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Course Catalog 2018-2019 
    
Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College and Conservatory Courses (2018-19 and planned future offerings)


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  • LEAD 901 - Individual Study


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2 CC

    Individual Study is an opportunity for a student to work with an instructor on a one-to-one basis to address specific topics in greater depth than would be possible in one of the courses in the LEAD program. This option is available on a limited basis, with consent of the appropriate instructor.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: A. Bautista, A. Brandt, M. Burgdorf, M. Hayden, K. Jackson Davidson, B. Escobedo, E. Gisemba, C. Jenkins

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • LEAD 905 - Business, Finance, and Consulting Career Community


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits: 1 credit
    Attribute: 1 CC

    Students will clarify potential pathways, identify informative experiences, and synergize learning inside and outside the classroom. By attending the assigned workshops, students will develop their self-introduction and communication skills to establish connections and leave a positive impression that could lead to employment opportunities.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: D. Hamdan

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • LEAD 906 - Arts & Creative Professions Career Community


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits: 1 credit
    Attribute: 1 CC

    Students will clarify potential pathways, identify informative experiences, and synergize learning inside and outside the classroom. By attending the assigned workshops, students will develop their self-introduction and communication skills to establish connections and leave a positive impression that could lead to employment opportunities.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: D. Hamdan

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • LEAD 907 - Non-Profit and the Public Sector Career Community


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits: 1 credit
    Attribute: 1 CC

    Students will clarify potential pathways, identify informative experiences, and synergize learning inside and outside the classroom. By attending the assigned workshops, students will develop their self-introduction and communication skills to establish connections and leave a positive impression that could lead to employment opportunities.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: D. Hamdan

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • LING 500 - Linguistics Portfolio


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits: 0 credits
    Normally completed in the student’s final semester in residence, the portfolio requirement for the Linguistics Concentration consists of two parts: (i) submitting a Linguistics Portfolio (three substantive pieces of work completed in courses taken to meet the requirements of the Linguistics Concentration), and (ii) undergoing a review of the portfolio with members of the Curricular Committee on Linguistics

    Instructor: J. Haugen

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Y
  
  • LING 501 - Linguistics Capstone


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Courses
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Normally completed in the student’s final semester in residence, the Linguistics Capstone is designed as a Private Reading on an advanced topic in Linguistics for students pursuing an Individual Major in Linguistics. The capstone typically involves the student researching the primary Linguistics literature and developing their own independent Linguistics research paper or project.

    Instructor: J. Haugen

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Y
  
  • LOND 907 - A History of London


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    This course explores the history of London from its Roman origins to the present day and examines how royalty, trade, religion, and transport have shaped the city?s pattern of growth over 2000 years. Field trips required.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Taught in London. Acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London Program required.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    History
  
  • LOND 908 - The London Stage


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    This course aims to expose students to contemporary British theatre in all its variety. At its heart will be discussion of productions in the current London repertory, with plays ranging from classical to contemporary, and venues including subsidized, commercial, and fringe theatres. Field trips required.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: D. Vinter

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Taught in London. Acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London Program required.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    English
  
  • MATH 050 - Understanding Networks


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    Since the 90’s, awareness of the networks tying us together has grown explosively; so has understanding of network phenomena. We will use graph theory, probability, and computation to understand network phenomena like small-world effects and viral memes. Course filled by lottery; contact Prof. Wilmer to enter.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: E. Wilmer

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • MATH 131 - Calculus Ia: Limits, Continuity and Differentiation


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    A first course in the calculus of functions of one variable including supporting material from algebra and trigonometry. Topics include limits, continuous functions, solution of equations and inequalities, differentiation of real-valued functions of one variable, and the graphical analysis of functions.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: S. Balady

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: An appropriate score on the Calculus Readiness Test, which covers precalculus topics. To take this test, log into blackboard.oberlin.edu, click the “Courses” tab at the top, look for the “Placement Tests” box, and follow the links. After taking the test, you must contact the instructor of the section you would like consent for. The two-course sequence MATH 131, MATH 132 is equivalent to the more intensive MATH 133.
  
  • MATH 132 - Calculus Ib: Integration and Applications


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    Continuation of MATH 131. Topics include integration of real-valued functions of one variable, basic properties of the trigonometric and exponential functions, the fundamental theorems of the calculus, and applications.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes:  MATH 131.
  
  • MATH 133 - Calculus I: Limits, Continuity, Differentiation, Integration and Applications


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    A standard first course in the calculus of functions of one variable. Topics include limits, continuous functions, differentiation and integration of real-valued functions of one variable, the fundamental theorems of calculus and applications.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: J. Walsh, R. Young, C. Marx

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: An appropriate score on the Calculus Readiness Test, which covers precalculus topics. To take this test, log into blackboard.oberlin.edu, click the “Courses” tab at the top, look for the “Placement Tests” box, and follow the links. After taking the test, you must contact the instructor of the section you would like consent for. This course is equivalent to the two-course sequence MATH 131, MATH 132.
  
  • MATH 134 - Calculus II: Special Functions, Integration Techniques and Power Series


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    Continuation of the study of the calculus of functions of one variable. Topics include logarithmic, exponential and the inverse trigonometric functions, techniques of integration, polar coordinates, parametric equations, infinite series and applications.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: J. Calcut, R. Young, J. Walsh

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 132 or MATH 133. The course sequences MATH 133, 134 and MATH 131, 132, 134 both provide a standard introduction to single-variable calculus.
  
  • MATH 220 - Discrete Mathematics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to problem solving and proof writing via a variety of mathematical topics that do not involve calculus– including mathematical logic, sets, induction, recursion, number theory, combinatorics, and graph theory.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Calcut, J. Walsh, L. Thompson

    Prerequisites & Notes:  MATH 133.
  
  • MATH 231 - Multivariable Calculus


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to the calculus of several variables. Topics considered include vectors and solid analytic geometry, multidimensional differentiation and integration and a selection of applications.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: B. Linowitz, C. Marx

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 134
  
  • MATH 232 - Linear Algebra


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to linear algebra. Topics considered include the algebra and geometry of Euclidean n-space, matrices, determinants, abstract vector spaces, linear transformations and diagonalization.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: S. Balady, S. Colley

    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MATH 220 or MATH 231.
  
  • MATH 234 - Differential Equations


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to analytic, qualitative and numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations. Topics include general first order equations, linear first and second order equations, numerical methods (Euler, Runge-Kutta), systems of first order equations, phase plane analysis, and Laplace Transforms. There is emphasis throughout the course on geometric and qualitative interpretations of differential equations, as well as applications to the natural sciences.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: C. Marx

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 231
  
  • MATH 301 - Foundations of Analysis


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    A rigorous examination of the basic elements of analysis. The structure of the real number system, continuity, differentiability, uniform continuity, integrability of functions of a single variable, sequences, series and uniform convergence are typical topics to be explored.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: C. Marx

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 231. Note: MATH 220 is also highly recommended.
  
  • MATH 302 - Dynamical Systems


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    A first course in discrete dynamical systems in dimensions one and higher. Topics include hyperbolicity, bifurcations, symbolic dynamics, chaos and fractals. Student projects, consisting of a presentation and an expository paper, will be based on independent reading.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Walsh

    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites: Math 231 and 232. Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  
  • MATH 305 - The Mathematics of Climate Modeling


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to climate modeling from a differential equations perspective. The focus will be placed on low order models, in which the interactions of major climate components such as incoming solar energy, atmospheric and oceanic heat transfer, outgoing radiation, and planetary albedo are studied. Students will be instructed in the use of the computer algebra system Mathematica, which will be used extensively. The course includes an independent project/research component.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Walsh

    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MATH 234
  
  • MATH 317 - Number Theory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR, WADV

    This course is an introduction to number theory. Topics include primality, divisibility, modular arithmetic, finite fields, quadratic reciprocity, and elliptic curves. Emphasis will be placed both on theoretical questions and on algorithms for computation.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: L. Thompson

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 220 and 232, or consent of instructor. Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  
  • MATH 318 - Cryptography


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    This course covers the mathematical foundations of modern cryptographic systems. Along with building the necessary number theoretic and computational tools, the focus will be on Public Key Cryptography, including systems based on discrete logarithms and on integer factorization. Additional topics may include the history of cryptography, the Data Encryption Standard, elliptic curves, and lattice-based cryptography.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: K. Woods

    Prerequisites & Notes: Math 220.
  
  • MATH 327 - Group Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    A first course in the modern algebraic structures and techniques fundamental to mathematics and useful in many areas of science and engineering. Topics include: groups, subgroups, quotient groups, isomorphism theorems, permutation groups, finite groups, and applications to combinatorics, geometry, symmetry and crystallography.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Calcut

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 232. Note: MATH 220 is also highly recommended.
  
  • MATH 328 - Computational Algebra


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    This course examines connections between the algebra and geometry of the set of solutions to a system of polynomial equations (called a variety) and the use of algorithms to effect concrete calculations. Topics studied include rings and ideals, Grobner bases, resultants and elimination theory, Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz, the correspondence between polynomial ideals and algebraic varieties, and applications of the methods to other areas of mathematics. There will be opportunities for computer experimentation and student projects.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: S. Colley

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 231 and MATH 232. MATH 220 is also highly recommended. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  
  • MATH 329 - Algebra II: Rings & Fields


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    This is one of two courses introducing algebraic structures and techniques fundamental to mathematics and useful in many areas of science and engineering. Topics include: rings, subrings, ideals, fields, integral domains, polynomial rings, extension fields, finite fields, famous impossible constructions and Galois theory.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: L. Thompson

    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MATH 327. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  
  • MATH 331 - Linear Optimization


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to optimization, both continous and discrete. Emphasis is placed on the theory of mathematical programming optimization and the analysis of optimization algorithms. These are applied to significant problems in the fields of medicine, finance, public policy, transportation and telecommunications.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: R. Bosch

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 220 and MATH 232.
  
  • MATH 335 - Probability


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to the mathematical theory of probability and its applications. Topics include discrete and continuous sample spaces, counting techniques, random variables, expected value, inequalities, limit theorems and random walks.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: K. Woods

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 231. MATH 220 is also strongly recommended.
  
  • MATH 337 - Data Analysis


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F

    Students will gain experience in a wide variety of data analysis techniques. The focus of the course will be on the interpretation of results and the suitability of techniques, while statistical software will be utilized to handle computational considerations. Regression analysis will be covered in depth with special emphasis on the use of graphical methods. A limited selection of additional topics will be chosen from among ANCOVA, experimental design non-parametric statistics, time series, classification, clustering, and smoothing,

    Instructor: J. Witmer

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 113 or 114 and MATH 232 or consent of the instructor. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  
  • MATH 340 - Mathematical Logic


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to set theory and computability. This seminar will examine both the foundations of mathematics and the limitations of formal reasoning. Student projects, consisting of a presentation and an expository paper, will be based on independent reading.

    Instructor: E. Wilmer

    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: One 300-level Mathematics course
  
  • MATH 345 - Information Theory


    Next Offered: 2018-2019

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to Information Theory and Coding Theory. Topics include information and entropy, data compression, Shannon theory and noisy channels, error-correcting codes, and applications to statistics, computer science, economics and the natural sciences. Prerequisites: MATH 220.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: K. Woods

  
  • MATH 350 - Geometry


    Next Offered: 2018-2019

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    This course takes a modern approach to geometry based on group theory and the Erlangen Programm making possible the survey of a wide spectrum of geometries, Euclidean and non-Euclidean. Geometries treated include neutral, Euclidean, spherical, and hyperbolic. The discovery of these geometries in the 19th century caused a scientific and philosophical revolution second only to the Copernican revolution.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: B. Linowitz

    Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 232 or consent of instructor.
  
  • MATH 353 - Topology


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to point-set and algebraic topology. The fundamental notion of a topological space is introduced and various properties a topological space might have are studied, including connectedness and compactness. Spaces are also investigated by means of certain algebraic invariants including the fundamental group. These invariants are applied to the theory of covering spaces and various results about surfaces, continuous maps, and vector fields are proved.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Calcut

    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MATH 301 or 327. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  
  • MATH 356 - Complex Analysis


    Next Offered: 2018-2019

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    An introduction to the theory of differentiable functions of a complex variable, including the Cauchy theorems, residues, series expansions and conformal mappings. Prerequisite: MATH 301 Note: Given in alternate years only.

    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Walsh

  
  • MATH 397 - Seminar in Mathematical Modeling


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    Teams of students will work on mathematical modeling projects. This semester, the theme will be the application of mathematics to the visual arts.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: R. Bosch

    Prerequisites & Notes: Two 200-level mathematics courses and consent of the instructor.
  
  • MATH 401 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, HONR, QFR

    Consent of instructor required.

    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, Staff, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young, C. Dawson

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • MATH 550F - Research - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    Projects for original investigation. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent of the department chair required.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, C. Dawson, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • MATH 550H - Research - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    Projects for original investigation. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent of the department chair required.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, C. Dawson, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • MATH 551F - Research - Full


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    Research

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, C. Dawson, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • MATH 551H - Research - Half


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    Research

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, C. Dawson, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • MATH 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, C. Dawson, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  
  • MATH 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, C. Dawson, B. Linowitz, C. Marx, L. Thompson, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  
  • MHST 101 - Introduction to the History and Literature of Music


    Next Offered: Fall & Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: First & Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A survey of the major developments in the history of Western music including jazz, vernacular music, electronic and computer music, and an introduction to ethnomusicology. Selected major musical works will be considered from a variety of historical standpoints.

    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: C. McGuire & A. Glatthorn

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes - Contact Jeanne.Rosecrans@oberlin.edu
    Prerequisites & Notes: Knowledge of musical notation.  The course serves as a prerequisite to the MHST 226, 235, 245, 255, 275 courses. ESOL 130.  Conservatory students are encouraged to register for this course in their freshman year.
  
  • MHST 221 - American Music


    Next Offered: First Semester

    Semester Offered: Fall Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    What does it mean to sound “American”?  This course will investigate how “American music has been defined in the United States from the colonial era to the twentieth century.  With frequent references to literature and criticism, we will trace the growing rift between so-called classical and popular music in the United States and its implications for composers, performers, and audiences.  Topics will include New England Psalmody, shape-note singing, minstrelsy, American opera, Broadway, jazz, serialism, and rock ‘n’ roll.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: J. O’Leary

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.  
  
  • MHST 226 - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A survey of church and court music from the early Middle Ages to 1600. The course will consider the forging of Western musical traditions within the context of medieval liturgy and the ensuing growth of a variety of genres—music which richly expresses Romanesque other worldliness, the ideals of courtly love, Gothic rationalism, the blossoming of the individual in the Renaissance, and the mystical fervor of the Counter Reformation.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: S. Plank

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
  
  • MHST 235 - Music in the Baroque Era


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A survey of music from the rise of monody in the Florentine academies c.1600 to the death of Bach in 1750. The course will consider opera, church music, and instrumental music from multiple perspectives, underscoring the interplay of technical and contextual views. Works by Monteverdi, Schuetz, Bach, Handel and others are studied from the standpoint of form and style, and as expressions of various social forces.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: S. Plank

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
  
  • MHST 245 - Music in the Classic Era


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A survey of music from the mid-18th century through the time of Beethoven. Discussion of developments in Italian and French opera, of German and English instrumental and sacred works, patronage systems and the dissemination of music including its place in the concert repertory today. Particular attention will be paid to instrumental and vocal works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Three classes plus one listening laboratory per week.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
  
  • MHST 255 - Music of the Romantic Era


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A survey of music by principal European composers of the nineteenth century, from 1820-1914. Includes discussion of Beethoven’s late works and their interpretations by later composers, the Italian operatic repertory, Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk and its influences, aesthetics of the New German School, the rise of nationalistic music, position of women musicians, development of a concert audience in the United States, Expressionism, Symbolism, and the formation of today’s standard repertory.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: C. McGuire, Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
  
  • MHST 260 - Desire and the Diva


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    FC
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    How is desire musically performed? This course investigates divas - objects, generators, and personifications of musical desire - as performers, cultural products, and artists. We will examine the rise of the diva from the eighteenth century through the present through operas, films, and popular music. Investigating how the diva inhabits desire will allow us to discuss interdisciplinary issues including sexuality, gender, exoticism, and colonialism within dramatic forms. Of particular interest will be the intersection of the diva with performativity, including how divas use desire to create and/or radically reinterpret how a creator envisioned a character through the force of their own personality. This course is part of the Arts of Desire StudiOC Learning Community.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: C. McGuire

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 (for Conservatory Majors)
    Cross List Information: ENGL 213 Desire and Literature: StudiOC Learning Community
  
  • MHST 275 - Music Since 1914


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A survey of European and American concert and stage music from 1914 to the present. Topics covered include neoclassicism, serialism, Harlem renaissance, national influences (politics, folk art), electronic music, indeterminacy, minimalism, performance art, post-modernism, viability of avant-garde music today.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: J. O’Leary

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 or CMUS 100 and MUTH 232.  Freshmen and transfer students admitted by consent only.  Concurrent enrollment in MUTH 232 is possible with consent of the instructor.
  
  • MHST 290 - Introduction to African American Music I


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, CD

    The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. This semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music.

    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: F. Hadley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, and AAST 171.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    African American Studies
  
  • MHST 291 - Introduction to African American Music II


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, CD

    The second semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms.

    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: F. Hadley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, 291; and AAST 171, 172.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    African American Studies
  
  • MHST 301 - Introduction to Music Research and Writing


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, WADV

    A practical course open to all students wishing to develop their skills in writing about music and to familiarize themselves with essential bibliographic and research tools. The course will focus on specific problems and mechanics of preparing a research paper, concert, record and book reviews, program notes, etc.  

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Plank

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course.

     

  
  • MHST 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    What does a score tell us? What does it not tell us? And what is expected of the performer? A study of changing performance styles in music from the 19th century to the Middle Ages. Topics include the evolution of instruments, ensembles, and orchestras; and conventions of rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, and ornamentation. Students will compare editions and prepare an edition themselves.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: D. Breitman

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101, and one 200-level Music History course, or consent of the instructor.
    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with HPRF 302.
  
  • MHST 316 - Studies in Opera: Opera and the Melodramatic Sublime


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP/DDHU

    Around 1750, opera began attracting significant criticism, for its entirely-sung texts were considered incomprehensible and a mere display of technical ability. Within two decades, a new music-theatrical genre, melodrama, emerged as operatic reform. As an alternation of spoken text and instrumental accompaniment, melodrama was originally considered so exotic that it might even replace opera. But melodramatic practices-especially its evocation of the sublime-were quickly co-opted by through-composed opera. This course investigates works such as Benda’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Mozart’s Zaide, Cherubini’s Les deux journées, Beethoven’s Fidelio, and Weber’s Der Freischütz to uncover opera and melodrama’s aesthetic and performative entanglements.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: A. Glatthorn

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101, and one MHST 200-level course
  
  • MHST 337 - Introduction to Organology


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, W-Adv

    This course will focus on a number of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century musical instruments from the Frederick R. Selch Collection of American Music History.  Our goals will be (1) to learn how modern orchestral instruments developed, especially in the United States, and (2) to examine how the performance of music enabled people to intervene in social, political, and economic situations of their day.  As music historians our goal will be to analyze a series of historical objects to ascertain the various ways musical behavior both influenced and responded to many aspects of social life; as performers and composers our goal will be to contemplate how our daily interactions with our own musical objects imply, not only a familiar artistic praxis, but a way of seeing.  Each student will be responsible for creating a portion of public exhibition that will go on display at the end of the semester. 

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. O’Leary

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: One 200-level course in music history or consent of the instructor. 
    Cross List Information: See new course offering under MHST 347 What’s That Sounds?…
  
  • MHST 342 - Fin-de-Siécle Music in Germany and France


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    Musicians living at the end of the 19th century in France and Germany proclaimed the rise of naturalism, impressionism, expressionism, symbolism, primitivism, Dadism, and many more such movements.  Why so many “isms”?  This course will situate the large number of musical and artistic movements that proliferated in Germany and France at the end of the 19th century into their broader social, political, and philosophical contexts.   Our studies will cover the music of Fauré, Debussy, Ravel Satie, Busoni, Reger, Richard Strauss, and Mahler.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. O’Leary

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: One 200-level MHST or ETHN course.
  
  • MHST 362 - Music, Politics, and the Western Canon, c. 1800


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    FC
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    The world was no less plagued with conflict than it is today in the decades around the year 1800; rebellion, war, and migration engulfed Europe and the globe. While historians have closely examined the social political events of the period between Mozart’s death and the rise of Beethoven, its music has received only cursory attention by comparison. But the music created during this turbulent and transformative era would prove crucial in the development of the Western musical canon. This interdisciplinary course examines the intersections of music, politics, and aesthetics to understand more completely the formative years of the Western canon.
     

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Glatthorn

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: One two-hundred level course in music history or the consent of the instructor.
  
  • MHST 400 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology.

    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Deans Consent
    Prerequisites & Notes: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
  
  • MHST 401 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Deans Consent
    Prerequisites & Notes: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
  
  • MLIT 215 - Piano Literature


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    MLIT 215 is an in-depth examination of piano literature from the acceptance of the fortepiano in late 18th century Vienna to the key role of the piano as a symbol of Romantic efflorescence in the mid-1840’s. MLIT 216 is a continuation of the study of piano literature from the invention of the “recital” to the piano’s multiple meanings in the 20th century.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: S. Schultze

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently,) or consent of the instructor.
  
  • MLIT 216 - Piano Literature


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    MLIT 215 is an in-depth examination of piano literature from the acceptance of the fortepiano in late 18th century Vienna to the key role of the piano as a symbol of Romantic efflorescence in the mid-1840’s. MLIT 216 is a continuation of the study of piano literature from the invention of the “recital” to the piano’s multiple meanings in the 20th century.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: S. Schultze

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently), or consent of the instructor
  
  • MLIT 220 - The Lied


    Next Offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2020…

    Semester Offered: First Semester (Alternate Years)
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Lied performance, with emphasis on language, style, and the partnership between voice and keyboard. Some consideration of historical background and poetic sources, as well as outside listening and reading. For singers and pianists. Offered in alternate years. This course may count as an accompanying or an ensemble credit for pianists.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: T. Bandy

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: One semester of German. (May be waived for pianists.)
  
  • MUED 520 - Final Professional Portfolio Project


    Next Offered: Summer 2016, 2017

    Semester Offered: Summer
    HC
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    In this course, MMT students will compile documentation that demonstrates their musical, scholarly, and pedagogical proficiency in compliance with the Ohio Dept. of education and the MMT assessment standards. Further, this course is a capstone project that includes (1) preparing two term papers (one research, on a community music project) based on the student’s experiences in the MMT courses prior to the second summer of study and (2) compiling video clips for a DVD that illustrates students’ practice teaching in a variety of teaching settings.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Kerchner

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Completion of MUED 518, MUED 502, music education methods courses, instructor approval.
  
  • MUTH 101 - Aural Skills I


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Development of aural understanding through singing, conducting, improvisation, and listening. The melodic line, simple two-line combinations, rhythmic phrases, scales and triads, tonic predominant and dominant arpeggiation, diatonic intervals, simple and compound meters, treble and bass clefs, cadences, phrases, sentences and periods.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 1. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 130 or 131.
    Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject.

     

  
  • MUTH 102 - Aural Skills II


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A continuation of MUTH 101. Arpeggiation of all diatonic triads, the leading-tone seventh chord, and the Neopolitan and augmented-sixth chords; major-minor mode mixture; tonicization of or modulation to V in major and III in minor, diatonic sequences, more elaborate divisions of the beat, polyrhythm, small binary forms, introduction to the alto clef.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 101, or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 1/2. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 132.
    Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject.
  
  • MUTH 130 - Intensive Music Theory I


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Intensive review of the rudiments of music including: clefs, notation, meters and their signatures; key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Tonic, dominant, leading-tone, subdominant, and supertonic triads; the dominant-seventh chords (including inversions); and the cadential six-four chord. Introduction to phrase and period structure. Meets four days per week.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 101.
    Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject .
  
  • MUTH 131 - Music Theory I


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Tonic, dominant, leading-tone, subdominant, submediant, and supertonic triads; the dominant-seventh chord (including inversions); the leading-tone diminished seventh chord and the cadential six-four chord. Introduction to phrase and period structure. Analytical and writing skills are introduced and developed.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 101.
    Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
  
  • MUTH 132 - Music Theory II


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Continuation of MUTH 130 or 131, including remaining diatonic triads, supertonic leading-tone and subdominant seventh chords, tonicization of V in major and minor and of III in minor; applied chords; modal mixture, Neopolitan and augmented-sixth chords, special six-three and six-four chord usages; small binary and ternary forms. Analytical and  writing skills are developed.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 130 or 131, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 2. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 102.
    Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject .
  
  • MUTH 201 - Aural Skills III


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A continuation of MUTH 102. Imitation, diatonic modulation to all closely related keys, chromatic modulation, aural analysis of short pieces, more complex meters, the tenor clef.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 102, or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 231.
    Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject .
  
  • MUTH 202 - Aural Skills IV


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A continuation of MUTH 201. Chromaticism, trichords and atonal melodies, quintuplets and septuplets, unequal beats, all chromatic simple and compound intervals from any degree of the scale, aural analysis of longer pieces, improvisation emphasizing memorization and sense of form, score reading with at least two simultaneous C clefs, score memorization.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 201, or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 232.
    Preference given to student for whom aural skills is a required subject.
  
  • MUTH 210 - Eurhythmics


    Next Offered: Last Offered Spring 2015 (MUTH 210)
    Last Offered Spring 2016 (CNST 210)
    Next Offered Spring 2017 (MUTH 210)


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    HC
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A study of music based on the principles of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze that engages the moving body to develop the perception of rhythm, melody, phrasing, and form.  Other emphases include internalization of the rhythmic sense, development of precision in ensemble work and of physical coordination as it applies to the student’s performing medium.  The class focuses on three components: movement-to-music, solfege-eurhythmics, and improvisation.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Ristow

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 130 or 131, and MUTH 101, or the equivalent.
  
  • MUTH 231 - Music Theory III


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Continuation of MUTH 132, including diatonic and chromatic modulation; introduction to sonata form. Analytical and writing skills are developed.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 132, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 3. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 201.
    Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
  
  • MUTH 232 - Music Theory IV


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Continuation of MUTH 231 emphasizing chromatic harmony and techniques of 20th-century music.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Con Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum of C- in MUTH 231, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 4. ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence)
    Co-requisite: MUTH 202.
    Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
  
  • MUTH 316 - Tonality in Early Music


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    FC
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    In this course, we will investigate tonal structure in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century music, studying such diverse repertoire as the frottola, metrical psalmody, Baroque guitar tablature, Monteverdi’s madrigals, and J.S. Bach’s chorales. Using the Selch Collection’s extensive holdings of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century music and music theory books, we will gain familiarity with Renaissance-era notation and sources, and we will explore the benefits and limitations of using Renaissance music theory to analyze Renaissance music. By studying large groups of related pieces-corpora-we will explore the compositional decisions and listening strategies that govern so- called “pre-tonal” repertoires.
     

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: M.K. Long

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 231 Music Theory III.
  
  • MUTH 317 - Music and Embodied Cognition


    Next Offered: Spring Semester
    (Spring 2019 StudiOC Cluster: The Science of Aesthetic Experience


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    This course examines the relationship between musical experience (performing and listening), conceptualization, and meaning. The approach is interdisciplinary, with readings from or based on perception and cognition, human evolution, cognitive linguistics, musicology (history and theory), philosophy, and identity performance. Written coursework includes responses to readings, analysis of works and styles, and a term paper. In addition to Western classical music we will focus on jazz, folk, popular music (broadly conceived, e.g., Björk, Kendrick Lamar, etc.), and as many other kinds of music as time allows.
     

    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: A. Cox

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Second-year standing and instructor consent. 

     

  
  • MUTH 318 - Tonality After 1920


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, WINT

    When we listened to many pieces from the twentieth century - even pieces that were considered shockingly modern at the time - they sound tonal.  But the tools we use for analyzing Beethoven and Brahms are not always a comfortable fit for Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Copland, or-for that matter-the Rolling Stones.  In this class we will examine a handful of pieces from the twentieth century that sound tonal but do not conform to analytical methods that we typically learn in the first two years of music theory.  We will ask questions such as: where do we hear distorted echoes of earlier styles, how can we create narrative accounts without resorting to traditional tonal organization, and how can we understand harmonic syntax?  Written work will consist of (1) responses to readings, (2) analysis of works, and (3) a final paper. 

    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: D. Heetderks

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
  
  • MUTH 325 - Counterpoint


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A species approach to strict counterpoint, designed to acquaint students with fundamental voice-leading techniques of music from the 16th through the 19th century. The course explores the foundations of counterpoint, through the five species; students study contrapuntal techniques through two- and three-part written exercises, class discussion, and two-part dictation. Students examine passages from the literature to ascertain the relationship of strict counterpoint to free composition.

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: J. Hartt

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 202 & 232.
  
  • MUTH 340 - Form and Analysis


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A course developing techniques of analysis that apply to standard tonal forms. Structural principles underlying the binary, ternary, rondo and sonata forms (including the concerto) are studied in detail.

    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: R. Lubben

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 202 & 232.
    Not open to students who have taken MUTH 343 (String Quartet) or 345 (Mozart).
  
  • MUTH 344 - Analyzing Beethoven’s Middle Period Music


    Next Offered: Fall Semester

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    FC
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP/DDHU

    The primary goal of the class is engage deeply with Classical forms by studying symphonies, piano sonatas, and string quartets from Beethoven’s middle period (approx. 1803-14).  Students will become well versed in William Caplin’s Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions (1998) and James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Elements of Sonata Theory (2006).  They will also be exposed to analytical ideas of Janet Schmalfeldt, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendorff, Heinrich Schenker, and Scott Burnham, among others.  The primary output will be three analytical papers on full-movement forms; these are designed to help students gain a critical understanding of the vocabulary and compositional strategies of Beethoven’s middle period.

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: J. Miyake

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 202 and 232.  Not open to students who have taken MUTH 340 (Form & Analysis, 343 (String Quartet), or 345 (Mozart.)
  
  • MUTH 361 - The Visible in Music


    Next Offered: Next Offered Fall Semester
    (Previously Offered Spring 2015, Spring 2017…)


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    Sound and image are commonly assumed to be discrete concepts, reflecting a fundamental separation of the eye and the ear. Yet visual images play a significant role in musical experience:  visual methods of transcription, recording, and analysis have been a feature of musical practice since the invention of notation; musicians frequently collaborate with practitioners in the visual arts in multimedia, opera, film, and theater; and even in “purely musical” works, visual imagery plays a fundamental role in the perception of musical meaning.
     
    This course surveys some of the ways that music and visuality interact.  The course is divided into three main segments: In the first segment we will evaluate the reputed abstractness of musical sound in light of theories of hybridity and purity.  In the second segment we will analyze selected musical works, ranging from C.P.E. Bach to Stravinsky; here our analyses will be informed by a combination of music theories and relevant documents from visual culture.  The third segment of the course focuses on some hybrid forms of “eye music” in the 20th century.  Students will complete weekly reading, listening, and analysis assignments; three short model-composition exercises; and an individual research project.

    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: R. Leydon

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 202 & 232.
  
  • MUTH 370 - Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries


    Next Offered: Spring Semester

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A panoramic survey of the music of Europe and the United States from 1900 to Present. Class discussion will focus on compositional styles and techniques.

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: B. Alegant

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 202 & 232.
  
  • MUTH 410 - Senior Project in Theory: Reading


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    Extensive readings in theoretical literature under the supervision of a project supervisor.

    Enrollment Limit: By Placement
    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Consent from Division Director required for those with junior status.
    Open only to Music Theory majors with senior or junior status.
  
  • MUTH 411 - Senior Project in Theory: Thesis


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

    A major analysis project carried out under the supervision of a project supervisor.

    Enrollment Limit: By Placement
    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 410.  Approval of continuation in the Music Theory major from the Division Director is also required. Open only to Music Theory majors .
  
  • MUTH 415 - Analysis and Performance


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, WINT

    The course focuses on the analysis and performance of tonal and non-tonal music, paying particular attention to the ways in which analysis informs interpretation and performance.  Class participation (with opportunities for in-class performance) and several analytical papers are required; writing is a crucial element of the course.

    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: B. Alegant

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes: Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 202 & 232.
  
  • NSCI 108 - Environmental Chemicals in Human Health


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    This course will explore chemical and drug use and abuse in our society. We will discuss the effects of chemicals (therapeutic drugs, pesticides, food additives, herbal remedies, environmental contaminants, and recreational drugs) on humans and other living systems. We will examine how our bodies respond to complex environmental chemicals and how we can use this information to better delineate the cause and prevention of human disease. The course will also discuss federal and state legislations concerning environmental pollution, pesticide use, food and feed additives, consumer protection, occupational exposure to toxic substances, roles of federal regulatory agencies, and alternatives to government control. This course will include a fusion of lectures, discussion, readings from the primary literature, and student presentations. If you are unable to register for this class, you may be placed on a Wait List. If you wish to add your name to the wait list, you must follow these instructions: *Log onto Blackboard *Select ‘Community’ Tab *Go to ‘Organizations & People’ *Click on ‘NSCI 108 Wait List’ on left side of screen and complete the form.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: G. Kwakye

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • NSCI 157 - Neuroscience of the Arts


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    This course examines the neurological basis of the visual arts, musical arts, and culinary arts. We will heavily focus on the perception of art and how the brain allows us to perceive particular sensory features, experience emotions in response to art, and assign aesthetic appraisals. We will also discuss the production of art and how neural plasticity allows for the development of expertise. Lastly, the course will evaluate the neurological basis of creativity, improvisation, and imagination. All scientific knowledge necessary for understanding the material in class will be included; thus, advanced scientific coursework is not required. Field trips required.

    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: L. Kwakye

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  
  • NSCI 201 - The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    An introductory course in neuroscience that familiarizes students with concepts and information central to work in the neurosciences. Students will learn the basics of brain structure and function at molecular, cellular and systems levels. This foundation will be used to explore a number of behavioral and applied topics.

    Enrollment Limit: 85
    Instructor: Fall 18 C. Howard, P. Simen Spring 19 L. Kwakye, T. Paine

    Prerequisites & Notes: : Second year or above or BIOL 100, or AP Biology score 4 or 5 or consent of the instructor. Neuroscience majors should consider taking the accompanying laboratory course NSCI 211.
  
  • NSCI 211 - Neuroscience Laboratory


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    This laboratory exposes students to a variety of research techniques employed by neuroscientists: neuroanatomical procedures for staining and examining brain tissue; physiological procedures for recording the electrical activity of nerve cells; as well as commonly used techniques used to explore brain-behavior relationships (lesions, electrical and chemical stimulation). Some labs use computer simulations.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Fall: P. Simen, M. Mariani
    Spring: C. Howard, M. Mariani

    Prerequisites & Notes: Previous or current enrollment in NSCI 201. Notes: P/NP grading. Neuroscience, and Psychology majors given priority.
  
  • NSCI 319 - Neurophysiology: Neurons to Networks to Cognition


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    Our brains allow us to perform extraordinarily complicated functions. Neurons both individually and in neural circuits make these functions possible. We will examine how neurons receive, integrate and transmit information and how groups of neurons produce both simple and complex behaviors. Students will analyze and discuss relevant portions of the recent scientific literature.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Howard

    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 201 and BIOL 100 or BIOL 605, or consent of instructor. A minimum grade of C- or P is required in the pre-requisites.
  
  • NSCI 321 - Studies in Neuronal Function


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS, QFR

    Students will investigate how neurons communicate and interact. The first four to six weeks in the laboratory will familiarize the student with methods used to investigate the actions of living neurons and with the design of experiments. The remainder of the semester will focus on the design, performance, and analysis of an original experiment. Students may need to schedule additional laboratory time outside of class to complete their independent experiment.

    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: C. Howard

    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 211 and previous or concurrent enrollment in NSCI 319 or consent of the instructor.
  
  • NSCI 325 - Neuropharmacology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    This course introduces students to the neurochemical basis of behavior by focusing on how drugs affect the nervous system and influence behavior. Themes of the course include the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles of drug action and the differential effects of acute and chronic drug administration on both intracellular and intercellular communication. Topics such as pain, sleep, drug addiction and mental illness are used to exemplify the aforementioned themes. This course focuses heavily on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of drug action. Prerequisite: NSCI 201 with a minimum grade of C-, P, or consent of instructor.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Paine

  
  • NSCI 327 - Neuropharmacology Laboratory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    This laboratory is designed to introduce students to procedures used to explore the actions of drugs on the nervous system. The lab focuses on biochemical, cellular and behavioral approaches for understanding drug action.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: T. Paine

    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 211 and previous or current enrollment in NSCI 325, or consent of instructor
  
  • NSCI 337 - Neurotoxicology and Neurodegeneration


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    This course examines the pathophysiological link between (i) neurotoxicology, the adverse effects of chemicals, metals, and injurious agents on the nervous system and (ii) neurodegeneration, the progressive neuronal loss observed in many diseases due to aberrant cellular pathways. Topics such as neurotoxicology of the nervous system, biochemical, molecular, developmental neurotoxicology, and the synergism of genes and environment in neurodegenerative diseases are covered. In addition to the assigned readings, students will read, present, and discuss findings from current literature.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: G. Kwakye

    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 201 with a minimum grade of C-, P, or consent of the instructor.
  
  • NSCI 338 - Neurotox Neurodegen Laboratory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    The laboratory is designed to introduce students to a variety of cellular and molecular techniques and assays used to investigate the effect of neurotoxic metals and other injurious agents on the nervous system. Labs will include topics such as generation and examination of dose-response curves following neurotoxic insult, examination of oxidative stress, and assessment of cell viability in cultured cell lines. Occasionally, students will be required to work outside the scheduled lab period.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Kwakye

    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 211 and previous or current enrollment in NSCI 337
  
  • NSCI 357 - Sensory Neuroscience


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    We do not see with our eyes or hear with our ears. Our perceptions result from neural computations carried out by our brains. This course will examine how the neural processing of sensory information results in perception. The focus of the course will be mostly at the neural networks/circuitry level. The course will include fieldtrips to Allen Memorial Art Museum and Conservatory of Music performances to explore how the brain processes art and music. Prerequisite and Notes: NSCI 201 with a minimum grade of C- or P or consent of the instructor.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: L. Kwakye

  
  • NSCI 358 - Sensory Neuroscience Laboratory


    Next Offered: 2017-2018

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    This laboratory course will introduce students to some of the methods used to study sensory neuroscience. This course also seeks to improve students? ability to think critically and independently in a laboratory setting. Thus, many of the activities will focus on study design, reading the primary literature, and scientific writing and presenting. Students will also complete independent projects throughout the semester that will require some work outside of class time. We will cover four major areas of sensory neuroscience research: psychophysics, neuro-imaging, electrophysiology, and anatomy.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: L. Kwakye

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 211 and previous or current enrollment in NSCI 357, or consent of the instructor.
  
  • NSCI 360 - Cognitive Neuroscience


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS, QFR

    Cognitive neuroscience is the study of the neural basis of cognition, including functions such as perception, decision making, problem solving and language. The strong emphasis in this course will be on understanding the brain circuits that underlie these features of cognition. As a complement to the study of cognitive psychology, the course focuses on the study of brain structure and activity by methods such as electrophysiology and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Prerequisite & Notes: NSCI 201 with a minimum grade of C- or pass or consent of the instructor.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Simen

  
  • NSCI 361 - Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    This laboratory course will survey theoretical and empirical techniques used in cognitive neuroscience, which is the study of the neural basis of cognition. These techniques complement each other and range from computational modeling of neural circuits, to behavioral psychophysics experiments, to physiological methods for observing brain activity, such as electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Since computation is central to all of these techniques, meetings will take place primarily in the computer lab. Prerequisite & Notes: Previous or concurrent enrollment in NSCI 360 and either STAT 113 or 114 or PSYC 200

    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: P. Simen

  
  • NSCI 400 - Senior Seminar


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    Neuroscience seminars are capstone courses for Neuroscience majors designed to help students integrate and apply their knowledge of neuroscience as well as help them consolidate their research, analysis, writing, and presentation skills. These courses will focus on the analysis and discussion of the original research literature in a selected area of neuroscience.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Fall: C. Howard
    Spring: G. Kwakye

    Prerequisites & Notes: Neuroscience major and senior status or consent of the instructor.
  
  • NSCI 607F - Research - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4NS

    Students may work on a research problem with an individual investigator.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: C. Howard, G. Kwakye, L. Kwakye, M. Mariani, T. Paine, P. Simen

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: NSCI 201
 

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