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MA 112 - Mathematics in Context
An introduction to concepts of modern mathematics with applications in real-world contexts. Topics include the mathematics of personal finance, risk analysis, probability, logic, and game theory.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: This course is for non-math majors only.
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
Notes: No credit given for MA-112 if credit given for MA-110.
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MA 115 - Mathematics for Teachers
This course is designed for education majors to develop both a deep conceptual understanding of pre-K-8+ mathematics along with the mathematical knowledge necessary to teach these topics. Topics include: whole number operations, place value, fractions, integers, decimals, ratios, proportions, inverse variation, percents (including percent increase and decrease), and estimation.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: ED Major/Licensure Students Only
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 130 - Elements of Calculus
A one-semester survey of calculus. Topics include limits, derivatives and the integral, with emphasis on applications in the life sciences and finance. Note that the prerequisite for MA160 is MA150, so additional preparation (e.g. formal limits and more in-depth trigonometry) is strongly recommended for MA130 students who subsequently decide to petition into MA160.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: At least high school algebra and trigonometry; preferably pre-calculus
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
Notes: Credit will not be given for MA 130 if credit has already been received for MA-150, MA-160
or MA-211.
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MA 150 - Calculus I
Limits and continuity; exponential and trigonometric functions; the derivative and applications; Riemann sums, the integral, and applications. The applications, motivation, and context for the mathematics will come from the Life Sciences (MA 150 LS), the Physical Sciences (MA 150 PS), or Finance (MA 150 FI). Students should confer with their advisor or the calculus coordinator in the math department to determine the section best aligned with their major/minor or the best alternative in the event of a schedule conflict.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Appropriate high school preparation, with at least pre-calculus.
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
Notes: No credit will be granted for MA-150 if credit has been earned for MA-160 or MA-211.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 150
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
Notes: No credit will be granted for MA-160 if credit has been earned for MA-211.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-150 or MA-160 or MA-211 or Permission of Instructor.
Notes: No credit will be given for MA-207 if credit has been given for 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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Previous or Concurrent Enrollment in MA 207 or MA 240.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 160
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-160 or MA-211.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-150 or MA-160 or MA-211 or Permission of Instructor.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 211
Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Mathematics major.
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MA 284 - 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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-150 or MA-160 or MA-211 or Permission of Instructor.
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ History & Society
Notes: Formerly MA-304
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-160 or (MA-211 recommended).
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-160 or MA-211
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-160 or MA-211
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 211
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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.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA-150 or MA-160 or MA-211 or Permission of Instructor.
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MA 399 - Mathematics Internship
An opportunity to utilize mathematical skills in a non-academic environment.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Junior standing.
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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 240
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 401
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 240
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 406
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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.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Senior Math Major or permission of instructor.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MA 211, MA 213 and MA 303.
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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.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Junior standing; permission of supervisor and department chair.
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 & statistics faculty.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Membership in the Honors Program, permission of Supervisor and Department Chair.
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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ History & Society
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MJD 110 - Digital Media: Arts, Culture, & Theory
Digital media have radically changed the ways words, images, and sounds can be manipulated and delivered. In the process, they’ve altered the ways in which humans communicate, think, create art, express ideas, get information, and conduct relationships. This course takes a two-pronged approach to cultivating students’ understandings of the current changes in digital media. First, students will be introduced to the critical examination of the digital revolution, including issues connected to creative expression, privacy and surveillance, consumerism, psychological distraction, and device addiction. Second, they will gain experience and skills in the processes and practices involved with digital art and graphic design. They will be introduced to new technologies and engage their imaginations through art projects in digital imaging (Adobe Photoshop), illustration and animation (Adobe Illustrator), and web design (Adobe Muse).
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Media Studies Majors and Minors Only. (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Majors and Minors Only
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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD 205
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD-110; Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only (Open to all students during open registration).
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
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MJD 215 - Photography and Tourism
This digital-based photography course will explore the methods and artistry of outdoor and tourism photography. Through the analysis of historical and contemporary work, students will develop the technical skills and creative approaches necessary for documenting recreational, outdoor, and tourism related activities pursued in the state of Vermont. Additionally, in the experiential learning component of this class, students will be responsible for creating multimedia marketing presentations for Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. By the end of the class, students will be proficient in the following Adobe programs: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
Credits: 4
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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.
Credits: 4
Notes: Course may be taken more than once in different topic areas.
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MJD 225 - Topics in Chinese Media
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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Not open to first year students
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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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.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Not open to first year students.
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ History & Society
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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MJD 255 - South Africa: Apartheid – Resistance, Revolution and Representation
This course analyses the ways in which media was used to promote, maintain and then dismantle apartheid in South Africa. What role did media play in influencing people’s views of the systemic injustices and how was media utilized in the fight against apartheid? How does media shape post-apartheid South Africa?
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/Engaging Diverse Identities
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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.
Credits: 4
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ History & Society
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD-110; Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only (Open to all students during open registration).
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: Preference given to students with a dedicated interest in film/TV analysis, criticism, and production.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors only
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
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MJD 305 - Persuasive Writing
Effective persuasion has tremendous power within society, often swaying elections, public policy and individual behavior. With it comes big responsibility. Students will critique a broad spectrum of persuasive writing including op-eds, reviews, fundraising letters, and campaign rhetoric. They will deconstruct effective approaches and techniques, and apply them to their own writing.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Only
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MJD 311 - Digital Media II: Advanced Graphic Design
In this course, students will gain experience and skills in the processes and practices involved with digital art and graphic design. Through a series of projects and exercises, they will develop their understandings of fundamental graphic design principles and how to employ them in design solutions and in their own artworks. Along the way, they will explore related topics: brainstorming strategies to enhance the creative process, problem-solving using time-boxing, the value of stepping away from the computer, the role of research in good design, how to evaluate the audience for your designs, and the role of critique and analysis.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD 110
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD-101; Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Only.
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD 210 or MJD 266 or MJD 302 or AR 130 or permission from the instructor
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MJD 352 - Health and Development in East Africa
This service learning course has a two-fold purpose. First, it will provide students with an overview of the health and development challenges of East Africa, with a focus on HIV/AIDS in rural Tanzania. Second, it will develop a communication skill set among class participants to present these challenges to the developed world in film, photos, web site production and grant proposals. Students will also explore the tension between compelling storytelling and political empowerment and advocacy as development tools.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD 110 or permission of the instructor.
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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MJD 353 - Applied Health and Development Approaches in East Africa
This service learning course includes an intensive two week field course based at the Ilula Orphan Program (IOP) in Iringa, Tanzania. Students will travel to Tanzania to observe first-hand the development challenges related to HIV/AIDS, water scarcity, education and poverty being addressed by the IOP. The service learning component of the course will involve updating the IOP’s educational and development materials, including the web site, and producing at least one completed grant application. Students will be expected to complete this work in a one-week work session following completion of the two weeks in-country.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD 352
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MJD 355 - South Africa: Resistance, Revolution, & Representation Study Trip
This course analyses the ways in which media was used to promote, maintain and then dismantle apartheid in South Africa. What role did media play in influencing people’s views of the systemic injustices and how was media utilized in the fight against apartheid? How does media shape post-apartheid South Africa?
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD-255 or GL-255
Crosslisted: GL-355
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Students must have studied abroad.
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Literature & The Arts
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MJD 411 - Writing and Editing for Publication
Explores writing genres through the journalistic lens with an eye toward publishing for specific audiences. Using the campus publication as an exploratory medium, students experiment with reporting/feature/ persuasive writing and editing and merge written work with visuals.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Soph/Juniors/Seniors , all majors. Must have a solid foundation in grammar, structure and organization.
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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
Notes: May be repeatable.
Upon registration for this course, you will need to make an appointment with a Career Coach in the Career Education Center. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the
start of the semester.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT COMPLETE THIS PROCESS WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS.
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MJD 433 - Publication Visual Storytelling and Design
This course explores the structural foundations of visual storytelling and graphic design for print and online publications. Through the analysis and production of still photographs, video and page design students manage and create visual content for the student publication, The Defender.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only. Open to All Majors.
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.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Majors Only; Seniors Only.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MJD-450; MJD Majors Only; Seniors Only.
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
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MU 202 - Musicianship Lab
Basic ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboard skills.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Permission of the instructor.
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 201 or Permission of Instructor.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 203 or permission of instructor.
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies AND Study of Christian Traditions and Thought/ Literature & The Arts AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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MU 224 - Baroque Music
Study of the music literature, style and performance of Baroque and Pre-classical music.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts
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MU 228 - 20th Century Music
Study of Western music and culture from Impressionism to the present.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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MU 243 - History of Gospel
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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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MU 244 - American Musical Theater
A history of American musical theater, focusing on the professional Broadway repertory of the twentieth century, from Victor Herbert through Stephen Sondheim. This course examines the principle composers and lyricists and their shows, the cultural and stylistic trends they represent, the musical and dramatic forms they employ, and the social issues that inform both the context and the content of this repertory. No musical experience is required, but interested students will have performance opportunities.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Historical Studies/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Literature & The Arts AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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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.
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Restrictions: By arrangement with Music Faculty.
Fee: Yes
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
Students MUST bring their completed private lesson form with them and register in
person in the Registrar’s Office - after arrangements have been made with the Music
Faculty.
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MU 271 - Intro to African Drumming
Exploration of the music and dance of West Africa, with focus on substantial individual improvement of performance skills and critical listening. May include public performance of learned repertoire.
Credits: 2
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 203
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 203
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 203
Notes: May be repeated as long as the topic is different.
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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 203 or permission of instructor.
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: May be repeated as long as the topic is different.
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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.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Junior Seminar
Notes: May be repeated as long as the topic is different.
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MU 361 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Restrictions: By arrangement with Music Faculty; Open to Music Majors and Minors who have completed or are enrolled in MU-201, and to Theatre Majors (Voice Only).
Fee: Yes
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: Students can take only one private lesson per semester as MU-361. Music Majors and Minors may register for a second lesson on a separate form as MU-261 at the higher course fee.
MUSIC MAJORS can take MU-361 for eight semesters.
MUSIC MINORS can take MU-361 for four semesters.
THEATRE MAJORS can take voice lessons as MU-361 for two semesters.
Students MUST bring their completed private lesson form with them and register in person in the Registrar’s Office - after arrangements have been made with the Music Faculty.
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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.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: MU 262 or MU 362
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: Counts as a performance course in the Music major/minor.
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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.
Credits: 2
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
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MU 374 - Concert Band
An instrumental group performing literature for concert band and wind ensemble.
Credits: 2
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
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MU 375 - Jazz Orchestra
A stage band performing the Big-Band style of jazz.
Credits: 2
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
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MU 376 - African Drumming/Dance Ensemble
Exploration and public performance in ensembles of the music and dance of the Ewe people of Gahana and related cultures, with expectation of substantial individual and ensemble improvement of performance skills, critical listening, and instrumental and other techniques. 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. All interested students, regardless of background, should attend the first class session.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Permission of Instructor required.
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
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MU 377 - Chorale
A chorus performing literature for mixed voices in a variety of styles, including major choral works.
Credits: 2
LSC/Core: Artistic Experience/ Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeated.
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Music Majors Only; Juniors and Seniors Only.
LSC/Core: NA/ Literature & The Arts
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MU 492 - 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.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Majors Only; Juniors and Seniors Only.
LSC/Core: NA /Literature & The Arts
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NS 400 - Independent Research in Neuroscience
Interested students engage in an in-depth investigation of a particular neuroscience topic under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Research can take the form of a laboratory or scholarly project. BI 320 Advanced Neurobiology or BI 335 Neuroscience may also be required for cellular neuroscience related projects. PH 362 may be required for philosophy related projects. Students should speak with a faculty mentor to inquire whether these additional prerequisites are needed. Students will be required to present their work at the April College-wide Symposium.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS-274 and PS-216 or BI-205 and MA-120; permission of Program Director.
Notes: May be repeatable.
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NS 406 - Independent Research: Honors in Neuroscience Proposal
Eligible students will be active participants in a year-long intensive laboratory experience (NS-406 & NS-408) that involves conducting a literature review, generating a hypothesis(es), choosing and training on relevant methodology, writing an approved IRB/IACUC proposal (if applicable), collecting data, analyzing results, and writing a thesis paper, which also includes theoretical implications and conclusions. Students will be required to present their work orally at the April college-wide symposium.
BI 320 Advanced Neurobiology or BI 335 Neuroscience may also be required for cellular neuroscience related projects. PH 362 may be required for philosophy related projects. Students should speak with a faculty mentor to inquire whether these additional
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS-274 and PS-216 or BI-205 and MA-120; permission of Program Director; Juniors and Seniors only.
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NS 408 - Independent Research: Honors in Neuroscience
Eligible students will be active participants in a year-long intensive laboratory experience (NS-406 & NS-408) that involves conducting a literature review, generating hypothesis(es), choosing and training on relevant methodology, writing an approved IRB/IACUC proposal (if applicable), collecting data, analyzing results, and writing a thesis paper, which also includes theoretical implications and conclusions. Students will also present their work orally at the April college-wide symposium.
BI 320 Advanced Neurobiology or BI 335 Neuroscience may also be required for cellular neuroscience related projects. PH 362 may be required for philosophy related projects. Students should speak with a faculty mentor to inquire whether these additional prerequisites are needed.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: NS-406; permission of Program Director
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NS 410 - Neuroscience Senior Seminar
This course provides a capstone experience for students to review contemporary literature, demonstrate oral and written communication skills, and discuss societal implications of the field of neuroscience.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Seniors Only; Majors Only.
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PB 101 - Introduction to Public Health
This course provides an introduction to the field of public health. Students will learn of the connectivity of public health and health care and the roles of personal behavior, social determinants, race, ethnicity, and income. Students will learn about prevention, protection and health promotion, as well as the domestic and global implications of public health.
Credits: 4
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PB 250 - Business, Government and Health Care the Danish Way
Institutions and policies are shaped by shared cultural values. In this course, we will explore institutions and policies of Denmark in three specific realms – business, politics and health care (broadly defined) - by examining their structures and functions, as well as the animating values and auxiliary cultural institutions that inspired and maintain them. Our exploration will employ a comparative approach, using the corresponding institutions, policies and values of the United States as a means of identifying differences and similarities. This course serves as the pre-requisite for BU/PO/PB 251, Business, Government, and Health Care the Danish Way Study Tour, offered in summer 2020.
Credits: 2
Crosslisted: BU 250, PO 250
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PH 203 - Ethics
Ethics is the practice concerned with leading a worthwhile life consisting in worthwhile relationships with others and one self. In the Socratic tradition, the objective is to assist students in developing the ethical perspective they already have on worthwhile relationships.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH 103
LSC/Core: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought/ History & Society AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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