Courses of Interest

The courses listed in this section have been chosen by the designated
departments as having special interest for students who are not majoring in
that particular subject but who might find courses in that discipline both
enjoyable and beneficial. For more information, contact the department
directly.

USC School of Cinematic Arts (CTAN, CTIN, CTCS, CTPR, CTWR, CTXA, IML)
USC Thornton School of Music (MUCO, MUJZ, MUEN, MUHL, MUIN, MTEC, MPGU,
MPKS, MPPM, MPST, MPVA, MSCR, MUSC)

School of Cinematic Arts

ANIMATION

CTAN 280 Intermediate Character Animation for Games (4 units)

Description: An applied introduction to the techniques used for
animating 3-D bipedal human character content for the movement and interactive
experience within 3-D video games.

CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation (2 units)

Description: Creating characters and environments for animation, live
action, and video games.

CTAN 436 Writing for Animation (2 units)

Description: Workshop exploring concept and structure of long and
short form animated films through practical writing exercises.

CTAN 451 History of Animation (2 units)

Description: In-depth survey of historical developments, styles,
techniques, theory and criticism of animation as an art form.

CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation (2 units, max 4)

Description: Lecture and laboratory in computer animation: geometric
modeling, motion specification, lighting, texture mapping, rendering,
compositing, production techniques, systems for computer-synthesized
animation.

CTAN 453 3-D Animation for Motion Graphics (2 units)

Description: Principles and skills for using Cinema 4D software to
animate, model and render animation projects.

CTAN 455L Organic Modeling for Animation (2 units)

Description: The art of digital sculpting for animated characters,
with visual effects integration. Recommended preparation: CTAN 452 or
CTAN 462.

CTAN 462 Visual Effects (2 units)

Description: Survey of contemporary concepts and approaches to
production in the current state of film and video effects work. Digital and
traditional methodologies will be covered, with a concentration on digital
exercises illustrating modern techniques.

CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and Rendering (2 units)

Description: Concepts, tools and techniques used to create cinematic
lighting and rendering in computer-generated imagery (CGI).
Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or CTAN 462.

CTAN 466 Projection Mapping Design and Production (2 units)

Description: An exploration of projection mapping with hands-on
learning and projects providing professional skills and workflows for helping
students create their own content.

CTAN 485L Pipeline and Character Modeling for Animation (2 units)

Description: Modeling and pipeline integration for 3-D animation
props, sets and characters. Recommended preparation: Prior knowledge
in Maya preferred.
This class teaches all the necessary skills to model and texture 3-D
characters in Maya and ZBrush.

CTAN 504L Creative Production in Virtual Reality (2 units)

Description: A creative studio course in producing both a linear
cinematic virtual reality short film and associated real-time immersive
experience.

CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals (2 units)

Description: Fundamental principles of motion capture technology
explored while working through a structured series of assignments based around
performance, gesture and motion. Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or CTAN 462.

CTAN 571 2-D Motion Graphics (2 units)

Description: A creative 2-D motion graphics course covering animation
technique, visual design aesthetics and software skills.

INTERACTIVE MEDIA

CTIN 411 Tabletop Game Mechanics Seminar (1 unit)

Description: Seminar on the design patterns and mechanics of
successful tabletop games. Includes guest speakers on the latest trends in
gaming content, tools, business and culture.
To understand games you must play games…so why not play the best? In this
play-based course, students will play a curated sample of the most interesting
and innovative board games ever made, exploring the mechanics and strategies
that make them truly stand out.

CTIN 487 Streaming Explorations: Games and Entertainment for Community (2
units)

Description: Best practices and strategies for streaming. Students
build a personality and audience through the course, receiving advice and
feedback from emerging leaders in the field.
If students are interested in any aspect of the streaming space, this is the
course for them. Featuring a rotating guest list of industry luminaries,
esports analysts, twitch streamers and content creators, this class is an
amazing way to get the education needed to succeed in this cutting edge
format.

CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES

CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema (4 units)

Description: Gateway to the majors and minors in cinematic art.
Technique, aesthetics, criticism, and social implications of cinema. Lectures
accompanied by screenings of appropriate films.
One of USC’s most popular courses.

CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video (4 units)

Description: Exploration of the economic, technological, aesthetic,
and ideological characteristics of the televisual medium; study of historical
development of television and video including analysis of key works;
introduction to TV/Video theory and criticism.
This course introduces students to the study of television as a unique
dramatic form with a history of business and creative practices that both
overlap and diverge from that of feature film.

CTCS 200 History of the International Cinema I (4 units)

Description: The development of international cinema from its
beginnings to World War II. Lectures, screenings, and discussions.

CTCS 367 Global Media (4 units)

Description: Studies in the global configurations of television
industries and cultures, including new technologies and the textual and
sociological analysis of global media events and programming.

CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 (4 units)

Description: Cinematic and extra-cinematic determinants of
Post-Classical and Modernist Hollywood studio and independent genres, styles,
and the star-phenomenon and their relationship to American history and
culture.

CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media (4 units)

Description: Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema
and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres (4 units)

Description: Description: Rigorous examination of film and/or
television genres: history, aesthetics, cultural context, social significance,
and critical methodologies.

CTCS 466 Theatrical Film Symposium (4 units)

Description: Description: Lectures and readings on creative problems
in the motion picture industry; current films; interviews with visiting
producers, directors, writers, performers.
Professor: Leonard Maltin

CTCS 467 Television Symposium (4 units)

Description: Description: Lectures and readings on creative problems
in the television industry; study of current and historical trends, interviews
with producers, directors, writers and performers.
Professor: Mary McNamara

CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis (4 units)

Description: Intensive study of the style of an auteur, studio, film
or television making mode in terms of thematic and formal properties and their
influences upon the art of film.

PRODUCTION

CTPR 288 Originating and Developing Ideas for Film (2 units)

Description: Exercises in observation, imaginative association,
visualization, etc., that deepen the creative process, leading to ideas,
stories, characters, and images for narrative, documentary, and experimental
films.

CTPR 327 Motion Picture Cinematography (3 units)

Description: Use of high-definition motion picture equipment to
explore the fundamentals of shot design, movement and lighting. In class group
projects.

CTPR 335 Motion Picture Editing (3 units)

Description: Theory, techniques, and practices in picture editing;
use of standard editing equipment; individual projects.

CTPR 340 Creating the Motion Picture Sound Track (2 units)

Description: Techniques and aesthetics for recording production
sound, editing dialogue, sound effects, music, Foley and preparing for the
mix. For film, television, and other media.

CTPR 371 Directing for Television (4 units)

Description: Preparation of director’s preproduction blockout; study
of direction for live, tape, and film production, for both dramatic and
informational television.

CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production Techniques (4 units)

Description: Basic procedures and techniques applicable to production
of all types of films; demonstration by production of a short film from
conception to completion.

CTPR 386 Art and Industry of the Theatrical Film (4 units)

Description: Detailed analysis of one theatrical film from conception
through critical reception to develop an understanding of motion pictures as
art, craft, and industry.

CTPR 404 Practicum in Podcast Production (2 units)

Description: The basics of podcast production, including creating an
idea, researching and writing the script, hosting, casting, recording and
promoting a podcast episode.

CTPR 406 Visual Story and Communication (2 units)

Description: How visuals communicate emotions and ideas in streaming
media, advertising, digital games, business and legal presentations and
documentary and scripted filmmaking.

CTPR 409 Practicum in Television Production (1, 2, 4 units)

Description: Television production: laboratory course covers
operating cameras, creating graphics, technical operations, controlling audio
and floor-managing live productions. Students plan and produce actual Trojan
Vision programs.

CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From Story Concept to Exhibition (2 units)

Description: Examination of the industry from story ideas, through
script development, production and exhibition; evaluation of roles played by
writers, agents, studio executives, marketing and publicity.

CTPR 422 Makeup for Motion Pictures (2 units)

Description: Lecture-laboratory in makeup relating it to mood of the
story and emulsion of the camera stock.

CTPR 423 Introduction to Special Effects in Cinema (2 units)

Description: Introductory workshop in the aesthetics and practices of
special effects, embracing both the classical and contemporary modes.

CTPR 425 Production Planning (2 units)

Description: Theory, discussion, and practical application of
production planning during preproduction and production of a film.

From script to screen: practical application of methods and tools for the
scheduling, budgeting, and planning of a film.

CTPR 426 The Production Experience (2 units)

Description: To provide students with basic working knowledge of both
the skills of the motion picture set and production operations through
classroom lectures and hands-on experience.

Learn the fundamentals of episodic TV drama and participate in the shooting of
an episode written and directed by students. Positions available in producing,
camera, sound, production design, or editorial.

CTPR 431 Developing the Documentary Production (2 units)

Description: The tools and skills necessary to turn an idea into a
documentary story, using sample reels, pitches, and writing to develop a
professional proposal.

Course is designed to teach students the knowledge, skills, insight and
judgment needed to research, develop and create pitch materials for a
documentary production.

CTPR 454 Acting for Film and Television (4 units)

Description: Intensive examination of skills and techniques necessary
for successful performances in film and television. Practical application
through in-class exercises and assigned projects.

Learn and apply prominent theories of performance and how they relate to film
and television. Students gain understanding of the tools of performance, as
derived from the stage, and how they translate to film and television.

CTPR 456 Introduction to Art Direction (2 units)

Description: Introduction to computer drafting, set design, rendering
and model-making for students with diverse abilities. Guest lecturers, group
discussions and hands-on workshop.

CTPR 457 Creating Poetic Cinema (2 units)

Description: An investigation of poetic cinema from four different
perspectives: found poetry; applied poetry; poetry as image; and poetry in
narrative fiction. Production of short films.

Explores the relationship between poetic cinema and artistic expression —
especially the visual arts, literature and music — through the creation of
short films. Approaching the poetics of cinema through: found poetry,
translating written poetry, cinema AS poetry and the poetic image in narrative
cinema.

CTPR 460 Film Business Procedures and Distribution (2, 4 units)

Description: Financing, budgeting, management as applied to films;
problems of distribution, including merchandising, cataloging, evaluation, and
film library management.

Introduces film economics, exhibition, distribution, and production. Budgets,
financing, television/non-theatrical and theatrical films, production and
distribution agreements, copyright and legal considerations will also be
covered.

CTPR 461 Managing Television Stations and Internet Media (2, 4 units)

Description: Managing electronic media, including radio and
television stations, broadcast and cable networks, and the Internet.

In a period of unprecedented growth and change in media, students focus on how
managers of TV, cable, radio and digital mass media are facing the challenges
of the era. The class includes guest speakers, field trips and studies in mass
media financing, marketing and history.

CTPR 470 Practicum in On-Screen Direction of Actors (4 units)

Description: Concentration on the basic skills in working with actors
from a director’s point of view.
Students learn to experiment and discuss the many choices in directing actors,
including laboratory and scene analysis. The course also breaks down a script
from the emotional point-of-view of the actor.

CTPR 474 Documentary Production (4 units)

Description: Pairs produce, direct, shoot, and edit a short
documentary on a subject of their choice. Finished projects will be suitable
for broadcast/festivals.

Students are encouraged to form pairs before class; individual students form
partnerships at the beginning of the term. Students must come prepared with
two to three documentary ideas. Finished films will be approximately fifteen
minutes in length.

CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop (4 units)

Description: Exercises and practical application for writing and
producing a multi-camera television project. Special attention to the
development of the sitcom. Recommended preparation: CTPR 371 required
for students who wish to direct a sitcom.

The Witt-Thomas-Harris Endowed Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop.
Exercises and practical application for producing/directing/editing a
half-hour television project. Recommended preparation: CTPR 371, CTPR
476, CTPR 523, CTPR 532/comedy for students who wish to direct and CTPR 310 or
CTPR 335 for students who wish to edit. Offered in conjunction with CTWR 487
Staff Writing the Multi-Camera Television Series.

CTPR 487 Recording for Film Scores (2 units)

Description: Exploration of the role of the recording studio in
professional film and video productions. Emphasis on technical and hardware
considerations.

CTPR 491 Viral Comedy (2 units)

Description: Translating traditional storytelling tools into short
form comedy that stands out online. Writing, directing and producing creative
projects designed for current online platforms.

Learn how to translate storytelling into short form comedy that will stand out
online. Students explore newer avenues, such as YouTube, IGTV and TikTok as
outlets for their creative voices with projects they will write, direct and
perform in.

CTPR 496 The Film Industry: Career Challenges and Choices for Women (2
units)

Description: Discusses women’s roles in the entertainment industry
and career opportunities available for women in the business, corporate, and
creative sectors.

WRITING

CTWR 211g The Television Writer: An Agent of Change (4 units)

Description: The television writer as an agent of change across
current social issues including, but not limited to: race, gender, and
class.
This course satisfies the university’s general education requirement.

CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy (2 units)

Description: Study of comedy theory and practical applications in
film, television, and social media. Lectures and screenings of comedic forms
tracing past, present and future.

CTWR 407 Creating the Comedic Character (2 units)

Description: Utilization of various techniques for character to
emerge naturally in scene and stories. Creating multiple comedic characters to
generate future stories. Recommended preparation: CTWR 404.

CTWR 409 Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Character, Conflict and Story (4
units)

Description: Introduction to writing compelling scenes, creating
authentic characters, three-act structure and feature film outlining.

CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis (2 units)

Description: Critical analysis of story structure from classic films
to contemporary works. Identification of key story concepts and elements of
three-act structure.

CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis (2 units)

Description: Evaluation of completed scripts prior to their
production. Coverage and analysis of scripts as potential properties from the
perspective of a production company.

CTWR 516 Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis (2 units)

Description: Critical analysis of the structure of films from the
classics to current award winners. Students will learn how to identify key
story concepts and break down three act structure in finished films and
scripts.

CTWR 523 Introduction to the Screenplay (4 units)

Description: Introduction to formal elements of the screenplay
through lectures and the workshopping of a complete first draft of a
feature-length script. Prerequisite: CTAN 536 or CTWR 505 or CTWR
518. Recommended preparation: CTWR 516.

EXPANDED ANIMATION

CTXA 410 Audio Design for Animation and Immersive Media (2 units)

Description: Experimental and traditional audio design practices for
animation, culminating in an immersive audio project utilizing acoustic
design, surround sound, and professional recording and editing tools.

CTXA 423L Visualizing Science Production (2 Units)

Description: Principles of 2-D and 3-D digital animation applied to
scientific themes and research topics.

CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production (2 units)

Description: Examination of the history, techniques, and methods of
documentary animation production. Collaboration on a short film project.

CTXA 550 Stop Motion Puppet and Set Design (2 units)

Description: Puppet and set design for stop motion animation while
providing guidance on armature rigs that allow the character to be animated
effectively.

CTXA 588 Animation for Virtual Characters, Robotics and AI (2 units)

Description: Designed to explore the illusion of life, sentience and
how to develop compelling animation, diverse stories and gesture for virtual
characters, AI and robotics.

MEDIA ARTS AND PRACTICE

IML 140 Workshop in Multimedia Authoring (2 units)

Description: Introduction to the expressive potential of multimedia
as a critical and creative tool, supplementing traditional forms of academic
work.

IML 201 The Languages of Digital Media (4 units)

Description: An in-depth investigation of the close
interrelationships among technology, culture and communication to form a solid
foundation for digital authoring. Duplicates credit in former IML 101.

IML 295Lm Race, Class and Gender in Digital Culture (4 units)

Description: Critical analysis of the categories of race, class and
gender within the diverse digital spaces of contemporary culture, from video
games to the digital divide.

Students will produce media projects that analyze their own attitudes about
diversity and inclusion and argue that living in a diverse society can
function as a form of social and cultural enrichment. Counts as a requirement
for the minor in Media and Social Change.

IML 309 Integrative Design for Mobile Devices (4 units)

Description: Hands-on investigation of opportunities and challenges
offered by mobile interaction within both cultural and ideological contexts.

Students will explore tablets, phones, and mobile-responsive websites while
also learning about user experience and user interface design. Counts as a
requirement for the minors in Digital Studies and Future Cinema.

IML 340 Remixing the Archive (4 units)

Description: An intermediate level course, which approaches archived
material from multiple perspectives, in order to develop new avenues of
expression, education, and research.

Students will create a media project that uses archival images, video, sound
and text in order to explore a topic in a multifaceted way. Counts as a
requirement for the minors in Digital Studies and Media and Social Change.

IML 365 Future Cinema (4 units)

Description: Examination of the history of cinematic experimentation
to provide a framework for understanding contemporary virtual reality,
augmented reality, interactive installations and large-scale urban screens.

Students will design a speculative project by transforming a short story into
an expanded/future cinema presentation. Counts as a requirement for the minors
in Digital Studies and Future Cinema.

IML 420m New Media for Social Change (4 units)

Description: Creating real social change through multimedia, working
in collaboration with a local nonprofit organization.

Students explore the nature of civic engagement and strengthen their digital
media skills in the pursuit or
real world change. Counts as a requirement for the minors in Digital Studies
and Media and Social Change.

IML 475 Media Arts Research Lab (2, 3, 4 units)

Description: A hands-on mentored research lab experience within the
context of media art and in association with a real-world project.

Participating labs include the Mobile and Environmental Media Lab, the Mixed
Reality Lab and the World Building Media Lab.

IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab (2, 3, 4 units)

Description: A hands-on mentored graduate research lab experience
within the context of media art and in association with a real-world project.
Open only to graduate students.

Participating labs include the Mobile and Environmental Media Lab, the Mixed
Reality Lab and the World Building Media Lab.

Thornton School of Music

COMPOSITION

MUCO 101x Fundamentals of Music Theory (2 units)

Description: An introductory course in music theory required for
those majors in need of remedial training, and available to the general
student who wishes to develop music writing skills. Not available for credit
to B.M. and B.A. music majors. Recommended preparation: ability to
read music.

JAZZ STUDIES

MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation (2 units)

Description:Development of beginning improvisational skills including
underlying principles of theory, harmony, jazz ear training, and jazz style.

MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments (2 units)

Description:Instruction in the performance of percussion instruments
associated with African, South American, and Caribbean music traditions, with
special emphasis on adaptation to jazz music.

MUJZ 218b Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments (2 units)

Description:Instruction in the performance of percussion instruments
associated with African, South American, and Caribbean music traditions, with
special emphasis on adaptation to jazz music. Prerequisite: MUJZ 218a

MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation (2 units)

Description: Development of intermediate improvisational skills
including underlying principles of theory, harmony, jazz ear training, and
jazz style. Recommended preparation: MUJZ 150.

MUSIC ENSEMBLE

MUEN 222 Trojan Marching Band (1 unit)

Description: Rehearsal and participation in performances for athletic
and other university functions. Open to all students by audition. Graded
CR/NC.

MUEN 305 Vocal Jazz Ensemble (1 unit)

Description: Study and performance of vocal ensemble literature from
the Jazz idiom, with emphasis on improvisational techniques. Open to all
students by audition. Graded CR/NC.

MUEN 307 University Chorus (1 unit, max 8)

Description: Rehearsal and performance of choral literature from all
periods of music history. Open to all students. Graded CR/NC.

MUEN 308 USC Apollo Chorus (1 unit)

Description: The USC Apollo Chorus, a choir open to all students,
faculty, and staff of any gender, performs tenor/bass repertoire.
Professor: Cristian Grases

MUEN 311 USC Oriana Choir (1 unit)

Description: The USC Oriana Choir, a choir open to all students,
faculty, and staff of any gender, performs treble repertoire.

MUEN 322 Trojan Marching Band (1 unit)

Description: Continuation of MUEN 222. Graded CR/NC.

MUEN 505 Vocal Jazz Ensemble (1 unit)

Description: Study and performance of vocal ensemble literature from
the Jazz idiom, with emphasis on improvisational techniques. Open to all
graduate students by audition. (Duplicates credit in MUEN 405.)

MUEN 507 University Chorus (1 unit)

Description: Rehearsal and performance of choral literature from all
periods of music history. Open to all graduate students.

MUEN 508 USC Apollo Chorus (1 unit)

Description: The USC Apollo Chorus, a choir open to all students,
faculty, and staff of any gender, performs tenor/bass repertoire.

MUEN 511 USC Oriana Choir (1 unit)

Description: The USC Oriana Choir, a choir open to all students,
faculty, and staff of any gender, performs treble repertoire.

MUSIC INDUSTRY

MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry (4 units)

Description: Introductory survey of the music business. Topics
include: copyright, record companies, contracts, music publishing, performance
rights societies, managers, agents, and other artist team/income
considerations. Not for major credit for music industry majors. (Duplicates
credit in former MUIN 372ax.)

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology (4 units)

Description: A survey of the technology used to create, prepare,
perform, and distribute music, with an emphasis on recording, MIDI, music
production, mastering and Internet technologies. Not available for major
credit to B.M. and B.S., Music Industry majors. (Duplicates credit in former
MUIN 277.)

PERFORMANCE (GUITAR)

MPGU 120a Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar (2 units)

Description: Introduction to the performance technique of pop/rock
guitar as well as music theory fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.

MPGU 120b Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar (2 units)

Description: Introduction to the performance technique of pop/rock
guitar as well as music theory fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews. Prerequisite: MPGU 120a or
MUPF 120a

MPGU 121 Intensive Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar (4 units)

Description: Introduction to the performance technique of pop/rock
guitar as well as music theory fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.

MPGU 125 Beginning Fingerstyle/Chord Guitar (2 units)

Description: Basic fingerstyle guitar, learned through the study of
such pieces as “Greensleeves,” “Malaguena,” and “Minuet” (Bach); song
accompaniment patterns and music notation for the beginner.

MPGU 126 Easy Fingerstyle Beatles (2 units)

Description: Techniques of classical guitar applied to the study of
five to eight Beatles songs, from “Hey Jude” to “Blackbird.” No guitar or
music background required.

MPGU 127 Easy Fingerstyle Brazilian Rhythms (2 units)

Description: Learn basic Brazilian rhythms and famous classics with
classical guitar fingerstyle techniques.

PERFORMANCE (KEYBOARD STUDIES)

MPKS 150a Beginning Piano (2 units)

Description: Techniques of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Not open to music majors.

MPKS 150b Beginning Piano (2 units)

Description: Techniques of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Not open to music majors. Prerequisite: MPKS
150a.

MPKS 150c Beginning Piano (2 units)

Description: Techniques of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Not open to music majors. Prerequisite: MPKS 150b
or MUPF 150b.

PERFORMANCE (POPULAR MUSIC)

MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I (2 units)

Description: Study of musical elements appropriate to the performance
of popular music in a collaborative, interactive environment.

MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician (2 units)

Description: Beginning and elementary instruction in drum set
techniques.

MPPM 340 Intermediate Drum Set Proficiency (2 units)

Description: Intermediate level instruction in drum set performance
including accompaniment techniques, fills, beat and brush patterns in jazz,
Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian styles, interpreting drum charts.
Recommended preparation: MPPM 240.

PERFORMANCE (STRINGS)

MPST 163 Class Harp (2 units, max 4)

Description: Basic instruction in the fundamentals of solo harp
playing, note reading, and basic musicianship. Open to music and non-music
majors.

PERFORMANCE (VOCAL ARTS)

MPVA 141 Class Voice (2 units)

Description: Introduction to the fundamental principles of singing:
breath control, tone production, diction, and the use of appropriate song
material.

MPVA 402 Musical Theatre Workshop (3 units)

Description: Study of the acting, musical and movement elements
involved in the performance of the Broadway musical repertoire.

SACRED MUSIC

MSCR 475 Introduction to Jewish Music (2 units)

Description: Development of Jewish music from biblical times to the
present, with emphasis on liturgical practices, traditions of itinerant
musicians and the adaptability of community song.