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Courses


Check major and minor requirement sections in the Departments, Programs and Areas of Study section to determine if specific courses will satisfy requirements. Inclusion on this list does not imply that the course will necessarily satisfy a requirement.

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Music

  
  • MUS 042E PO - Balkan Music Ensemble


    CrsNo MUS 042E PO


    When Offered: To be offered in 2014/15.

    Introduction to non-Western ensemble performance. Students will learn basic performance technique for Balkan folk music. Ensemble changes each year; ensembles include Flamenco guitar and percussion, North Indian tabla, and West African drumming and dance. Linked with offerings of Dance Department. Weekly rehearsals culminate in end-of-semester performance. Attendance is mandatory. Year-long participation recommended. Some musical background preferred. Permission of instructor is required. P/NC grading only. Half-course.

  
  • MUS 052 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930


    CrsNo MUS 052 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    A study of music in Paris within its cultural context. Examination of works by Debussy and Ravel, as well as other notable composers (including Fauré, Satie, Milhaud, Poulenc and Lili Boulanger). Consideration of Impressionism, Symbolism, musical life in the shadow of World War I and the formulation of post-war neo-classicism.

  
  • MUS 054 PO - Music and National Identity


    CrsNo MUS 054 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    A study of music and national identity from the French Revolution through the Second World War. Examination of instrumental and vocal works by selected composers including Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Smetana, Dvorak, Ives, Debussy, Hindemith and Shostakovich. Includes examination of nationalist music in relation to wartime culture (emphasis on WWI and WWII).

  
  • MUS 055 PO - Seven Musical Wonders of the Western World


    CrsNo MUS 055 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): G. Lee

    Historical, analytical and aural study of seven major works from the Western European and American concert tradition. Genres include symphony, opera, solo and chamber, vocal and instrumental music. Some field trips. No previous musical experience required.

  
  • MUS 056 PO - Words and Music: History of Black Song


    CrsNo MUS 056 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): G. Lytle

    Study of the development of the solo song in Western art music. Students will learn how to analyze texts and compositional techniques. Examines the works of selected African-American composers. The ability to read music would be helpful, but it is not required.

  
  • MUS 057 PO - A Survey of Western Music


    CrsNo MUS 057 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Historical survey of Western art music from chant to recent compositions. Study of selected works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Adams and others that illustrate significant stylistic and historical developments. This course enriches the student’s experience of music by emphasizing the refinement of listening skills. Lecture, discussion, guided listening, musical score-reading; listening assignments, writing assignments and selected readings.

  
  • MUS 058 PO - Beethoven


    CrsNo MUS 058 PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): D. Di Grazia

    An examination of Beethoven’s life and creative output. Works from Beethoven’s entire career (including symphonies, concertos, sonatas, chamber music and vocal music) will be studied in the context of the political and social milieu of his time. Discussions will include music by Mozart and Haydn, from which Beethoven drew considerable inspiration and works by later 19th-century masters, whose music owes a significant debt to Beethoven’s genius.

  
  • MUS 060 PO - History of Jazz


    CrsNo MUS 060 PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): B. Bradford

    History of jazz from its roots in blues and ragtime through New Orleans jazz, Dixieland, bebop, cool jazz, free jazz and contemporary styles. Emphasis on innovators, characteristics of style and jazz as a reflection of the Black perspective.

  
  • MUS 061 PO - Musical Theatre in America


    CrsNo MUS 061 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): J. Bailey

    Survey of the development of musical theatre in 20th-century America through the study of selected musical works involving theatre, dance and mixed media. Previous musical experience not required but helpful.

  
  • MUS 062 PO - Survey of American Music


    CrsNo MUS 062 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): G. Lytle

    Introduction to the contributions that specific ethnic cultures have made to the diverse fabric of American music. Examines two ethnic populations and the elements which make up the musical life of each group. Lectures, guest presentations and concerts.

  
  • MUS 064 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach


    CrsNo MUS 064 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Study of J.S. Bach and of his instrumental and vocal music. Emphasis on the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B Minor and on Bach’s keyboard works. Examination of performance issues, with emphasis on the keyboard instruments he knew (notably harpsichords and organs). Discussion of the critique made of Bach’s music by composers, performers and historians.

  
  • MUS 065 PO - Introduction to World Music


    CrsNo MUS 065 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.

    Instructor(s): K. Hagedorn

    Functional approach to studying the diversity of musical traditions. Focuses on the function and context of performance in geographically representative samples. Examines such issues as gender, religion, politics and ethnicity through the lens of specific performance traditions.

  
  • MUS 068 PO - Listening to American Popular Music


    CrsNo MUS 068 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): J. Rockwell

    Examines the varied soundscape of popular music in the United States. Through listening, analysis and criticism, the course draws connections between music and meaning in genres ranging from 19th-century song through early blues, hillbilly music, rock, folk, funk, metal, megapop and rap.

  
  • MUS 070 PO - Ethnomusicology in Theory, Method and Practice


    CrsNo MUS 070 PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): A. Perman

    Examines ethnomusicology as a changing and vital discipline. Weekly focus on different case studies to highlight particular issues, including defining ethnomusicology and its practitioners; changing ideologies of the field and field work; feminist approaches to ethnomusicology; performance of healing and notion of authenticity. Course includes performance, proposal for musical ethnography and guest lecturers.

  
  • MUS 071 PO - Music in Africa


    CrsNo MUS 071 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): A. Perman

    This class introduces students to a diverse range of African musical practices from musicological and anthropological perspectives. This course surveys musical styles from across the continent throughout the twentieth century. Topics include music and spirituality, urbanization, and colonialism, South African apartheid, and recent issues of globalization and music in Africa.

  
  • MUS 072 PO - Gendering Performance


    CrsNo MUS 072 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): K. Hagedorn

    How are issues of gender manifested and constructed through performance and how do we perceive these issues as performers and as an audience? Weekly units focus on such topics as rap, taiko, salsa and performance art.

  
  • MUS 076 PO - Performing the Sacred: Toward a Theology of Sound


    CrsNo MUS 076 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): A. Perman

    This course explores how musical sound and other related performative phenomena are perceived and employed across a variety of religious practices—as sonic representations of the divine, as mystical evocations and as facilitators for ecstatic experience.

  
  • MUS 078 PO - Performance Traditions of the African Diaspora: Shango in the New World


    CrsNo MUS 078 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2008.

    Instructor(s): A. Perman

    Introduction to the vast legacy of the African diaspora, approached through its performance traditions. Comparison of West African performance contexts and aesthetics with those of the Caribbean, Black America and Afro-Latin America. Prerequisite: written permission of instructor. A background in music or social sciences is recommended. Not open to first-year students.

  
  • MUS 080 PO - Music Theory I


    CrsNo MUS 080 PO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; T. Flaherty

    Two-part counterpoint, four-part writing, using root position and inverted triads, dominant seventh chords. Small forms.

  
  • MUS 080 LPO - Lab, Theory I


    CrsNo MUS 080 LPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; T. Flaherty

  
  • MUS 081 PO - Music Theory II


    CrsNo MUS 081 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): A. Cramer

    Diatonic and chromatic harmony, in four parts and freer styles. Sonata and related forms. Prerequisite: MUS 080 PO .

  
  • MUS 081 LPO - Lab, Theory II


    CrsNo MUS 081 LPO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): A. Cramer

  
  • MUS 082 PO - Music Theory III


    CrsNo MUS 082 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): J. Rockwell

    Late 19th-century harmonic techniques, contrapuntal styles. Prerequisite: MUS 081 PO .

  
  • MUS 082 LPO - Lab, Theory III


    CrsNo MUS 082 LPO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): J. Rockwell

  
  • MUS 086 PO - Music in Theory and Practice


    CrsNo MUS 086 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; Staff

    A comprehensive and integrated view of music as a field of study. Intensive analysis of concepts involved in the study and practice of Western and non-Western music. Emphasis on current approaches in music history, ethnomusicology and music theory. Critical writing, aural and analytical skills. Some composition. Prerequisite: MUS 004 PO  or MUS 080 PO .

  
  • MUS 087 PO - Jazz Improvisation: Theory and Practice


    CrsNo MUS 087 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): B. Bradford

    Techniques applicable in jazz and much of today’s popular music. Written assignments, tests, analysis of master works and performance in the classroom. Ability to read music and advanced instrumental skills required. Audition required.

  
  • MUS 089A PO - The Islamic Voice


    CrsNo MUS 089A PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2009.

    Instructor(s): A. Perman

    The voice plays an important role in Islamic societies, as a medium for learning the Qur’an, calling a community to worship and expressing personal experiences. We will consider the role of music in the Muslim world by listening to different voices, young and old, from Egypt to Indonesia to Detroit.

  
  • MUS 089B PO - Music of the Pacific Rim


    CrsNo MUS 089B PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): K. Hagedorn

    The Pacific Rim is a region that encompasses many lived experiences, from Latin America, Asia, and the islands of Oceania. This course begins with the diverse musical traditions of Californians, then traces that diversity back to areas throughout the region, paying attention to intersections and cross-currents along the way. Letter grade only.

  
  • MUS 091 PO - Sites of Sound: Music, Technology, Aural Culture, Film


    CrsNo MUS 091 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): A. Cramer

    A study of the position of sound and music on the boundary between media and content of media. Topics include theories of sound in culture; historical conceptualizations and experiences of sound in early modern Europe and other sites; sound and music in the context of 19th-century representational technologies from tableaux vivants, stenography and opera to telephone and phonograph and film soundtracks.

  
  • MUS 096A PO - Electronic Music Studio


    CrsNo MUS 096A PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): T. Flaherty; Staff

    Laboratory course designed to develop electronic compositions using techniques of analog and digital synthesis. Permission of instructor required. MUS 096B PO  may be repeated once for credit. MUS 96A, each fall; MUS 096B PO , each spring.

  
  • MUS 096B PO - Electronic Music Studio


    CrsNo MUS 096B PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): T. Flaherty

    Laboratory course designed to develop electronic compositions using techniques of analog and digital synthesis. Permission of instructor required. MUS 96B may be repeated once for credit. MUS 096A PO , each fall; MUS 96B, each spring.

  
  • MUS 100 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II


    CrsNo MUS 100 PO


    When Offered: Each semester,

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 20 series: half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 series: hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department.

  
  • MUS 100BAPO - Bass Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100BAPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): F. Tinsley

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100BNPO - Bassoon Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100BNPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): C. Beck

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100CLPO - Clarinet Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100CLPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): G. Bovyer

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100EUPO - Euphonium Level II (Indiv Inst)


    CrsNo MUS 100EUPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): S. Klein

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100FLPO - Flute Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100FLPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): R. Ridich

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100GUPO - Guitar Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100GUPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): J. Sanders; J. Yoshida

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100HDPO - Harpsichord Level II (Indiv Ins)


    CrsNo MUS 100HDPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100HNPO - French Horn Level II (Indiv Ins)


    CrsNo MUS 100HNPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): D. Ondarza

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100HPPO - Harp Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100HPPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): M. Dropkin

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100OBPO - Oboe Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100OBPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): F. Castillo

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100OGPO - Organ Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100OGPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100PCPO - Percussion Level II (Indiv Ins)


    CrsNo MUS 100PCPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): T. Dimond

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100PFPO - Piano Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100PFPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): G. Lee; G. Blankenburg; M. Kohn; P. Young; L. Zoolalian

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100SAPO - Saxophone Level II (Indiv Inst)


    CrsNo MUS 100SAPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): K. Foerch

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100TBPO - Trombone Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100TBPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): P. Keen

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100TPPO - Trumpet Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100TPPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): R. Burkhart

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100TUPO - Tuba Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100TUPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): S. Klein

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100VAPO - Viola Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100VAPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): C. Fogg

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100VCPO - Violoncello Lev II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100VCPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): R. Lebow

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100VNPO - Violin Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100VNPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): T. Pelev

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 100VOPO - Voice Level II (Indiv Instr)


    CrsNo MUS 100VOPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): G. Lytle; U. Kleinecke-Boyer; G. Geiger; H. Price

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.

  
  • MUS 113 PO - Orchestration and Instrumentation


    CrsNo MUS 113 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): E. Lindholm

    Instruments of the orchestra, their historical development and current capabilities. Notation and performance practice. Analysis of selected works since 1700 and exercises in scoring and arranging for orchestra and chamber ensembles to develop historical understanding, imagination and practical skill. Prerequisite: MUS 082 PO , or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • MUS 119 SC - Women in Music


    CrsNo MUS 119 SC


    This class will study the roles of women in music as composers, performers, music writers and as patrons. While the class will focus on women’s contributions to music, the fact of and reasons for the absence of those contributions in the chronicled histories of music until very recently will be studied.

  
  • MUS 120B PO - History of Western Music


    CrsNo MUS 120B PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Study of Western music from Middle Ages to the 20th century, with reference to influence, stylistic development, reception history, performance practice, history of instruments and relevant theoretical writings. Readings, listening, discussion, oral presentations, class performance and analytical projects. Prerequisite for MUS 120A PO : MUS 080 PO . Prerequisite for MUS 120B: MUS 120A PO  and MUS 080 PO ; MUS 081 PO  strongly recommended. MUS 120A PO , each fall; MUS 120B, each spring.

  
  • MUS 120A PO - History of Western Music


    CrsNo MUS 120A PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): G. Beeks; D. Di Grazia

    Study of Western music from Middle Ages to the 20th century, with reference to influence, stylistic development, reception history, performance practice, history of instruments and relevant theoretical writings. Readings, listening, discussion, oral presentations, class performance and analytical projects. Prerequisite for MUS 120A PO: MUS 080 PO . Prerequisite for MUS 120B PO : MUS 120A and MUS 080 PO ; MUS 081 PO  strongly recommended. MUS 120A PO each fall; MUS 120B PO , each spring.

  
  • MUS 121 SC - Music of the Spirits


    CrsNo MUS 121 SC


    This course will involve three case studies of religious musical cultures in the United States: Tewa Pueblo ritual dance ceremonies, Hawaiian hula kahiko and auana, and African American gospel music. Ethnomusicological research methods, musical analysis, social function and ritual significance will be discussed. No previous musical experience is required.

  
  • MUS 123 SC - Music and the Performance of Identities: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender


    CrsNo MUS 123 SC


    This course will explore the ways in which individuals and groups represent, transform and recreate their identities through musical performance and other performative acts. We will discuss several issues of “musical identity” including: musical nationalism, musical representations and expressions of ethnic identity, the creation and expression of gender in music, and the representation of the self through music.

  
  • MUS 126 SC - Music in East Asia and Diaspora


    CrsNo MUS 126 SC


    This course introduces the “traditional” music of China, Korea and Japan and explores the ways in which traditional performing arts have been transformed, adapted and given new meanings in these modern nation-states and the East Asian diasporic communities of the United States. A survey of these musical traditions will be followed by a closer study of pungmul, kabuki, taiko, Chinese opera, and pansori.

  
  • MUS 130 SC - Rhythm and the Latina Body Politic


    CrsNo MUS 130 SC


    This interdisciplinary course focuses on the construction of Latina bodies in contemporary U.S. popular culture, in particular how dance movement is often ethnically defined along cultural and gendered stereotypes. Dance, music and control of the body are used as key concepts in exploring this arena.

  
  • MUS 131 SC - Mariachi Performance and Culture


    CrsNo MUS 131 SC


    This course combines a musical ensemble with music history and the study of culture. Students become familiar with the Mexican mariachi music tradition through participation, lecture, readings, exams, multi-media materials and a final concert. Cultural representation and ethnicity help us explore the tradition’s history and its role in contemporary society.

  
  • MUS 132 - Stravinsky: His Milieu and His Music.


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • MUS 152 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930


    CrsNo MUS 152 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Same course as MUS 052 PO , but with additional papers and/or projects required.

  
  • MUS 154 PO - Music and National Identity


    CrsNo MUS 154 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    A study of music and national identity from the French Revolution through the Second World War. Examination of instrumental and vocal works by selected composers including Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Smetana, Dvorak, Ives, Debussy, Hindemith and Shostakovich. Includes examination of nationalist music in relation to wartime culture (emphasis on WWI and WWII).

  
  • MUS 161 PO - Musical Theatre in America


    CrsNo MUS 161 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): J. Bailey

    Same course as MUS 061 PO , but with additional papers and/or projects required.

  
  • MUS 164 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach


    CrsNo MUS 164 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Same course as MUS 064 PO , but with additional papers and/or projects required.

  
  • MUS 183F PO - Advanced Topics in Performance


    CrsNo MUS 183F PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): G. Lee

    Refinement of techniques of musical interpretation, style, and presentation, integrated with theoretical and historical studies. Prerequisites: MUS 020 PO  or MUS 100 PO  and MUS 081 PO .

  
  • MUS 184 PO - 20th-Century Music History and Theory


    CrsNo MUS 184 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): T. Flaherty; Staff

    20th-century musical techniques and their historical contexts. Prerequisites: MUS 082 PO  and MUS 120B PO .

  
  • MUS 190 PO - Senior Seminar


    CrsNo MUS 190 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): W. Peterson

    Directed study for majors who are completing the senior exercise (expanded description available in Music Department main office). A seminar for review and discussion of major topics in music theory, history, performance and ethnomusicology, culminating in a paper. Required of senior majors.

  
  • MUS 191 PO - Senior Thesis


    CrsNo MUS 191 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Required for the history concentration and written under faculty guidance in the senior year.

  
  • MUS 192 PO - Senior Project


    CrsNo MUS 192 PO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Half- or full course, depending on concentration. Prepared under faculty guidance. 1) Half-course: senior recital; required for Performance concentration. 2) Full course: senior composition; required for Composition concentration. 3) Full course: senior research project; required for Ethnomusicology or Special Research concentration.

  
  • MUS 198 PO - Summer Reading & Research


    CrsNo MUS 198 PO


    When Offered: Each fall or spring.

    Instructor(s): Staff

  
  • MUS 199DRPO - Music: Directed Readings


    CrsNo MUS 199DRPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.

  
  • MUS 199IRPO - Music: Independent Research


    CrsNo MUS 199IRPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.


Neuroscience

  
  • NEUR 015 PO - Essentials of Neuropharmacology: How Drugs Affect the Brain


    CrsNo NEUR015 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2007.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Since the dawn of time, humans have used chemical substances to alter perception of reality. Examine the molecular mechanisms by which psychoactive substances get us high, make us hallucinate and relieve our pain. Clinically relevant drugs such as those used to treat Alzheimers and Parkinsons patients will also be examined. Non-majors course; cannot be used for credit towards neuroscience major.

  
  • NEUR 101 PO - Introduction to Neuroscience with Laboratory


    CrsNo NEUR101 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): J. Matsui; J. King

    An introduction to the field of neuroscience. Basic principles of neuroscience are covered including how the cells in the nervous system process signals and transmit information, basic brain anatomy and an introduction to human and comparative systems neuroscience. Prerequisite: two semesters of Biology. Letter grade only.

  
  • NEUR 102 PO - Neuroethology: Mechanisms of Behavior with Laboratory


    CrsNo NEUR102 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): R. Levin

    A comparative approach to examining how the nervous system supports behavior. Topics include the evolution and organization of the nervous system, neural-endocrine interactions and mechanisms underlying the detection and recognition of behavioral signals and the generation of a behavioral response to them. Prerequisite: NEUR 101 PO .

  
  • NEUR 103 PO - Neuropharmacology


    CrsNo NEUR103 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): K. Parfitt

    Introduction to neuropharmacology. Overview of the major neurotransmitter systems, drug-receptor interactions and synaptic transmission. Emphasis on the mechanisms and actions of psychoactive drugs, including drugs of abuse, the biology of addiction and treatment of psychiatric illness and neurodegenerative disease. Prerequisite: NEUR 101 PO .

  
  • NEUR 104 PO - Genes and Behavior


    CrsNo NEUR104 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2007.

    Instructor(s): Staff

  
  • NEUR 105 PO - Neuroimmunology: Molecular and Cellular Interactions Between the Nervous and Immune Systems


    CrsNo NEUR105 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): J. Wayanabe

    The course explores the role of immune molecules in neural development, and the bi-directional mechanisms by which the brain and immune system communicate with each other in health and during injury or infection. Topics include: innate immunity in brain development, inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases, central nervous system infections, autoimmune diseases, and the immune system in psychiatric disorders. Emphasis will be placed on critical evaluating readings from the primary literature, experimental design, and scientific writing. Letter grade only. Prerequisites:  NEUR 101 PO .

  
  • NEUR 110 PO - Developmental Neurobiology with Laboratory


    CrsNo NEUR110 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): J. Matsui

    Focuses on the developing nervous system. Topics include neural differentiation, cell birth and death, axon guidance, establishing the appropriate connections in the developing brain and adult neurogenesis and repair. Emphasis will be placed on critically evaluating readings from the primary literature, experimental design and scientific writing. Prerequisite: NEUR 101 PO .

  
  • NEUR 130 PO - Vertebrate Sensory Systems with Laboratory


    CrsNo NEUR130 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): K. Johnson

    Vertebrates possess remarkable adaptations for exploring their external environment. We will examine the senses of smell, taste, touch, vision and hearing at molecular, cellular and systems levels, with particular focus on the development of these systems. Topics will also include comparative anatomy, physiology, neural coding and exotic sensory systems. Prerequisite: NEUR 101 PO .

  
  • NEUR 143 PO - The Human Brain: From Cells to Behavior with Laboratory


    CrsNo NEUR143 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2010.

    Instructor(s): R. Lewis; N. Weekes

    An advanced laboratory course in the relationships between structure and function that exist in the human nervous system. We will critically analyze methods of exploring the human nervous system including lesion, electrophysiological, neurochemical and neuroimaging approaches. Topics will include sensation and perception, cognition and emotion, movement, regulatory systems and social behavior. Prerequisite: NEUR 101 PO .

  
  • NEUR 178 PO - Neurobiology with Laboratory


    CrsNo NEUR178 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): K. Parfitt

    Introduction to the biology of the nervous systems of vertebrates and invertebrates. Emphasis on cellular and molecular approaches. The ionic basis of electrical signaling in excitable cells, the physiology and biochemistry of synaptic transmission, the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory and selected topics in the field. Previously offered as BIOL178  PO. Prerequisite: NEUR 101 PO  and BIOL 041C PO .

  
  • NEUR 189S PO - Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission


    CrsNo NEUR189S PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2009.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    In this seminar course, we will discuss readings from the primary literature that address possible mechanisms by which neurotransmitter release is regulated and postsynaptic mechanisms for interpreting neurochemical signals. The readings will be relevant to understanding learning and memory, addiction, neurodegenerative disease, and basic pharmacology. Prerequisites: BIOL 041C PO  and permission of the instructor.

  
  • NEUR 190 PO - Senior Seminar


    CrsNo NEUR190 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): J. King

    Critical analysis and discussion of the current research literature in neuroscience. Discussion of senior thesis exercise. Topics vary each year. Half-course. Senior majors only.

  
  • NEUR 191 PO - Senior Library Thesis


    CrsNo NEUR191 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    A non-empirical thesis in which students design a research protocol to answer an original question. Written in the form of a grant proposal. Half-course. May be taken in either semester of the senior year. Prerequisite: permission of instructor required.

  
  • NEUR 194A PO - Senior Experimental Thesis


    CrsNo NEUR194A PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    An empirical thesis in which students undertake an experimental project that addresses an original question. Half-course each semester. NEUR 194A, each fall; NEUR 194B PO , each spring.

  
  • NEUR 194B PO - Senior Experimental Thesis


    CrsNo NEUR194B PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    An empirical thesis in which students undertake an experimental project that addresses an original question. Half-course each semester. NEUR 194A PO , each fall; NEUR 194B, each spring.

  
  • NEUR 199DRPO - Neuroscience: Directed Readings


    CrsNo NEUR199DRPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.

  
  • NEUR 199IRPO - Neuroscience: Independent Research


    CrsNo NEUR199IRPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.

  
  • NEUR 199RAPO - Neuroscience: Research Assistantship


    CrsNo NEUR199RAPO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.


Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 001 PO - Problems of Philosophy


    CrsNo PHIL001 PO


    When Offered: Each fall or spring.

    Instructor(s): M. Green; P. Kung; P. Thielke

    A study of selected problems in philosophy, from such areas as ethics, philosophy of religion, theory of knowledge and metaphysics. Classical and contemporary readings.

  
  • PHIL 002 PO - Introduction to Ethics


    CrsNo PHIL002 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): A. Davis, M. Green, J Tannenbaum

    Introduction to Ethics. The course surveys the major questions about ethics. How do we reason about specific moral problems, such as capital punishment, distribution of scarce resources, and the value of life. Are ethical beliefs objective or are they relative to a person or culture? What is the motivation for moral theorizing?

  
  • PHIL 003 PO - Philosophy Through Its History


    CrsNo PHIL003 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2012.

    Instructor(s): S. Erickson

    Study of the development of philosophy in the West. Plato, Descartes, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche will be considered.

  
  • PHIL 004 PO - Philosophy in Literature


    CrsNo PHIL004 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2011.

    Instructor(s): S. Erickson

    Discussion of various aspects of the human condition, personal and social, as presented in various works of literature.

  
  • PHIL 005 PO - Gods, Humans and Justice in Ancient Greece


    CrsNo PHIL005 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2014.

    Instructor(s): R. McKirahan

    Focus on the fundamental questions in ancient Greek moral thinking, such as the following: What is the best kind of life for a human? Should I be good? Can I be good? Is morality objective, subjective or relative to one’s society? What is the relation between gods and humans? Are we at the mercy of fate?

  
  • PHIL 030 JT - Intro to Knowledge, Mind & Exist


    CrsNo PHIL030 JT


  
  • PHIL 030 PO - Knowledge, Mind and Existence


    CrsNo PHIL030 PO


    When Offered: Each fall or spring.

    Instructor(s): P. Kung; L. Perini

    Introduction to some of the central issues regarding the nature of knowledge, the mind and reality. Topics include skepticism, the analysis of knowledge, mental causation, dualism, reductive and nonreductive physicalism, proofs for the existence of God and personal identity.

 

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