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MU 361G Contemporary Guitar 3 1 cr.  (1-0-0)
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: Passing 300-level Proficiency Exam.

A continuation of MU261G.  One individual lesson per week focusing on continued technical and artistic growth and preparation for a senior recital/senior project.

Notes:

May be repeated for credit as often as required.

MU 371 Performance 3 - Vocal 1 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter
  • Prerequisites: Passing 300-level proficiency exam.

One individual lesson per week. Continuation of MU 271 focusing on preparation for senior recital or senior project.

Notes: May be repeated for credit.
MU 381 Performance 3 - Woodwind 1 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter
  • Prerequisites: Passing 300-level proficiency exam.

One individual lesson per week. Continuation of MU 281, focusing on preparation for senior recital or senior project.

Notes: May be repeated for credit.
MU 490 Senior Recital 1 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter
  • Prerequisites: Promotion to the 300 level, junior standing or instructor's permission. Completion of all proficiency exams.
A required public recital (full or partial) or its equivalent prepared with the approval and assistance of a faculty member. Works programmed must meet the standard of the department (Performance Level III) and be performed with satisfactory style and skill.
MU 491 Senior Project 1 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter
  • Prerequisites: MU 203, MU 204, MU 206 and MU 210. Junior standing or instructor's permission. Promotion to 300 level required for those seeking a performance project. Completion of all proficiency exams.
Senior Project may be a composition, paper or performance. A project proposal must be approved by the supervising teacher and department head. A pre-presentation review must be approved by area faculty two weeks before final presentation.
MU 492 Internships in Music Entrepreneurship, Music Management and Marketing and Publicity 1-12 cr.  (3-0-36)
  • Offered: Contact department

 A 14-week internship in the music industry intended as a capstone experience for the Bachelor of Music in Music with Elective Studies in Business or Emphasis in Music Technology. Internships may take place in the fields of music products retail and wholesale, arts management, marketing, promotions, recording, live sound, venue operations, sound design, and/or audio production. Students are encouraged to make contact with potential internship programs well before their internship semester.

Notes:

This course may be repeated for credit with permission of the Music Department.

MU 498 Directed Studies in Music 1-4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact department
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing and instructor and department head permission.
Independent study of a topic determined by the student and instructor.
NAS 204 Native American Experience 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter Summer
A study of the development of Native American history, culture, attitudes and issues from the prehistoric era to the contemporary scene, focusing on native culture in the Great Lakes region. Shared native world view, contact experience and native peoples’ contributions to world culture are an important part of the course.
NAS 207 Beautiful Walks on Turtle Island: Seasonal Experience Anishinaabe Language 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter Summer

The skills necessary for speaking Anishinaabe through experiential opportunities, cultural outdoor activities as well as classroom activity and group work during fall, winter or spring experiences that emphasize indigenous traditional knowledge.

Notes:

May be repeated once for each season. 207a – fall, 207b – winter, 207c –spring.

NAS 212 Michigan & Wisconsin Tribal Relations 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter of odd years and occasionally summer

An examination of the twenty-three federally recognized tribes of Michigan and Wisconsin and how treaties with the federal government shaped their history and contemporary political make-up. Treaty rights, sovereignty, urban communities and tribal enterprises will also be explored.

NAS 224 Native American Beadwork Styles 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter

An introductionto Native American beadwork styles from various regions and time periods. The course blends reading and lecture with practical application of Native American beadwork. Content includes American Indian arts and crafts law.  

NAS 280 Storytelling by Native American Women 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
This course examines a myriad of historic and contemporary aspects of native life through the eyes and stories of Native American women. Subjects include customs, culture, family, generations, mothers, daughters, grandmothers, art, education, fiction, poetry, political activism and spirituality.
NAS 288 The Politics of Indian Gaming 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
Students will gain insight into contemporary issues surrounding the laws and politics of Indian gaming. It is designed to introduce students to the complexity of inter/intra-governmental relationships that bring together tribal governments and other external governments (i.e. local, state, federal and international).
NAS 298 Directed Study in Native American Studies 1-4 cr.
  • Offered: On demand
Students are able to pursue further study in an area of interest under the direction of the director of the Center for Native American Studies or a Native American Studies faculty member. Prior to taking this course, students must have completed NAS 204. Notes: All directed studies must be pre-approved.
NAS 301 The Good Life: Anishinaabemowin and Creative Cultural Expression 4 cr.  (4-0-0)
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: NAS 101.

This course builds on the grammar, linguistic mechanics, vocabulary and cultural knowledge introduced in NAS 101. Where possible, the course will use ​Anishinaabemowin ​replacement terminology for linguistic concepts. This course will look at more advanced concepts of culture such as ancestral governance, narrative, health systems, decolonization and renewal of ancestral culture in contemporary contexts.

NAS 310 Tribal Law and Government 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter
  • Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 101 and HON 111 and sophomore standing.

A focus on the relationship between American Indian tribes, the federal government and states. Emphasis is placed on examining the current state of tribal governments and tribal citizens within the State of Michigan. Students will examine the U.S. Constitution, treaties and tribals [tribes], federal and state laws and court cases.

NAS 315 History of Indian Boarding School Education 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter

The history of the initiation, development, alteration and demise of the federally mandated Indian boarding school education experience in the U.S. and Canada. Intergenerational and contemporary repercussions, both positive and negative, within indigenous societies are considered.

NAS 320 American Indians: Identity and Media Images 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall alternate years

An analysis of the identity and images of American Indians portrayed within the historic and contemporary media. Perpetuation of stereotypes and appropriate or distorted cultural images, symbols, beliefs, stories and contributions by native people to the media will be explored.

NAS 330 Native Cultures and the Dynamics of Religious Experience 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
An examination of the traditional philosophies of the native peoples in the Great Lakes region as well as an exploration of how Christianity has influenced native peoples and communities. Students will learn about the historical impacts, positive and negative, that organized religion has had on Indian country.