Rodney T Whitaker (Instructor) - Grade Details
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Rodney T Whitaker - All Courses
Average Grade - 3.794
Median Grade - 4.0
Latest grades from Spring 2024
Rodney T Whitaker - Overview
| Course Number | Grade Info | Number of Students | Latest Grade Data | Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUS 130 | Average Grade - 3.961 Median Grade - 4.0 |
804 | Spring 2024 | |||
| MUS 131 | Average Grade - 4.000 Median Grade - 4.0 |
335 | Spring 2023 | |||
| MUS 185 | Average Grade - 3.650 Median Grade - 4.0 |
210 | Fall 2023 | |||
| MUS 230 | Average Grade - 3.668 Median Grade - 4.0 |
161 | Fall 2023 | |||
| MUS 301 | Average Grade - 3.847 Median Grade - 4.0 |
132 | Fall 2022 | |||
| MUS 400 | Average Grade - 3.777 Median Grade - 4.0 |
160 | Fall 2021 | |||
| MUS 438 | Average Grade - 3.759 Median Grade - 4.0 |
189 | Fall 2022 | |||
| MUS 885 | Average Grade - 3.657 Median Grade - 4.0 |
51 | Fall 2021 | |||
| MUS 410 | Average Grade - 3.243 Median Grade - 3.5 |
183 | Fall 2022 | |||
| MUS 801 | Average Grade - 3.625 Median Grade - 4.0 |
64 | Fall 2022 | |||
| MUS 303 | Average Grade - 3.762 Median Grade - 4.0 |
40 | Fall 2021 | |||
| MUS 800 | Average Grade - 3.765 Median Grade - 4.0 |
34 | Spring 2022 | |||
| MUS 896 | Average Grade - 3.961 Median Grade - 4.0 |
179 | Spring 2024 | |||
| MUS 186 | Average Grade - 3.697 Median Grade - 4.0 |
152 | Spring 2024 | |||
| MUS 231 | Average Grade - 3.784 Median Grade - 4.0 |
111 | Spring 2023 | |||
| MUS 302 | Average Grade - 3.786 Median Grade - 4.0 |
117 | Spring 2023 | |||
| MUS 401 | Average Grade - 3.669 Median Grade - 4.0 |
157 | Spring 2022 | |||
| MUS 439 | Average Grade - 3.823 Median Grade - 4.0 |
164 | Spring 2023 | |||
| MUS 304 | Average Grade - 3.640 Median Grade - 4.0 |
57 | Spring 2022 | |||
| MUS 886 | Average Grade - 3.589 Median Grade - 4.0 |
62 | Spring 2022 | |||
| MUS 802 | Average Grade - 3.637 Median Grade - 4.0 |
53 | Spring 2023 | |||
| MUS 810 | Average Grade - 3.467 Median Grade - 4.0 |
15 | Spring 2018 | |||
| MUS 891 | Average Grade - 4.000 Median Grade - 4.0 |
11 | Summer 2017 | |||
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MUS 130 - Jazz Orchestra
Rehearsal and performance in large jazz ensemble. The ensemble performs literature from classic bands of Ellington and Basie to contemporary composers.
Average Grade - 3.961
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 131 - Jazz Combo
Rehearsal and performance in small jazz ensembles. The ensemble performs literature from all historical periods of jazz.
Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 185 - Jazz Styles and Analysis I
Introduction to jazz. Listening and appreciating jazz. The focus of the course is jazz styles, history and analysis.
Average Grade - 3.650
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 186 - Jazz Styles and Analysis II
Introduction to jazz. Listening and appreciating jazz. The focus of the course is jazz styles, history and analysis.
Average Grade - 3.697
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 230 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation I
Keys, modes, chord progressions as improvisational tools. Blues form in basic keys. The student will gain skills transcribing recorded solos.
Average Grade - 3.668
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 231 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation II
Performance of complete tunes. Transcriptions of recorded jazz solos.
Average Grade - 3.784
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 301 - Advanced Jazz Musicianship I
Secondary dominants, borrowed chords, and tritone substitutions. Transcriptions of recorded jazz solos. Jazz piano skills.
Average Grade - 3.847
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 302 - Advanced Jazz Musicianship II
Pentatonic scale relationships within II-V-I progressions, Aleatoric approaches to improvisation, non-traditional chord progressions, and transcription of recorded jazz solos.
Average Grade - 3.786
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 303 - Advanced Jazz Musicianship III
Continuation of Advanced Jazz Musicianship II.
Average Grade - 3.762
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 304 - Advanced Jazz Musicianship IV
Continuation of Advanced Jazz Musicianship III.
Average Grade - 3.640
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 400 - Jazz Arranging and Composition I
Jazz instrumental writing focusing on voicing concepts for standard jazz chord progressions, melody, counter-melody, and standard forms. Beginning orchestration techniques emphasizing form.
Average Grade - 3.777
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 401 - Jazz Arranging and Composition II
Jazz instrumental writing focusing on orchestration and arranging concepts for large jazz ensembles.
Average Grade - 3.669
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 410 - Jazz History
Survey of jazz from its beginnings in African American aural traditions to the present.
Average Grade - 3.243
Median Grade - 3.5
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MUS 438 - Jazz Pedagogy I
Teaching theory and methodologies for jazz education in secondary schools.
Average Grade - 3.759
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 439 - Jazz Pedagogy II
Teaching theory and methodologies for jazz education in secondary schools.
Average Grade - 3.823
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 800 - Advanced Jazz Arranging and Composition
Advanced jazz instrumental writing focusing on developing harmonic skills at the piano for arranging purposes and arranging for small and large ensembles and voices. Advanced orchestration techniques. Music notation and score/chart preparation.
Average Grade - 3.765
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 801 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation I
Development of advanced improvisational skills.
Average Grade - 3.625
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 802 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation II
Development and refinement of advanced improvisational skills.
Average Grade - 3.637
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 810 - Graduate Jazz History
Study of the written and recorded history of jazz as a musical art form. Examination of the role of race, culture, and politics in the development and dissemination of jazz.
Average Grade - 3.467
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 885 - Advanced Jazz Styles and Analysis I
Development and refinement of effective jazz listening and analysis skills focusing on an understanding and recognition of the basic elements of jazz and the different styles in jazz.
Average Grade - 3.657
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 886 - Advanced Jazz Styles and Analysis II
Continued development and refinement of effective jazz listening and analysis skills. Understanding and recognizing the basic elements of jazz and the different styles in jazz.
Average Grade - 3.589
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 891 - Special Topics
Special topics supplementing regular course offerings proposed by faculty on a group study basis for graduate students.
Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
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MUS 896 - Master's Performance
Directed experience in solo, chamber, and ensemble performance in partial fulfillment of Plan B master's degree requirements for master's students in performance.
Average Grade - 3.961
Median Grade - 4.0
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