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2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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LAS 101 - Introduction to Latin American Studies
Instructors
Staff
LAS 101 is an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Latin America. The class draws on expertise of Latin American studies experts from across the faulty. Important areas of study include theory, cultural production, history, and contemporary politics and society.
The course is a requirement for the Latin American Studies major and minor.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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LAS 120 - Afro-Latin America (= AFR 120)
Instructor
Benson
From Mexico to Brazil and beyond, Africans and people of African descent have fought in wars of independence, forged mixed race national identities, and contributed politically and culturally to the making of the Americas. Even though Latin America imported ten times as many slaves as the United States, only recently have scholars begun to highlight the role blacks and other people of African descent played in Latin American history. This course will explore the experiences of Afro-Latin Americans from slavery to the present, with a particular focus on Haiti, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. In doing so, the course seeks to answer questions such as: What does it mean to be black in Latin America? Why has racism persisted in Latin America despite political revolutions claiming to eliminate discrimination? What are the links between blacks in Latin America and the United States? How have differing conceptions of “race” and “nation” caused the rise and decline of transnational black alliances between U.S. blacks and Afro-Latin Americans? All course readings will be in English and will include memoirs, films, and first-hand historical documents in additional to scholarly books and articles.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies
Satisfies a major requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies a minor requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity distribution requirement
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LAS 220 - Politics and Economics of Brazil (= POL 344)
Instructor
B. Crandall
Treatment of political and economic change in modern Brazil. Focus on inequality, violence, environmental protection, and US-Brazil relations. Course includes historical background from 1946 forward.
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement
Meets the Cultural Diversity requirement
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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LAS 222 - The Political Economy of the Southern Cone (=POL 354)
Instructor
B. Crandall
Course offers brief historical overview of Southern Cone nations Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay and then moves to in-depth study of political and economic institutions. Themes include bureaucratic authoritarianism, economic shocks, military rule and the return to democracy, regional integration, and globalization.
Satisfies a major requirement in Latin American Studies and Political Science
Satisfies a concentration requirement in International Studies
Satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement
Meets the Cultural Diversity requirement
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LAS 230 - History of the Caribbean: Race, Nation, and Politics (= AFR 230)
Instructor
Benson
This course explores the history of the Caribbean from pre-Colombian times to the present. The goal of the class is to trace the emergence of modern Caribbean nations beginning from their status as slave colonies of the not-so-distant past within an emphasis on the central role the Caribbean islands have played in global history. Particular emphasis is given to the maintenance of European and North American imperial enterprises and the elaboration of racial ideologies growing out of the diversity that has characterized the island populations. Issues to be addressed include colonialism, piracy, sugar revolution, slavery and emancipation, national independence, tourism, and Caribbean migrations. Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica will be the main areas under consideration, although texts from other islands such as the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Martinique are included.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies
Satisfies a major requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies a minor requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies the Historical Thought distribution requirement
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity distribution requirement
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LAS 235 - The 1959 Cuban Revolution (= AFR 235 and HIS 362)
Instructor
Benson
This course explores the historical underpinnings of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, U.S.-Cuban relations, and how Cubans have experienced the changes the island has undergone in the past 100 years. Particular attention is given to people of African descent who make up over a one-third of the island’s population. This Cuban narrative illuminates a variety of themes including the spread of U.S. imperialism, Cuba’s fight for sovereignty, and race relations in the Americas.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies
Satisfies a major requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies a minor requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies the Historical Thought distribution requirement
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement
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LAS 300 - Major Thinkers in Africana Studies: Afro-Cuban Feminisms (=AFR 300)
Instructor
Benson
Black and mulata women have participated in constructing Cubanidad (Cuban nationalism) since the beginning of the Cuban republic in 1902. However, the largely male-dominated national narrative that has made Che Guevara’s “New Man” famous since 1959 frequently overshadows their interventions. Despite this public silence, Afro-Cubanas (Afro-Cuban women) have consistently challenged narratives of exclusion and contributed to antiracist and antisexist movements in Cuba. As theater critic, Inés María Martiatu Terry explained in 2011 one of the goals of the Afrocubanas movement is to “feminize negritude and to blacken feminism.”
This course will analyze Afro-Cubana feminisms through a close reading of the work of four key black and mulata intellectuals and activists-Sara Gómez, Nancy Morejón, Daisy Rubiera, and Gloria Rolando. In doing so, it seeks to trace the legacy of the many black and mulata women who participated in revolutionary Cuba from the 1960s to the present. In particular, the course will examine how Afro-Cubanas have challenged negative stereotypes about black women, worked both inside and outside of Cuba’s state-sponsored women’s movement, and fought to create space for racial and sexual rights. All course readings will be in English and will include memoirs, films, and first-hand historical documents in additional to scholarly books and articles.
The course can be repeated for credit given sufficiently distinct topics.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies
Satisfies a major requirement in Latin American Studies
Satisfies the Histories and Genealogies major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies
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LAS 395 - Independent Study in Latin American Studies
Independent Study
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LAT 101 - Elementary Latin I
Instructor
Cheshire
Introduction to classical Latin. Requires drill sessions with Apprentice Teachers.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Offered annually, Fall only.)
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LAT 102 - Elementary Latin II
Instructor
Cheshire
Continuing introduction to classical Latin. Requires drill sessions with Apprentice Teachers.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Offered annually, Spring only.)
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LAT 201 - Intermediate Latin
Instructor
Neumann
Readings in Latin literature.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Offered annually, Fall only.)
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LAT 211 - Roman Epic: Vergil’s Aeneid
Instructor
Neumann
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have already taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 311. (Tentatively scheduled for Spring 2018)
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LAT 221 - Roman Comedy
Instructor
Neumann
The course focuses on the comedies of Plautus and Terence, with attention to the wider context of Roman Comedy’s adaptation of Greek material and farcical “daily life” plot lines.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have already taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 321. (Fall)
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LAT 222 - Roman Lyric and Elegy: Catullus
Instructor
Cheshire
Close reading of selections from Latin lyric and elegiac poetry.
Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have already taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 322. (Tentatively scheduled for Fall 2017)
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LAT 224 - Pastoral Poetry: Vergil
Instructor
Cheshire
Introduction to Vergil’s Georgics, with special attention devoted to the poem’s participation in literary, philosophical, and didactic traditions.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 324. (Spring)
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LAT 321 - Roman Comedy
Instructor
Neumann
The course focuses on the comedies of Plautus and Terence, with attention to the wider context of Roman Comedy’s adaptation of Greek material and farcical “daily life” plot lines.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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LAT 324 - Pastoral Poetry: Vergil
Instructor
Cheshire
Introduction to Vergil’s Georgics, with special attention devoted to the poem’s participation in literary, philosophical, and didactic traditions.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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LAT 399 - Independent Study in Latin
Readings and research on Latin texts, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) and evaluates the student’s work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Latin 201 and permission of the instructor.
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LAT 499 - Senior Thesis
Writing of a thesis under the supervision of an appropriate professor. Oral defense before the entire classics faculty required. Admission by unanimous consent of the Department of Classics.
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LIT 372 - Nabokov & Global Literature (=RUS 373)
Instructor Utkin
Vladimir Nabokov–brilliant writer, outrageous literary gamesman, and cosmopolitan exile–is a towering figure of twentieth-century literature. His most famous novel, Lolita, propelled him to international stardom and changed the transnational literary landscape. Child of a turbulent century, Nabokov wrote exquisite and at times disturbing prose in Russian and English, balancing between imaginary worlds and harsh realities. This seminar offers a sustained exploration of Nabokov’s major Russian and American writings as well as film adaptations of his Despair (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) and Lolita (Stanley Kubrick). In the second half of the seminar we turn to novels Nabokov haunts: Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace, Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence, and W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants. We will consider memory, exile, trauma, nostalgia, and identity as we read Nabokov, who saw existence as a “series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.” All readings and discussion in English.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.
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LIT 432 - Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (Seminar)
Instructors
Cheshire, Denham, Ewington, Fache, Kietrys
This seminar addresses theoretical and practical aspects of literary translation, underscoring translation as both a distinctive form of creative writing and a demonstration of cross-cultural and linguistic competencies. Coursework includes regular literary translation, theoretical and historical readings, peer review, and a substantial final project and writing portfolio. The course explores translation across languages and cultures, but also issues of genre, adaptation, register, period, colonial and post-colonial literary and cultural relations, canonicity and innovation, for example.
Prerequisites & Notes
Intermediate competence (one course beyond 201) in at least one language besides English and prior satisfaction of the Literature distribution requirement.
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MAT 108 - Exploring Mathematical Ideas
Instructor
Staff
Survey of abstract mathematical ideas that deepen understanding of patterns from mathematics, art, and the physical world. Topics may include the nature of number, infinity, dimension, symmetries, alternate geometries, topology, chaos, fractals, probability and social choice. While techniques and concepts have much in common with advanced theoretical mathematics, little background is assumed and the course is not practical preparation for later courses in mathematics. The course title is occasionally changed to reflect a special emphasis.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Natural Science and Mathematics distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to students with credit for, or enrolled in, Mathematics 220, 230, or 255.
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MAT 110 - Finite Mathematics
Instructor
Staff
Mathematical techniques that have been used, productively and extensively, during the last thirty years and that do not involve the use of calculus. Probability, linear programming, matrix algebra, Markov chains, game theory, and graph theory are representative topics. Students learn to use computer software, including a spreadsheet, to solve problems.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Natural Science and Mathematics distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to students with credit for Mathematics 150, 220, or 340.
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MAT 113 - Calculus II
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to techniques and applications of integration; infinite series including convergence tests and Taylor series; calculus on parametric and polar curves; and concepts in 3-space including vectors, lines, planes, and vector-valued functions. Satisfies a major requirement in Mathematics.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Natural Science and Mathematics distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 111 or 112 or one year of high school calculus.
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MAT 220 - Discrete Structures (= CSC 220)
An introduction to proof techniques, with a focus on topics relevant to computer science. Topics include: fundamental proof techniques, boolean logic, sequences and summations, set theory, algorithm analysis, recursion, mathematical induction, recurrence relations, an introduction to number theory, combinatorics, discrete probability, and graph theory. The class will be adequate preparation for students choosing to continue on the pure math track (Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra, etc) or the theoretical computer science track (Analysis of Algorithms, Theory of Computation, etc.).
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 113 or equivalent, and the ability to program in a high-level language such as Python, C++, or Java at the level expected in CSC 121 or an equivalent course.
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MAT 315 - Numerical Analysis (= CSC 315)
Instructor
Staff
Survey of methods to approximate numerical solutions of problems in root-finding, differentiation, integration, curve-fitting, differential equations, and systems of equations. Derivations, limitations, and efficiency of different algorithms are considered.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 150 and MAT 235, and proficiency in some programming language. (Spring)
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MAT 325 - Graph Theory
A rigorous introduction to graph theory including the study of trees, connectivity, graph distances, adjacency matrices, Euler tours, Hamiltonian cycles, matchings, graph colorings, planarity, Euler characteristic, directed graphs, network flows, algorithms and extremal problems. The prerequisite is one of the following: MAT/CSC 220, MAT 230, MAT 255
Satisfies a major requirement in Mathematics
Satisfies a minor requirement in Computer Science
Satisfies a distribution requirement in Mathematical and Quantitative Thought
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MAT 330 - Real Analysis I
Instructor
Staff
The theory of functions of a real variable. Topics include properties of the real numbers, sequences and series, continuity, differentiation, the Riemann integral, and sequences of functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 113 and one of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Fall)
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MAT 331 - Complex Analysis
Instructor
Staff
The algebra and geometry of complex numbers, sequences and series of complex numbers, derivatives, and integrals of functions of a complex variable. The Cauchy-Goursat Theorem, the Cauchy Integral Formula and its consequences, Taylor series, classification of singularities, the Residue Theorem, Laurent series, harmonic functions, conformal mappings, and, if time permits, miscellaneous applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 160 and one of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Spring)
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MAT 340 - Probability
Instructor
Staff
A study of probability theory relative to both discrete and continuous probability laws. Topics include independence and dependence, mean, variance and expectation, random variables, jointly distributed probability laws, Chebysheff’s Inequality and a version of the Central Limit Theorem. Applications of probability theory are approached through a variety of idealized problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 140 or 160. (Fall)
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MAT 341 - Mathematical Statistics
Instructor
Staff
A mathematical approach to statistical theory. Includes a study of distribution theory, important properties of estimators, interval estimation and hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, and selected topics from non-parametric statistics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 340. (Spring)
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MAT 355 - Abstract Algebra I
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to the theory of groups, rings and fields. Topics include normal subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphisms, Cayley’s theorem, permutation groups, ideals, the field of quotients of an integral domain, and polynomial rings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 150 and one of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Fall)
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MAT 360 - Topology
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to metric and topological spaces. Topics include concepts of completeness, compactness, connectedness, fixed point theorems, knot theory, and classification of surfaces.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Offered Spring of even-numbered years.)
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MAT 380 - Seminar in Problem Solving and History of Mathematics
Instructor
Staff
A seminar in the history of mathematics with an emphasis on problem solving techniques available during different historical periods. The chronological development of mathematics is studied from ancient Egypt and Babylon to the Renaissance, with occasional non-chronological forays into modern mathematics.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of Mathematics 220, 230, 255 or permission of the instructor. (Fall)
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MAT 395 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MAT 396 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MAT 430 - Real Analysis II
Instructor
Staff
Further development of the theory of real functions, including such topics as functions of several variables, metric spaces, function spaces, Riemann-Stieltjes integrals, and Lebesgue measure.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 160 and 330. (Offered Spring of even-numbered years.)
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MAT 437 - Dynamical Systems
Instructor
Staff
A study of the iteration of systems, typically arising from physical or biological models, and the resulting long term behavior. Periodic and chaotic dynamics as well as fractal graphics will be investigated.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 150 and 330 or permission of the instructor. (Offered Spring of odd numbered years.)
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MAT 450 - Advanced Linear Algebra
Instructor
Staff
A further study of vector spaces, dual spaces, inner product spaces, modules, linear transformations, characteristic roots, matrices, canonical forms, trace, transpose, determinants, normal transformations, and quadratic forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 355 or permission of the instructor. (Offered Spring of odd-numbered years.)
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MAT 455 - Abstract Algebra II
Instructor
Staff
A continuation of Mathematics 355, including additional topics in group theory and ring theory, extension fields, straight-edge and compass constructions, Galois Theory, and solvability by radicals.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 355. (Offered Spring of even-numbered years.)
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MAT 491 - Independent Study
Independent study
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MAT 492 - Independent Study
Independent Study
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MAT 495 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MAT 496 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MIL Labs - Leadership Labs
Instructor
Command Sergeant Major (Retired) John Gory
All cadets attend leadership lab. Time and place for leadership labs are at the discretion of the Professor of Military Science. Leadership labs are normally scheduled for one 8-hour Friday lab per month. Third and fourth year cadets participate in leadership labs with basic course cadets, as well as occasional advanced course focused labs as determined by the Professor of Military Science. Leadership Labs reinforce classroom instruction and are focused as follows:
MIL 101/2L - BASIC LEADERSHIP LAB. Students learn the basic fundamentals of being a member of a team. This is taught through multiple venues including drill and ceremony, land navigation, weapons familiarization, basic rifle marksmanship, medical tasks, individual movement techniques, engaging targets, introduction to the orders process, understanding Army acronyms, hand and arm signals, and radio protocol procedures. Freshmen learn basic leadership skills and master the fundamentals of being a follower.
MIL 201/2L - INTERMEDIATE LEADERSHIP LAB. Students become proficient in the basic fundamentals and are introduced to leading a small team. This is taught through multiple venues including leading drill and ceremony, advanced land navigation, building terrain models, advanced rifle marksmanship, advanced medical skills, movement formations, movement techniques, special teams, writing operations orders, situation reporting, call for fire, and introduction to battle drills. Sophomores focus on mentoring freshmen and serve as team leaders.
MIL 301L - ADAPTIVE TACTICAL LEADERSHIP LAB. Challenging scenarios related to small-unit tactical operations are used to develop self-awareness and critical thinking skills. The cadet will receive systematic and specific feedback on leadership abilities. Cadets at this level serve as the Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps of the ROTC Battalion; they plan, rehearse, and lead basic course cadets through the program of instruction. Juniors are the executors of the battalion.
MIL 302L - LEADERSHIP IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS LAB. Specific instruction is given in individual leader development, planning and execution of small-unit operations, individual and team development, and the Army as a career choice. Prepares cadets for the mandatory 32-day Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) at Fort Knox, KY during the summer between their junior and senior academic years.
MIL 401L - DEVELOPING ADAPTIVE LEADERS LAB. Cadets will lead cadets at lower levels. Leadership experiences are designed to prepare them for their first military unit of assignment. Identify responsibilities of key staff members, coordinate staff roles amongst twelve separate universities and colleges that make up the ROTC battalion, and use battalion field/garrison situations to teach, train, and develop subordinates. Seniors are the battalion’s staff, primary supervisors and planners, preparing to transition to Second Lieutenants.
MIL 402L - LEADERSHIP IN A COMPLEX WORLD LAB. A continuation of responsibilities listed in MIL 401L. The leadership lab uses case studies, scenarios, and tactical vignettes to prepare cadets to face the complex ethical and practical demands of leading as a commissioned officer in the United States Army.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is no military obligation incurred by taking MIL 101L, 102L, 201L or 202L. Open to all Davidson students.
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MIL 101 - Leadership and Personal Development
Instructor
Captain Stephan Hobbs / Command Sergeant Major (Retired) John Gory
Introduces students to the personal challenges and competencies that are critical for effective leadership. Students learn how the personal development of life skills such as cultural understanding, goal setting, time management, mental/physical resiliency, and stress management relate to leadership, officership, and the Army profession. Includes instruction in map reading, land navigation, and customs and courtesies of the Army.
Prerequisites & Notes
Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Fall)
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MIL 102 - Introduction to Leadership
Instructor
Captain Stephan Hobbs / Command Sergeant Major (Retired) John Gory
Overview of leadership fundamentals such as setting direction, problem-solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback, and using effective writing skills. Students explore dimensions of leadership attributes and core leader competencies in the context of practical, hands-on, and interactive exercises. Includes instruction in basic tactics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Spring)
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MIL 201 - Innovative Team Leadership
Instructor
Captain Stephan Hobbs / Command Sergeant Major (Retired) John Gory
Explores the dimensions of creative and innovative tactical leadership strategies and styles by examining team dynamics and historical leadership theories that form the basis of the Army leadership framework. Students practice aspects of personal motivation and team building in the context of planning, executing, and assessing team exercises and participating in leadership labs. Includes instruction in troop leading procedures, tactical movement, battle drills, and offensive and defensive operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 101, which can be taken concurrently. MIL 201 is currently only offered at UNC Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Fall)
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MIL 202 - Foundations of Tactical Leadership
Instructor
Captain Stephan Hobbs / Command Sergeant Major (Retired) John Gory
Examines the challenges of leading teams in the complex operational environment. The course highlights dimensions of terrain analysis, patrolling, route planning, defensive operations, navigational methods, and operations orders. Further study of the Army Leadership Requirements Model explores the dynamics of adaptive leadership in the context of military operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 102, which may be taken concurrently. MIL 202 is currently only offered at UNC Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course. Open to all Davidson students. (Spring)
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MIL 301 - Adaptive Tactical Leadership
Instructor
Captain Stephan Hobbs / Captain John Arthur
Academically challenging course in which cadets study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army leadership, Officership, Army values and ethics, personal development, and small unit tactics at the squad level. At the conclusion of this course, you will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating, and leading a 9-person squad in the execution of a tactical mission during a classroom practical exercise, a leadership lab, or during a situational training exercise (STX) in a field environment. Successful completion of this course will help prepare you for success at the ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC), which you will attend next summer at Ft Knox, KY. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leader attributes, values, and core leader competencies from your instructor, other ROTC cadre, and MSIV Cadets who will evaluate you using the ROTC leader development program (LDP) model. Includes instruction in squad operations, problem solving, and combat orders.
Prerequisites & Notes
Completion of Basic Course requirements. MIL 301 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. (Fall)
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MIL 302 - Leadership in Changing Environments
Instructor
Captain Stephan Hobbs / Captain John Arthur
A continuation of MIL 301 in which cadets study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army leadership, Officership, Army values and ethics, personal development, and small unit tactics at the patrol/platoon level. At the conclusion of this course, you will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating, and leading a 24-person patrol in the execution of a tactical mission during a classroom practical exercise, a leadership lab, or during a situational training exercise (STX) in a field environment. Successful completion of this course will help prepare you for success at the ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC), which you will attend next summer at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, WA. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leader attributes, values, and core leader competencies from your instructor, other ROTC cadre, and MSIV Cadets who will evaluate you using the ROTC leader development program (LDP) model. Includes instruction in platoon operations, stability and support operations, and garrison orders.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 301 or consent of the Professor of Military Science. MIL 302 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. (Spring)
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MIL 401 - Developing Adaptive Leaders
Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sloan / Captain Stephan Hobbs
Transitions the focus of student learning from being trained, mentored, and evaluated as an MSIII Cadet to learning how to train, mentor, and evaluate underclass Cadets. MSIV Cadets learn the duties and responsibilities of an Army staff officer and apply the military decision-making process, Army writing style, Army’s training management, and mission essential task list (METL) processes during weekly training meetings to plan, execute, and assess battalion training events. Cadets learn to safely conduct training by understanding and employing the composite risk management process. Cadets learn how to use the comprehensive soldier fitness (CSF) program to reduce and manage stress. Includes instruction in code of conduct, rules of engagement, counseling, and evaluations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 301 and 302. MIL 401 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. Mandatory for all senior ROTC students. (Fall)
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MIL 402 - Leadership in a Complex World
Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sloan / Captain Stephan Hobbs
Explores the dynamics of leading in the complex situations of current military operations in the full spectrum operations (FSO). Cadets examine differences in customs and courtesies, military law, principles of war, and rules of engagement in the face of international terrorism. They also explore aspects of interacting with non-government organizations, civilians on the battlefield, and host nation support. Includes instruction in Army organization and modularity, the platoon command team, a battle analysis, and counterinsurgency operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 401. MIL 402 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. Mandatory for all senior ROTC students. (Spring)
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MUS 008 - After Hours
Instructor
Gilliam
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
A select student-led vocal jazz ensemble between eight and sixteen members drawn from the Davidson College Chorale in the Music Department.
In collaboration with the director for choral activities, students who participate in After Hours are provided opportunities in service through semester concerts, campus and off-campus performing opportunities, and leadership through rehearsal direction, sectional instruction, ensemble administration, event planning, rehearsal accompanying, rehearsal conducting, and composition.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 009 - Collegium Musicum
Instructor
Gilliam
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
A select student-led ensemble between eight and sixteen members drawn from the Davidson College Chorale in the Music Department. Collegium specializes in (but is not limited to) music of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
In collaboration with the director of choral activities, students who participate in Collegium Musicum are provided opportunities in service through semester concerts (including a Christmas concert and spring madrigal dinner) and leadership through rehearsal direction, sectional instruction, ensemble administration, event planning, rehearsal accompanying, rehearsal conducting, and choral composition.
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MUS 010 - Davidson Singers
Instructor
Gilliam
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
An auditioned mixed vocal ensemble for experienced or novice choristers interested in learning more about the art of choral singing. Davidson Singers join the Davidson Choral Arts Society for their weekly Monday night rehearsals. Additionally, they rehearse one hour separately from the Choral Society each week. Concert engagements include a bi-annual performance with the Choral Arts Society, and appearances in other campus concerts and functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 011 - Jazz Ensemble
Instructor
B. Lawing
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
A “big band” of approximately eighteen musicians. The group rehearses and performs throughout the year, with several events highlighting the schedule.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 012 - Symphony Orchestra
Instructor
Keith
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
An auditioned ensemble of approximately 50 student musicians, performing a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque to the present. Performs 2-3 concerts per semester. Annually features student concerto competition winners and guest soloists.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 013 - Chorale
Instructor
Gilliam
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
A select vocal ensemble drawn from the Davidson College student body that performs works from all ages and styles. Tours annually and represents the department at college functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 014 - Opera Workshop
Instructor
Culpepper
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage.
A course designed to acquaint students with the performance practice of a variety of opera genres through the experiences of study, rehearsal, and performance. The culmination of the course is a performance of opera scenes as well as fully staged productions accompanied by piano. Ability to sing in a foreign language may be necessary.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required. (Fall; normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.)
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MUS 017 - Saxophone Quartet
Instructor
Gordon
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
A small group ensemble for saxophonists interested in performing chamber music ranging from Bach transcriptions to modern day saxophone compositions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.
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MUS 018 - Jazz Combo
Instructor
Gordon
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
A small group ensemble for instrumentalists interested in performing small group jazz literature while placing a strong emphasis on jazz improvisation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.
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MUS 020 - Jazz Improvisation
Instructor
Gordon
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
Learning to develop a jazz style through listening, transcribing, and soloing in a group context.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.
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MUS 021 - Appalachian Ensemble
Instructor
Singleton
*Registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.*
Appalachian Ensemble involves learning the repertoire and techniques of the traditional music of the Appalachian region. Old Time and bluegrass styles will be studied, with emphasis on fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and bass.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.
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MUS 043 - African Drumming Ensemble
Instructor
Snow
Registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
Learn techniques for the Djembe and Dundun drums of Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, and the Senegambia region of West Africa.
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MUS 142 - African-American Music
Instructor
Staff
Charts the development of the distinctly American styles produced by the combination of African and European characteristics. The music is approached from a historical standpoint, beginning with the musical forms, styles and instruments in African and ending with current trends in the music of both cultures, and also from the standpoint of appreciation through educated listening. Music to be studied include slave songs, gospel, blues, jazz, and rap.
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MUS 155 - Applied Music
Instructor
Staff
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester. After auditioning, students register on the music webpage. Spring registration takes place during course preferences registration or regular drop/add.
Applied instruction designed for students with previous vocal or instrumental training. Ability to read music is required. Must successfully complete jury at end of each semester of study. See instructor for competency levels and literature requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required. One credit for two consecutive semesters. Can be repeated for credit. Additional fee $770.
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MUS 195 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study in music under the direction of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic, and determines the means of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with permission of the chair.
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MUS 221 - Studies of Composers and Styles
Instructor
Staff
Courses concentrating upon specific varying topics in music history.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Repeatable for credit.
Certain topics count for the Gender and Sexuality Studies major.
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