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JA 203 - Third Semester Japanese
This course follows 102 and offers further development in all language skills. Some course material will be based on Japanese culture.
Prerequisites: JA 102 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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JA 204 - Fourth Semester Japanese
This course follows JA 203 and offers further development of students’ intermediate language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on Japanese culture.
Prerequisites: JA 203 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent placement.
Full course
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LA 101 - Introduction to Latin
A thorough introduction, at an accelerated pace, to the basic forms, vocabulary and syntax of classical Latin. Readings from a variety of authors and periods of Latin literature.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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LA 211 - Intermediate Latin
Continued intensive study of the basic structure and idioms of the Latin language. Aims to develop and hone skills in reading, translation, composition and conversation.
Prerequisites: LA 101
Full course
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LA 310 - Directed Readings in Latin Literature
Examines the writings of a particular author, genre, or period. Students will translate, parse words, interpret passages, examine the style of a prose author and the metrics and diction of a poet, and consider the literary, philological, and historical background of a given author. Students write interpretive and analytical essays as well as translate from sight.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of LA 211 or equivalent experience.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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LA 410 - Senior Seminar in Latin
A reading and writing program that draws together each student’s work in Latin. Students will take two major sight examinations and weekly sight quizzes, and will write a short explication du texte: a short interpretive exercise involving commentary on linguistic, rhetorical, and literary features of a passage or short text.
Prerequisites: LA 101 and LA 211 and at least Junior or Senior standing.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students are advised to take several versions of Directed Readings in Latin Literature before taking the seminar.
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LS 101 - Research Skills and Strategies
Students will investigate and critically examine the dynamic constellation of library and information resources, including the Internet, online databases, and print resources. Focus is on developing efficient search strategies, evaluating information sources, documenting sources, and effectively using new technologies. It will provide a foundation and methodology for students planning to write senior theses, honors papers, capstone projects, or foresee graduate studies in their future.
Prerequisites: Restricted to first year, sophomores, and juniors. Seniors require permission of the instructor.
Half course
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LS 202 - Introduction to Archives
An introduction to archival work through hands on exploration of a variety of primary source materials. Students will enhance their understanding of the historical method by exploring theories and methodologies for managing and disseminating primary resources, while incorporating primary resources into their own research.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
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MA 101 - Finite Mathematics
An introduction to concepts of modern mathematics with applications to business, economics and the social sciences. Topics considered may include linear systems, matrices, linear optimization, sets, combinatorics, probability, logic, Markov chains, game theory, difference equations and the mathematics of finance.
Prerequisites:
Misc. Notes: Non-majors only.
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MA 104 - Pre-Calculus
An individually customized review of: logarithms, exponentials, functions, graphing, polynomial and rational functions, conic sections, trigonometric functions and identities. An introduction to limits, continuity and derivatives.
Prerequisites: Open by permission of instructor only to students who will enroll or are enrolled in MA 150 or MA 130.
Full course
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MA 105 - Pre-Calculus
An individually customized review and reinforcement of limits, continuity and an introduction to derivatives, with selected pre-calculus topics.
Prerequisites: Open by permission of instructor only to students who will enroll or are enrolled in MA 150 or MA 130.
Half course
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MA 110 - Mathematics for Social Justice
Mathematics and statistics will be used to understand and illuminate issues of social, political, and/or economic justice. We will also employ quantitative arguments and critical thinking to promote justice in our community, our society, and the world. This course is for non-math majors only.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 120 - Elementary Statistics
Description of sample data; probability distributions including the Normal distribution; correlation and regression; sampling; hypothesis testing; statistical inference; other topics may include Chi-square tests, multiple regression, and ANOVA.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Non-majors only. Credit will not be given for MA 120 if credit has already been given for BU 207, EC 205, or PS 216.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 130 - Elements of Calculus
A one-semester survey of calculus. Not designed for those intending further study of calculus. Topics include limits, derivatives and the integral, with emphasis on applications.
Prerequisites: At least high school algebra and trigonometry; preferably pre-calculus
Full course
Misc. Notes: Credit will not be given for MA 130 if credit has already been received for MA 150.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 150 - Calculus I
Differentiation and applications; transcendental functions; introduction to antiderivatives and the definite integral, including applications; Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, some integration techniques.
Prerequisites: Appropriate high school preparation, with at least pre-calculus.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 160 - Calculus II
Integration techniques and applications; sequences and series; plane analytic geometry including parametric curves; polar coordinates; space geometry including an introduction to vectors.
Prerequisites: MA 150
Full course
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MA 207 - Discrete Mathematics
Propositional logic; sets, functions, relations; elementary combinatorics; techniques of mathematical proof, including induction; recurrence and recurrence relations. Emphasis on connections to computing.
Prerequisites: MA 150
Full course
Misc. Notes: Credit will not be given for both MA 207 and MA 240
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MA 208 - Theory of Computation
Primitive recursion and recursive functions; Turing machines; weaker computational models, including finite state machines and pushdown automata; regular expressions and Kleene’s theorem; nondeterminism; Halting Problem and Rice’s Theorem; NP completeness. Emphasis on conceptual overview of the role the topics play in computing.
Prerequisites: MA 207 or MA 240
Full course
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MA 211 - Calculus III
Vector-valued functions; partial differentiation; multiple integrals and applications, line integrals; Green’s Theorem and other vector calculus results.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 213 - Linear Algebra
Systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear independence and bases; linear maps; matrices; determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 217 - Applied Graph Theory
Graphs, networks, paths, trees, coloring, etc. in the context of current applications such as network connectivity, conflict scheduling, optimal workforce assignment, and DNA sequencing, as well as classical problems such as the Four Color Theorem. May also include related algorithms and special topics.
Prerequisites: MA 150 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 240 - Introduction to Mathematical Proof
Fundamentals of sets and logic; logical quantifiers; methods of direct and indirect proof; mathematical induction; functions and relations; divisibility theory and modular arithmetic in the integers. Emphasis on construction of mathematical arguments and writing these arguments in a clear and convincing manner.
Prerequisites: MA 211
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Mathematics major.
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MA 251 - Probability and Statistics
Introduction to combinatorics and probability; discrete distributions; density functions, moments; the normal and other exponential family of distributions with applications; the Central Limit Theorem. Elementary applications to statistics inference, such as interval estimation and hypothesis testing.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 303 - Differential Equations
First order differential equations with applications primarily from physics and population dynamics; qualitative analysis; approximation of solutions. Second order linear d.e.’s and applications; series solutions; Laplace transforms. Other topics may include difference equations and iterated functions, systems, boundary value problems.
Prerequisites: MA 160; MA 211 is recommended
Full course
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MA 304 - History of Mathematics
A problem study approach to the history of mathematics. Topics may include: Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics, number systems, Pythagorean mathematics, duplication, trisection, and quadrature, Greek mathematics including Euclid’s Elements, Hindu-Arabian and Chinese mathematics, and the prelude to and dawn of modern mathematics.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MA 305 - Scientific Computing
Methods for approximating the solutions of problems that are difficult or impossible to solve exactly. Floating point representation; approximation of functions; roots of nonlinear equations; interpolation and curve-fitting; linear systems; some operations research methods; additional topics possibly including numerical integration and differentiation.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 308 - Geometries
Euclidean geometry; the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry and the independence of the parallel postulate; neutral geometry; Hilbert’s axioms; some philosophical implications. Additional geometric topics such as finite geometries; an introduction to elementary topology; fractals.
Prerequisites: MA 240
Full course
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MA 315 - Complex Analysis
The theory of functions of one complex variable. Topics will include: topology and algebraic structure of the complex numbers; differentiation of complex-valued functions and the Cauchy-Riemann equations; contour integration and Cauchy’s Theorem; classification of singularities; Laurent series; the residue calculus.
Prerequisites: MA 211
Full course
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MA 351 - Applied Regression Analysis
Regression analysis and its applications. Topics include simple and multiple linear regression, model diagnostics and testing, residual analysis, transformations, indicator variables, variable selection techniques, logistic regression and analysis of variance. Most methods assume use of a statistical computing package.
Prerequisites: MA 251 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 380 - Advanced Topics in Mathematics
Topics of current interest not covered in the standard courses.
Prerequisites: Dependent on topic.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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MA 381 - Mathematics Education Seminar
Topics in teaching mathematics at the secondary level or other levels, including effective mathematics lesson preparation and delivery, current issues in mathematics education, the use of ancillary teaching resources, and engagement in teaching and learning in local classrooms.
Prerequisites: MA 150 or permission of the instructor.
Half course
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MA 399 - Mathematics Internship
An opportunity to utilize mathematical skills in a non-academic environment.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: It is generally the responsibility of the student (in conjunction with the SMC Internship Director) to find an appropriate internship. Math internships require a faculty sponsor from the mathematics department. Internship will not count as elective credit towards either the math major or the math minor; it may be taken as an additional course.
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MA 401 - Real Analysis I
A rigorous study of the real number system: field and order axioms, completeness, and topology. Limits, sequences and series. Functions and continuity; pointwise and uniform convergence. The derivative and the Riemann integral.
Prerequisites: MA 240
Full course
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MA 403 - Real Analysis II
Functions of several variables; the derivative and Riemann integral in higher dimensional real spaces; implicit and inverse function theorems; other topics in analysis.
Prerequisites: MA 401
Full course
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MA 406 - Abstract Algebra I
Groups, rings, and fields with an emphasis on group theory. Topics will include: subgroups, cosets, and Lagrange’s theorem; normal subgroups and quotient groups; the homomorphism theorems; the structure theorem for finite abelian groups; rings and ideals; quotient rings; integral domains and fields.
Prerequisites: MA 213 and MA 240
Full course
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MA 407 - Abstract Algebra II
Commutative rings, ideals, and the construction of quotient rings. Axiomatic description of fields; algebraic (and transcendental) extensions of fields. Applications of field theory to ruler-and-compass constructions; Galois theory and the non-solvability by radicals of quintic equations. Other topics as time permits.
Prerequisites: MA 406
Full course
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MA 410 - Seminar in Mathematics
Exposes students to a variety of topics in current mathematics, including research, career, and ethics-related issues. Students will present lectures on selected topics.
Prerequisites: Senior Math Major or permission of instructor.
Half course
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MA 417 - Applied Mathematics
Mathematical methods and models used in the sciences. Topics typically include linear and nonlinear systems of differential equations; Fourier series methods; partial differential equations.
Prerequisites: MA 211, MA 213 and MA 303.
Full course
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MA 451 - Applied Statistical Methods
Exploration of common statistical techniques using the theory and methods of probability and statistics. Topics include review of inferential statistics, ANOVA, time series, nonparametric and multivariate statistics, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression. Most methods assume use of a statistical computing package.
Prerequisites: MA 251 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 490 - Readings and Research in Mathematics
Independent reading and/or research of an advanced topic, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member. Results for the course are often submitted in written form and presented in a seminar setting or a student symposium.
Prerequisites: Junior standing; permission of supervisor and department chair.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: Topic and course credit must be approved by a faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Associate Dean of the College. This course may not be used to replace one of the required electives for the major.
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MA 495 - Honors Thesis in Mathematics
Independent research and thesis under the supervison of a member of the mathematics faculty.
Prerequisites: Membership in the Honors Program, permission of Supervisor and Department Chair.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students must have permission of a supervisor and submit their research proposal to the department chair before preregistration for the semester in which the proposed research is to take place. This course does not count toward the major requirements; it is taken to fulfill requirements of the Honors Program.
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MJD 101 - Media Revolutions: Social, Political, & Psychological Issues
Interdisciplinary in its focus, the course combines psychology, sociology, history, political science, and communication studies to challenge students to think critically about the mass media revolutions that are currently taking place. In addition to teaching the course in an interdisciplinary way, the professors encourage students from many majors to bring the expertise of their field to the class discussions, research essays, and class projects.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 110 - Digital Media: Arts, Culture, & Theory
Digital media have changed radically the ways words, images, and sounds can be manipulated and delivered and, in the process, have altered the ways in which humans communicate, express ideas, get information, and conduct relationships. Students are introduced to new technologies used to create digital art and develop basic proficiencies in digital imaging (Adobe Photoshop), digital illustration and animation (Adobe Illustrator), and web design (Adobe Dreamweaver). Students are introduced to the critical examination of the digital revolution, including issues connected to privacy, consumerism, artistic/creative expression, media ownership, multitasking, and mediated representations of reality.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to Media Studies majors and minors.
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MJD 205 - Reporting for Media
We begin with an analysis of several exemplary print publications and a discussion of literary and media theories that will inform the student’s work in creating their own stories. Students will learn the art of storytelling, from story idea through interviewing, researching and writing and ultimately, over a series of weeks, publish their own stories in the student newspaper and online publication. Course readings explore basic concepts pertaining to nature and design of interviews, ethical concerns, validity, and role of the journalist in a democratic society. Additional exercises focus on best form writing practices with an emphasis on AP style. The course is designed to be a broad, rigorous orientation for understanding basic elements of media writing as well as skills training in reporting, writing, editing and publication of news media.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Media Studies and Mass Communication major.
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MJD 207 - Multimedia Reporting
This class teaches various ways of conducting a journalistic inquiry. Advanced Writing for Media explores a wide range of storytelling media. From print to online to radio to television to audio slideshows, techniques are explored that reveal common storytelling strategies and essential differences among the media. In addition to using Pulitzer-Prize-winning and other highly regarded journalism (including investigative journalism), instructors will use media analysis to explore the structure of objectivity, balance, fairness and other journalistic norms. Students will become fluent in a range of storytelling media, with an aim to engage and inform the public.
Prerequisites: MJD 205
Full course
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MJD 210 - Photojournalism in the Digital Age
This digital-based photography course introduces students to the skills, theory and ethics of newspaper, magazine and Web-based photojournalism. Through in-class discussions and hands-on demonstrations, students learn manual camera techniques, and image editing using Photoshop software. Analyses of historical and contemporary photographic work help students apply techniques and theory to create storytelling photographs suitable for publication.
Prerequisites: MJD 110
Full course
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MJD 213 - Media Law and Ethics in a Digital Age
This course explores the political, historic and philosophical roots of the First Amendment. Particular emphasis is given to the legal and ethical problems of the new communications technologies; other topics include libel, privacy, obscenity, newsgathering, copyright, and the free press/fair trial dilemma. The class also provides insights into how the legal process works and an understanding of the principles and philosphies that underlie the restraints on and privileges of the media. After analyzing what the law says journalists can do, the course moves into the ethical component of what the should do. Using basic philosophical theories, students analyze ethical dilemmas through the use of case studies. Using multimedia, guest speakers and current events the course considers media law and ethics and its impact of journalists’ ability to fulfill the historic function of the press to inform the public.
Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing.
Full course
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MJD 219 - Topics in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
Various topics, ranging from women in the mass media to advanced Web design and theory to literary journalism.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Course may be taken more than once in different topic areas.
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MJD 225 - The Great (Fire) Wall: 21st Century Chinese Media and Culture
This course will explore the role new digital media play in shaping 21st century Chinese culture and politics, including the role of blogs, social media platforms, satellite technology, and the Chinese Internet, home to the world’s biggest national population of Internet users. Our course will culiminate in a 12 day trip to China during May 2015.
Prerequisites: Not open to first year students
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning or Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 226 - 21st Century Chinese Media Study Tour
This short summer trip will be two weeks in duration, including two days traveling to and from China. It starts with visiting Beijing and the Great Wall of China in the east, and then traveling west to the SIlk Road.
Prerequisites: Not open to first year students.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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MJD 243 - Media and American Politics
This course explores the confluence of media and politics in our democratic society. Students read political science and media studies texts, engage in class discussions, and take a field trip to New Hampshire to meet candidates (including “minor” ones), political science professors, journalists, and election workers. To put the modern political system in historical context, students will study the changing relationship of politicians and reporters from the founding of the republic until modern times. Students learn about and analyze how politicians work to get out their messages to the media world, how the media interpret (and misinterpret) these messages, and the students’ place within this mélange.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 250 - Global Communication
In this course we will be mapping-out world communication and the cross-cultural outlines of our so-called “global village.” We will take a macro-look at the rise of international communication systems and the development of this thing we call “global culture.” We will examine a series of case studies which reflect the ways in which media techniques and technologies–computers, satellites, the news, language, digital imaging, fiber optics–impact national and cultural development among different populations around the world. Finally, we will take a critical look at the future–the future of global mass audiences; issues of inter-and-cross cultural media ethics, privacy, global policy, and intersections between science and science fiction.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to Media Studies majors and minors.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 261 - The Moving Image: Broadcast TV/Video Storytelling
The focus of this course is twofold. First, its focus is on the the role of broadcast TV journalism in our society today. To this end, students will examine the different ways in which TV news shapes our understandings of our own local communities, our nation, and world events. The second focus of this course is on the creation of broadcast TV news stories. Students will be learning strategies of visual storytelling for all aspects TV and video production–scripting, filming, editing and distributiion as well as some basics in on-camera presentation.
Full course
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MJD 263 - Screen Life in Modern Visual Media
Over the past few years, new media techniques, technologies, and organizations such as Facebook, Twitter, texting, iPhones, iPads, smart phones, HD webTV, Skype, and Kindle have rapidly changed the way in which many of us interact and communicate on a daily basis. These devices—and the manner in which they’ve been used—have had an enormous impact on nearly all aspects of our daily lives. In this course, students take an in-depth and interdisciplinary look at the ways in which modern screen-based media impact global society.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 266 - Digital Film/TV
Students take a critical and in-depth look at methods and artistry of digital filmmaking in two complementary ways. Analysis: students will be screening and critically deconstructing a wide range of film and television programs with an eye towards analyzing the languages with which these media communicate as art forms and as social and political products. Production: this is a course in the production of visual art; students will conceive, storyboard, script, shoot, edit and present a series of their own digital film/TV productions throughout the course of the term.
Prerequisites: MJD 110 recommended but not required.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to students with a dedicated interest in film/TV analysis, criticism, and production.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MJD 303 - Nature and Outdoor Writing
This is a course that combines two central elements: (1) reading and discussing provocative examples of nature writing to see how the authors craft their nonfiction stories and communicate their fascination with the outdoors. The goal here is simple: to learn about strategies for writing creative nonfiction by analyzing great examples of it; and (2) to develop skills in writing feature-length articles about the outdoors and the natural world—cultivating a story idea, training your powers of observation, conducting research that enhances your writing, the draft and revision process. Along the way, we’ll be exploring related topics: humans’ relationships to the natural world, environmental and conservation issues, the status of recreation in the outdoors, and the natural history of the creatures and landscapes that surround us.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MJD 311 - Digital Media II: Advanced Digital Design
An advanced digital media course designed to help students further develop critical and ecological perspectives about emerging media as art forms. The course is focused on two major objectives. The first is to provide students an arena for evaluating and questioning the roles and influences of emerging media. Second, this course is an advanced multimedia projects course aimed at providing students with the opportunity to produce unique and creative interactive digital media projects using advanced multimedia authoring programs including Adobe Flash.
Prerequisites: MJD 110
Full course
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MJD 323 - Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Media
This course is an introduction to analysis of representations of identities such as race, gender, sexual orientation , and ethnicity in the mass media. We view, read about, analyze and discuss mass media like television, film, print, radio, music, sports, news, advertising, and the web to determine if and how race, gender and ethnicity are depicted. An underlying understanding within the course is recognition of the inextricable interconnections between/intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, etc. Students will write response/reflection papers, present analyses individually in class, and work in teams to produce a research project analyzing the issues discussed in class.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 330 - Advanced Visual Storytelling: Multimedia Analysis
This course explores the structural foundations of documentary storytelling through both the analysis and production of still photographic essays, audio stories and multimedia slideshows. In addition to analyzing contemporary and historic examples of these storytelling media, students will learn advanced techniques in multimedia production. Students will become proficient in the following software programs: Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Audition; Adobe Premiere; and Sounslides.
Prerequisites: MJD 210 or MJD 266 or MJD 302 or AR 130 or permission from the instructor
Full course
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MJD 363 - Study Abroad Re-entry
This interdisciplinary course is specifically designed for students who are returning from study abroad and are looking for ways to integrate their international experiences back into their “home” cultures and into the academic environment. Throughout this class, we will be using travel writing and the travel essay as the vehicles for exploring the possibilities and problems of cross-cultural communication and interaction. Students will be reading provocative examples of travel literature and research on cross-cultural issues and will be writing their own travel pieces. Together, we will be engaging with ideas from communication and media studies, anthropology, sociology, and psychology in order to better understand human behavior and identity within and across cultures. Along the way, we’ll be exploring related topics: the connection between language and identity; the connection between travel and identity; wealth, power, and poverty; the phenomenon of culture shock–and reverse culture shock; being a “minority” in another culture; developing a sense of “home”; the differences between the tourist and the traveler; the role of nonverbal communication in culture; encountering the other; the unwritten roles and rules of social behavior; and the “generalized other” of the global citizen.
Prerequisites: Students must have studied abroad.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 411 - Publication Editing and Design
The course synthesizes the theoretical and experiential learning acquired in previous courses as students design and produce the weekly student newspaper, The Defender. The course’s only prerequisite is MJ 205, but a range of MJ courses inform the creation of the publication, including Media Law and Ethics, Global Communication, New Media, and Visual Communication.
Prerequisites: MJD 205
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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MJD 413 - Internship in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
Working in collaboration with media professionals at media organizations and in corporate and non-profit, media students put theory into practice by producing media in a professional work environment. Possible activites include producing and distributing media, i.e. websites, articles, films, brochures etc. planning and staging media events; researching and evaluating public relations campaigns; and optimization studies. The internship gives students a practical context in which to examine and interpret issues and concepts they have studied in their Media Studies classroom courses.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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MJD 433 - Publication Management
The course synthesizes the theoretical and experiential learning acquired in previous courses as students design and produce the weekly student newspaper, The Defender. The course’s only prerequisite is MJ 205, but a range of MJ courses inform the creation of the publication, including Media Law and Ethics, Global Communication, New Media, and Visual Communication.
Prerequisites: MJD 411
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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MJD 450 - Senior Research Proposal Seminar
This is the research proposal seminar for the senior capstone experience in the Department of Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts. This class will focus on a variety of research methods and on the completion of a research proposal for students’ senior seminar projects. The senior capstone project, which will be completed during the following semester, is a high quality media critique and analysis project (a documentary film, book, or web documentary) which examines a socially significant topic through a variety of interdisciplinary angles.
Half course
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MJD 460 - Senior Seminar in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
This is the capstone course. It’s an opportunity to develop, research, and produce a professional-quality media project (a documentary film, book, or web documentary) which explores a socially significant topic through a variety of interdisciplinary angles.
Prerequisites: Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts majors only.
Full course
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MU 101 - Understanding Music
Study of the elements of music – rhythm, meter, pitch, melody, harmony, timbre, ensembles, and form – and music as an element of human culture. Emphasis is placed on both listening and elementary musicianship skills. Examples include both Western and non-Western music.
Full course
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MU 201 - Introductory Music Theory
Basic tonal materials: scales, intervals, chords; melody and counterpoint; musicianship lab includes basic ear-training, sight-singing, keyboard skills.
Full course
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MU 202 - Musicianship Lab
Basic ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboard skills.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
Misc. Notes: Permission of the instructor.
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MU 203 - Intermediate Music Theory
Intermediate tonal materials, harmony, introduction to form and analysis; musicianship lab includes ear-training, sight-singing, keyboard skills.
Prerequisites: MU 201 or permission of instructor.
Full course
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MU 209 - Reading and Writing About Music
A survey of different genres of writing about music. Students read and write description, reviews, reports, and essays about music of a variety of styles including live performances.
Full course
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MU 222 - Medieval and Renaissance Music
A survey of the genres and styles of music in medieval and Renaissance culture, both music for worship and for secular entertainment, with a focus on the debates about the value and correct forms of music throughout this period.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 224 - Baroque Music
Study of the music literature, style and performance of Baroque and Pre-classical music.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 226 - Classical-Period and Romantic Music
Western classical music of the Classical and Romantic periods, with a focus on the major genres and styles and the social and philosophical meanings of music in these periods.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 228 - 20th Century Music
Study of Western music and culture from Impressionism to present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 235 - Opera
A survey of the operatic repertory from the 17th to the 20th century from both analytical and historical perspectives, focusing on changes in styles and conventions, and opera’s importance in European culture.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 242 - History of Jazz
The history of the music of African Americans from the point of departure in Africa to present day avant-garde jazz. The influence of jazz on American music.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 243 - History of African American Spirituals and Gospel Song
This course examines the great body of African American religious song that has been created and practiced from slavery to the present day, i.e,, from the ring shout to holy hip-hop. There is a strong focus on the nineteenth century spiritual and the various manifestations of gospel song and performance that have defined much Black religious expression since the Third Great Awakening. This comprehensive class takes into account the historical, social, political, cultural, and musical forces at work in the creation of spirituals and, subsequently, gospel music. Style practice, song recognition and analysis, the use of coded language and signifying, the rhetoric of folk sermons, blind performers and street evangelists, musical forms, composers, preachers, quartets, gospel stars, and more is also considered in this thorough yet entertaining course.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 247 - History of Rock
This course examines the historical, social, cultural, and musical forces that contributed to the emergence and subsequent development and impact of rock and roll as an enduring form of popular music. Performers, genres, song and style analysis, regional distinctions, and more are addressed with contextual depth and nuance.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 253 - Global Issues in Music
Exploration of how music functions within and across different cultures, with an emphasis on its contemporary political, economic, and religious uses. The course uses case studies from a number of societies to study how musical expression and the meanings it creates emerge and change, both in their original context and in a increasingly global community.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MU 261 - Private Lessons for Non-Music Majors
Enables a qualified student to study voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: Permission of the artist.
Must be followed by MU 262 or MU 362 to receive credit for the course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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MU 262 - Private Lessons for Non-Music Majors
Enables a qualified student to study voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: MU 261 or MU 361 and permission of the artist.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty. Upon completion of MU 262 credit for a half course is awarded.
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 271 - Instrumental Ensemble for Non-Music Majors
Exploration and public performance in ensembles of the music (and sometimes dance) of specific musical genres and cultures, with focus on substantial individual improvement of performance skills, critical listening, and instrument or other technique. May include public (on and off campus) performance of learned repertoire.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 272 - Music and Dance in Ghana
Participants will study Ewe drumming, dance, song, and other Ghanaian arts at the Dagbe Center in Kopeyia, Ghana, West Africa with master musicians and artists from the region. No prior experience in the arts is necessary, but the trip will focus on performance traditions and their cultural context.
Prerequisites: MU 271 or MU 376
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
When Offered: Study Trip-will go to Ghana, West Africa over winter break
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MU 301 - Advanced Music Theory
Chromatic harmony, counterpoint, and standard forms of Western classical musical, with analysis of 18th and 19th-century examples.
Prerequisites: MU 203
Full course
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MU 316 - Instrumentation and Orchestration
Instrumental ranges, timbres, and playing techniques; score-reading, clefs, and transpositions; orchestral literature and stylistic analysis; arranging for different ensembles.
Prerequisites: MU 203
Full course
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MU 319 - Advanced Topics in Music Theory
Detailed examination of a particular technique, style, or methodolgy of musical analysis or composition. Topics vary but may include, for example, counterpoint, fugue, twentieth-century analysis, free composition, or jazz harmony and arranging.
Prerequisites: MU 203
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated
Elective for Majors/Minors
When Offered: Fall
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MU 333 - J. S. Bach
Study of the works of J.S. Bach. Use of primary souces in music theory, form and design as tools for reading, research analysis.
Prerequisites: MU 203 and by permission of instructor.
Full course
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MU 349 - Topics in American and Popular Music
Detailed examination of a particular genre, period, region, repertory, composer, or performer. Topics vary but may include, for example, the blues, film music, or the Folk Revival.
Prerequisites: May be repeatable.
Full course
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MU 359 - Topics in Ethnomusicology
Exploration and critical study of a specific ethnomusicological topics through discussion, readings, and performance. May include topics such as: Music as Social and Political Expression; Religious and Ritual Music; Classical World Music; or specific regional/area studies, i.e. music of India.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MU 361 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: Permission of the artist.
Must be followed by MU 262 or MU 362 to receive credit for the course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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MU 362 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplishe artist in the area.
Prerequisites: MU 261 or MU 361 and permission of the artist.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty. Upon completion of MU 362 credit for a half course is awarded.
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 364 - Advanced Performance Studies
Group-oriented instruction in various performance styles such as jazz improvisation, operatic singing, song-writing, or chamber music. Offering varies from year to year.
Prerequisites: MU 262 or MU 362
Half course
Misc. Notes: Counts as a Studio/Performance-Based course in the Music major/minor.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 372 - String Orchestra
An instrumental group performing a variety of different genres and styles of classical music, depending on the instrumentation available.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 374 - Concert Band
An instrumental group performing literature for concert band and wind ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 375 - Jazz Orchestra
A stage band performing the Big-Band style of jazz.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 376 - World Music Ensemble
Exploration and public performance in ensembles of the music and dance of specific musical genres and cultures, with expectation of substantial individual and ensemble improvement of performance skills, critical listening, and instrument or other technique. There will be frequent on and off-campus performances, work with guest artists, and opportunities for individual musical projects (recitals, recordings, etc.) with the group.
Prerequisites: Permission of the Instructor
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 377 - Chorale
A chorus performing literature for mixed voices in a variety of styles, including major choral works.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 491 - Senior Seminar and Project
The senior seminar gives students the opportunity to undertake a culminating project in the study and performance of music. Topics and projects vary according to the interests of the students, and include a combination of original research, musical analysis, a final paper, an oral presentation, and a musical performance.
Prerequisites: Music majors only; at least junior or senior standing.
Full course
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PH 103 - Introduction to Philosophy
The course both shows the student the nature and value of philosophical inquiry, using only primary texts such as Plato’s dialogues and other major philosophical writings, and, at the same time, invites the student to become personally philosophical by developing their own way of seeing the meaning and value of things. One way of coming to see how deeply human and profoundly personal the questions of meaning and value examined in philosophy are is by coming to understand how they would remain unanswered even if some day we were able to answer all the questions of the sciences.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Philosophy
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