2013-2014 University Catalog archived
Course Descriptions
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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LACS 195 - Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: FDR designation varies with topic, as approved in advance.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered in fall or winter 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years
Prerequisite: Completion of FW 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
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013
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/diary Pinto-Bailey.
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LACS 396 - Capstone Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: Declaration and completion of all other minor requirements or instructor consent. This capstone course builds upon 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
Planned Offering: Offered in fall or winter when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent 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
Planned Offering: Offered in fall or winter when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent 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
Planned Offering: Offered in fall or winter when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent 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
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. 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.
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. .
Spring 2014 topic:
LlT 180: First-year Seminar: The Female Self and Society: Latin American Women Writers (4). First-year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-year class standing. A historical overview of Latin American women’s writings, from the early 1900s to the present day. Students read, discuss and analyze literary works by some of the most important Latin American female authors, among them Victoria Ocampo (Argentina), Maria Luisa Bombal (Chile), Clarice Lispector (Brazil), Elena Poniatowska (Mexico), and Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic and U.S.). All literary genres are studied: poetry, narrative fiction, essay, and drama. (HL) Pinto-Bailey.
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LIT 201 - Classical Mythology
(CLAS 201) FDR: HL
Credits: 3 in fall, winter; 4 in spring
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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. Crotty.
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LIT 203 - Greek Literature from Homer to the Early Hellenistic Period
(CLAS 203) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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. In Winter 2012, we read some of the most famous stories of the Western world–from the Iliad and the Odyssey , to Milton’s Paradise Lost and Joyce’s Ulysses , via Virgil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Civil War . All of these works are epic narratives, each presenting a different concept of the hero, and yet, at the same time, participating in a coherent, on-going and unfinished tradition. We consider such questions as the role of violence in literature; the concept of the heroic as it reflects evolving ideas of the individual and society; and the idea of a literary tradition.
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LIT 204 - Augustan Era
(CLAS 204) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. This is a survey course to introduce students to 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 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 introduces several feature films that are cinematic adaptations of modern Chinese fiction and explore the complex and dynamic interchange between literary and cinematic language. Zhu.
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LIT 221 - Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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.
Winter 2014 topic:
LIT 221: Japanese Writers of the Millenium (3). Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. A general introduction to Japanese literature of the last millennium. We examine selected translations of works dating from the 10th to 20th centuries. We explore literary genres unique to Japan, universal themes, different cultural attitudes toward writing and language, along with the aesthetic and cultural background to the texts. (HL) Ikeda. Ikeda.
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LIT 223 - Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement or instructor consent. 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.
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LIT 225 - Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR 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
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: When departmental resources are available.
Prerequisite: Completion of FW 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 256 - Trans-American Identity:Images from the Americas
(LACS 256) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years
Prerequisite: Completion of FW 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
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW 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 260 - German Film Adaptation
FDR: HL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. This course examines both the history and theory of film adaptation by studying how directors treat and transform major literary works into moving pictures. As closely related art forms, literature and film have much in common – narrative frames, archetypes and audiences, as well as themes, motifs, and values. The study of works of literature and film in tandem leads to the development of more successful strategies and methods for reading texts and images as well as a better understanding of both genres. Kramer.
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LIT 261 - Modern German Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW 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
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A study of major works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Brodsky.
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LIT 272 - Modern Jewish Literature in Translation
(REL 272) FDR: HL as literature only
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Readings in the works of 20th-century authors writing in Yiddish and Hebrew, such as the Polish author Isaac B. Singer, the Russian author Sholem Aleichem, and the Israeli novelists Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. These writings are studied as literary expressions of religious themes and as responses to the historical and religious crises of modern Jewish life in Europe, the United States, and Israel. The class views four films for additional insight into Yiddish and Israeli culture. Students write two interpretive papers and daily analyses of the readings and films. This is a discussion-centered course. Marks.
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LIT 295 - Special Topics in Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Completion of FW 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 if the topics are different.
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LIT 363 - Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. An intensive study of a single Russian novelist to be selected. All readings and discussions in English. Brodsky.
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Mathematics |
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MATH 101 - Calculus I
FDR: FM
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Note: Students needing this course to fulfill an FDR requirement should add to a waiting list when open; additional sections may be added. An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.
Winter 2014 description:
Math 101E: Calculus I for Beginners with Biology Applications (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Students who have already taken calculus cannot take this section. This section has a strong emphasis in biology. An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem. This class is restricted to and specially tailored for those who are beginning their study of calculus. (Students who have already seen calculus, yet wish to retake it, must register for 101 instead of 101B.) This section meets four days per week. (FM) Toporikova.
Fall 2013 descriptions:
MATH 101: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem. This section assumes that students have already seen some calculus, yet want to start over at the beginning of the calculus sequence. Students who have never seen calculus should instead take 101B (note that both 101 and 101B lead into Math 102). The class meets three days a week. (FM) Abrams, Beanland, Keller.
MATH 101B: Calculus I for Beginners: A First Course (3). Students who have already taken calculus can not take this section. An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem. This class is restricted to and specially tailored for those who are beginning their study of calculus. (Students who have already seen calculus, yet wish to retake it, must register for 101 instead of 101B.) This section meets four days per week. (FM) Bush.
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MATH 102 - Calculus II
FDR: FM
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 101 with C grade or better. Note: Students wanting to take this course should add to the waiting list when open; additional sections may be added. A continuation of MATH 101, including techniques and applications of integration, transcendental functions, and infinite series. Staff.
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MATH 118 - Introduction to Statistics
FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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,
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013
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 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. 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.
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year standing. .
Fall 2013 topic:
MATH 180: FS:The Shape of Space (3). First-year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year standing. This course is an introduction to the mathematical field called topology. We explore the following questions: How can you tell if a knot is really knotted? How can you tell whether two knots are knotted the same way? What happens when you cut a Mobius strip in half? What is topology, and why do topologists think that a coffee cup is the same as a doughnut? What does topology have to say about the shape of the universe? (SC) Abrams.
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MATH 221 - Multivariable Calculus
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 102 with C grade or better. Note: Students needing this course to fulfill an FDR requirement should add to a waiting list when open; additional sections may be added. Motion in three dimensions, parametric curves, differential calculus of multivariable functions, multiple integrals, line integrals, and Green’s Theorem.
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MATH 222 - Linear Algebra
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
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 270 - Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 102. Topics include the time value of money, the force of interest, annuities, yield rates, amortization schedules, bonds, contracts, options, swaps, and arbitrage. Equal emphasis is given to both the theoretical background and to the computational aspects of interest theory. This course helps prepare students for the Financial Mathematics actuary exam. Staff.
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MATH 301 - Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
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.
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MATH 303 - Complex Analysis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 221 or consent 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
Planned Offering: Fall 2011 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
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 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
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: 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 341 - Geometric Topology
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2012 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
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 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
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: MATH 221 and 222. Analysis, implementation, and applications of algorithms for solving equations, fitting curves, and numerical differentiation and integration. Theorems and proofs are complemented by hands-on programming exercises fostering a concrete understanding of accuracy, efficiency and stability, as well as an awareness of potential pitfalls in machine arithmetic. No previous programming experience is required. Siehler.
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MATH 361 - Graph Theory
Credits: 3
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 363 - Combinatorics
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 122, 222 or 301 Topics include counting methods, permutations and combinations, binomial identities, recurrence relations. generating functions, special sequences, partitions, and other topics as time and student interest permit. Finch.
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MATH 365 - Number Theory
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: MATH 301 or consent 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
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisites: MATH 322 and instructor consent 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. Dymàček.
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MATH 383 - Seminar
Credits: 3 in fall and winter, 4 in spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and department resources permit.
Prerequisite: MATH 321 Readings and conferences for a student or students on topics agreed upon with the directing staff. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Spring 2014 topic:
MATH 383: Set Theory and Logic (4). The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the basics of naïve set theory including cardinal and ordinal numbers, well ordering, the Axiom of Choice, and Zorn’s Lemma, as well as applications of these principles to other areas of mathematics. Beanland. Spring 2014
Winter 2014 topic:
Math 383: Geometry of Groups (3). Prerequisite: Math 321. This course introduces the subject of geometric group theory. We study groups as geometric objects and see groups acting on geometric objects. Topics include Cayley graphs and Cayley complexes, group actions, the word problem in group theory, growth of groups, graphs of groups, groups acting on trees, etc. Examples we encounter include free groups, Coxeter groups, braid groups, right-angled Artin groups, lamplighter groups, Baumslag-Solitar groups, and more. Abrams. 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: Instructor consent. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2014 Topic:
MATH 401-01: Dir Study:Actuarial Prep (1). This course covers material necessary to prepare students for the Financial Mathematics exam of the Society of Actuaries. Topics include annuities, time value of money, present values of cash flows, derivatives, options, forwards, and strategies for hedging. Dresden.
Fall 2013 Topics:
MATH 401-01: GRE Problem Solving (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An investigation of various problem-solving techniques in preparation for the GRE math subject exam. Students are required to register for and take the GRE math subject exam (in the middle of November) as part of this course. Denne and Keller.
MATH 401-02: Putnam Problem Solving (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An investigation of various problem-solving techniques in preparation for the Putnam math exam. Students are required to register for and take the Putnam exam (the first Saturday of December) as part of this course. Bush.
MATH 401-03: Problems in Algebraic Number Theory (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to algebraic number theory through an investigation of the classical problems in the field. Finch.
MATH 401-04: Algebraic Topology (1). Pass/Fail only. Prequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to algebraic topology. Abrams
MATH 401-05: Functional Analysis (1). Pass/Fail only. Prequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to the basic tools of functional analysis including Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, linear operators, and spectral theory. Feldman
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MATH 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit 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 if the topics are different.
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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 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 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 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 if the topics are different.
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MATH 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, senior standing and consent of the department. Honors Thesis.
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MRST 110 - Medieval and Renaissance Culture
FDR: Offered as 110A when HL; or as 110 when HU; depending on topic.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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, Pilgrimage, and European Encounters with Islam.
Winter 2014 Topic:
MRST 110A: Dons & Dragons, and Disillusionment: Masterpieces of Early Modern Spanish Literature in Translation (3). Focus on the major literary figures and canonical works of 16th- and 17th-century Spain within the socio-literary context. Readings include the medieval romance (ballads); the picaresque novel, Don Quijote; selected short stories; and the Golden Age comedia (drama) by such authors as Cervantes, María de Zayas, Calderón and Tirso. Readings, analysis and discussion are augmented by lectures on relative Spanish and European social and artistic history including the three religions, the Church, the Inquisition, the Monarchy, the Code of Honour, and the heightening desengaño (disillusionment.) (HL) Campbell. Winter 2014
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MRST 395 - Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. 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 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 if the topics are different. Staff.
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MRST 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, consent 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
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, cumulative grade-point average of 3.300, and consent 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 to the program head no later than March 1 of the junior year. Staff.
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MUS 100 - The Language of Music Revealed
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
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 102 - Physics and Perception of Music
PHYS-102 FDR: SL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring. When departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Appropriate for non-science and non-major students with a basic (high-school) knowledge of physics and mathematics. Explores physical principles of sound production and music perception. Hands-on investigation is emphasized. Topics include: wave properties and propagation, harmonic series and spectral analysis, tuning temperaments, response of the human ear. auditory processing, room acoustics, audio recording and reproduction technologies, characterization of various instrument families (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, and voice). Erickson.
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MUS 108 - Supervised Piano Accompanying
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter, Spring
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. 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 109M - Men’s Glee Club
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
The oldest choral ensemble at W&L, dating back to early 20th century, the Glee Club performs regularly on campus, at athletic events, and in the community in the time-honored tradition of men’s choral singing. The Glee Club also routinely performs mixed choral repertoire with Cantatrici. This course may be repeated. Lynch.
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MUS 109W - Cantatrící
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Cantatrici (“excellent female singers”) is the newest ensemble at W&L. Made up of singers representing a diverse cross-section of the student body, Cantatrici performs regularly throughout the campus and community, focusing on regional touring and community outreach. Cantatrici also routinely performs mixed choral repertoire with the Men’s Glee Club. This course may be repeated. Lynch.
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MUS 110 - University Singers
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. University Singers are chosen by a competitive audition process each Spring, representing a wide cross-section of majors, resulting in one of the finest a cappella choirs in the region and undertaking national or international tours every year. The University Singers perform a wide variety of literature at major venues across the globe while serving as W&L artistic ambassadors in concert series, music festivals, conventions, and university events, including concerts, convocations, and the annual candlelight lessons and carols service. This course may be repeated. Lynch.
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MUS 112 - Chamber Ensembles
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter, Spring
Prerequisite: Most sections require instructor consent. This course may be repeated. Small chamber groups consisting of vocalists and instrumentalists are created to perform music.
Bluegrass Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform the traditional music of Appalachia in which improvisation is encouraged.
Brass Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform literature for brass instruments in various combinations.
Electronic Music Ensemble (EME) is ideal for any musician interested in utilizing music technology in performances. The EME performs music from a variety of genres, capitalizing on members’ strengths, and calling upon performers to incorporate electronic music with their instrumental or vocal specialty and affording those students who specialize in composition, engineering, and production opportunities to utilize their skills. No instructor consent required.
String Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform literature for violin, viola, cello, and double bass in various combinations.
Woodwind Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform literature for woodwind instruments in various combinations. Staff.
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MUS 113 - University Wind Ensemble
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: 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
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
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. Del Vecchio.
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MUS 116 - Bentley Musical Rehearsals
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall
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 Departments of Music and Theater and Dance. Staff.
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MUS 117 - Fundamentals of Conducting
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: MUS 161 and 162 or instructor consent. 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
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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, B. Kolman.
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MUS 141 - Applied Music: First Year
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: All terms.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms; seven 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of seven hours of practice a week are required during the spring term. Note: A limit of nine credits for nonmajors and 12 credits for majors in applied music courses (140s, 240s, 340s, 440s) is allowable toward a degree. Available in brass, jazz improvisation, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds. A fee is charged for applied music. A music major is entitled to one applied music course per term without charge. Staff.
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MUS 161 - Music Theory I
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Music major or instructor consent. Study of scales, triads, chord progressions; instruction in harmonic analysis and four-part writing from the 17th and 18th centuries and aural skills. Vosbein.
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MUS 162 - Music Theory II
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: MUS 161. A continuation of MUS 161, including the writing and analysis of musical progressions and the study of chromatic harmony. Vosbein.
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MUS 181 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. 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.
Prerequisite: First-Year standing. First-Year seminar. Topics vary by term and instructor. Staff.
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MUS 195 - Topics in Sound Technology
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall
An exploration of a specific topic in which students investigate the tools and techniques of modern sound technology. Audiovisual resources and required field trips may be used to enhance the course material. The class has an emphasis on hands-on learning with the latest recording hardware and software. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Fall 2013 topic:
MUS 195: Topics in Sound Technology: History of Electronic Dance Music (1). An examination of EDM compositional techniques within the Western arts tradition, tracing their evolution into today’s subgenres of House music. Composers such as Stockhausen, Schaeffer, and Boulez serve as a foundation from which comparisons of the work of American minimalists and modern marriages with computer technology can be drawn. A key component is the analysis, de-construction, and re-construction of modern Electronica styles. Students experiment with modern compositional techniques in select genres of Electronica using software. This course is intended to provoke thought on the nature and role of music in culture. Spice.
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MUS 201 - Music History I
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
A survey of music from the Middle Ages through the Classical period. Williams.
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MUS 202 - Music History II
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Ability to read music. Student who take this course should have the ability to read music. A study of music from the Classical period to the present. Williams.
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MUS 210 - Vocal Pedagogy
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: Two terms of applied vocal study and instructor consent. Designed for music and theater majors and advanced non-majors This course focuses on the basic functions of vocal production and strategies for teaching healthy singing. Widney.
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MUS 220 - Music in the United States, 1607-1970
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2011 and alternate years
A study of musical styles in America from the time of the first settlers. Topics include Puritan psalms, patriotic music, songs of the Civil War, spirituals, gospel, blues, ragtime, jazz, rock’n’roll, musical comedy, popular song, and various trends in Classical music from the Moravians to the avant-garde. The course will cover major works by Ives, Gershwin, Copland, and Ellington. Gaylard.
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MUS 221 - History of Jazz
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
A study of the development of jazz from its roots in turn-of-the-century New Orleans to contemporary styles. Strong emphasis is placed on listening and recognition of the performers and composers discussed. Vosbein.
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MUS 222 - A Year in Jazz
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
An in-depth view of a one-year span in the history of America’s only native art form. Students become absorbed in the era through the study of seminal recordings, historic videos, and readings. Research projects complete the term.
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MUS 231 - Classical Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2012 and alternate years
Stylistic study of music of the last half of the 18th century. Emphasis on the symphonies, sonatas, choral music, chamber music, and operas of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Gaylard.
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MUS 232 - Romantic Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Topics in the 19th century, including the symphony, the symphonic poem, program music, piano music, nationalism, song, and opera. Composers such as Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Mahler will be covered. Gaylard.
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MUS 241 - Applied Music: Second Year
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: All terms.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms; seven 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of seven hours of practice a week are required during the spring term. Note: Note: A limit of nine credits for nonmajors and 12 credits for majors in applied music courses (140s, 240s, 340s, 440s) is allowable toward a degree. Available in brass, jazz improvisation, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds. A fee is charged for applied music. A music major is entitled to one applied music course per term without charge. Staff.
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MUS 260 - Music Theory III
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: MUS 162. A continuation of MUS 162, focusing on analysis of harmonies, forms, and styles from the Romantic period, impressionism, and the early 20th century. Includes an aural-skills component. Vosbein.
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MUS 295 - Topics in Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Selected studies in music with a focus on history and culture, non-classical genres, ethnomusicological topics, or performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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MUS 296 - Spring-Term Topics in Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Offered in spring when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit
Prerequisite: Varies by topic. Selected studies in music with a focus on history and culture, non-classical genres, ethnomusicological topics, or performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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MUS 325 - Choral Conducting and Methods I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: MUS 162 and instructor consent. This course is designed to provide essential skills for basic choral conducting, including work on gesture, rehearsal techniques, vocal pedagogy, and logistical considerations. Lynch.
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MUS 326 - Choral Conducting and Methods II
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter.
Prerequisite: MUS 325 and instructor consent. A continuation of MUS 325, with a focus on more advanced gesture and rehearsal techniques and choral literature and approaches from a broad spectrum of historical and cultural era and a variety of ensemble types. Lynch.
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