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Course Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2010-11 (and planned offerings in future years)

 
  

  • JWST 277 - Modern Hebrew Literature and Drama


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Theater, English, Middle East and North Africa Minor
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    We will engage classical and contemporary Hebrew texts by interpretation, staging dialogs, and writing scholarly assignments. Students will gain familiarity with the cultural and historic background of twentieth century Hebrew literature and drama and will be introduced to some of its key writers. The course includes works by S.Y. Agnon, Devorah Bar On, Leah Goldberg, Hanoch Levin, Aharon Appelfeld, Yehoshua Sobol, Amos Oz, as well as Sayyed Kishua, Etgar Keret, Edna Mazia and Orly Castel-Bloom.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Ofengenden
  

  • JWST 278 - Jewish Ink: The Graphic Novel


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    New course added 05.05.10.

    This course explores illustrated books, comic art, and graphic novels, examining them in the context of global change and 20th century Jewish art and literature. We will discuss transformations in the medium, narrative and graphic styles, and representations of identity and experience in the Holocaust, Orthodoxy and secularism, global Diaspora, the Israeli army, and the afterlife. Artists include Art Spiegelman, Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Etgar Keret, Joann Sfar and Will Eisner.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: K. Rubinstein
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • JWST 279 - Jewish Shorts: Creative Writing and Reading


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Creative Writing
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    New course added 05.05.10.

    This course combines critical reading of fiction with creative writing. We will analyze a range of modern Jewish short stories (in the original English or in translation) by Agnon, Kafka, Malamud, Roth, Etgar Keret, Castel-Bloom, Woody Allen, Michael Chabon and others, about the bizarre, surreal, grotesque and offbeat; students will develop their own short creative works using ideas and techniques encountered in these texts, with a focus on theme, form, voice, imagery and motif.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: K. Rubinstein
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • JWST 306 - Germans and Jews


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-4 hours
    Attribute: 3-4SS, WR, CD
    Focuses on cultural hybridity: how Jews in Germany emerged from mental and cultural as well as physical ghettos, and constructed an identity that was both Jewish and German; on the creativity, tensions, hopes of that stance and its resonance in larger German society. Studies German policies and attitudes to Jews; trends in German Jewish society, family and culture; attitudes to east European Jews; German Jew-hatred and Jewish responses; how the Jewish case sheds light on modern German history.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Magnus
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 306
  

  • JWST 341 - Seminar: Defining Jewishness: Boundary Drawing in Jewish History


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR
    Explores ways that lines defining Jewishness were drawn from late antiquity to modernity, and shifting definitions of Jewishness in different times and places. Examines group and individual cases; interaction between self-identification and boundary drawing by others about Jews. Cases include: early Jesus-followers; crytpo- and normative Jews under Inquisition persecution in medieval and early modern Europe; assimilating modern Jews; secular, ethnic, and nationalist Jewishness; conversion; Jews off the usual Jewish map: Africa, South America, Asia.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Magnus
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with Hist 341
  

  • JWST 355 - Mystical Experience in Judaism


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU

    This course is canceled effective 10.27.2009.

    This seminar will explore medieval and early modern theories of religious experience and the nature and existence of God in the Kabbala, the Jewish mystical tradition. Texts and thinkers include those of the early 12-13th Century Spanish Kabbalists, the Zohar,Cordovero, Luria and some early Hasidic thinkers.
     
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Z. Raviv
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 355
  

  • JWST 500 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3HU, CD
    Details about JWST Honors are in the front matter of this catalog and on the JWST website. Consent of the Program chair and instructor is required.
    Instructor: C. Chapman, S. Magnus, A. Socher
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Students wishing to do Honors in Jewish Studies during their final year should consult their Major Advisor and/or JWST Program Chair, submitting a Proposal by the established deadline in the year prior to proposed Honors work.
  

  • JWST 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3HU, CD
    Private Reading. Signed permission of the instructor is required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: S. Brand, C. Chapman, S. Magnus, A. Socher, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • LANG 100 - English Diction


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A study of English language sounds as they relate to singing and speaking with emphasis on the fundamentals of phonetics and sound production. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: D. Mahy
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is a prerequisite for all other diction courses.
    Preference is given to students for whom this course is a requirement.
  

  • LANG 101 - Italian Diction


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in Italian. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: H. Lubin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of Elementary Italian or equivalent.
  

  • LANG 200 - German Diction


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in German. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: D. Mahy
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of German or equivalent.
  

  • LANG 201 - French Diction


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in French. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: M. Rosen
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of French or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 101 - Elementary Latin


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    The essentials of the Latin language, with emphasis on reading.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is intended for students with no previous training in Latin.
  

  • LATN 102 - Introduction to Latin Prose


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Continuation of LATN 101. Completion of the study of the essentials of Latin grammar and reading of a variety of Latin prose, such as the younger Pliny’s account of the eruption of Vesuvius, and selections from the letters of Abelhard and Heloise and the Carmina Burana.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 101 or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 201 - Introduction to Latin Literature: Vergil’s Aeneid


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    A careful reading selected books of the Aeneid, with attention to stylistic and literary issues.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 102 or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 202 - Cicero in Speech and Letters


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Introduction to the prose of Rome’s premier oratorical stylist, Cicero. We will read sections of Cicero’s defense of Caelius, before turning to a selection of his collected letters. Emphasis on reading Latin prose, with a review of advanced grammar. We will also study the historical background of the late Republic, and will read a few poems of Catullus in the context of the Pro Caelio.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Van Nortwick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 201 or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 307 - Latin Love Elegy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU

    Readings from the elegists of late Republican and early Imperial Rome, with emphasis on Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid.  We will study the development of the elegiac genre in response to Greek lyric, and to Greek and Roman Epic.  We will also study the development of the elegiac persona as an alternative form of masculine subjectivity during the reign of Augustus.  Readings from recent scholarship on Roman subjectivity, elegy, and genre theory. 
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: K. Ormand
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 309 - Petronius and Apuleius: The Latin Novel


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Study in Latin of the novels of Petronius and Apuleius. Special attention to theoretical and critical issues regarding the genre of the novel, as raised in these works and in the secondary literature. Attention also to the literary functions of sexuality, ethnicity and political identity in these novels.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: B. Lee
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 311 - Seneca and Boethius


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Study in Latin of the prose works of Seneca and Boethius, two philosopher-politicians executed by the state, Seneca by the emperor Nero and Boethius by the Ostrogoth king Theodoric. Texts include Seneca’s Consolation to Helvia, On the Brevity of Life, Apocolocyntosis, and Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy. We will explore the relationship of philosophy to politics under authoritarian rule as well as the language and style of Silver Age and late antique Latin prose. Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Thomas
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent.
  

  • LATN 501 - Senior Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6HU
    Intensive work on a topic selected in consultation with a member of the department, culminating in a presentation of a paper or other project. .
    Instructor: K. OrmandK. Ormand
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Senior major standing and invitation of the department.
  

  • LATN 502 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6HU
    Intensive work on a topic selected in consultation with a member of the department, culminating in a presentation of a paper or other project. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: K. Ormand
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Senior major standing and invitation of the department.
  

  • LATN 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU
    Signed permission of the instructor is required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: B. Lee, K. Ormand, T. Van Nortwick, A. Wilburn
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • LATS 401 - Honors Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 to 4 Hours
    Attribute: 3 to 4 EX
    Students interested in pursuing Honors in this interdisciplinary major should consult the Chair of the Latin American Studies Committee in their sixth semester. Honors work normally consists of the preparation of a thesis under faculty supervision. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: S. Volk
  

  • LATS 402 - Honors Project


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 to 4 Hours
    Attribute: 3 to 4 EX
    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: S. Volk
  

  • LATS 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): .5 to 3 Hours
    Attribute: .5 to 3 EX
    Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Signed permission of instructor required.
    Instructor: A. Cara, S. Faber, G. Gill, K.Mani, E. Martinez-Tapia, J. Millette, P. O’Connor, V. Perez-de Leon, B. Pineda, S. Volk(first semester only)
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Instructor and department chair signature is required.
    Prerequisites & Notes
    To register for a private reading, the student must obtain the signatures of the instructor and department chair on a private reading card and turn the card in to the Office of the Registrar.
  

  • LOND 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Attribute: 2 SS
    Private readings in London will enable you to undertake additional research or to work on a series of essays or journals treating your evolving response to this great city. Students may decide to keep a theatre journal, write about some aspect of contemporary London, or explore a topic using one or more of the city museums. Signed permission of instructor required.

     
    Instructor: T.S. McMillin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Instructor and department chair signature is required.
    Prerequisites & Notes
     To register for a private reading, the student must obtain the signatures of the instructor and department chair on a private reading card and turn the card in to the Office of the Registrar.

     
  

  • LRNS 099 - Basic Mathematics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, First and Second Module, Second Semester, First and Second Module
    Credits (Range): 0-1 hours
    Attribute: 0-1EX
    This course offers a review of the fundamentals of mathematics including percents, radicals, and operations with real numbers. This course may be taken to enhance mathematical skills and understanding or to support the mathematical concepts necessary in a natural or social science course. The variable credit option is flexible to permit registration for the module even though maximum credit hours have been reached or to allow for support in Calculus 131, 132, or 133 without additional credit.
    Enrollment Limit: 6
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading if registered. Students may only take one module, not both.
  

  • LRNS 100 - Effective Learning Strategies


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2EX
    Topics will include college study and reading strategies. Students will complete their own self-managed learning study, and they will have opportunities to practice reading strategies with short, personal essays on education, some written by first-generation college students. This course is primarily intended for first-year students.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Ballard
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    P/NP grading only.
  

  • LRNS 101 - Effective Study Strategies


    Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    Topics include: assessing learning styles, managing time, reading and taking notes, preparing for exams and writing papers. Development and implementation of individualized strategies are emphasized.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Ballard
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading. This course is appropriate for both first-year and upper-level students.
  

  • LRNS 102 - Effective Reading Strategies


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    Topics include: establishing a purpose for reading, previewing, and developing flexible modes for academic reading (e.g., rapid reading and critical reading).
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Ballard
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading. Appropriate for first-year as well as upper-level students. This course is designed to be taken concurrently with at least one academic course that requires a substantial amount of reading.
  

  • LRNS 105 - Mastering Skills for Algebra


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    Emphasis will be on standard approaches to the symbols, rules and patterns for using the language of algebra in computational problem solving as well as linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, polynomials, exponents, functions and graphs.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading. Appropriate for both first-year and upper-level students who seek to improve their coursework in mathematics or natural sciences by strengthening algebra skills.
  

  • LRNS 106 - Mastering Skills for Trigonometry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    Standard approaches to trigonometric functions, properties, angles, arcs, graphs, identities, and conditional equations. Recommended for students who seek to improve their coursework in mathematics or natural sciences by strengthening their understanding of trigonometry.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • LRNS 107 - Mastering Quantitative Skills for the Natural Sciences


    Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    A course to assist students in acquiring computational skills essential to the mathematics required for future coursework in the natural sciences. Symbols, notation, rules of operations, decision-making, problem solving, and modeling will be emphasized.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Appropriate for first-year students who wish to improve their use of mathematics. Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • LRNS 108 - Mastering Quantitative Skills for the Social Sciences


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    Standard approaches for organizing information and examining relationships within data samples. Linear equations, scatter plots, correlation, basic statistics, hypothesis, probability, and decision-making will be emphasized. Appropriate for both first-year and upper-level students who desire an introductory course to statistics.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • LRNS 109 - Communication Skills I


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    An examination of effective techniques of communication, both in groups and in peer relationships, including listening skills, self-disclosure, body language and assertiveness. Additional topics include interpersonal communication, social skills, and personal wellness.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Winner
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    P/NP Grading only.
  

  • LRNS 110 - English as a Second Language I (Elementary)


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3EX
    An intensive course designed for new students who are non-native speakers of English and whose experience with the English language is limited. The four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) are taught simultaneously with special emphasis on the acquisition of grammar as well as practice in speaking and writing.
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Enrollment based on placement test scores. Consent of instructor required.
  

  • LRNS 111 - English as a Second Language II (Intermediate)


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3EX
    An intensive course designed to build upon skills developed in LRNS 110 and to increase mastery of the basic English language skills at the intermediate and upper-intermediate levels.

     
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: A minimum final grade or C- or P in LRNS 110 or qualification by placement test.

     
  

  • LRNS 112 - English as a Second Language III (Advanced)


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3EX
    An intensive course designed for the advanced student of English as a second language to increase fluency, build rich vocabulary, and practice the use and understanding of idiomatic English. This course will focus on the use of English for academic purposes, and academic writing in particular.

     
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: A minimum final grade of C- or P in LRNS 111 or qualification by placement test.

     
  

  • LRNS 113 - Teaching and Tutoring Quantitative Skills


    Next Offered: Fall 2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: 1 EX
    A course designed to explore ideas, pedagogical techniques, and problems that arise in helping students (tutees) gain a conceptual understanding and procedural fluency in basic mathematics. This course is appropriate for anyone interested in peer tutoring for QP courses, teaching or tutoring elementary and secondary mathematics, or gaining insight into one’s own personal conceptions (and misconceptions) about mathematics.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • LRNS 114 - Communication Skills II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1EX
    A course designed to provide practical experience in audience analysis, organization and dissemination of information, evidence gathering, critical listening, and speech delivery. The underlying philosophy of this course is that speech is a primary vehicle for self-presentation and social interchange in which speech skills are central to personal and social effectiveness.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • LRNS 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0-3 hours
    Attribute: 0-3EX
    Signed permission of the instructor is required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Ballard, J. Boomer, L. Gates, K. Jackson Davidson, K. Knight, A. Miniot, L. Morgan Flood, C. Sedgwick
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • MATH 030 - Topics in Contemporary Mathematics


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    The interaction of mathematics with the social sciences is the central theme. Topics are drawn from: graph theory, voting systems, discrete models, coding theory, exploratory data analysis, and combinatorics. Applications are given to social choice, decision-making, management and ecological modeling. Prerequisites and notes: A working knowledge of elementary algebra and geometry.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: A. Sinko
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: A working knowledge of elementary algebra and geometry.  This course does not count toward a major in Mathematics. (Not open to any student who has received credit for a mathematics course numbered 131 or higher). It is intended for students who have not satisfied the quantitative proficiency requirement.
  

  • MATH 035 - Exploring the integers


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    This course is canceled effective 07.25.10.

    This course is an introduction to number theory, the area of mathematics concerned with the integers. The study of the integers is filled with problems that are simple to state and easy to begin work on. The course focuses on a variety of such problems related to divisibility, the prime numbers, modular arithmetic, sums of squares, elliptic curves, cryptography, and other topics. An emphasis will be placed on exploration and discovery.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: O. Schirokauer
    Prerequisites & Notes
    The only mathematical prerequisite is high school algebra.
  

  • MATH 050 - Dots, Lines and Coin Flips


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to two important ways of describing the world mathematically. Graphs model maps and networks–road, telephone, computer, social. Probability theory describes the order that can lurk in random phenomena. Using both these tools, we will examine questions like: How random is the stock market? How tightly is the World Wide Web connected? Are there just six degrees of separation?
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: E. Wilmer
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: This course does not count toward a major in Mathematics. It is intended for students who have not satisfied the quantitative proficiency requirement.
  

  • MATH 090 - Environmental Mathematics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    This course focuses on the application of mathematics to problems concerning the environment. Topics include simulation (models of population growth, predator-prey relationships, and epidemics); optimization (applications to groundwater hydrology, herbivore foraging, and transportation of hazardous wastes); and decision analysis (applications to management of endangered species and resolution of environmental disputes).
    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: R. Bosch
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: This course does not count toward a major in mathematics.
  

  • MATH 113 - Stat Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Neuroscience, Sociology
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    A standard introduction to statistics for students with a good background in mathematics. Topics covered include exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, estimation, and statistical inference. A broad spectrum of examples is employed. Statistical software is introduced, but no prior computer experience is assumed.
    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Witmer, R. Bosch, R. Vale
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    An appropriate score on the Statistics Readiness Exam. Note: The statistical content of this course is largely the same as MATH 114; the applications are different. Students may not receive credit for more than one of MATH 085, MATH 113, and MATH 114.
  

  • MATH 114 - Statistical Methods for the Biological Sciences


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Neuroscience, Sociology
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    A standard introduction to statistics for students with a good background in mathematics. Topics covered include exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, estimation, and statistical inference. Biological and medical examples are emphasized. Statistical software is introduced, but no prior computer experience is assumed.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: J. Witmer
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    An appropriate score on the Statistics Readiness Exam. Note: The statistical content of this course is largely the same as MATH 113; the applications are different. Students may not receive credit for more than one of MATH 085, MATH 113, and MATH 114.
  

  • MATH 131 - Calculus Ia: Limits, Continuity and Differentiation


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-H
    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: 32
    Instructor: K. Knight, R. Vale
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: An appropriate score on the Calculus Readiness Exam. 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
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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: 32
    Instructor: K. Knight
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    MATH 131 or an appropriate score on the Calculus Readiness Exam.
  

  • MATH 133 - Calculus I: Limits, Continuity, Differentiation, Integration and Applications


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    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: 32
    Instructor: J. Calcut, M. Raney, R. Young,
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: An appropriate score on the Calculus Readiness Exam. 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
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    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: 32
    Instructor: J. Calcut, M. Raney, R. Vale, R. Young
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: 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 213 - Statistical Modeling


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    A second course in statistics with an emphasis on the use of models in statistical data analysis. Topics include multiple regression, one-factor and multi-factor analysis of variance, and analysis of categorical data via logistic regression.
    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: J. Witmer
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 113, MATH 114, or consent of the instructor.
  

  • MATH 220 - Discrete Mathematics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to a wide variety of mathematical ideas and techniques that do not involve calculus. Topics such as graph theory, combinatorics, difference equations, elementary number theory, recursion, mathematical induction and logic.
    Enrollment Limit: 32
    Instructor: E. Wilmer, K. Woods
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 133.
  

  • MATH 231 - Multivariable Calculus


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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: M. Raney, R. Vale
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 134.
  

  • MATH 232 - Linear Algebra


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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: J. Calcut, M. Raney, J. Walsh
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 134 or MATH 220.
  

  • MATH 234 - Differential Equations


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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: 35
    Instructor: J. Walsh
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 231.
  

  • MATH 301 - Foundations of Analysis


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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.
    Instructor: M. Henle
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 231. Note: MATH 220 is also highly recommended.
  

  • MATH 302 - Dynamical Systems


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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.
    Instructor: J. Walsh
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites:  Math 231 and 232.  Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 317 - Number Theory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    This course is canceled effective 07.25.10.

    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.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 220 and 232, or consent of instructor. Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 327 - Group Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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.
    Instructor: E. Wilmer
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 232. Note: MATH 220 is also highly recommended.
  

  • MATH 328 - Computational Algebra and Algebraic Geometry


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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.
    Instructor: K. Woods
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 231 and MATH 232. MATH 220 is also highly recommended. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 329 - Rings & Fields


    Next Offered: Fall 2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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.
    Instructor: O. Schirokauer
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 327. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 331 - Optimization


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to linear, integer, and nonlinear programming. Emphasis is placed on the theory of mathematical programming and the analysis of optimization algorithms. These are applied to significant problems in the fields of medicine, finance, public policy, transportation and telecommunications.
    Instructor: R. Bosch
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 231 and MATH 232.
  

  • MATH 335 - Probability


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to the mathematical theory of probability and its applications. Topics include discrete and continuous sample spaces, combinatorial problems, random variables, probability densities, probability distributions, limit theorems and stochastic processes.
    Instructor: E. Wilmer
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 231. MATH 220 is also strongly recommended.
  

  • MATH 336 - Mathematical Statistics


    Next Offered: Spring 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    The theory of probability is applied to problems of statistics. Topics include sampling theory, point and interval estimation, tests of statistical hypotheses, regression and analysis of variance.
    Instructor: J. Witmer
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 232, MATH 335. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 337 - Data Analysis


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 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 338 - Probability Models and Random Processes


    Next Offered: Spring 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to operations research models which incorporate methods of probability theory. Topics will be chosen from inventory theory, queuing theory, decision analysis, game theory, simulation, Markov chains and project management. Computer software for selected topics will also be discussed and utilized.
    Instructor: R. Bosch
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 335. Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 340 - Mathematical Logic


    Next Offered: Spring 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One 300-level Mathematics course
  

  • MATH 345 - Information Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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.
    Instructor: K. Woods
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 220 or consent of instructor.
  

  • MATH 350 - Geometry


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    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 Moebius geometry, hyperbolic geometry, elliptic geometry and absolute geometry. The discovery of these geometries in the 19th century caused a scientific and philosophical revolution second only to the Copernican revolution.
    Instructor: J. Calcut
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 220 or consent of instructor.
  

  • MATH 353 - Topology


    Next Offered: Spring 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to point-set and algebraic topology. The fundamental notion of a topological space is introduced and properties of separation, compactness and connectedness. Topological spaces are also studied by means of algebraic invariants including homotopy and homology. Some of the famous theorems to be proved using these tools include the Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem, Poincare Index Theorem, Classification of Surfaces and the Ham Sandwich Theorem.
    Instructor: M. Raney
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 301 or 327 or consent of instructor.  Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 356 - Complex Analysis


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    An introduction to the theory of differentiable functions of a complex variable, including the Cauchy theorems, residues, series expansions and conformal mappings.
    Instructor: J. Walsh
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 301. Note: Given in alternate years only.
  

  • MATH 399 - Seminar in Number Systems


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    This seminar explores alternatives to the classical real numbers. The systems to be studied are the complexes, the quaternions, the constructive reals, the hyperreals, and the surreals. These include multi-dimensional numbers, infinitely small and infinitely large numbers, and numbers that represent positions in games. Some systems are old; some are new; several represent conflicting philosophies of mathematics.
    Instructor: M. Henle
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 301. Note: Taught in alternate years only
  

  • MATH 401 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-4 hours
    Attribute: 2-4NS
    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, M. Henle, O. Schirokauer, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • MATH 550 - Research


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3NS
    Projects for original investigation. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent of the department chair required.
    Instructor: R. Bosch, S. Colley, M. Henle, Staff, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, R. Young
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • MATH 551 - Research


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3NS
    Projects for original investigation. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent of the department chair required.
    Instructor: R. Bosch, J. Calcut, S. Colley, M. Henle, O. Schirokauer, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • MATH 900 - OCEAN: Statistics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    The OCEAN statistics course will cover material typically found in an introductory college statistics course. Topics will include exploratory data analysis (graphs and summary statistics), data collection (experiments, observational studies, sampling), basic probability (binomial and normal random variables), and inference (confidence intervals and hypothesis tests). Although correct calculation is important, interpretation of results will be emphasized. Technology will be used to aid in data analysis. Students will collect, as well as analyze, data.
    Enrollment Limit: 999
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: strong grades (A’s or B’s) in mathematics, and preferably completion of Pre-calculus, but strong students who have completed Algebra II are also encouraged to apply. Because students are required to analyze and interpret data, writing skills are also important.


    Notes: Off campus concurrent enrollment equivalent to Mathematics 113. Students must complete the 2 semester sequence to earn credit.
     
  

  • MATH 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3NS
    Signed permission of the instructor is required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Bosch, S. Colley, M. Henle, Staff, J. Walsh, E. Wilmer, J. Witmer, K. Woods, R. Young
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • MHST 101 - Introduction to the History and Literature of Music


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    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: 100
    Instructor: C. McGuire
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: knowledge of musical notation.
    The course serves as a prerequisite to the MHST 226, 235, 245, 255, 275 courses. Conservatory students are encouraged to register for this course in their freshman year.
  

  • MHST 226 - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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 otherworldliness, the ideals of courtly love, Gothic rationalism, the blossoming of the individual in the Renaissance, and the mystical fervor of the Counter Reformation.
    Instructor: S. Plank
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
  

  • MHST 235 - Music in the Baroque Era


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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.
    Instructor: S. Plank
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
  

  • MHST 245 - Music in the Classic Era


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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.
    Instructor: C. Macdonald
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
  

  • MHST 255 - Music of the Romantic Era


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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: 40.
    Instructor: P. Schick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
  

  • MHST 275 - Music Since 1914


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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.
    Instructor: C. Macdonald
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: 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.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
  

  • MHST 290 - Introduction to African American Music


    Next Offered: [2011-2012]
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: CD
    Semester one of a two semester course. 
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
     The second semester course, MHST 291, is cross-listed with Jazz 291 and AAST 172.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, and AAST 171.
  

  • MHST 291 - Introduction to African American Music


    Next Offered: [2011-2012]
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: CD
    Semester two of two semester course.
    Instructor: Staff
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, 291; and AAST 171, 172.
  

  • MHST 301 - Introduction to Music Research and Writing


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: WRi
    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.  
    Instructor: S. Plank
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
  

  • MHST 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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.
    Instructor: D. Breitman
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 302.
  

  • MHST 331 - Johann Sebastian Bach


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    WR A study of Bach’s life and selected works. The course addresses the “new image” of a familiar master which has emerged from the startling research of post-1950 scholars. Through a close study of the cantatas and works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, St. John Passion, and Musical Offering, the class seeks to illumine Bach’s position in various musical traditions, to explore his response to cultural environment, and to describe analytically his expressive vocabulary.
    Instructor: S. Plank
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level Music History course. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
  

  • MHST 332 - History of Film Music


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: WR
    A comprehensive survey of film music history from the silent era through the present day. Issues discussed will include compositional developments (growth of instrumentation; use of Leitmotivic structure; expansion of diegetic versus non-diegetic music); music as narrative aid (generating continuity; providing momentum; subliminal commentary); and using music as an iconographic character or plot device. Films viewed will include those with soundtracks by major 20th-century composers as well as specialized soundtrack composers.
    Instructor: C. McGuire
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 20.

     
    Cross List Information This course is cross referenced with Cinema Studies and also counts towards that major.
  

  • MHST 342 - Music in fin-de-siecle Vienna


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3
    Attribute: CNDP; DDHU
    An exploration of music in Vienna between 1870 and 1930 in its cultural, soical, political, artistic, aesthetic and intellectual contexts. Source readings in Viennese literature, science, criticism, architecture and theater supplement secondeary perspectives on music during a unique period of creative efflorescence and social upheaval. Composers covered include J. Strauss, Wagner, Brahms, Bruckner, Wolf, Mahler, R. Strauss, Zemilinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Schreker.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: P. Schick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MHST 101 or CMUS 100 and one 200-level MHST course
  

  • MHST 353 - Studies in Opera: Opera in the U.S. since 1950


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    A study of operas composed and produced on American stages since 1950, including tonal, modern, postmodern, minimalist, and experimental works; also, of American institutions producing operas and their audiences. Emphasis will be on operas composed since 1985, including some by European composers.
    Instructor: C. Macdonald
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One 200-level music history course. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
  

  • MHST 361 - Robert Schumann


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3
    Music of Robert Schumann - description forthcoming.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: C. Macdonald
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
  

  • MHST 400 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
  

  • MHST 401 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
  

  • MHST 902 - Re-envisioning the Past


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 6 Hours
    Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, WR
    In the first century of British industrialization, waves of nostalgia for “the medieval” swept through the arts. The fashion for all things ruined, “romantic,” “gothic,” and Arthurian affected music, painting, architecture, poetry, design, scholarship, even bookmaking. This interdisciplinary course will explore the ways in which 19th-century British people imagined and sought to “revive” the pre-modern past and in doing so re-imagined the relations between reason and passion, nature and society, the individual and the imagination. British, 1700-1900.
    Instructor: J. Bryan, C. McGuire
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite and Notes: Acceptance to London Program
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with English 902.
  

  • MHST 903 - The London Music Scene


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 6 Hours
    Attribute: 6 CNDP, DDHU
    In this course, we will use the music presented throughout London over the course of the semester to consider what it means to be British and a Londoner in the early 21st century. Using classical, popular, and experimental music, we will investigate whether the variety of music available in London is a positive sign of a culture successfully moving beyond its own colonial past, or if this variety is merely a continuation of connoisseur cultural consumption.

     
    Instructor: C. McGuire
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite and Notes: Acceptance to London Program
  

  • MLIT 213 - Organ Literature, History and Design


    Next Offered: [2011-2012]
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    An historical survey of organ literature from the 15th century to the present, together with a study of the technical and aesthetic aspects of the organ as an instrument. Semester one covers the period up to 1750; semester two, 1750 to the present. This course will include outside reading and listening assignments as well as analysis and performance projects by members of the class.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Mitchener
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Offered in alternate years; required of all organ majors.
    Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and MHST 101 or the equivalent.



  

  • MLIT 214 - Organ Literature, History and Design


    Next Offered: [2011-2012]
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    An historical survey of organ literature from the 15th century to the present, together with a study of the technical and aesthetic aspects of the organ as an instrument. Semester one covers the period up to 1750; semester two, 1750 to the present. This course will include outside reading and listening assignments as well as analysis and performance projects by members of the class.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Mitchener
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Offered in alternate years; required of all organ majors.
    Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and MHST 101 or the equivalent.
  

  • MLIT 215 - Piano Literature


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    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: 26
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: S. Margolis
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently) or consent of the instructor.
 

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