MENC: The National Association for Music Education

Home Study in Music

Author(s): D. Barry Lumsden and Sharyn Jensen
Source: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 63, No. 8 (Apr., 1977), pp. 55-57
Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of MENC: The National Association for
Music Education
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D. Barry Lumsden and Sharyn Jensen

Music is a fields. The accompanying
pervasive part of table presents
Americana l
This is evident if complete only listing
in of these
the institutions
number along of h
and automobiles that with the course titles and numbers
have stereo of corres- and tape
cassettes and elevators that have Muzak. But it pondence courses offered.
is also reflected in the thousands of Ameri- A careful examination of this list shows that
cans enrolled in evening music courses in there is indeed a broad range of music and mu-
community colleges, colleges, and universi- sic-related subjects treated in the available cor-
ties. Many of them are not even pursuing respondence courses.
music degrees. They invest time, money, and To those concerned with increasing the ac-
energy in interests that are sporadic and avoca- cessibility and availability of educational op-
tional and consequently different from those portunities in music, the data in this list is en-
of full-time matriculated students. And yet couraging. The number of colleges and univer-
there are still would-be students who find it sities offering correspondence courses related
inconvenient to enroll in these courses, even to music undoubtedly reflects an increased
on a part-time evening basis. Some education- awareness in recent years of the need to pro-
al institutions do not make their courses avail- vide learning opportunities in music to per-
able for evening or extension students. Part- sons who are not full-time matriculated stu-
time students often do not satisfy the pre- dents.
requisites for taking certain courses. Geograph- There may be an even greater need, how-
ic inaccessibility to higher education institu- ever, for other sorts of nontraditional study op-
tions is also a factor that stymies individuals portunities. A single correspondence course
who wish to take music courses. in music can be quite useful in itself, but indi-
Home study could prove to be one of the viduals who want to study music more in-
most useful and effective nontraditional tensively may find it difficult to identify appro-
means of providing learning opportunities in priate correspondence courses that build up-
the fields of music and music education. An on each other to produce an integrated and
awareness of what is available in music corre- fairly comprehensive body of knowledge
spondence courses is essential for music about music.
educators, college administrators, career coun-One response to the educational needs of
selors, and all who have contact with people many people interested in studying music
interested in music. could be a nationwide certificate program in
Investigation of the seventy-four catalogues music, approved and recognized by a profes-
of the institutions listed in the 1975-1977 sional association concerned with music edu-
Guide to Independent Study Through Corre- cation. Using the existing correspondence
spondence Instruction (Washington, D.C.: Na- courses in music and related areas, a task
tional University Extension Association, force of music educators from across the coun-
1976) revealed that thirty offer correspon- try could be formed to develop such a pro-
dence instruction in music and music-related gram to provide students with a "core" of
information about music. Such a certificate
Lumsden is editor of Educational Gerontology and a program would not only meet individual stu-
member of the education faculty at Virginia Common- dent needs for learning, but it would also help
wealth University, Richmond. Jensen is his research assis- standardize basic knowledge in the field of
tant.
music. i1

Table. Institutions offering

Institution Course Number and Title

Colorado State University Child Development 334/Child
Fort Collins Literature
Home Study Institute Music Appreciation/(N
Takoma Park, Maryland
Indiana University Comparative Literature C255/Modern L
Bloomington the Other Arts: An Introduction
Music 174/Appreciation of Music 1
T109/Rudiments of Music

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 Louisiana State University 1751c/Music Appreciation
Baton Rouge 1752c/Music Appreciation
1753c/Music History and Appreciation
1754c/Music History and Appreciation
4751c/Survey in Music History
4752c/Survey in Music History
North Dakota State University Piano Playing 1 (No Course Number)
Fargo Piano Playing 2 (No Course Number)
Fundamentals of Music (No Course Num
Guitar Playing (No Course Number)
Exploring Music (No Course Number)
Ohio University MElO1/Music Theory
Athens ME 102/Music Theory
ME103/Music Theory
ME160/Music Fundamentals
ME201/Harmony
ME202/Harmony
ME203/Harmony
ME204/Dictation and Sight Singing
ME205/Dictation and Sight Singing
ME206/Analysis and Form
ME261/String Methods and Materials
ME263/Wind and Percussion Methods and Materials
ME304/Instrumentation
ME321/History and Literature of Music
ME322/History and Literature of Music
ME323/History and Literature of Music
ME401/Keyboard Harmony
The Pennsylvania State University Music 8/Rudiments of Music
University Park

Seminary Extension Home Study Music 155/Fundamentals of Music

Institute, Nashville

University of Alabama American Studies 222c/Popular Culture in America

University
University of Arizona Music 4031/Basic Musicianship
Tucson

University of California X5/Introduction to Harmony

Berkeley X6/Elementary Counterpoint
X7/History of Jazz
X140/The History and Literature of Mus
1945
XB27/Introduction to Music
800/Elements of Music

University of Colorado Music 106-3iRudiments of Music

Boulder Music 270-4/History of Western Music
University of Florida Music 209/Introduction to Music History-Music
Gainesville Appreciation
Music 210/Introduction to Mus
Appreciation
Music 211/Introduction to Mus
Appreciation
University of Iowa Music 25:70/Fundamentals of Harmony 1
Iowa City

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University of Minnesota Music 1501-1511/Materials and Structure of Music 1/
Minneapolis Ear Training and Sight Singing
Music 5439/Keyboard Sight Reading
Music 5711/American Popular Music
Music 5950/Topics in Music: Music Appreciation
University of Mississippi C202/History of Music
University C203/Opera
C204/Mozart

University of Missouri Music 21/Theory (Written)

Columbia Music 150/Introduction to Music History
Music 250/Introduction to Contemporary Music
Music 351/History of Music in Western Civilization 1
Music 352/History of Music in Western Civilization 2
University of Nebraska Ix/Beginning Piano
Lincoln IIx/Beginning Piano
IIIx/Music Theory
Vxa/The History and Appreciation of M
XVx-56/Harmony
University of New Mexico Music 161C/Survey of Music History 1
Albuquerque Music 162C/Survey of Music History 2
University of North Carolina Music 14/Harmony
Chapel Hill Music 15/Harmony
Music 21/Fundamentals of Music
Music 41/Music Appreciation
University of Oklahoma Music 1113/The Understanding of Music
Norman

University of South Carolina C- 15/Introduction to Music Theory

Columbia

University of Tennessee Music 1310M/Orientation in Music Appreciation

Knoxville

University of Utah Music 159/Music Fundamentals for Elementary

Salt Lake City Teachers
Music 371/Music Education in the Elem
University of Virginia GSMU 103/Voices and Freedoms: An Introduction to
Charlottesville Jazz
MUSI 131/Introduction to Mus
MUSI 204/Orchestral Music:
Music in Early Childhood (No
University of Washington C122/Orchestral Music: 17th and 18th Centuries
Seattle C123/Symphonic Music: 19th Century
University of Wisconsin Music 101/Appreciation and History of Music
Madison Music 102/Appreciation and History of Music
H30/Beginning Music Theory 1
H31/Beginning Music Theory 2
University of Wyoming 301F/Theory 1 (Written)
Laramie 301G/Theory 1 (Written)
A-1/Music Theory
Utah State University Music 101/Enjoying Music
Logan
Western Michigan University History 318/Popular Culture in 20th Century America
Kalamazoo

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