Composition and Theory Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Courses

Click on any course title for a detailed syllabus about that course.
These syllabi are from Dr. David Heuser, and are not representative all sections of these courses.
Click here to see all of the undergraduate music courses as described in the 2002-2004 UTSA Undergraduate Catalog.

MUS 1102: Aural Skills I (Heuser)
Offered every Fall semester.

MUS 1112: Basic Skills of Music I (Heuser)
Offered every Fall semester.

MUS 1122: Aural Skills II (Heuser)
Offered every Spring semester.

MUS 1132: Basic Skills of Music II (Heuser)
Offered every Spring semester.

MUS 2102: Aural Skills III (Heuser)
Offered every Fall semester.

MUS 2142: Composition I (Heuser)
Offered every semester.
Prereqisites: MUS 1102: Aural Skills I; MUS 1112: Basic Skills of Music I; Consent of Instructor.

MUS 2112: Aural Skills IV (Heuser)
Offered every Spring semester.

MUS 2152: Basic Skills of Music III (Heuser)
Offered every Fall semester.

MUS 2162: Basic Skills of Music IV (Heuser)
Offered every Spring semester.

MUS 3113: Analysis I (Heuser)
Offered each Fall adn Spring semesters.

MUS 3123: Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music (Heuser)
Offered each Spring semester.
Prerequisite: MUS 3313, Microcomputer Applications in Music or cosent of the instructor

MUS 3133: Analysis II
Offered in the Spring semester on even-numbered years.

MUS 3143: Orchestration
Offered in the Spring semester on odd-numbered years.

MUS 3162: Composition II (Heuser)
Offered every semester.
Prereqisites: MUS 2112: Aural Skills IV; MUS 2142: Composition I; MUS 2162: Basic Skills of Music IV; MUS 2253: Introduction to Music Literature; Consent of Instructor. Composition II may be repeated for credit.

MUS 3172: Composition in Electronic Media (Heuser)
Offered every semester.
Prerequisite: MUS 3123, Introduction to Synthesizers and Music

MUS 3252: Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis: Music Since 1950 (Heuser)
Offered in the Fall in odd-numbered years.
Prerequisite: Upper-Department standing and consent of instructor.

MUS 4113: Composition with Contrapuntal Techniques
Offered in the Spring in even-numbered years.
Prerequisites: MUS 2112, 2162, and 2253.

MUS 4142: Composition III (Heuser)
Offered every semester.
Prereqisites: MUS 3113: Analysis I; MUS 3162: Composition II; or Consent of Instructor. Composition III may be repeated for credit.

MUS 4561 Senior Recital
Offered every semester.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Concurrent enrollment in MUS 4142 is required of students in the Composition emphasis.

Graduate Courses
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MUS 5163: Graduate Composition (Heuser)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Music and consent of instructor.

MUS 5103: Applied Systems of Analysis

MUS 6233: Twentieth-Century Analytical Techniques (Heuser)