seven seminars and receive a satisfactory grade. All music students are required to attend each scheduled seminar (two per semester).
  
  • MUSA 111 - Recital

    0 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Music Concentrations Majors. Fine Arts Music Concentration Majors are expected to participate on at least seven seminars and receive a satisfactory grade. All music students are required to attend each scheduled seminar (two per semester).
  
  • MUSA 112 - Recital

    0 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Music Concentrations Majors. Fine Arts Music Concentration Majors are expected to participate on at least seven seminars and receive a satisfactory grade. All music students are required to attend each scheduled seminar (two per semester).
  
  • MUSA 113 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 114 - Applied Guitar

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or permission of instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 115 - Applied Percussion

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition. These courses provide individual instruction in techniques, musicianship, and repertoire for classical, contemporary, popular, show and theatre literature.
  
  • MUSA 116 - Applied Percussion

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition. These courses provide individual instruction in techniques, musicianship, and repertoire for classical, contemporary, popular, show and theatre literature.
  
  • MUSA 119 - Marching Band

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses, which are presented in laboratory style, provide an opportunity for students to learn discipline, responsibility, and social awareness, with the ultimate goal being “performance”. This goal is accomplished through rehearsal and performance of standard and contemporary repertoire, with emphasis given to sight-reading, interpretation, musicianship, improvisation, memorization, and choreographed physical movement.
  
  • MUSA 120 - Marching Band

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses, which are presented in laboratory style, provide an opportunity for students to learn discipline, responsibility, and social awareness, with the ultimate goal being “performance”. This goal is accomplished through rehearsal and performance of standard and contemporary repertoire, with emphasis given to sight-reading, interpretation, musicianship, improvisation, memorization, and choreographed physical movement.
  
  • MUSA 121 - Voice Minor

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Audition or Permission of Instructor. These courses provide individual instruction in technique, musicianship and repertoire through solo and group performance.
  
  • MUSA 122 - Voice Minor

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Audition or Permission of Instructor. These courses provide individual instruction in technique, musicianship and repertoire through solo and group performance.
  
  • MUSA 123 - Guitar Class

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or Permission of Instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 124 - Guitar Class

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Open to all students through audition or Permission of Instructor. Course provides study and instruction for classical, popular and contemporary literature for guitar, scales, chord progressions and improvisation.
  
  • MUSA 125 - Applied Voice

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and instruction in the principles of breathing, phonetics, diction, scales, arpeggios and vocalism using selected styles and periods of music.
  
  • MUSA 126 - Applied Voice

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and instruction in the principles of breathing, phonetics, diction, scales, arpeggios and vocalism using selected styles and periods of music.
  
  • MUSA 127 - Piano Minor

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Music Concentration Only; audition required. This course is the study of scales, chords, arpeggios, transposition, and harmonization for students with rudimental background in piano.
  
  • MUSA 128 - Piano Minor

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Music Concentration Only; audition required. This course is the study of scales, chords, arpeggios, transposition, and harmonization for students with rudimental background in piano.
  
  • MUSA 129 - Brass Ensemble

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses are an ensemble that performs contemporary and standard brass music, with emphasis given to sight reading, interpretation, and musicianship. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 130 - Brass Ensemble

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses are an ensemble that performs contemporary and standard brass music, with emphasis given to sight reading, interpretation, and musicianship. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 135 - Percussion Ensemble

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of standard and contemporary percussion ensemble literature.
  
  • MUSA 136 - Percussion Ensemble

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of standard and contemporary percussion ensemble literature.
  
  • MUSA 137 - Woodwind Ensemble

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of intermediate and advanced woodwind literature, both traditional and contemporary. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 138 - Woodwind Ensemble

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of intermediate and advanced woodwind literature, both traditional and contemporary. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 143 - Gospel Choir

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 144 - Gospel Choir

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 145 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 146 - Applied Bass

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study and performance of traditional, modern and contemporary gospel, anthems and spirituals.
  
  • MUSA 153 - Applied Trumpet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 154 - Applied Trumpet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 155 - Applied Saxophone

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected solos in classical, contemporary, jazz and popular literature.
  
  • MUSA 156 - Applied Saxophone

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course provides a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected solos in classical, contemporary, jazz and popular literature.
  
  • MUSA 157 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 158 - Applied Oboe

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 159 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 160 - Applied Bassoon

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 163 - Applied Trombone

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 164 - Applied Trombone

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 165 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 166 - Applied Euphonium

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 167 - Woodwind Class

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course provides small group instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire through group and solo performance.
  
  • MUSA 168 - Woodwind Class

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course provides small group instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire through group and solo performance.
  
  • MUSA 169 - Brasswind Class

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course provides small group instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire through group and solo performance.
  
  • MUSA 170 - Brasswind Class

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course provides small group instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire through group and solo performance.
  
  • MUSA 171 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 172 - Applied Flute

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 173 - Applied Tuba

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 174 - Applied Tuba

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 175 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 176 - Applied Clarinet

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 177 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 178 - Applied French Horn

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 179 - Applied Violin

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 180 - Applied Violin

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 181 - Applied Viola

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 182 - Applied Viola

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 183 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 184 - Applied Cello

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 185 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 186 - Applied Instrumental

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course is a study of scales, arpeggios, and selected etudes and solos in all styles.
  
  • MUSA 191 - Class Piano

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Audition or Permission of Instructor. This course provides group instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire designed to develop general keyboard facility with chords, scales, sight-reading, harmonization, transposing, and improvising. Open to all students with no previous instruction.
  
  • MUSA 192 - Class Piano

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Audition or Permission of Instructor. This course provides group instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire designed to develop general keyboard facility with chords, scales, sight-reading, harmonization, transposing, and improvising. Open to all students with no previous instruction.
  
  • MUSA 195 - Voice Class

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course provides group instruction in technique of musicianship and repertoire through solo and group performance.
  
  • MUSA 196 - Voice Class

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    This course provides group instruction in technique of musicianship and repertoire through solo and group performance.
  
  • MUSA 201 - Applied Piano

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course is a study of the basic principles of piano playing, including scales, arpeggios, and etudes.
  
  • MUSA 202 - Applied Piano

    2 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission or Audition by Instructor. This course is a study of the basic principles of piano playing, including scales, arpeggios, and etudes.
  
  • MUSA 203 - Jazz Ens./Big Band

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The BSU Jazz Ensemble is a select group of approximately 20 musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of diverse jazz styles and literature, ensemble performance, and improvisation. Students will have the opportunity to arrange and compose music for performance and recording. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. (Sec. 002) The BSU “Big Band” is comprised of approximately 20 entry-level aspiring jazz musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of early styles of Jazz, Blues, Swing, Dixieland, etc., through “Bee Bop” with emphasis on improvisation and ensemble performance. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students.
  
  • MUSA 204 - Jazz Ens./Big Band

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The BSU Jazz Ensemble is a select group of approximately 20 musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of diverse jazz styles and literature, ensemble performance, and improvisation. Students will have the opportunity to arrange and compose music for performance and recording. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. (Sec. 002) The BSU “Big Band” is comprised of approximately 20 entry-level aspiring jazz musicians who make up a fully instrumented “big band.” Emphasis is placed upon the study of early styles of Jazz, Blues, Swing, Dixieland, etc., through “Bee Bop” with emphasis on improvisation and ensemble performance. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students.
  
  • MUSA 205 - University Choir

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of classical, popular, folk, spirituals, and theater choral music. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 206 - University Choir

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    These courses provide a study and performance of classical, popular, folk, spirituals, and theater choral music. Open to all Bowie State University students through audition.
  
  • MUSA 207 - Concert Band /Wind Ens.

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The Concert Band is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. The concert band typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies. (Sec. 002) The Wind Ensemble is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition only and is open to all BSU students. The wind ensemble typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies.
  
  • MUSA 208 - Concert Band /Wind Ens.

    1 Credits

    (Fall, Spring)
    (Sec. 001) The Concert Band is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition or invitation and is open to all BSU students. The concert band typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies. (Sec. 002) The Wind Ensemble is made up of approximately sixty instrumentalists that perform representative works in all styles from classical to contemporary. Membership is by audition only and is open to all BSU students. The wind ensemble typically performs in formal concert attire, which consists of tuxedos for the gentlemen and gowns for the ladies.
 

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