This course introduces the basic vocabulary of music notation and theory and rudimentary skills of ear training and sight singing. This course must be taken concurrently with THRY COM 1301, but may be waived on the basis of a successful score on the Theory Placement Exam.

Prerequisite: Consent of department. This course introduces the basic materials of music as well as species counterpoint and diatonic harmony. Concurrent registration in THRY COM 1300 is required unless waived on the basis of a successful score on the Theory Placement Exam. Concurrent registration in THRY COM 1302 is required for music majors and minors.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Systematic instruction in ear training and sight singing of all material covered in THRY COM 1301. Includes diatonic melodic and rhythmic dictation, chord quality recognition, sight singing of diatonic melodies, and the reading of units and divisions of units in simple and compound meters. Concurrent registration in THRY COM 1301 is required for music majors and minors.

Prerequisites: THRY COM 1311 and THRY COM 1312 or consent of department. This course begins the study of chromatic harmony and form in music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Concurrent registration in THRY COM 2302 is required for music majors and minors.

Prerequisites: THRY COM 1311 and THRY COM 1312 or consent of instructor. Systematic instruction in ear training and sight singing of THRY COM 1312 is continued. This course provides instruction in the performance and aural recognition of all musical devices introduced in THRY COM 2301. Concurrent registration in THRY COM 2301 is required for music majors and minors.

Prerequisites: THRY COM 2311 and THRY COM 2312. An introduction to the primary areas of research in the field of music theory. This seminar-style course will include readings and discussion of a number of important writings in music theoretical areas including, but not limited to the following: tonal theory, post-tonal theory, mathematics and music, music cognition, and the history of music theory.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed independent study of selected topics in music. May be repeated, but no more than 5 hours may be applied toward a degree.