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3.00 Credits
Students in this course are placed in an appropriate organization (typically a commercial, industrial, government, nonprofit, or research facility) and follow an arranged set of readings relevant to their internship experience. Students will be expected to demonstrate (through a written report upon completion of the internship) an understanding of the mathematics used and of its utility in context. Application required; see Internship Program. Offered as needed. Three hours. Staff.
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An introduction to point-set topology. Topics will include topological spaces, metric spaces, continuous mappings, and homeomorphisms. Students are expected to learn basic definitions and theorems, and to construct proofs on their own. Prerequisite: MATH 220. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. B. Torrence.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the historical development of various branches of mathematics, from antiquity to the 20th century. Topics will include: mathematics in ancient Greece, Islamic mathematics, the development of symbolic algebra, the invention of calculus, and the liberation of algebra and geometry. Students are expected to construct cogent mathematical and historical arguments in essay form. Travel course to Britain. Prerequisite: MATH 203 and ENGL 112, 123, 180, or 185. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Rice.
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3.00 Credits
Offered as needed. Three hours each. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This course is open to all students and is the introductory course for the music major and minor. This course develops individual student skills in the fundamentals of music notation, theory, and keyboard, integrated with awareness of the philosophical nature of music. Three hours. Mr. Ryder.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to develop intermediate theoretical analysis skills, learn compositional devices, and further keyboard abilities with the integrative study of the role of music in world societies. Prerequisite: MUSC 110 or permission of instructor. Four hours.Mr. Ryder,Mr. Doering.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an introduction to the principles of music and its place within Western culture. Students will explore a broad spectrum of music, ranging from chant to symphonies to popular song, through weekly listening assignments, class discussion and lectures, and concert attendance. Emphasis will be placed on developing a vocabulary for interpreting and discussing musical language, as well as becoming observant participants of the concert experience. Three hours. Mr. Doering, Mr. Ryder.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the theoretical and historical framework ofWestern music from antiquity through the late 18th century. Students will develop intermediate to advanced analytical skills as they focus on the musical language that extends from medieval plainchant to late Renaissance polyphony to 18th-century counterpoint. The material is approached in an integrative manner with an emphasis on music skill development, including simple composition and intermediate sightsinging, ear-training, and keyboard proficiency. Prerequisite: MUSC 111 or permission of instructor. Four hours. Mr. Doering, Mr. Ryder.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of MUSC 210, examining the theoretical and historical framework of Western music from the late 18th century through to the modern period. Students will develop advanced analytical skills as they focus on the subtleties of chromatic harmony, small and large scale form, and the subsequent shifts in compositional approach encountered in the twentieth century. The material is approached in an integrative manner with an emphasis on music skill development, including composition, sightsinging, ear-training, and keyboard proficiency. Prerequisite: MUSC 210 or permission of instructor. Four hours. Mr. Doering, Mr. Ryder.
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4.00 Credits
This course offers an historical survey of American film music, beginning with the origins of the industry in the late 19th Century and extending into the current period. Students will develop an understanding of how music is used in motion pictures, examining the ways in which composers have utilized orchestration, thematic unity, and stylistic diversity to complement, strengthen, and even to undermine the action on the screen. The class will study the contributions of film composers ranging from Max Steiner to Bernard Herrmann to Elmer Bernstein, as well as the various ways popular music has been integrated into American film. Four hours. Mr. Doering.
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