Sandra,
As a voice teacher and diction teacher in an academic setting I offer the following for your consideration.
- Go to the college and ask for an appointment with a faculty member who does student advising.
- Explain your plans to the advisor and ask which music courses are available to non-majors. Your plans may be thwarted before they begin because of "majors only" restrictions placed on courses.
- If the diction courses are open to you, ask if they are sequential and/or continuing courses. If there's no requirement regarding sequence or prerequisites ask if the voice faculty have a preferred order of courses based on their needs in the studio. That failing, introduce yourself to the diction teacher and ask his or her advice.
-Request a copy of the current college/university "Bulletin." The bulletin book which list of all degrees, certification programs,majors, minors, etc. and includes all academic regulations which govern your life as a student. Request also a copy of the "course sequence" in the degree track in which you're interested. The "course sequence" lays out the order in which the department recommends the courses be taken and the number of course/credit hours required for the degree, planned out by semester.
If you're going to begin taking courses which will be required for your major you should take into consideration the institution's requirements and recommendations regarding sequence.
You can certainly get some of this information via the internet but do plan to make personal contact with someone in the department.
Regards, Cindy Donnell --------------------- I'm not currently enrolled in college for a music major-am going the private route. I live in a town with a university (offering up to PhD in vocal arts programs) am starting to take a class here and there. I'm considering either a English diction class or a French diction class for spring semester.
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