Jun 17, 2024

2017-2018 Catalog

2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Military Studies
	MIL 201 - Innovative Team Leadership 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. Participation in leadership lab is required (various locations - transportation provided). There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Fall)
	MIL 202 - Foundations of Tactical Leadership 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. Participation in leadership lab is required (various locations - transportation provided). There is no military obligation to take this course. Open to all Davidson students. (Spring)
	MIL 301 - Adaptive Tactical Leadership 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. Participation in leadership lab is required (various locations - transportation provided). (Fall)
	MIL 302 - Leadership in Changing Environments 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. Participation in leadership lab is required (various locations - transportation provided). (Spring)
	MIL 401 - Developing Adaptive Leaders 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)
	MIL 402 - Leadership in a Complex World 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)
Music
	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 twelve members drawn from the Davidson College Chorale in the Music Department. After Hours specializes in music for jazz vocal ensemble. 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 choral composition. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of director required.
	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. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of director required.
	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. The group joins with the Davidson College Chorale for their fall and spring concerts, is the leading choir for the Campus Christmas Party, and joins with all the choirs in the Holiday Gala, Messiah Sing-Along, and end-of-year “major works concert” with a professional orchestra. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of director required.
	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. 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 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, 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 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. Davidson College Chorale is the premier choral ensemble at Davidson. 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 Instructor Culpepper, Lubitsch 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 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. The ensemble rehearses weekly and performs throughout the year. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of instructor required.
	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. 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 Instructor Black Selection of applied students takes place the first three weeks of each semester. Contact instructor directly. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of instructor required. Not offered in 2017-18.
	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. Not offered in 2017-18.
	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.
	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. 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 Instructor Staff 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 Instructor Staff 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 Instructor Botelho Introduction to music theory and analysis, with emphasis on intervals, modes, scales, rhythm, meter, and form. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Fall, Spring)
	MUS 121 - Introduction to Music in Western Civilization Instructor Keith Designed for students who have had but slight contact with the art. Works of important masters from all periods. Develops wider understanding of music through intelligent listening. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Fall)
	MUS 122 - Music of the United States Instructor Staff The cultivated and vernacular traditions of U.S. music from the Colonial period to the present. Focus on close listening and cultural trends. Topics include: parlor song, minstrelsy, Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, blues, jazz, modernism, country, rock, postmodernism. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Spring)
	MUS 141 - World Musics Instructor Stasack Exploration of selected musical systems of the world, approached through study of their basic stylistic elements. Discussion centers on the music and instruments indigenous to each system and includes extra-musical cultural associations such as religion and theatre. Listening drawn from field and studio recordings of indigenous performers. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Fall, Spring)
	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.
	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 $840.
	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.
	MUS 201 - Harmony Instructor Botelho Introduction to the grammar of tonal music through part-writing and analysis. Includes scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords, and their inversions. Ear training in intervals, chords, melody, and rhythm. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Spring)
	MUS 221 - Studies of Composers & Styles: Theft & Creativity (Spring 2018) Instructor Lerner 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 - 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.
	MUS 223 - 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.
	MUS 224 - The Symphony Instructor B. Lawing History of the symphony and its literature from pre-classical examples to the present. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 226 - Opera Instructor Keith A study of prominent operas with a focus on production, reception, structures, historical context and significance. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 227 - History of the Orchestra Instructor Keith The social and institutional history of the orchestra in Western civilization from the Baroque to the present. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 228 - Film Music Instructor Lerner Historical, stylistic, and analytic study of film music from the origins of cinema in the 1890s to the present, focusing on fictional Hollywood narratives while also considering music’s function in documentary and avant-garde filmmaking. Emphasizes close reading of music in relation to film, and vice versa. Weekly screenings. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 229 - American Culture of The 1950s Instructor Lerner 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; not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 232 - Jazz Instructor B. Lawing A general introduction to jazz. The class will explore the roots of jazz, will critically examine jazz improvisation, and will present a history of jazz from its beginnings to the present. Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Region: North America). Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Normally offered in fall of alternate years.)
	MUS 233 - American Musical Theatre Instructor B. Lawing 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Normally offered in alternate years)
	MUS 234 - Music of the Southern Appalachians Instructor Lawing 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Spring)
	MUS 235 - Record Production and Recording Industries Weinstein This course will explore critical issues in the history and practice of music recording, focusing especially on how music recording has participated in the discourses of modernism and late capitalism. The course considers the technologies and agents that have shaped its history and its aesthetics, the social and economic systems that impact its creative forms, and theoretical approaches to recorded sound itself. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 236 - Social Dance and The Orchestra Instructor Keith This course introduces students to orchestral dance music, specifically music that was used for or appropriated from social functions. Types of dances will include those of Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States. The course will explore the function and reception of these dance stylizations. Satisfies a major requirement in Music Satisfies a minor requirement in Music Satisfies the Visual & Performing Arts distribution requirement
	MUS 241 - Music of Latin America Instructor Botelho 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 the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. (Fall; normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 242 - Music of Asia Instructor Stasack Indigenous classical and folk music of China, Japan, Korea, and India. Includes vocal and instrumental music, as well as prominent dance and theatre forms. Considers aspects of musical systems, aesthetics, and performance practice. Emphasis on historical traditions. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.
	MUS 245 - Music in World Religions Instructor Stasack Cross-cultural study of musical styles, roles, and performance practices in religious belief systems and sacred rituals around the world. Thematic issues include: explicit and implicit relationships between musical substance and ideology; music as a tool for expressing, preserving, and empowering sacred texts; music as a means of structuring ritual; and the power of music to transform experience. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.
	MUS 246 - Music of Brazil Instructor Botelho 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 distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes No music training required. Normally offered in fall of alternate years.
	MUS 255 - Applied Music: Intermediate Instructor Staff 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 Instructor Stasack A course exploring the sounds and architectures of contemporary musical styles, while cultivating individual projects in composition, with opportunities for performance of works in recital. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Music 101 or permission of instructor. (Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 262 - Songwriting and Transcription Instructor Stasack 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 101 or permission of instructor required. (Fall; normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 263 - Composition - Non-Western Styles Instructor Stasack Study and implementation of compositional techniques employed in musical systems of non-European cultures. Students focus on a particular area. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 101 or permission of instructor required. (Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17)
	MUS 265 - Introduction to Digital Music Composition Instructor Stasack 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 101 or permission of instructor. (Spring)
	MUS 271 - Modernism/Postmodernism 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. (Not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 295 - 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.
	MUS 301 - Advanced Harmony Instructor Botelho Contrapuntal techniques within a diatonic framework, including sequences, melodic and rhythmic figuration; modal mixture, applied chords, modulation, and the Neapolitan- and augmented-sixth chords. Ear training includes one- and two-part exercises. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 201. (Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.)
	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 201. (Normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 311 - Music Technology & Production Instructor B. Lawing An introduction to digital sound design and music production. The class consists of several independent projects that examine various hardware and software instruments and processors, and apply them to various audio productions. Does NOT satisfy a distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 101, 201, or 261 (Fall)
	MUS 312 - Conducting Instructor Keith Designed for students who plan to pursue both choral and instrumental conducting. Emphasis on technique, rehearsal procedure, literature, and stylistic practices. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 101 or permission of instructor. (Spring; normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 321 - Impressionism Instructor Keith 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 101 or permission of instructor. (Normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 325 - Music History I: Europe to 1800 Instructor Lerner 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered in 2016-17.)
	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. Satisfies the Historical Thought distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 356 - Applied Music: Advanced Intermediate Instructor Staff 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 Instructor Staff 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 Instructor Stasack Continued development of creative and technical skills in music composition. Emphasis on exploring the unique sensibilities of the individual. Prerequisites & Notes MUS 261, 262, 263, or 265. (Fall; normally offered in alternate years.)
	MUS 380 - 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.
	MUS 381 - 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.
	MUS 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.
	MUS 383 - Herrmann & Hitchcock Instructor Lerner 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 distribution 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. (Not offered in 2016-17.)
	MUS 385 - Video Game Music (=FMS 385) Instructor Lerner 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 distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2016-17.
	MUS 395 - 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.
	MUS 396 - 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.
	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. (Fall)
Philosophy
	PHI 102 - Reason and Argument Instructor McKeever Introduction to reasoning with a focus on the nature and evaluation of arguments, the identification of fallacies, and the rules of rational discourse. Satisfies the philosophy major requirement of either PHI 102 or PHI 200. Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement. Counts as an elective in the Public Communication/Rhetoric Track of the Communication Studies interdisciplinary minor. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	PHI 105 - Ancient Greek Philosophy Instructor Studtmann 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 distribution requirement. Counts as a Western Europe area course in the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor. Counts towards the major in Classics. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 106 - Early Modern European 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. Counts towards the Philosophy major and minor requirement to take two courses in the history of philosophy from among PHI 105, PHI 106, and PHI 107. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Counts as a Western Europe area course in the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	PHI 107 - 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 discussed may include: Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Peter Abelard, Avicenna, Algazali, Averroes, Saadia, Maimonides, Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus. Counts towards the satisfaction of the Philosophy major and minor requirement to take two courses in the history of philosophy from among PHI 105, PHI 106, and PHI 107. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
	PHI 110 - Problems of Philosophy Instructor Layman, Jankovic Introduction to philosophy through a survey of selected philosophical problems. Topics vary, and have included questions such as: Does God exist? Do we have free will? Can we know anything? Is truth relative? Is morality objective? Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall and Spring)
	PHI 120 - Applied Ethics Instructor Layman Introduction to the philosophical analysis of contemporary moral controversies. Topics vary, and have included abortion, euthanasia, feminism, world hunger, business ethics, nuclear war, and human rights. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 130 - Medical Ethics Instructor Lawless In this course, we will examine some of the moral challenges that arise in the relationship between medical practitioners and patients; the moral assumptions that underlie our conceptions of health, disease, and disability; and the moral principles that should structure our research practices. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Counts as a core course in the Health and Human Values interdisciplinary minor. Counts as an elective in the Neuroscience interdisciplinary minor.
	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. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies depth and breadth course requirement in the Humanities track of the Environmental Studies major or interdisciplinary minor.
	PHI 150 - Eastern and Western Conceptions of the Self Instructor Robb In this course we compare and evaluate conceptions of the self in Eastern and Western philosophical traditions. Questions include: Does the self exist? If so, what sort of thing is it? Could I survive the death of my body? Do I extend beyond the boundaries of a particular mind or body? In what sense, if any, is the self a social construct? Readings come from a variety of sources: contemporary and classical, Eastern and Western. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	PHI 160 - Great Philosophers Instructor Studtmann Introduction to philosophy through intensive study of the work of one philosopher. The philosopher selected varies. This course: Sartre Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes This course can be repeated for credit given sufficiently distinct topics: check with the department chair. (Spring)
	PHI 170 - God (= REL 246) Instructor Studtmann/Ottati This course focuses on what is said about God in Christian tradition and in philosophy. It explores representations, symbols, inklings of the divine in biblical and religious texts, developed conceptions of God put forward by philosophers and theologians, and traditional arguments about God , as well as contemporary statements and debates. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major. Satisfies the Philosophical and religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2016-17.)
	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. Satisfires the Philosophy major requirement to take one course on reasoning (either PHI 102 or PHI 200). Satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	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. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement. Counts as an elective in the Social Science Track of the Applied Mathematics interdisciplinary minor.
	PHI 211 - Theory of Knowledge Instructor Jankovic 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. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	PHI 212 - Metaphysics Instructor Griffith Philosophical study of the most fundamental features of the world and our place in it. Topics vary, and have included abstract and concrete entities, God, causation, space and time, necessity, freedom and determinism, the identity of objects and persons over time. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	PHI 213 - Philosophy of Science Instructor Robb This course is about the nature of science, with a focus on Thomas Kuhn’s pioneering and widely influential text, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Topics include the difference between science and pseudo-science, the rationality of scientific change, the aim of science, the role of values in science, and the objectivity of scientific facts. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	PHI 215 - Ethics Instructor Layman Introduction to the philosophical evaluation of ethical decision-making and moral life. Discussion of such questions as: What grounds the difference between right and wrong action? How is happiness related to morality? Do moral questions admit of objective answers, and if so how can moral disagreements be resolved? What is the virtue of justice? Does morality require (or benefit from) a religious foundation? A variety of philosophical approaches will be considered with a view to which best helps us understand this vital dimension of human life. Satisfies a requirement in the Philosophy major. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	PHI 216 - Philosophy of Language Instructor Jankovic Discussion of theories of communication, linguistic meaning, and truth. Other topics vary, and have included metaphor, naming and describing, reference, vagueness, and universals. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 217 - Philosophy of Mind Instructor Robb This course is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. It asks ten philosophical questions: How do I know about minds other than my own? What is the nature of psychological explanation? What is a mental state, such as pain or belief? Will psychology be replaced by neuroscience? How can the mind cause behavior? How can the mind represent the world? Could a machine think? What is consciousness? Do we have free will? Is life after death possible? As we will see, these questions are connected: an answer to any one of them will inform answers to others. While these are philosophical questions, one of the guiding principles of this course is that science can shed light on each of them, and that progress requires the cooperation of science and philosophy. The scientific paradigm we’ll adopt is what’s sometimes called classical cognitive science. This is the idea, roughly, that the mind is a computer, a physical device for manipulating symbols according to rules. Classical cognitive science has something to say, directly or indirectly, about each of our ten questions, and we will spend much of the course trying to understand and evaluate these answers. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Counts as an elective in the Neuroscience interdisciplinary minor. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 220 - Political Philosophy Instructor Layman 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. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 221 - African American Political Philosophy Instructor Lawless In 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois predicted that the problem of the twentieth century would be “the problem of the color-line.” We can find evidence that Du Bois was right in all sorts of places: in representations of black Americans on television and in film, in the war on drugs, in relations between black Americans and the politics, and in segregated cities across the country. The “problem of the color-line” is not a single problem, but a collection of many diverse problems that the American institution of race regenerates through the decades. In this course, we will bring philosophical tools to bear on these problems, drawing primarily on works by American philosophers of color. First, we will investigate the kinds of injustice familiar in the racial polity. Second, we will explore the ways in which people of color have cultivated their own agency, often in active resistance to the oppressive systems in which they find themselves. Our main guides in these investigations will include Patricia Hill Collins, W.E.B. Du Bois, bell hooks, Charles Mills, and Tommie Shelby. This course has no prerequisites, though students may benefit from prior experience with Political philosophy. Satisfies a requirement in the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement.
	PHI 222 - Philosophy of Law Instructor McKeever 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. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
	PHI 225 - Philosophy of Religion Instructor Griffith Introduction to philosophical issues in classical and contemporary religious thought. Topics vary, and have included the justification of religious claims, the relation of faith to knowledge, arguments for the existence of God, divine attributes, life after death, the problem of evil, the status of religious language, the relation of religion to morality, and alternatives to theism. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	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. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 240 - Anarchism and the State Instructor Studtmann Anarchism and the State
	PHI 250 - Buddhism as Philosophy Instructor Robb Buddhism is one of the world’s major religions, but it is at the same time a philosophical system, one that has something to say about many of philosophy’s central problems. These include questions about the existence and nature of the self, the fundamental structure of reality, the possibility of knowledge, and the moral life. In this course, we examine the Buddhist philosophical system, noting where there is debate within the Buddhist tradition, and at times pausing to compare Buddhist views with Western counterparts. Readings come from a variety of sources: contemporary and classical, Eastern and Western. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in South Asian Studies. Satisfies Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	PHI 350 - Fall 2017: Liberalism and its Critics 1689-2017; Spring 2018: Children, Philosophy, and Human Nature Fall 2017 Instructor: Studtmann Liberalism and its Critics 1689-2017 Satisfies the Philosophy major seminar requirement. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy minor. Spring 2018 Instructor: Griffith In various areas of philosophy, philosophers write and think about certain aspects of human nature - e.g., how human minds work, how human beings make choices, how emotions and desires figure into one’s psychology and identity. Philosophers also write and think about what is distinctive about human beings so as to make us candidates for personhood, selfhood, and moral agency. Usually these discussions center on typical human adults. But in this course, we will explore what happens when the discussions are expanded to include children. Some of the questions we might think about are: When does a child become a person? What is required for a child to become a moral agent? Does a child have a self? How do children learn about and conceptualize the world? How do children make choices? We will think about whether asking these questions about children helps illuminate the broader questions (e.g., what is personhood, what is required for moral agency, how do we interact and learn about the world, and so on). Satisfies the Philosophy major seminar requirement. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy minor. Prerequisites & Notes This course can be repeated for credit given sufficiently distinct topics: check with the department chair. (Fall, Spring)
	PHI 365 - Philosophy of Mathematics Instructor Studtmann Analysis of the philosophical foundations of mathematics. Topics vary, and have included the nature of mathematical truth, pure versus applied mathematics, the reality of mathematical entities, infinity, paradoxes, axiomatic systems, formal number theory, Godel’s Theorem. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	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 is required. Counts as an elective for the Philosophy major and minor Prerequisites & Notes This course can be repeated for credit given sufficiently distinct topics: check with the department chair. (Fall and Spring)

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Course Descriptions

MIL 201 - Innovative Team Leadership

MIL 202 - Foundations of Tactical Leadership

MIL 301 - Adaptive Tactical Leadership

MIL 302 - Leadership in Changing Environments

MIL 401 - Developing Adaptive Leaders

MIL 402 - Leadership in a Complex World

MUS 008 - After Hours

MUS 009 - Collegium Musicum

MUS 010 - Davidson Singers

MUS 011 - Jazz Ensemble

MUS 012 - Symphony Orchestra

MUS 013 - Chorale

MUS 014 - Opera Workshop

MUS 017 - Saxophone Quartet

MUS 018 - Jazz Combo

MUS 019 - Chamber Music

MUS 020 - Jazz Improvisation

MUS 021 - Appalachian Ensemble

MUS 043 - African Drumming Ensemble

MUS 050 - Vocal or Instrumental Study, 0.5 hour

MUS 055 - Vocal or Instrumental Study, 1 hour

MUS 101 - Music Theory

MUS 121 - Introduction to Music in Western Civilization

MUS 122 - Music of the United States

MUS 141 - World Musics

MUS 142 - African-American Music

MUS 155 - Applied Music

MUS 195 - Independent Study

MUS 201 - Harmony

MUS 221 - Studies of Composers & Styles: Theft & Creativity (Spring 2018)

MUS 222 - Studies of Composers and Styles

MUS 223 - Studies of Composers and Styles

MUS 224 - The Symphony

MUS 226 - Opera

MUS 227 - History of the Orchestra

MUS 228 - Film Music

MUS 229 - American Culture of The 1950s

MUS 232 - Jazz

MUS 233 - American Musical Theatre

MUS 234 - Music of the Southern Appalachians

MUS 235 - Record Production and Recording Industries

MUS 236 - Social Dance and The Orchestra

MUS 241 - Music of Latin America

MUS 242 - Music of Asia

MUS 245 - Music in World Religions

MUS 246 - Music of Brazil

MUS 255 - Applied Music: Intermediate

MUS 261 - Introduction to Composition

MUS 262 - Songwriting and Transcription

MUS 263 - Composition - Non-Western Styles

MUS 265 - Introduction to Digital Music Composition

MUS 271 - Modernism/Postmodernism

MUS 295 - Independent Study

MUS 301 - Advanced Harmony

MUS 302 - Form and Analysis

MUS 311 - Music Technology & Production

MUS 312 - Conducting

MUS 321 - Impressionism

MUS 325 - Music History I: Europe to 1800

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

MUS 356 - Applied Music: Advanced Intermediate

MUS 357 - Applied Music: Advanced

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

MUS 385 - Video Game Music (=FMS 385)

MUS 395 - Independent Study

MUS 396 - Independent Study

MUS 401 - Senior Seminar

PHI 102 - Reason and Argument

PHI 105 - Ancient Greek Philosophy

PHI 106 - Early Modern European Philosophy

PHI 107 - Medieval Philosophy

PHI 110 - Problems of Philosophy

PHI 120 - Applied Ethics

PHI 130 - Medical Ethics

PHI 140 - Environmental Ethics