2009-2010 University Catalog archived
Course Descriptions
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LATN 323 - History: Tacitus
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of the instructor.History: TacitusStaff.
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LATN 324 - Roman Historiography: Livy
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of the instructor.Readings from the Augustan historian Livy’s History of Rome.Carlisle.
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LATN 325 - Virgil’s Aeneid
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of the instructor.Virgil’s AeneidCarlisle.
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LATN 326 - The Poetry of Ovid
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Readings from the masterpieces of Ovid’s poetry, including one or more of the following: The Metamorphoses (a grand mythological epic), The Fasti (festivals and the Roman calendar), The Heroides (fictional letters written by mythological heroines, Ars Amatoria and Amores (love poetry) and Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto (his poetry from exile). Topic varies by term but course may be taken only once.Benefiel or Carlisle.
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LATN 327 - Medieval and Renaissance Writers
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of the instructor.Readings from Augustine, Bede, the Crusader historians, medieval hymns, the Carmina Burana, Petrarch, and texts proposed by students.Johnson.
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LATN 331 - Early Republican Literature
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of the instructor.This course explores the literature of early Rome, most importantly Roman comedy.Carlisle.
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LATN 332 - Latin Prose Composition
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2010
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of the instructor.A consideration of several masters of prose style, including Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and Pliny, as well as extensive exercises in Latin prose composition.Carlisle.
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LATN 395 - Topics in Advanced Latin Literature
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or equivalent.Selected subject areas in Latin literature. The topic selected varies from year to year. May be repeated for degree credit with permission of instructor and if the topics are different.
Topics for Fall, 2009:
LATN 395A: Suetonius. Prerequisite: LATN 301 or permission of instructor. How do we know that the emperor Augustus wore leggings in winter, Caligula made his horse a senator, and Nero fiddled (or, more correctly, sang) while Rome burned? The author Suetonius wrote biographies of illustrious men, and even famous courtesans, but his biggest literary success was The Lives of the Caesars, a series of biographies of the first 12 emperors of Rome. This course focuses on the life of Nero, the last figure of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been inaugurated by the emperor Augustus. We read Suetonius’ Life of Nero for both its literary and historical value. Topics considered include: genre differences between biography and history, the relationship between the emperor and the Roman populace, and the survival of the empire during its bloody transition from dynastic rule to non-hereditary succession. Benefiel
LATN 395B: Latin Literature of the Late Republic. Prerequisite: One 300-level Latin course and permission of the instructor. Advanced students of Latin continue to develop their understanding of the language by studying the literature that evolved during the Late Roman Republic, including such authors as Catullus, Lucretius, Cicero, and Sallust. Although students often read selections from these authors in intermediate Latin, this course focuses on works that are less familiar, and includes rigorous study of the larger social, political, and cultural context of the Late Republic, as well as consideration of a number of interpretative issues related to the literature of this period. This course is offered in cyber collaboration with students and faculty from other colleges, and includes weekly webcast evening lectures, online assignments, and tutorials with faculty from participating institutions. Carlisle
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LATN 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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LATN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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LATN 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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LATN 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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LATN 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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LATN 423 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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LACS 101 - Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
A multidisciplinary, introductory course designed to familiarize students with the pertinent issues that determine or affect the concept of identity in Latin American and Caribbean societies through a study of their geography, history, politics, economics, literature, and culture. The purpose of the course is to provide a framework or overview to enhance understanding in the students’ future courses in particular disciplines and specific areas of Latin American and Caribbean study.Barnett.
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LACS 195 - Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: FDR and GE designation varies with topic, as approved in advance.
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
A topical seminar that focuses on an interdisciplinary examination of a singular theme relevant to the overall understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean region, such as Hispanic Feminisms, the Indigenous Americas, or Shifting Borders, among others. As an introductory seminar, topics are selected with the purpose in mind to present the student with a broad, regional view within the scope of a restricted focus or medium.Staff.
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LACS 256 - Trans-American Identity: Images from the Americas
(LIT 256)FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter, 2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. Counts toward the literature distribution requirement for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. A multi-genre survey of representative literary works from the Americas, defined as those regions that encompass Latin American and Caribbean cultures. In particular the course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how exemplary artists from the region have crafted images to interpret and represent their American reality. Selected narrative, film, and poetic works by Spanish-American (Neruda, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo, and Carpentier), Francophone (Danticat), Lusophone (Amado), and Anglophone authors (Walcott, Brathwaite, and Naipaul), among others.Barnett.
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LACS 257 - Multiculturalism in Latin America: The Case of Brazil
FDR: HL, GE3.
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2011
This seminar studies Brazil as an example of a multicultural society. Students examine the meaning of multiculturalism and related concepts of identity, heterogeneity, and Eurocentrism, not only in regard to the Brazilian context, but also, comparatively, to that of US culture. The course focuses on the social dynamics that have engaged Brazilians of different backgrounds, marked by differences of gender, ethnicity, and class, and on how multiculturalism and the ensuing conflicts have continuously shaped and reshaped individual subjectivities and national identity. Some of the key issues to be addressed in class are: Brazil’s ethnic formation; myths of national identity; class and racial relations; and women in Brazilian society. Readings for the class include novels, short stories, poetry, and testimonial/diaryPinto-Bailey.
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LACS 396 - Capstone Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisites: completion of all other minor requirements, junior or senior standing, or permission of the instructor. This capstone course buildsupon the foundations developed in LACS 101 and related coursework in the distribution areas. Students discuss assigned readings centered around a key theme or themes of Latin American Studies in connection with an individualized research project. This project is carried out with continual mentoring by a faculty member and in collaboration with peer feedback. Each student presents his/her findings in a formal paper, or other approved end-product, and summarizes the results in an oral presentation.Staff.
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LACS 421 - Interdisciplinary Research
Credits: 1
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
Prerequisites: LACS 101, junior or senior standing, and permission of the instructor.Independent research into a topic centered within Latin America or the Caribbean, directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students are expected to share their work with the public through a public presentation.Barnett.
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LACS 422 - Interdisciplinary Research
Credits: 2
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
Prerequisites: LACS 101, junior or senior standing, and permission of the instructor.Independent research into a topic centered within Latin America or the Caribbean, directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students are expected to share their work with the public through a public presentation.Barnett.
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LACS 423 - Interdisciplinary Research
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
Prerequisites: LACS 101, junior or senior standing, and permission of the instructor.Independent research into a topic centered within Latin America or the Caribbean, directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students are expected to share their work with the public through a public presentation.Barnett.
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Literature in Translation |
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LIT 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3-4
When Offered: Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and The Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
Prerequisites: First-year standing, completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.Offered Spring, 2010:
LIT 180: FS: Fictions of Vietnam in France and the USA (4). Prerequisites: First-year standing, completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement, and permission of the instructor. First-year Seminar. “Indochine” and “Vietnam” inspire immediate reactions in France and the United States. The military defeat of both nations’ armies in Southeast Asia - accompanied by a loss of territory for France - contributed to national malaise about their positions as world powers and directly influenced long and costly wars in Algeria (France) and in lraq (the United States). In an attempt to determine how fiction and film shape “reality” and our perceptions of it, we first learn about Vietnamese history and culture before studying fiction and film set in French Indochina and American texts and films about Vietnam. We also analyze fictional works by overseas Vietnamese in France and in the United States that touch on their host countries’ involvement with their homeland. Short readings provide historical background and critical orientation to allow for discussion of how these works of art both reflected and influenced their times. All course materials are in English, but students with knowledge of French or Vietnamese are encouraged to consult works in their original language. (HL) Dixon.
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LIT 201 - Classical Mythology
(CLAS 201)FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring, 2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.An introduction to the study of Greek mythology, with an emphasis on the primary sources. The myths are presented in their historical, religious, and political contexts. The course also includes an introduction to several major theories of myth, and uses comparative materials drawn from contemporary society and media.Carlisle.
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LIT 203 - Greek Literature from Homer to the Early Hellenistic Period
(CLAS 203)FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.Readings in translation from Homer, Hesiod, the tragedians, the comedians, and the lyric and pastoral poets, including selections from Herodotus and Thucydides, and from Plato’s and Aristotle’s reflections on literature. The course includes readings from modern critical writings.Crotty.
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LIT 204 - Augustan Era
(CLAS 204)FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.An interdisciplinary course taught in English, using the tools of literature, history and art to examine a specific, complicated, and pivotally important period in the evolution of western culture, focused on the literary. Readings from the poets predominate (Virgil’s Aeneid and Ovid’s Metamorphosis, selections from Horace, Propertius, Tibullus and other poems of Ovid) and also including readings from ancient historians dealing with Augustus and the major events of his period (e.g. Suetonius, Plutarch, and Tacitus on such topics as Actium and problems of succession). The topic for each lecture is illustrated with slides of works of art and architecture from the period. Selections from historians and from material remains are chosen according to intersection points with the literature.Carlisle.
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LIT 215 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.Selected Russian literary masterpieces (short stories, plays and novels). Authors include Olesha, Babel, Nabokov, and Solzhenitsyn.Brodsky.
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LIT 218 - Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall or Spring
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.A survey of Chinese literature from the earliest period to the founding of the Republic in 1912. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. The literature is presented in the context of its intellectual, philosophical and cultural background. Texts used may vary from year to year and include a wide selection of fiction, poetry, historical documents, Chinese drama (opera) and prose works. Audiovisual materials are used when appropriate and available.Fu.
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LIT 220 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.An introductory survey of the literature of 20th-century China. Through close reading of key literary texts from the 1910s to the present, students explore the social, historical, and literary background that gave rise to the texts studied, and also the ways in which these texts address various issues that China faced at the time. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. In addition to the selected literary texts, the course also introduces several cinematic adaptations of modern Chinese fiction and explores the complex and dynamic interchange between literary and cinematic language.Zhu.
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LIT 221 - Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.An introduction to Japanese literature in its historical and cultural contexts from premodern to modern times. The course materials draw upon selections from the earliest prose works to contemporary fiction of representative modern writers.Ikeda.
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LIT 223 - Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement and permission of the instructor.Selected topics in Japanese literature, varying from year to year. Possible topics include the development of poetic forms, Heian court literature and art, diaries, epics, Buddhist literature, the culture of food and tea, and Noh drama.Ikeda.
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LIT 225 - Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.This course is designed to introduce students to the poetry and theater of Japan’s premodern era. We examine classical themes and poetic art forms, and read from the vast canon of Japanese poetry. Readings cover major poets such as Hitomaro, Komachi, Teika, Saigyo, Sogi and Basho. The second part of the course offers a close study of the four traditional dramatic art forms of Japan: Noh, Kyogen or Comic Theater, Puppet Theater, and Kabuki. Students experience the performative aspect of the Noh theater by learning dance movements and song/chant from the play Yuya. The final part of the course demonstrates how classical theater has influenced modern playwrights and novelists.Ikeda.
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LIT 235 - Tragedies East and West
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2010 and alternate years
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.This course is designed to introduce students to the topic of tragedy in both China and the West from its origin in Greece and the Chinese Yuan dynasty up to modern times. It examines the concept of tragedy as a literary genre in the West, its evolution in history, and the aptness of its application to Chinese drama. Primary texts from Western and Chinese classical drama as well as from the modern period are selected as a basis for comparison, with a view to helping students form a comparative perspective in their appreciation of both Chinese and Western drama. Course activities include frequent discussions, writing assignments and projects of student performance, video screenings and a possible trip to either Washington DC or New York City to view a Chinese or Western play in performance.Fu.
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LIT 255 - Masterpieces of Peninsular Spanish Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisites: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement and permission of the instructor.A study of Spanish literary masterpieces from the Poem of the Cid to the present.Staff.
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LIT 256 - Trans-American Identity:Images from the Americas
(LACS 256)FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter, 2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. Counts toward the literature distribution requirement for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. A multi-genre survey of representative literary works from the Americas, defined as those regions that encompass Latin American and Caribbean cultures. In particular the course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how exemplary artists from the region have crafted images to interpret and represent their American reality. Selected narrative, film, and poetic works by Spanish-American (Neruda, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo, and Carpentier), Francophone (Danticat), Lusophone (Amado), and Anglophone authors (Walcott, Brathwaite, and Naipaul), among others.Barnett.
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LIT 259 - The French Caribbean Novel
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.A stylistic and thematic study of identity acquisition through exile, marginalization, struggle, reintegration and cultural blending or any other sociologically significant phenomenon reflected in the literary works of the most important post?colonial French West Indian authors. Spawned largely by Aimé Césaire’s book-length poem, Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, French Caribbean novels have proliferated since the end of World War II. After taking a brief look first at this seminal poem, the course then focuses analytically on novels written by authors such as Haitian Jacques Roumain, Guadeloupeans Simone Schwarz-Bart and Maryse Condé, and Martinicans Joseph Zobel, Raphaël Confiant, and Édouard Glissant. Several films based on, or pertaining to, Césaire’s poem and to certain novels are also viewed.Staff.
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LIT 261 - Modern German Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.A critical study of the novels, plays, stories, and poetry of such modernists as Kafka, Mann, Rilke, Wedekind, Kaiser, and Brecht and such contemporary masters as Bachmann, Bernhard, Frisch, Grass, Handke, and Weiss.Staff.
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LIT 262 - German Literature Before 1900 in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.Readings from Lessing, Goethe (Faust I and II), Schiller, Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism.Staff.
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LIT 263 - 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.A study of major works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.Brodsky.
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LIT 270 - Modern Italian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.A critical study of classical modern and contemporary Italian theater, narrative and poetry. Pirandello, Svevo, Montale, Carlo and Primo Levi, Vittorini, Pavese, Malaparte, Tabucchi, and Calvino are examples of authors whose work has been studied.Staff.
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LIT 272 - Modern Jewish Literature in Translation
(REL 272)FDR: HL as literature only; GE3 as literature only
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.Readings in the works of 20th-century authors, such as Elie Wiesel, Isaac B. Singer, and the Israeli novelists Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. These writings are studied as literary responses to the historical and religious crises of modern Jewish life in Europe, the United States, and Israel.Marks.
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LIT 295 - Special Topics in Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement and permission of the instructor.A selected topic focusing on a particular author, genre, motif or period in translation. The specific topic is determined by the interests of the individual instructor. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
Topic for Winter, 2010:
LIT 295: Fictions of the Self in Modern Japanese Literature: Gender, Race, and Class in the Making of ‘I’. This course explores the development of the novel and other prose fiction forms, first taking up the world’s earliest novel in Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, before quickly advancing to the “I-novel” genre of the late 19th century so particular to Japan. Modern experiments in fictional form fully attentive, and sometimes resistant, to “I-novel” conventions are considered in global and local contexts. Depending on availability, works included are both long and short, popular and canonical by Futabatei, Rampo, Kawabata, Dazai , Tanizaki, Toson, Takahashi, Kurahashi, and others. Knighton.
Topics for Fall, 2009:
LIT 295: Special Topics in Literature in Translation: Discovering French Theater in Translation. An exploration of some of the most engaging, troubling, moving, or comical dramatic works from the rich tradition of French theater from Moliere to Beaumarchais, to Hugo, to Beckett, Ionesco, Arrabal and Visniec. Radulescu
LIT 295B: The Grimms Revisited: Fairy Tales and Popular Culture. Students in this course study fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and investigate the ways in which canonical tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and Bluebeard reflect cultural norms and function in the shaping of behavioral blueprints for children, gender roles, courtship rituals, and conceptions of marriage. Students examine the evolution of the fairy-tale genre, and its incorporation into literary and mass culture, and consider multiple interpretive approaches to these formative childhood narratives. Prager
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LIT 296 - Special Spring-Term Topics in Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring, 2010
Taught in English. Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. A selected topic focusing on a particular author, genre, motif or period in translation. The specific topic is determined by the interests of the individual instructor. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
Topic for Spring 2010:
LIT 296: Coming to Terms with the Past: German Literary Reflections on the Nazi Era (4): A half-century of attempts by German-speaking authors to come to terms with the horrors and crimes of the Nazi era, 1933-1945. Against the historical background of the dictatorship, the war, the Shoah, the destruction and postwar deprivations, students read representative novels, dramas, and poetry of three generations of writers and write frequently. Films viewed outside of class supplement the readings. Daily readings from primary sources vary from about 100 to 150 pages. Students are required to write 20-25 pages during the courses, including two short response papers to be presented in class as the basis for a class discussion led by the students. (HL, GE3) Crockett.
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LIT 363 - Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Spring
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.An intensive study of a single Russian novelist to be selected. All readings and discussions in English.Brodsky.
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LIT 395 - Literature in Translation Seminar
FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement and two 200-level or higher literature courses or permission of the instructor.A seminar focusing on a particular author, genre, motif or period of translation. The specific topic is determined by the interests of the individual instructor. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
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Mathematics |
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MATH 101 - Calculus I
FDR: FM, GE5b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter
An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.Staff.
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MATH 102 - Calculus II
FDR: SC, GE5c
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 101 with C grade or better.A continuation of MATH 101, including techniques of integration, transcendental functions, and infinite series.Staff.
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MATH 118 - Introduction to Statistics
FDR: SC, GE5c
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: MATH 101.Elementary probability and counting. Mean and variance of discrete and continuous random variables. Central Limit Theorem. Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests concerning parameters of one or two normal populations.
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MATH 121 - Discrete Mathematics I
FDR: FM, GE5b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter
A study of concepts fundamental to the analysis of finite mathematical structures and processes. These include logic and sets, algorithms, induction, the binomial theorem, and combinatorics.
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MATH 122 - Discrete Mathematics II
FDR: SC, GE5c
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered in the winter term when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: MATH 121. A continuation of MATH 121.Applications of 121 include probability theory in finite sample spaces and properties of the binomial distribution. This course also includes relations on finite sets, equivalence classes, partial orderings, and an introduction to graph theory and enumeration.
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MATH 171 - Mathematics of Cryptography
FDR: SC, GE5c
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2010 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 101 or 121.The history and application of cryptography. Topics include private-key codes, the ENIGMA machine and other WWII codes, public-key codes, and the RSA system. Appropriate mathematics is introduced, as necessary, to understand the construction and use of these codes. Several assignments are themselves in code, and students must decipher them just to find out what the homework is.Dresden.
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MATH 195 - Special Topics in Contemporary Mathematics
FDR: SC, GE5c
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring
Prerequisite: MATH 101 or 121, depending on course topic.A selected mathematical topic of current widespread interest.
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MATH 218 - Applications of Statistics
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered in the winter term when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: MATH 118, MATH 309, or INTR 202.Theory and applications of the General Linear Model, including analysis of variance and covariance, multiple regression, and experimental design.
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MATH 221 - Multivariable Calculus
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 102 with C grade or better.Multivariable calculus, including motion in R3, parametric curves in Rn, differential calculus of functions from Rn to R and to Rm, multiple integrals.
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MATH 222 - Linear Algebra
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 221.Introductory linear algebra: systems of linear equations, matrices and determinants, vector spaces over the reals, linear transformations, eigenvectors, and vector geometry.
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MATH 233 - Natural Resource and Electric Grid Modeling
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: MATH 102.This class is designed to teach mathematical modeling by analyzing two separate but related issues - river fish populations and power generation/distribution - that are timely and important, and for which mathematical and scientific analysis is essential to wise policy decision-making. Examples of specific questions addressed include: how should a modern electricity grid should be designed to minimize loss of electricity and accommodate new energy-generating technologies? what is the relationship between native and non-native river fish populations as a consequence of hydroelectric power generation. The class is divided into teams, each of which completes an in-depth analysis of one particular question.Crowley
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MATH 242 - Vector Analysis
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered in the winter term when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: MATH 221.Vector differential operators: gradient, divergence, and curl. Path and surface integrals. Orientation. Calculus of differential forms. Theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes. Applications.
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MATH 301 - Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring, 2010
Prerequisite: Six credits of mathematics or a grade of at least B in MATH 102.Basic analytical tools and principles useful in mathematical investigations, from their beginning stages, in which experimentation and pattern analysis are likely to play a role, to their final stages, in which mathematical discoveries are formally proved to be correct. Strongly recommended for all prospective mathematics majors.McRae.
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MATH 303 - Complex Analysis
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2011 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 221 or permission of the instructor.Algebra of complex numbers, polar form, powers, and roots. Derivatives and geometry of elementary functions. Line integrals, the Cauchy Integral Theorem, the Cauchy Integral formula, Taylor and Laurent Series, residues, and poles. Applications.
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MATH 309 - Mathematical Statistics I
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall 2009 and alternate years
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 221 with C grade or better.Probability, probability density and distribution functions, mathematical expectation, discrete and continuous random variables, and moment generating functions.
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MATH 310 - Mathematical Statistics II
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 309.Sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, testing hypotheses, regression and correlation, and analysis of variance.
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MATH 311 - Real Analysis I
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: MATH 221 with C grade or better; MATH 301 is recommended.Basic properties of real numbers, elementary topology of the real line and Euclidean spaces, and continuity and differentiability of real-valued functions on Euclidean spaces.
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MATH 312 - Real Analysis II
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: MATH 311.Riemann integration, nature and consequences of various types of convergence of sequences and series of functions, some special series, and related topics.
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MATH 321 - Abstract Algebra I
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: MATH 222; MATH 301 is recommended.Groups, including normal subgroups, quotient groups, permutation groups. Cauchy’s theorem and Sylow’s theorems.
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MATH 322 - Abstract Algebra II
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: MATH 321.Rings, including ideals, quotient rings, Euclidean rings, polynomial rings. Fields of quotients of an integral domain. Further field theory as time permits.
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MATH 332 - Ordinary Differential Equations
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisite: MATH 221 with C grade or better.First and second order differential equations, systems of differential equations, and applications. Techniques employed are analytic, qualitative, and numerical.
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MATH 333 - Partial Differential Equations
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: MATH 332.An introduction to the study of boundary value problems and partial differential equations. Topics include modeling heat and wave phenomena, Fourier series, separation of variables, and Bessel functions. Techniques employed are analytic, qualitative, and numerical.
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MATH 340 - Classical Geometry
Credits: 4
When Offered: Offered in the spring term when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: MATH 221.A survey of the world of geometry primarily for prospective high school teachers, featuring exposure to current computer technology in the field, construction of geometric models, and a historical and axiomatic development. Basic concepts are developed through non-Euclidean geometry.
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MATH 341 - Geometric Topology
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall 2010 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 221.A study of the shape of space focusing on characteristics not detected by geometry alone. Topics are approached pragmatically and include point set topology of Euclidean space, map-coloring problems, knots, the shape of the universe, surfaces, graphs and trees, the fundamental group, the Jordan Curve Theorem, and homology.
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MATH 342 - Modern Geometry
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2011 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 221.A survey of recent developments in geometry. Topics vary and may include such subjects as the geometry of curves and surfaces, singularity and catastrophe theory, geometric probability, integral geometry, convex geometry, and the geometry of space-time.
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MATH 353 - Numerical Analysis
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2011
Prerequisites: MATH 221 and 222.This course is a study of algorithms for computational problems in mathematics and the sciences: if you want to learn how the millionth digit of Π was computed or how to compute the area of a surface to the nearest hundredth of a square millimeter, this is the course. We’ll describe a course here which concentrates on three topics: root finding (solving equations), curve fitting, and numerical calculus (differentiation and integration). There are numerous other suitable topics which could be swapped in and out in a modular fashion when the course repeats, according to the instructor’s and students’ interests.Siehler.
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MATH 361 - Graph Theory
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2011 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 122 or 222.Graphs and digraphs, trees, connectivity, cycles and traversability, and planar graphs. Additional topics selected from colorings, matrices and eigenvalues, and enumeration.
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MATH 365 - Number Theory
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: MATH 301 or permission of the instructor.Topics include prime numbers, Euclidean algorithm, congruences, Chinese Remainder Theorem, Fermat’s Little Theorem, Euler’s Theorem, arithmetic functions, Euler’s phi function, perfect numbers, the quadratic reciprocity law, continued fractions, and other topics as time and student interest permit.
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MATH 369 - The Mathematics of Puzzles and Games
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring 2010 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 322.The application of mathematics to puzzles and games. A brief survey on the designs of tournaments. The puzzles and games include but are not limited to the Rubik’s Cube, poker, blackjack, and peg solitaire.Dymàcek.
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MATH 383 - Seminar
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Readings and conferences for a student or students on topics agreed upon with the directing staff. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
Note: Note: Seminar and research offerings are contingent upon the demonstrated need and aptitude of the student for independent work in mathematics and upon the availability of departmental resources.
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MATH 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
Topic for Winter, 2010:
MATH 401: Directed Individual Study: Introduction to Actuarial Science (1). Pass/Fail only. Preparation for the Course P Actuary Exam of the Society of Actuaries. Topics to include probability, statistics, moment generating functions, probability distribution functions, and more. Dresden.
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MATH 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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MATH 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
Topic for Winter, 2010:
MATH 403: Topics in Numerical Analysis (3). In this reading course, the topics include root finding, fixed-point methods, numerical differentiation, systems of linear equations, quadrature, and differential equations. Dymàcek.
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MATH 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Directed independent work in mathematics, especially for honors candidates. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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MATH 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Directed independent work in mathematics, especially for honors candidates. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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MATH 423 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Directed independent work in mathematics, especially for honors candidates. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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MATH 426 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 6
Prerequisite: Permission of the department.Directed independent work in mathematics, especially for honors candidates. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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MATH 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
When Offered: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, senior standing.Honors Thesis.
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MRST 110 - Medieval and Renaissance Culture
FDR: Offered as 110A when HL; GE3 or as 110 when HU; GE4a, depending on topic.
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the Medieval and Renaissance periods through the study of a particular topic. Recent studies: The Crusades, Monasticism, Chivalry, Elizabethan England, the Birth of Italian Literature, and European Encounters with Islam.
Topic in Winter, 2010:
MRST 110A: Pilgrims and Pilgrimage (3). This course explores the idea and practice of pilgrimage in Christian Europe from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Why was pilgrimage important and what did it offer early Christians? What made certain space sacred? And how did literary portrayals transform the significance of pilgrimage? Throughout the course, we juxtapose historical sources with works of art (visual and literary), devotional treatises, and architecture. Sources include first-person accounts and travelogues, visual art and architecture, and literature. We also study several popular destinations in Europe and Asia, including Canterbury, Compostela, and Jerusalem. The result is a multifaceted approach to one of the most important institutions in medieval Western Europe from the 7th through the 16th centuries. (HL, GE3) Jirsa
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MRST 395 - Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Credits: 3
When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.A seminar concentrating on topics or concepts relevant to Medieval and Renaissance studies. Topics are offered according to the interests of participating faculty. This course may be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
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MRST 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.Individual study of selected topics in Medieval and Renaissance studies. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
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MRST 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisites: Permission of the program head and the major adviser.Individual research devoted to an original topic dealing with issues pertinent to Medieval and Renaissance studies. The focus of this thesis should coincide with the area of study in which the student has done the most work and should be grounded in interdisciplinary themes. Projects should be approved no later than September 30 of the senior year.Staff.
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MRST 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
When Offered: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, cumulative grade-point average of 3.300, and permission of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Committee.Honors thesis devoted to a specialized topic in Medieval and Renaissance studies. Applications for honors should be submitted no later than May 1 of the junior year.Staff.
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MUS 100 - Introduction to Music Theory
FDR: HA, GE4a
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.Students are introduced to the basic aspects of music theory through the study of scales, intervals, keys, chords, meter, and rhythm. The course is designed for students who have no background in music. Not open to students already qualified for MUS 161.Kolman.
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MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Voice Production
Credits: 1
When Offered: Not offered in Spring 2010
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.Introduction to correct vocal production through proper breathing, vowel placement, enunciation, projection, and phrasing.Staff.
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MUS 108 - Supervised Piano Accompanying
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.A practical course in the skills of piano accompaniment, including sight reading, score reading, study of style, methods of expression, transposition, and rehearsal techniques. Students are expected to accompany solo vocalists and instrumentalists, play in chamber ensembles, or accompany the University choruses. A faculty member is assigned to coach and tutor the student. This course may be repeated.S. Petty.
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MUS 109 - University Chorus
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.This course may be repeated.Lynch.
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MUS 110 - University Chamber Singers
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.This course may be repeated.Lynch.
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MUS 112 - Chamber Ensembles
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.This course may be repeated. Small chamber groups consisting of vocalists and instrumentalists are created to perform music from various historical periods.Staff.
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MUS 113 - University Wind Ensemble
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter
This course may be repeated. The University Wind Ensemble consists of wind and percussion players who perform band repertoire in concerts on and off campus.Kolman.
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MUS 114 - University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter
This course may be repeated. Students who play an orchestral string instrument may join the USSO, which is composed of university students, as well as area professional musicians and local residents.Kolman.
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MUS 115 - University Jazz Ensemble
Credits: 1
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.This course may be repeated. The University Jazz Ensemble is made up of woodwind, brass, and rhythm section players and performs in a wide range of styles, from early swing to contemporary sounds.Magee.
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MUS 116 - Bentley Musical Rehearsals
Credits: 1
When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.This course may be repeated. This course is designed for rehearsal of music in preparation for the annual Bentley Musical. Only those cast in the production may enroll. Rehearsals are scheduled each year subject to the availability of the cast and instructor. While some cast members rehearse during weekdays, most should expect evening and weekend rehearsals. An audition is required and such dates are announced in advance by the Theater and Music Departments.Staff.
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MUS 117 - Fundamentals of Conducting
Credits: 1
When Offered: Not offered in Spring 2010
Prerequisites: MUS 161 and 162 or permission of the instructor.A course designed to acquaint the student with the fundamental elements of conducting technique, such as beat patterns, cueing, gestures of expression and dynamics, transposition techniques, and score reading.Staff.
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MUS 120 - Introduction to Music
FDR: HA, GE4a
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter
Development of musical understanding and enjoyment through acquiring skills in listening to music. Emphasis is placed upon learning to hear, to recognize, and to relate the various elements of music.T. Gaylard, G. Spice.
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