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MUS 271 - Modernism/Postmondernism
Instructor
Lerner
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.
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MUS 295 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study 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 302 - Form and Analysis
Instructor
Botelho
Analytical techniques and formal processes of tonal music, including expressive styles and topics, binary and ternary forms, variation, fugue, and sonata form.
Prerequisites & Notes
Music 202. (Fall)
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MUS 325 - Music History I: Europe to 1800
Instructor
Sprague
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.
Prerequisites & Notes
Music 110. Ability to read music expected. (Fall)
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MUS 328 - Music History II: Europe and the U.S. after 1800
Instructor
Lerner
The history of music in modern Europe and the United States in its cultural and social context, emphasizing musical style, notation, and performance practice. Periods include Romantic, Post-romantic, Modern, and Postmodern.
Prerequisites & Notes
Music 110. Ability to read music expected. (Spring)
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MUS 355 - Applied Music: Advanced
Instructor
Staff
Applied instruction designed for students with previous vocal or instrumental training. Must successfully complete jury at end of each semester of study. See department for competency levels and literature requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
Music 256. 1 credit for 2 consecutive semesters. (Additional fee.)
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MUS 361 - Advanced Studies in Composition
Instructor
Stasack
Continued development of creative and technical skills in music composition. Considers all parameters of sound—pitch, rhythm, texture, dynamics, form and orchestration. Emphasis on exploring the unique sensibilities of the individual.
Prerequisites & Notes
Music 261.
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MUS 380-382 - Advanced Topics in Music History
Instructor
Lerner
Specialized study of a composer, period, or genre, utilizing a variety of specialized notational, analytical, and theoretical methodologies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor required. Normally, students will have had at least one prior semester of college-level music or related study.
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MUS 383 - Hermann & Hitchcock
Instructor: Lerner
A seminar concentrating on the nine film scores stemming from the remarkable collaboration of composer Bernard Hermann 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 Hermann’s music blended together with Hitchcock’s aesthetic vision to impact and complicate notions of gender identities.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required. Normally students will have had at least one prior semester of college-level music or related study. Satisfies a major requirement in Music and the fine arts distribution requirement.
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MUS 395, 396 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study 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 401 - Senior Seminar
Instructor
Staff
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. (Spring)
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PHI 101W - First-Year Writing Seminar
Instructors
Robb, Stell, Studtmann
Writing-intensive study of selected topics in philosophy. Satisfies the composition requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open only to first-year students. (Fall and Spring)
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PHI 105 - History of Ancient Philosophy (= CLA 261)
Instructor
Griffith
Introduction to the origins and development of philosophy in ancient Greece, with special emphasis on Plato and Aristotle.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross-listed Classics 261. (Fall)
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PHI 106 - History of Modern Philosophy
Instructor
Robb
Introduction to philosophy in the early modern period, i.e. the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Emphasis on metaphysical and epistemological issues in the work of philosophers selected from this list: Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 107 - History of Medieval Philosophy
Instructor
Griffith
Introduction to philosophers of the medieval period. We will study thinkers of the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish traditions, spanning from the fourth century C.E. up to the fourteenth century. Philosophers covered may include: Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Ockham.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 110 - Problems of Philosophy
Instructor
Goldstein
A survey of selected philosophical problems. Topics may include: religious belief, free will, knowledge, relativism, and morality.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 120 - Applied Ethics
Instructor
Goldstein
Introduction to the philosophical analysis of contemporary moral controversies. Topics may include: abortion, euthanasia, feminism, world hunger, business ethics, nuclear war, human rights.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 130 - Medical Ethics
Instructor
Stell
Ethical analysis of patient-physician relationship; contraception, abortion, sterilization, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood; euthanasia and the care of dying patients; refusal of medical treatment and the use of “unorthodox” medical treatment; experimentation on human subjects; human genetic control; allocation of scarce medical resources; and health care delivery systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 140 - Environmental Ethics
Instructor: McKeever
Introduction to ethical analysis of environmental values and decision-making. Likely topics include (1) the value of different aspects of the environment including non-human animals, species, non-living natural objects, and ecosystems; (2) ethical analysis of different approaches to risk as this bears on environmental policy-making; (3) the moral merits and liabilities of ethical institutions, such as private property rights, as applied to the natural environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
Satisfies a major requirement in Philosophy and distribution requirement in the area of Philosophy and Religion.
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PHI 160 - Great Philosophers
Instructors
Studtmann, Goldstein
Introduction to philosophy through intensive study of the work of one philosopher. The philosopher selected varies from semester to semester. This year: Sartre, Wittgenstein.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall and Spring)
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PHI 200 - Symbolic Logic
Instructor
Studtmann
Systematic study of formal reasoning. Focus on the representation and evaluation of arguments in propositional and predicate logic. Additional topics vary, and may include meta-logic, modal logic, and non-classical logics.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 210 - Games and Decisions
Instructor
McKeever
Introduction to the formal analysis of games and rational decision-making. Decision under risk, ignorance, and certainty as applied in morals, politics, and religion.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Tentative for Spring: check schedule.)
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PHI 211 - Theory of Knowledge
Instructor
Robb
The central questions of epistemology are: What is knowledge? Do we have any? If so, how did we get it? This course accordingly looks at the nature, scope, and sources of knowledge.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 212 - Metaphysics
Instructor
Griffith
Philosophical study of the most fundamental features of the world and our place in it. Topics may include: abstract and concrete entities, God, causation, space and time, necessity, freedom and determinism, identity of objects and persons over time.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 213 - Philosophy of Natural Science
Instructor
Robb
Philosophical questions at the foundations of natural science. Topics include: the nature of scientific explanation, the aim of science, scientific progress, and selected philosophical issues in the sciences of physics and biology.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 215 - Ethics
Instructor
Stell
Critical introduction to theories of value and obligation, analysis of the meaning and function of moral language, the relationship between morality and happiness.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 216 - Philosophy of Language
Instructor
Studtmann
Discussion of theories of communication, linguistic meaning, truth. Other topics may include: metaphor, naming and describing, reference, vagueness, universals.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 217 - Philosophy of Mind
Instructor
Robb
Introduction to the mind-body problem: What is the relation between the mind and the body, or more generally, between mental and physical phenomena? Answers explored include dualism, behaviorism, the mind-brain identity theory, and functionalism. Topics may also include: consciousness, mental representation, mental imagery, psychological explanation.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 220 - Political Philosophy
Instructor
McKeever
Introduction to the philosophical evaluation of political power and the social and economic institutions through which it is exercised. Discussion of such questions as: What justification is there for government? What moral duties do citizens have? Are there moral limits to government authority? Analysis of such concepts as freedom, rights, justice, and equality.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Tentative for Spring: check schedule.)
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PHI 222 - Philosophy and Technology
Instructor
Studtmann
In the twentieth century, computers have been at the forefront of technological advance. In this course, we study the ways in which computer technology intersects with philosophy. The course is divided into four sections: the nature of computability; computers and the mind; computers and epistemology; and computers and ethics.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 225 - Philosophy of Religion
Instructor
Studtmann
Introduction to philosophical issues in classical and contemporary religious thought. Topics may include: justification of religious claims, relation of faith to knowledge, arguments for the existence of God, divine attributes, life after death, problem of evil, status of religious language, relation of religion to morality, alternatives to theism.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 230 - Philosophy of Medicine
Instructor
Stell
Introduction to the conceptual foundations of medicine, especially the concepts of health and illness, professional intervention, healing, controlling the time and manner of dying, placebo, pain and suffering, personal and social responsibility for disease.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 235 - Existentialism
Instructor
Griffith
Analysis of the existential conditions of human life, such as death, the fragility and finiteness of life, freedom, commitment, the need for God, and the quest for meaning, worth and dignity. Readings are from both philosophy and literature.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 275 - Mind and Emotion
Instructor
Goldstein
How is consciousness (mind) related to body? Can you ever know what other people feel? Why do animals and people prefer pleasure to pain? Is pain good for the masochist? What are emotions and how do they motivate behavior? What enables us to have words in English and other public languages to specify sensations and other personal, non-public events?
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 325 - Philosophy of Law
Instructor
Stell
Analysis of the nature and function of law. Various theories of law, relation of law to morality, economic analysis of law. An assessment of the principles of legal reasoning and jurisprudence, emphasis on discussion of decided cases.
Prerequisites & Notes
Philosophy 215 or 220. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHI 350-353 - Seminar in Philosophy
Instructor
McKeever
Focused discussion of an important philosopher or cluster of related issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Tentative for Spring: check schedule.)
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PHI 365 - Philosophy of Mathematics
Instructor
Studtmann
Analysis of the philosophical foundations of mathematics. Topics may include: the nature of mathematical truth, pure versus applied mathematics, the reality of mathematical entities, infinity, paradoxes, axiomatic systems, formal number theory, Godel’s Theorem.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 399 - Independent Research in Philosophy
Instructor
Staff
Independent research under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic(s) and determines the means of evaluation. Permission of the instructor and the department chair required.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall and Spring)
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PHI 450 - Senior Thesis
Instructor
Griffith
Required of all senior Philosophy majors. Analysis of techniques philosophers use to articulate, defend, and criticize theses. Emphasis on skills required to pursue an extended writing project. Students complete senior theses during the semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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PHI 451 - Senior Colloquium in Philosophy
Instructor
Robb
Capstone course required of all senior Philosophy majors. The seminar is organized around the work of four or five philosophers who visit the campus during the semester to discuss their work with students.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PHI 495 - Honors Thesis
Instructor
Staff
Open only to Philosophy majors eligible for honors. Includes the writing of a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member and an oral defense before the Philosophy faculty. Required of all honors candidates.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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PED DAVIDSON 101 - Physical Education
A twelve-hour course offered in the fall of each year which consists of the following core classes: Alcohol Education, Career Services, Diversity, Library Services, Realizing Your Risk, Sexuality, and Student Counseling.
Prerequisites & Notes
Required of all first-year and transfer students during the first semester at Davidson. Students that miss one component will be required to make up the entire course during the next academic year.
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PED 4** - Team Sports Credit
Team Sport Credit can be earned through participation in a varsity, club, or intramural sport.
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PED 204 - Budokon
The Budokon physical practice draws upon ancient and modern yogic and martial arts styles. The foundation of the Budokon physical practice is precision, alignment and Zen mind. All Budokon techniques are designed to explore the body’s full range of motion. The practice dances between agility, control, speed, power, balance and flow.
The Budokon Budo Series is a combination of standing and ground techniques drawn primarily from Okinawan Karate-Do, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and Olympic Style Tae Kwon Do. The objective of this series is to teach agility, power, focus and flow in the body and mind.
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PED 205 - Badminton
Course content emphasizes the basic playing skills of badminton at the beginner level, as well as rules, strategies, safety, offensive and defensive elements, and competitive activities. Each of the above elements will be applied to the singles, doubles, and mixed-double games.
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PED 214 - Dance - Beginner/Intermediate Ballet
Instructor
Madeline Geurdat - North Carolina Dance Theatre
This class introduces the technique and discipline of classical ballet; develops understanding, skill and basic vocabulary. This course is offered through Davidson College’s Dance Ensemble in partnership with The North Carolina Dance Theater. For more information on this class contact Alex Zsoldos at alzsoldos@davidson.edu.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cost: $30/semester.
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PED 215 - Hip Hop
Instructor
April Albritton
This class is an Intensive Hip-Hop and Jazz class that is geared for beginners. Routines will include styles from east to west coast hip-hop with fused elements of jazz, modern, and salsa.
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PED 217 - Dance - Jazz
Instructor
Jackie McCarthy - North Carolina Dance Theater
This class is designed for dancers with intermediate to advanced experience in jazz dance technique. Applications of technical and expressive qualities in dance are emphasized. For more information on this class or any of the Dance Ensemble classes, contact Alex Zsoldos at alzsoldos@davidson.edu.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cost: $30/semester.
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PED 219 - Dance - Modern
Instructor
Gretchen Jax - North Carolina Dance Theater
This class is designed for dancers with all levels of experience in modern dance technique. Applications of technical and expressive qualities of dance are emphasized. For more information on this class or any of the Dance Ensemble classes, contact Alex Zsoldos at alzsoldos@davidson.edu.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cost: $30/semester.
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PED 221 - Dance - Advanced Ballet
Instructor
Madeline Geurdat - North Carolina Dance Theatre
This class is designed for dancers with advanced experience in ballet. Applications of technical and expressive qualities in dance are emphasized. For more information on this class or any of the Dance Ensemble classes, contact Alex Zsoldos at alzsoldos@davidson.edu.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cost: $30/semester.
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PED 225 - Cardio Jam
Instructor
Staff
An eclectic mix of cardio movement styles such as funk, jazz, latin, rock, and more come together for a great workout.
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PED 226 - Golf
Course content emphasizes the basic skills involved in club selection, golf course analysis, shot selection and execution of the golf swing. Rules, scoring, handicapping, and etiquette are included.
Class meets at Davidson College Covington Golf Course
Prerequisites & Notes
See Physical Education Registration site for more information, including course fee for students, staff, and faculty.
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PED 227 - Golf Fitness and Education
Course discusses and reviews the basic skills of golf; participants learn and practice functional golf fitness training as it relates to these skills and learn valuable keys to injury prevention and rehabilitation. Classes will be held in a combination of locations including Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics and the Davidson Campus.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional fee.
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PED 228 - Horseback Riding
This course offers instruction designed to meet students a various skill levels. A meeting for all students interested in horseback riding will held prior to the start of the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students will need to provide their own helmet, boots, and transportation to and from the stable.
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PED 230 - Martial Arts - Karate
Instructor
William McDavitt
Course offers instruction in Shotokan karate as taught by the Japan Karate Association. As a result of this course, students will be able to demonstrate and effectively apply techniques of various stances, punching, kicking, striking, blocking, body shifting and combinations of the above.
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PED 232 - Lifetime Wellness - Nutrition
Coming to college can present new nutritional challenges for many students. Our own campus nutritionist talks about a healthy diet, dieting myths, and how to keep a balanced approach to health and nutrition at college. Lots of time for questions in this class.
Prerequisites & Notes
(This course may be offered during the fall semester - please check with the Department of Physical Education for more information.)
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PED 234 - Racquetball
Instructors
Tom Oddo or Sandy Helfgott
Beginner racquetball skills, rules, etiquette, scoring and strategies are taught. Round robin play with be included.
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PED 237 - Self Defense - R.A.D.
Instructor
Laura Vanzant
The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive, women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training.
Prerequisites & Notes
Please note this class is designed for women only.
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PED 242 - Tennis
Instructor
Staff
This course emphasizes the acquisition of beginning level skills in the execution of forehand strokes, backhand strokes, the serve, and the volley. Rules, strategies of the singles and doubles games, etiquette, safety, and competitive activities are included.
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PED 252 - Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a method of meditation and self-integration through slow, relaxed, conscious movement. You exercise the ability to bring yourself into internal harmony and balance. Tai Chi produces the same benefit as meditation with the added positive effects of exercise. With Tai Chi movement, you direct your body with your mind. You utilize sensitivity and intelligence to obtain results instead of will power and exhaustive effort.
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PED 253 - Yoga
Instructor
Staff
Two different styles are offered:
1) One of the fastest growing styles of yoga in the world, Anusara is a powerful hatha yoga system that weaves universal alignment principles with non-dual philosophy creating a rich environment for self-knowledge, awareness, and empowerment. Imagine your body becoming stronger and more flexible as you increase your ability to manage daily stress through the physical practice, pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation.
2) Vinyasa - This style of Hatha yoga flows from one posture (asana) to the next, while the breath keeps the rhythm. It is physically a more strenuous form of yoga that focuses on the cardiovascular system, muscular flexibility, strength, and balance while achieving a mind-body connection.
Prerequisites & Notes
Yoga mats are recommended and a limited number are available for students to borrow.
Mats are also available for purchase at a discounted price.
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PED 255 - Belly Dancing
Instructor
Jan Blodgett and Ellen Henshaw
Learn fundamental belly dance steps and isolations, limbering/stretching exercises, basic Middle Eastern rhythms, the use of finger cymbals, and the historical background of the belly dance.
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PED 256 - Strength Training
This course focuses on understanding exercise and its effect on the body. Cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility are improved through a variety of conditioning activities.
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PED 257 - Spinning
Spinning is an aerobic, anaerobic and interval workout on a specialized stationary bike, that is designed for all levels of fitness. This bike provides varying levels of resistance to simulate flat roads as well as hill rides, jumps, and sprinting. Come along for the ride!!
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PED 261 - Pilates
Instructor - (various)
An hour long class that focuses on core strength that helps to build strength and flexibility as well as creating long, lean muscles without bulk. Pilates is effective in preventing and recovering from injury.
This course is open for anyone interested in Pilates (regardless of experience). May be taken for credit, for fun, (or both).
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PED 263 - Dance Ensemble
A completely student-run organization that welcomes and encourages all dance styles and skill levels. To receive PE credit for Dance Ensemble, students must participate in the Fall or Spring Dance Ensemble Performances and attend 90% of weekly rehearsals. For more information about Dance Ensemble contact Alex Zsoldos at alzsoldos@davidson.edu.
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PED 264 - Judo/Jujitsu/Self-Defense
This class covers basic Judo techniques with an emphasis on falls, basic throws, and basic pins. Chokes and/or arm-locks are introduced. It is designed to promote awareness of Judo as well as provide a solid basis for continued practice.
Judo training will develop self discipline and respect for one’s self and others. Regular training can improve aerobic capacity, speed, power, strength, agility, and flexibility. You can develop a competitive spirit and a feeling of confidence in a variety of situations, both on the competition mat or on the street in real-world scenarios.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cost: $25 for equipment (Gi)
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PED 299 - Fitness for the Athlete
For the athlete (IM, club, or Varsity) who wants to stay in shape and hone flexibility, balance, strength and endurance. Teaches techniques and strategies to work out alone as well as motivation to improve weaker areas. Each day will be different, incorporating intervals, circuits, jump ropes, trail runs, and much more.
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PED 301 - Canoeing
Instructor
Staff
This course offers instruction at the beginning, intermediate and advanced level. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: demonstrate safe handling skills, self-rescue skills, and ways to apply the basic skills. They should be able to name the parts of the canoe and be able to perform the following strokes: bow sculling, reverse sculling, sweep, reverse sweep, and J.
Brief Description of trip:
- Students meet at Baker Sports Complex early (7:30) morning and take a van approximately 45 minutes to Lookout Dam
- Stokes, rescues, nomenclature, etc. will be covered on site
- Relaxing trip down the Catawba River
- End trip at Bill’s Marina and enjoy a bite to eat and a beverage
- Back to the Lake Campus for the finishing touches
Prerequisites & Notes
Students must pass the swim evaluation on Baker Night in order to participate on this trip. In case of inclement weather call the physical education department for instructions. Fee: $40.00
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PED 307 - Sailing
Instructor
Staff
This course offers instruction in beginning, intermediate and advanced skills. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: demonstrate safe handling skills, self-rescue skill, and ways to apply the basic skills. They should be able to name the parts of a sail boat and be able to rig a sailboat.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of swim test. Students provide their transportation to and from the Lake Campus. In case of inclement weather call the physical education department for instructions. Fee: $40
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PED 311 - Swimming I - Beginner
Instructor
Jessica Miller
This course is designed to teach a non-swimmer or a shallow water swimmer to become a safe and efficient deep water swimmer. After the development of sufficient skills to perform a modified crawl stroke, the elementary back stroke, survival floating, jumping into deep water, leveling off and changing directions, swimmers will be able to swim in deep water.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students that do not pass or do not take the swim evaluation must take Swimming I to fulfill their PE Aquatic requirement.
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PED 312 - Swimming II
Instructor
Jessica Miller
For intermediate to advanced swimmers. Swimmers have the opportunity to work on advance techniques and aquatic skills. Participants practice running entries and distance swimming using crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of swimming evaluation or Swimming I.
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PED 315 - Water Polo
The general course outline covers: basic swimming/sculling skills; individual physical building blocks (strength, flexibility, speed, fitness) and core individual skills; game rules/history/basic strategies; offensive skills and strategies; defensive skills and strategies; goalkeeping; plays; refereeing; and tournament play.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful demonstration of intermediate to advanced swimming skills.
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PED 316 - Water Skiing
Instructor
Staff
This course offers instruction in beginning, intermediate and advanced skills, including slalom, trick and knowledge of safety rules.
Prerequisites & Notes
Must pass swimming evaluation. Students provide their own transportation to and from Lake Campus. In case of inclement weather call the physical education department for instructions. Fee: $40
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PED 321 - Fitness Swimming
Instructor
Staff
This course is designed to promote fitness through the use of water-related activities compatible with a pool environment. Emphasis is placed on water resistant exercises, lap swimming utilizing various kicks and strokes, relays, and a variety of aquatic games.
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PED 501 - Rock Climbing
Introduction to basic rock climbing techniques, equipment, belay, and safety and risk assessment issues. Contact Davidson Outdoors for more information on this course and for upcoming trips.
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PED 502 - Kayaking
Instructor
Davidson Outdoors
Step-by-step instruction will teach participants how to enter and exit a kayak, how to paddle the basic strokes and how to re-enter the boat after spilling.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of swim test. Kayaking is offered through the Davidson Outdoors Program. To take this course for physical education credit you will need the permission of the Physical Education Department and Davidson Outdoors. For more information on Davidson Outdoors click here.
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PED 503 - Caving
Contact Davidson Outdoors at Ext. 2623 for complete description and details.
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PED 504 - Backpacking
Introduction to backpacking with an emphasis on basic map and compass use. Covers hiking opportunities as well as equipment, trip planning and risk management of backcountry travel through an exploration of area trails.
Prerequisites & Notes
Contact Davidson Outdoors at Ext. 2623 for complete description and details.
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PED 505 - Wilderness Leadership Skills
Instructor
Davidson Outdoors
Explores techniques of providing leadership for groups in an outdoor adventure class situation. Includes conflict resolution, emotional management, and task balancing skills through an understanding of group dynamics. To take this course for physical education credit you will need the permission of the Physical Education Department and Davidson Outdoors. For more information on Davidson Outdoors click here.
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PED 506 - Wilderness Leadership Skills - Water
Contact Davidson Outdoors at Ext. 2623 for complete description and details
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PED 507 - Wilderness First Aid
Contact Davidson Outdoors at Ext. 2623 for complete description and details
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PHY 103 - Physics of the Environment
Instructor
Cain
A study of the physical laws and processes that underlie environmental phenomena with a special focus on energy and radiation. Technical, economic and social consequences of these laws and processes will be examined to better delineate the complex decisions related to environmental issues. No laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
Designed for non-science majors. (Spring)
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PHY 105 - Astronomy
Instructor
Cain
A survey of the current scientific view of the Universe. Emphasis on the physical and mathematical principles necessary to understand how astronomers observe and interpret phenomena. Topics include the historical development of major astronomical theories, the interaction of light and matter, the life cycle of stars, and the structure and evolution of the Universe. No laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
Designed for non-science majors. (Fall & Spring)
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PHY 110 - The Physics Around You
Instructor
Cain, Yukich
A descriptive course, intended primarily for non-science majors, concerning the laws of mechanics, heat, electricity, light, magnetism, the atom and the nucleus as applied to the devices and technology used and the natural occurrences observed in everyday experience. No laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
Designed for non-science majors. Not open to students with credit for Physics 120, 220, 130 or 230. (Fall)
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PHY 115 - Musical Technology
Instructor
Boye
The physical principles of sound, light, and electricity are developed and explored in order to understand their application in such technologies as digital audio recording and reproduction, synthesis of musical instruments, CDs, MP3s, personal audio players, lasers, and room acoustics. No laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
Designed for non-science majors. (Spring) (Not offered 2008-09.)
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PHY 118 - Advanced Placement Credit: Mechanics
Course credit for appropriate scores on the AP Physics B exam or the AP Physics C (mechanics) exam. The course does not satisfy the lab science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Only with specific permission of the chair may the course serve as prerequisite to other courses in Physics. Credit for Physics 118 is forfeited by a student who elects to take Physics 120 or 130.
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PHY 119 - Advanced Placement Credit: Electricity and Magnetism
Course credit for appropriate scores on the AP Physics C (electricity and magentism) exam. The course does not satisfy the lab science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Only with specific permission of the chair may the course serve as prerequisite to other courses in Physics. Credit for Physics 119 is forfeited by a student who elects to take Physics 220 or 230.
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PHY 120, 220 - General Physics
Instructors
Belloni, Cain, Christian, Yukich
Mechanics, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics. One laboratory period each week.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physics 120 or permission of the instructor is prerequisite for Physics 220. (Both courses offered Fall and Spring.)
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PHY 130, 230 - General Physics with Calculus
Instructors
Boye, Cain, Christian, Gfroerer
Mechanics, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics. More comprehensive than Physics 120, 220 and designed for students who intend to major in chemistry, mathematics, physics, or who follow the dual-degree (3-2) Engineering track. One laboratory each week.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite for Physics 130: Math 130. Prerequisite for Physics 230: Physics 130 or permission of the instructor. (Physics 130, Fall; Physics 230, Spring)
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PHY 200 - Computational Physics (= CSC 200)
Instructor
Christian
Introduction to computer programming using an object-oriented programming language such as Java. Assignments will be based on simulations emphasizing problem solving in science, program writing, and numerical methods in science. A final project of the student’s choice is presented in an end-of-term poster session.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physics 120 or 130 at Davidson or permission of the instructor. (Spring)
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PHY 201 - Mathematical Methods for Scientists
Instructors
Belloni, Boye, Gfroerer
Designed to develop a basic competence in many areas of mathematics needed for junior/senior level work in the sciences. Basic methods of power series, complex numbers, Fourier analysis, linear algebra, ordinary and partial differential equations and vector calculus covered clearly and carefully but without detailed proofs. Symbolic computation and scientific visualization tools used as appropriate. May not be taken for major credit in the senior year.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 135. (Spring)
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PHY 310 - Electronics and Instrumentation
Instructors
Boye, Yukich
Theoretical and laboratory investigations of analog and digital circuits including diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers, and logic gates. Integration of these components to construct power supplies, oscillators, amplifiers, microcomputer systems, computers and other instruments. Introduction to assembly language and LabVIEW programming provided. Two laboratory periods each week.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physics 220 or 230. (Fall)
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