Courses

Music performance class designed for further development of baton technique, score reading, and rehearsal preparation with special emphasis on analysis and musical styles. May be repeated once with different emphasis for additional credit.

This course deals with advanced conducting skills, score study, and rehearsal techniques for instrumental and/or choral ensembles. Topics may include baton and hand technique, physical gestures, nonverbal communication, score study, and repertoire.

Review of basic conducting patterns. Emphasis on communication as the role of the conductor. Detailed score preparation. Offered every other Spring semester only.

This course addresses advanced tenets of conducting practice: conducting technique and gesture, rehearsal strategy and psychology, error detection and correction, and leadership and organization.

This course will expand rehearsal and conducting skills in small and large instrument ensembles. It covers identifying errors, intonation of instruments and voices, tuning students on individual instruments, performing as a unified section/ ensemble, balance and blend, score study and research, score marking, sound production, and understanding the practical relationship between acoustics and performance.

This course continues the study of baton technique and score reading for choral conductors.

This course continues the study of baton technique and score reading for instrumental conductors.

Rehearsal techniques, expression, and interpretation. May occasionally work with University ensembles.

Examines cost estimating as a key process in planning, designing and constructing buildings. Topics include the analysis of the elements of cost estimating; database development and management, productivity, unit costs, quantity surveys and pricing, and the application of these tools in business situations; marketing, sales, bidding, negotiating, value engineering, cost control, claims management and cost history. Computerization is evaluated as an enhancement to the process.

LAB. 2. Pr. BSCI 3660. Exploration and creation of advanced applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for planning, decision making, projects monitoring, and controls. 286 College of Architecture, Design and Construction