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3.00 Credits
The course begins with a study of musical forms frequently encountered inWestern art music and some analytic techniques appropriate to them. The course concludes with topics of selected interest, including the application of various analytic approaches to a single piece of music. Meets Humanities I-A requirement L. Litterick Prereq. Music 232 or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Conducting I, with opportunities to lead instrumental as well as vocal ensembles in class. Includes baton technique, preparation of longer works, and class recital and/or independent projects. Does not meet a distribution requirement E. Benjamin, M. Bartley Prereq. Music 242; 2 credits
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3.00 Credits
Individual instruction. Same section numbers as above. Does not meet a distribution requirement Prereq. permission of instructor, Music 232, one 200-level history course, demonstration of prior public performance; Note: Continuation of studies at the 300 level depends on evaluation by the instructor and is not automatic. Lesson fee--see Tuition and Fees in catalog. No refunds a?er 10th academic day of class.; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Writing-intensive course) This seminar is designed to increase familiarity with and facility in the use of primary materials for musicological and/or theoretical research, as well as in the critical evaluation of published scholarship. Engagement with a shared topic at the outset of the semester provides the context from which each student fashions an independent project. Oral presentations are integral to the course, with a major paper as the final requirement. Chamber music underwent dramatic transformation during the course of the nineteenth century. The seminar examines change in social function and performance venue, status of performers, significance within a composer's output, and the ascendancy of chamber combinations other than the string quartet. Analysis of works by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, and others reveals shi?s in style andpreference. Meets Humanities I-A requirement L. Litterick Prereq. Music 282 and 232 or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement The department Prereq. jr, sr, permission of department; 1 to 8 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Psychology 250f) This course is an introduction to and survey of the biological bases of behavior, including physiological, biochemical, and neurophysiological determinants of sensation, motor control, sleep, eating and drinking, learning and memory, language, and mental disorders. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement The department Prereq. A 100-level course in psychology and 4 credits in biological sciences; 4 credits
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement 1 to 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement Prereq. invitation of the committee; 1 to 8 credits
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore topics that philosophers have grappled with for thousands of years, and that still undergird (or sometimes threaten to undermine) our understanding of the world, our knowledge, ourselves, and each other. In historical and modern texts of theWestern intellectual tradition, we will read answers to questions such as:What exists What knowledge can we claim What are people like What is, or should be, our role in the world In considering these answers, we will learn to do philosophy ourselves, developing our own careful reflections on these issues. Meets Humanities I-B requirement T.Wartenberg, S. Hawthorne, B. Porter, The department 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2008 102f(01) Introduction to Philosophy (First-year seminar) This seminar explores some of the great philosophical problems pondered by theWestern canon such as: What makes an action morally right or just What obligations do we have to our fellow human Can we have any moral obligations if our actions are causally determined in the same way that other physical events are How is it that we know what we think we know about our own existence and the existence of the world Are we obligated to form beliefs on the basis of evidence, not faith or wishful thinking If so, why Meets Humanities I-B requirement C. Lee Prereq. fy or permission of instructor; 4 credits 102(03) Forbidden Knowledge (First-year seminar; speaking-intensive course) In this course we will examine the prohibitions on knowledge by religious and political authorities, and the justifications offered for those limitations. We will explore whether there are areas that should not be investigated because of sacrilege, danger, privacy, or offensiveness; whether knowledge is morally neutral or could have a propensity toward abuse; government secrecy for the public good; and repressing knowledge that could be damaging to ourselves. Examples will range from Oedipus Rex, Adam and Eve, and Faust to nuclear power, genetic engineering, and racial differences. Meets Humanities I-B requirement The department Prereq. fy or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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