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3.00 Credits
Independent project culminating in a substantial product in an appropriate medium and format, and an oral symposium presentation. Project proposal must be submitted to the chair for departmental approval by November 15 of the senior year. Prerequisite: MU363. Not for liberal arts credit. The Department
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3.00 Credits
Basic techniques of orchestral and choral conducting, score study and analysis. Prerequisite: MU242. A. Holland
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9.00 Credits
Professional experience at an advanced level for juniors and seniors with substantial academic and cocurricular experience in the major field. With faculty sponsorship and department approval, students may extend their educational experience into such areas as arts administration, recording, and archival work. Prerequisite: Previous study related to the area of the internship experience. Permission of the supervising faculty member and approval by the department. Non-liberal arts.
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4.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary examination of the neurobiological bases of behavior and mental processing. Topics include the structure and functioning of the nervous system, brain-behavior relationships, and hormonal and genetic effects on behavior and mental processing. Laboratories develop students' understanding of functional neuroanatomy, neural transmission, and human psychophysiology. (Fulfills natural sciences requirement). D. Evert, H. Lopez, R. Meyers
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1.00 Credits
An introductory exploration of conducting research in neuroscience. The purpose of this learning experience is to provide students with an interactive research experience in the laboratory or field in coordination with a faculty member. Students may be exposed to, and participate in, several aspects of the research process, including planning, designing, and implementing the research, as well as in data analysis and interpretation of the results. This experience will allow students at various stages of their careers to sample research questions/methodologies in particular subdisciplines of Neuroscience, and will enhance the student's ability for more independent work. Prerequisites: Completion of NS101 and permission of instructor. Must be taken S/U.
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1.00 Credits
A study of selected areas of neuroscience research and techniques. Both primary source articles and first person accounts by faculty in the Biology and Psychology departments are used to introduce the theoretical and practical aspects of neuroscience research. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the multiple levels (e.g. molecular to behavioral) at which research topics in neuroscience can be addressed and also the ways in which research techniques define the types of questions that can be asked at a given level of analysis. Prerequisites: This course should be taken upon completion of NS101 and the completion of (or current enrollment in) at least one other core or elective course from the list of courses in the Neuroscience major. Must be taken S/U. Psychology and/or Biology Faculty
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3.00 Credits
An historical and topical survey, this course will introduce the student to the discipline of philosophy through the close reading of representative texts, both historical and contemporary. Through analysis of the texts, through discussion, and through lecture, the student will gain an understanding of philosophy both as a unique discipline and as a way of asking and attempting to answer the most profound questions about ourselves and our world that we may pose. Open to first- and second-year students or by permission of instructor. Students are recommended to take either PH101 or 101H, but not both. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) The Department
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4.00 Credits
An introductory but intensive engagement with some of the basic questions of philosophy, such as: the nature of the self and one's relation to others, the value and meaning of existence, the status and extent of knowledge, and the nature of reality. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and discussion of original and challenging philosophical texts, both classical and contemporary, as well as on the development of the critical and analytic skills necessary to begin asking and formulating responses to philosophic questions on one's own. Open to first and second-year students only. (Fulfills humanities requirement). The Department
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3.00 Credits
A basic grounding in the history of Western philosophy through reading and discussion of selected works of Plato and Aristotle. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) F. Gonzalez
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3.00 Credits
A study of the ideological foundations of the modern world as developed in the period from the Renaissance through Kant. Discussion will concentrate on metaphysics and epistemology, covering such topics as the debates between dualism and materialism and between rationalism and empiricism. Will include readings from such philosophers as Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. (Fulfills humanities requirement.)
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