Course Descriptions

MAT 341 - Mathematical Statistics

Satisfies a requirement in the Data Science interdisciplinary minor.

Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 340. (Spring)
 

MAT 355 - Abstract Algebra I

MAT 360 - Topology

MAT 364 - Computational Geometry (=CSC 364)

Computational geometry bridges mathematics and computer science, combining algorithmic thinking and combinatorial reasoning to finite collections of points, lines, triangles, and other geometric objects. We will discuss The Art Gallery problem, convex hulls, triangulations, Voronoi diagrams, and applications such as computer graphics, animation, geographic information systems, 3-D printing, robotics, and graph drawing.  

 

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: CSC/MAT 220, or MAT 230 plus proficiency in a high-level programming language.

MAT 380 - Seminar in Problem Solving and History of Mathematics

Mathematics is a human construct and endeavor; as such, mathematics has its own culture and history.  One can ask many questions: Who does mathematics?  How and why is mathematics created?; How does mathematics influence and affect the world, and conversely, how does the world influence and affect mathematics?  Are there revolutions in mathematics?  In this course we will discuss many of these questions and more.  Beginning with mathematics in the ancient world we will do mathematics as it was down within a particular time period and particular culture.  We will then trace the migration of mathematical knowledge through various geographical regions: China, India, and Europe.  Finally, we will explore the development of some more modern mathematics.  In particular, ideas related to calculus, linear algebra, abstract algebra, and real analysis.

This course will be delivered in a low residency format utilizing in-person meetings, synchronous sessions (students will meet in Studio D and the professor will have a digital presence), and asynchronous interactions through Moodle.  Please note there are no additional technological needs or cost incurred for this style of course.

Prerequisites & Notes
One of Mathematics 220, 230, 255 or permission of the instructor.

MAT 381 - Seminar

MAT 381-385
Study of topics of interest in Mathematics. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor.

MAT 386 - Seminar

MAT 386-389
Study of topics of interest in Mathematics. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor.

MAT 391 - Independent Study

MAT 395 - IS: Basketball Analytics

 

Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for math major credit.

MAT 396 - Independent Study

MAT 430 - Real Analysis II

MAT 437 - Dynamical Systems

MAT 450 - Advanced Linear Algebra

MAT 455 - Abstract Algebra II

MAT 481 - Seminar- Geometry and Art

We study certain types and techniques in art (perspective, tiling, Escher-style prints as examples) and look at the mathematical underpinnings of that art type. We will make art and learn geometry (Euclidean, projective, and hyperbolic as examples) according to student interests. The course will be seminar style with students leading most of the discussion.  

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite is one of MAT 220, 230, or 255.

MAT 486 - Seminar

MAT 487-489
Study of topics of interest in Mathematics.
 

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor.

MAT 491 - Independent Study

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 math major credit.

MAT 492 - Independent Study

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 math major credit.

MAT 495 - Independent Study

MAT 496 - Independent Study

MIL Labs - Leadership Labs

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.

MIL 101 - Introduction to the Army

MIL 102 - Foundations of Leadership

MIL 201 - Leadership and Ethics

MIL 202 - Army Doctrine and Decision Making

MIL 301 - Training Management and the War Fighting Functions

MIL 302 - Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations

MIL 401 - The Army Officer

MIL 402 - Company Grade Leadership

MUS 008 - After Hours

In collaboration with the director of choral activities, students who participate in After Hours are provided opportunities in service through semester concerts and leadership through rehearsal direction, sectional instruction, ensemble administration, event planning, rehearsal accompanying, rehearsal conducting, and choral composition.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.

MUS 009 - Collegium Musicum

Collegium specializes in music of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque. In collaboration with the director of choral activities, students who participate in Collegium Musicum are provided opportunities in service through semester concerts, and leadership through rehearsal direction, sectional instruction, ensemble administration, event planning, rehearsal accompanying, rehearsal conducting, and choral composition.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.

MUS 010 - Davidson Singers

Davidson Singers is a fun and a flexible way for the busy college student to have the opportunity to sing in choir. For those who want to learn to sing in a friendly and stress-free environment, Davidson Singers is just the right fit!

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.

MUS 011 - Jazz Ensemble

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.

Each season, the Jazz Ensemble opens the Town of Davidson’s Concerts on the Green with the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra in September, and holds their first full concert during Family Weekend in late October.

After touring with the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra, the Jazz Ensemble takes the stage of Tyler-Tallman Hall at the end of January for a riveting guest artist concert, featuring an accomplished member of the jazz faculty at Davidson.

The group also hosts a “Sing with the Jazz Ensemble” competition each spring, allowing student singers a chance to perform backed by the full big band ensemble in a crowd-favorite Live Thursday concert.

The Jazz Ensemble also has the privilege of closing out the Town of Davidson’s Concerts on the Green towards the end of their season, as well as offering a fun-filled Senior Soirée performance during graduation weekend. Senior members of the ensemble serve as featured soloists, in recognition of their talent and their dedication to jazz at Davidson.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.

MUS 012 - Symphony Orchestra

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, the Symphony Orchestra performs a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque to the present. Less than five percent of the group is music majors, so the orchestra is an excellent place for students of all backgrounds to rehearse and perform in a collaborative atmosphere while honing their technical skills and broadening their musical knowledge and experience.

The orchestra performs two to three concerts per semester, and annually features student concerto competition winners and guest soloists. The group also tours every year, with the Jazz Ensemble, during the week prior to the beginning of the spring semester.
 

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.

MUS 013 - Chorale

A highly select, auditioned choir comprised of students from various academic disciplines, they perform the standard choral repertoire as well as newly composed and commissioned choral literature. The Chorale tours annually and represents Davidson College on the campus, regionally, and nationally.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.

MUS 014 - Opera Workshop

Auditions take place the first week of Spring 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. (Spring)

MUS 017 - Saxophone Quartet

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.

The ensemble rehearses weekly and performs throughout the year.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.

MUS 018 - Jazz Combo

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.

This intimate ensemble is for instrumentalists interested in performing small group jazz literature while placing a strong emphasis on jazz improvisation.

The ensemble rehearses weekly and performs throughout the year including on-campus functions and recitals.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.

MUS 019 - Chamber Music

Selection of applied students takes place the first three weeks of each semester.  Contact instructor directly.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.

MUS 020 - Jazz Improvisation

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.

MUS 021 - Appalachian Ensemble

*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.

MUS 043 - African Drumming Ensemble

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.

Weekly sessions incorporate an oral tradition teaching style which includes drumming, singing, and cultural background information.  No previous drumming experience is required.

MUS 050 - Vocal or Instrumental Study, 0.5 hour

Registration takes place on the music web page during course preferences registration or regular drop/add. 

Applied instruction designed for students with or without previous vocal or instrumental training.

Prerequisites & Notes
Pass/Fail.  Additional fee $450.

MUS 055 - Vocal or Instrumental Study, 1 hour

Registration takes place on the music web page during course preferences registration or regular drop/add. 

Applied instruction designed for students with or without previous vocal or instrumental training.

Prerequisites & Notes
Pass/Fail.  Additional fee $840.

MUS 101 - Music Theory

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Fall, Spring)

MUS 102 - Contemporary Music Theory

Introduction to music theory and analysis through contemporary mainstream musical genres such as pop, rock, R & B, country, etc. Emphasis on intervals, scales, triads, basic tonal harmonic progressions, rhythm, meter, and form.

Required course in music theory for the Music major or minor.
Satisfies the Visual & Performing Arts requirement.
 

MUS 116 - Music: Sound with Impact (=PHY 116)

Scientific principles applied to musical sound production, propagation, storage, detection, and perception. Students will work individually and in teams to analyze and appreciate diverse world music styles, create and play instruments, and examine current practices in live performance. Class meets for 1 hour 3 times/week in a combined discussion/presentation setting and 3 hours of laboratory activity per week.

Satisfies a requirement in the Experimental Physics minor.

Satisfies a requirement in the Music major and minor.
Satisfies the Natural Science requirement.
Does not count for credit in the Physics major.

Prerequisites & Notes
Who Should Take This Class?  This class welcomes all Davidson students, especially first- and second-year students that have not yet chosen a major, non-science major students, and anyone who loves music. There are no math or science prerequisites, and no prior experience in physics is expected. Of course, we will need to use math - at the level of high school algebra and trigonometry - in this course. The creative and open-ended nature of the labs and final project will give all students the opportunity to work at an appropriate and rewarding level consistent with relevant STEM preparation. Students of all cultures, backgrounds, and abilities are welcome, valued, and appreciated in this class.

MUS 121 - Music in Western Civilization

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Fall)

MUS 122 - Music of the United States

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Spring)

MUS 141 - World Musics

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Fall, Spring)

MUS 142 - African-American Music

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.

Satisfies Africana Studies major requirement

MUS 155 - Applied Music

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 $840.

MUS 195 - Independent Study

MUS 201 - Harmony

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required.

MUS 221 - Studies of Composers & Styles: Theft & Creativity

This course will consider a diverse variety of musical styles by following how musical ideas get re-used.  Sometimes these re-uses are considered theft but other times they are regarded as an homage or borrowing.  Using as our central text a recent graphic novel written by law professors called Theft! A History of Music, this course will look at the issues surrounding musical borrowing, alluding, quoting, sampling, and stealing.  Poet and literary critic T.S. Eliot posited that “immature poets imitate; mature poets steal,” and a similar sentiment has been attributed to the composer Igor Stravinsky.  But is it really a question of maturity and artistic development?  Who gets to own music, and how?  What rights do creators have to use the music of others?  How has copyright law developed and how does it balance questions of freedom and control?  Our case studies will include works of jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rap, and film music.
No prerequisite.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Repeatable for credit.

MUS 222 - Varying topics in music history

Spring 2020

Title:Studies of Composers and Styles:Women in Music

Instructor
Keith

A study of music composed, performed, conducted, managed, and inspired by women. Through extensive listening, video screenings, readings, and discussion, this course will examine multiple case studies of women who have contributed to the development of music since the Middle Ages. Basic music concepts and history will be introduced in conjunction with each of the case studies. No previous background in music is required.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Repeatable for credit.

MUS 223 - Studies of Composers and Styles

Courses concentrating upon specific varying topics in music history.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Repeatable for credit.

MUS 224 - The Symphony

MUS 226 - Opera

MUS 227 - History of the Orchestra

The social and institutional history of the orchestra in Western civilization from the Baroque to the present. 

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Normally offered in alternate years)

MUS 228 - Film Music

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. 

MUS 229 - American Culture of The 1950s

A cultural analysis and history of America from the 1950s, informed by an interdisciplinary blend of texts and methodologies borrowed from musicology, literary analysis, film studies, art history, and cultural studies. While the primary emphasis will be on music (e.g., bebop, cool, rock & roll, modernism), close attention will also be given to visual art (e.g., Abstract Expressionism), literature (e.g., the Beats), and film.

Prerequisites & Notes

Music 122 or permission of instructor. (Normally offered in alternate years)

MUS 232 - Jazz

Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Region: North America).
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required.
(Normally offered in fall of alternate years.)

MUS 233 - American Musical Theatre

An introduction to the history and literature of the Broadway musical. Greatest emphasis is placed on the period beginning with Oklahoma! and continuing to the present.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 
Satisfies Dance minor requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Normally offered in alternate years)

MUS 234 - Music of the Southern Appalachians

An exploration of the vocal and instrumental traditions of the Southern Appalachians, with emphasis upon traditions of Madison County, Wilkes County, and Surry County, NC. Focus will be upon unaccompanied ballads and tunes for fiddle and banjo. Activities will include performance, field recording, historical research and festival attendance.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Spring)

MUS 235 - Special Topics in Music: Voicing Self

What does your voice do? Why is it that you can recognize someone almost instantly from the sound of their voice? Is there such a thing as “black voice”? If so, what is it? How do different cultures and people use voice to navigate social, political, and cultural issues, particular issues of community and identity? These questions will propel our uncanny foray into investigating voice as both a medium and metaphor, used for belonging to and critiquing systems of oppression. This course will be a broad overview of the ways in which voice intersects with race, gender, and sexuality. We will address the role of the voice in a broad range of genres and musical styles including queer lip-synching, “sonic blackness,” gospel worship, beat boxing, auto-tune, throat singing, and eunuchs. As we navigate these domains, we will address topics of authenticity, appropriation, voices of technology, and identity.  

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required.

MUS 236 - Afrofuturism

What can music offer a group of people who have been symbolically annihilated in practically every facet of life? In the Cold War era, dominated and framed by the Space Race, framed by utopic images of a post-human world (think of the Jetsons), the absence of black representation was profound. It underlined a white utopia that eradicated the physical bodies of black humans. Scientific and creative outlets were imagining futures seemingly unthinkable in their advancement-living side-by-side with robots, partaking in time travel, flying cars-yet the racial imagination was still strained. We will discuss the conditions of possibility or the conditions of necessity for the emergence of Afrofuturism, decode some of its far out and psychedelic word play and symbology, and we will discuss the influences Afrofuturism has had on the present. Our discussion of Afrofuturism will largely focus on the music, the “sonic fiction[s]” created by artists such as: Sun Ra and his Arkestra, George Clinton’s band Parliament-Funkadelic, LaBelle, Janelle Monáe and her android alter-ego Cindi Mayweather, and Drexciya and their underwater nation, among others. 

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement

MUS 241 - Music of Latin America (=MUS 341)

Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Region: Latin America/Caribbean).
Satisfies a requirement in the Latin American Studies major and interdiscipilnary minor.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.  

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. Music majors should register for MUS 341.
(normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 242 - Music of Asia

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.  Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. Normally offered in alternate years.

MUS 245 - Music in World Religions

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.  Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.  

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. Normally offered in alternate years.

MUS 246 - Music of Brazil (=MUS 346)

Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Region: Latin America/Caribbean).
Satisfies a requirement in the Latin American Studies major and minor.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required.  Music majors should register for MUS 346
(Fall; normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 255 - Applied Music: Intermediate

Registration takes place on the music web page during course preferences registration or regular drop/add for Fall semester.

Applied instruction designed for students with previous vocal or instrumental training. Must successfully complete jury at the end of each semester of study. See instructor for competency levels and literature requirements.

Prerequisites & Notes
Music 155 or permission of instructor.  One credit for two consecutive semesters. Can be repeated for credit. Additional fee $840.

MUS 261 - Introduction to Composition

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Music 101 or permission of instructor. (Normally offered in alternate years)

MUS 262 - Songwriting and Transcription

Composition in popular song form and transcription techniques using current lead sheet format. Emphasis on developing aural perception and notational skills. 

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
MUS 101 or permission of instructor required. (Fall; normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 263 - Composition - Non-Western Styles

MUS 265 - Introduction to Digital Music Composition

An approach to music composition using the platform of digital technology. Students will learn to implement contemporary compositional processes through the use of digital tools. Of particular emphasis is exploring the world of sound and its organization into meaningful and aesthetically coherent forms without the technical limitations of acoustic execution. Each student will create a final piece that will be realized in a group concert at the end of the semester.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
MUS 101or MUS 102 or MUS 201. (Spring)

MUS 271 - Modernism/Postmodernism

A study of modern and postmodern music, combining close listening (e.g. Schoenberg, Cage, Reich) with critical responses to its aesthetic and ideological contexts (e.g. Adorno, Jameson, McClary). Representative genres include: symphony, string quartet, opera, film score, performance art.

Prerequisites & Notes
First-year students require permission of the instructor.

MUS 295 - Independent Study

MUS 301 - Advanced Harmony

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
MUS 201. (Normally offered in alternate years)

MUS 302 - Form and Analysis

MUS 311 - Music Technology and Production

MUS 312 - Conducting

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor. (Spring; normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 321 - Impressionism

A survey of Impressionist music at the turn of the twentieth century, with focus on French composers and those they influenced.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
MUS 101 or permission of instructor. (Normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 325 - Music History I: Europe to 1800

The history of music in medieval and early modern Europe in its cultural and social context, emphasizing musical style, notation, and performance practice. Periods include Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical through Beethoven’s first stylistic period.

Satisfies the Historical Thought requirement. 

MUS 328 - Music History II: Europe and The U.S. After 1800

Satisfies the Historical Thought requirement. 

MUS 341 - Music of Latin America (=MUS 241)

(Cross-listed with MUS 241.)  An introduction to the music of Hispanic and Luso American countries and cultures from colonial times to the present.  Topics include: sacred and secular colonial music, son, marimba music, vieja guardia music, tonada, milonga, tango, Latin jazz, samba, and bossa nova.

Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Region: Latin America/Caribbean).
Satisfies a requirement in the Latin American Studies major and minor.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement. 
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
For Music Majors only.  All other students should register for MUS 241.
(normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 346 - Music of Brazil (=MUS 246)

(Cross-listed with MUS 246.)  A survey of cultivated and vernacular traditions of Brazilian music from colonial times to the present. Topics include: sacred and secular colonial music, the barroco mineiro, nationalism, the avant-garde, samba, bossa nova, MPB, candomblé, jazz, tropical rock, and rap.

Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Region: Latin America/Caribbean).
Satisfies a requirement in the Latin American Studies major and minor.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
For Music Majors only.  All other students should register as MUS 246.
(Fall; normally offered in alternate years.)

MUS 356 - Applied Music: Advanced Intermediate

Registration takes place on the music web page during course preferences registration or drop/add for Fall semester.

Applied instruction designed for students with previous vocal or instrumental training.  Must successfully complete jury at end of each semester of study.  See instructor for competency levels and literature requirements.

Prerequisites & Notes
Music 255 or permission of instructor.  1 credit for 2 consecutive semesters.  Can be repeated for credit.  Additional fee $840.

MUS 357 - Applied Music: Advanced

Registration takes place on the music web page during course preferences registration or drop/add for Fall semester.

Applied instruction designed for students with previous vocal or instrumental training. Must successfully complete jury at end of each semester of study. See instructor for competency levels and literature requirements.

Prerequisites & Notes
MUS 356 or permission of instructor. 1 credit for 2 consecutive semesters. Can be repeated for credit. Additional fee $840.

MUS 361 - Advanced Studies in Composition

MUS 380 - Advanced Topics in Music History

MUS 381 - Advanced Topics in Music History

MUS 382 - Advanced Topics in Music History

MUS 383 - Herrmann & Hitchcock

A seminar concentrating on the nine film scores stemming from the remarkable collaboration of composer Bernard Herrmann and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. After an introductory section on each, the seminar will then proceed chronologically through their nine films. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ways that Herrmann’s music blended together with Hitchcock’s aesthetic vision to impact and complicate notions of gender identities.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor required. Normally students will have had at least one prior semester of college-level music or related study. 

MUS 385 - Video Game Music (=FMS 385)

Historical, stylistic, and analytic study of video game music from its origins in the arcade games of the 1970s to the present. Emphases on close readings of music in relation to gameplay, and vice versa. Includes training in digital audio manipulation to create sound design and musical sequences.

Satisfies the Liberal Studies requirement. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Normally offered in alternate years

MUS 395 - Independent Study

MUS 396 - Independent Study

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.

MUS 401 - Senior Seminar

A capstone seminar synthesizing historical inquiry, analytical methods, and performance practice along with techniques of music research, writing, and close listening. Topics chosen by the course instructor.

Prerequisites & Notes
Limited to senior music majors; open to other qualified students by permission of the instructor. (Fall)

PHI 102 - Reason and Argument

Satisfies the philosophy major requirement of either PHI 102 or PHI 200.
Satisfies a requirement in the Communication Studies interdisciplinary major and minor.

Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives requirement

Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)

PHI 105 - Ancient Greek Philosophy

Introduction to the origins and development of philosophy in ancient Greece, with special emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. 

Counts towards the satisfaction of the Philosophy major requirement to take two courses from among PHI 105, PHI 106, and PHI 107.

Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives requirement.

Counts as a Western Europe area course in the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
Counts towards the major in Classics.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)