May 15, 2024  
2021-2022 Catalogue 
    
2021-2022 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Music

  
  • MUSC 23101 - Percussion/World Drumming

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PERCUSSION/WORLD DRUMMING PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessions for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23200 - Piano

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    PIANO PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23300 - Saxophone

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    SAXOPHONE PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23400 - String Bass

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    STRING BASS PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23500 - Trombone

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    TROMBONE PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23600 - Trumpet

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    TRUMPET PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23700 - Tuba

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    TUBA PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23800 - Viola

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    VIOLA PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 23900 - Violin

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    VIOLIN PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 24000 - Voice

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    VOICE PRIVATE INSTRUCTION A one-hour lesson per week (200-level) for one full (1.000) course credit is primarily for declared and prospective performance majors and requires three hours of daily practice and performance in at least one departmental recital during the semester. Advanced students who are not music performance majors may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Department of Music, enroll for weekly one-hour lessons for full course credit, only so long as they too meet the practice requirement of three hours daily and perform in at least one departmental recital during the semester. If, in the judgement of the instructor, a student enrolled for one-hour lessons is not meeting the practice requirement or will not be prepared to perform in a departmental recital during the current semester, the student must change that semester to half-hour lessons for one-half course credit. Instructors are urged to require applied students to maintain regular practice logs. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in applied lessons. A lesson fee may be charged. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 26400 - Intro to Jazz Improvisation

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ IMPROVISATION Notation, standard forms and chord progressions, transcribing jazz solos from recordings, study of recordings, and other activities. Prerequisite: permission of instructor required. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 27001 - Singer’s Diction: Engl/Italian, Singer’s Diction: English/Italian

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    SINGER’S DICTION: ENGLISH/ITALIAN This is a rubric course for music majors, especially vocal performers and choral conductors, who wish to improve their capacity to respond with ease, accuracy and expression in foreign languages. The course will offer principles and practice for the singing of repertoire in English and Italian, through poetic readings, International Phonetic Alphabet drills and musical performances. Prerequisite(s): MUSC-14000 and MUSC-17000, or permission of instructor. Alternate Years.
  
  • MUSC 27002 - Singer’s Diction: German/French

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    SINGER’S DICTION: GERMAN/FRENCH This is a rubric course for music majors, especially vocal performers and choral conductors, who wish to improve their capacity to respond with ease, accuracy and expression in foreign languages. The course will offer principles and practice for the singing of repertoire in German and French, through poetic readings, International Phonetic Alphabet drills and musical performance. Prerequisite(s): MUSC-14000 and MUSC-17000, or permission of instructor. Alternate Years. Prerequisite(s): MUSC-14000 or MUSC-17000, or permission of instructor. Alternate Years.
  
  • MUSC 28000 - Intro to Music Technology

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Topics may include the MIDI electronic studio; computer applications in music including music notation, music education and music theory software, and musicological research; recording technology; and other appropriate technological developments. Assignments will be tailored insofar as possible to individual students’ needs and interests. Required of all B.M., B.M.E.and B.M.T. majors. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 29000 - Foundations of Music Education

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC EDUCATION This is an introductory course for all students planning to pursue teacher licensure in music. Emphasis is on historical, cultural, and social contexts for music education as well as the role of personal expression, arts criticism, and the nature and meaning of the arts in the education of children and adolescents, ages 3-21. Topics include philosophical foundations for music teaching and learning, curriculum planning and development, goals and objectives of music programs, materials, technology, and assessment strategies. Students will also examine the music education profession, its history, and the qualities, competencies, and skills required of music teachers. Clinical experiences in the classroom and field experiences in the schools are a component of the course. Required of all B.M.E. majors. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 29100 - Music Therapy in Psychiatry & Rehab

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    MUSIC THERAPY IN PSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION Clinical methods as they relate to working with psychiatric, elderly, medical, head-injured, corrections, and addiction clients. Includes a review of behavioral characteristics, treatment adaptations, current therapeutic intervention models, goals and objectives, and applicable resources. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-19100 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 29200 - Music Therapy W/Developmental Disabilities

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    MUSIC THERAPY WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Clinical practice as it relates to working with mentally retarded, autistic, sensory impaired, physically challenged, and learning-disabled clients. Includes review of behavioral characteristics, treatment considerations, current therapeutic intervention models, goals and objectives, and current literature. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-19100 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 29300 - Practicum I in Music Therapy

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    PRACTICUM I IN MUSIC THERAPY Practical experience with clients in approved institutions, including a musical and behavioral assessment of the group or individual, the development and implementation of ongoing treatment procedures, and evaluation. To be taken in conjunction with MUSC 29100, 29200, and 39400. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-19100 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 29400 - Practicum II in Music Therapy

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    PRACTICUM II IN MUSIC THERAPY U Practical experience with clients in approved institutions. Continuation of MUSC 29300. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-29300 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 29500 - Adv Practicum in Music Therapy

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    ADVANCED PRACTICUM IN MUSIC THERAPY Practical experience with clients in approved institutions. Continuation of MUSC 29400. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-29400 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 30100 - Theory of Music Since 1900

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    THEORY OF MUSIC SINCE 1900 Twentieth century techniques and related sightsinging/keyboard skills. Required of all majors in Music. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-20200; Minimum grade C-; and successful completion of the piano proficiency examination. Annually. [AH]
  
  • MUSC 30200 - Form and Analysis

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    FORM AND ANALYSIS Advanced harmonic, contrapuntal, and structural analysis of all types of musical composition. Required of all B.M. majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-20200 Alternate Years.
  
  • MUSC 30300 - Basic Conducting

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    BASIC CONDUCTING A course designed to introduce the fundamental skills of conducting, including basic symmetric and asymmetric patterns, expressive gestures, cues, fermatas, and the development of independence of the right and left hands. Attention is also given to transposition, instrumental score reading, score preparation, and ensemble rehearsal techniques. Required of all B.M., B.M.E. and B.M.T. majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-10200 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 30400 - Counterpoint

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    COUNTERPOINT Study of the basic polyphonic principles of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, including species counterpoint, imitation, canon, invertible counterpoint, two- and three-part inventions, and fugue. Required of all B.M. majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-20200 Alternate Years.
  
  • MUSC 30500 - Orchestration

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    ORCHESTRATION A theoretical and practical study of instrumentation and scoring music for various instrumental combinations. Required of B.M. in Composition, and B.M.E. majors. Composition majors should take the course as early as possible. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-20200 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 30600 - Choral Conducting

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    CHORAL CONDUCTING A course devoted to the specific skills and techniques required for choral conductors. Score preparation, gestures, text analysis, diction, and general aspects of good singing are among the several foci of this course. Two class hours per week. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-30300 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 30800 - Acoustic Composition

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    ACOUSTIC COMPOSITION Original writing for various instrumental and vocal media in small and large forms. Emphasis will be placed on acquiring a foundation in the basic compositional techniques and developing an ability to organize musical ideas into logical and homogeneous forms. One hour private lesson per week. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-10200 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 30900 - Electronic Composition

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION Original writing for electronic media. Emphasis will be placed on acquiring a foundation in the basic compositional techniques and developing an ability to organize musical ideas into logical and organic forms. One hour private lesson per week. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-10200, and MUSC-18000 or MUSC-28000. Alternate Years.
  
  • MUSC 31100 - Seminar in Music Literature

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    SEMINAR IN MUSIC LITERATURE Selected historical studies. Topics have included The Song Cycle, Music of Living Composers, Bach, Haydn, Brahms, Piano Literature, and Romantic Concerto. Required of B.M. (Composition) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-10200; or permission of the instructor. Annually. [AH, W]
  
  • MUSC 31106 - Music in the Twentieth Century

    Course Credit: 1
    MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY This writing-intensive course will provide an overview of European and American art music since 1900. Our goal will be to “hear” the twentieth century’s history through its music. In this period, the composition and reception of classical music was powerfully shaped by tumultuous political events, cultural transformations, technological advances, and increasing global interconnectedness. As composers responded to these changes, they greatly expanded the range and means of musical expression, often in ways that rejected traditional assumptions of music as an art form and social practice. Using a combination of primary and secondary sources, we will examine the historical, cultural, and aesthetic challenges that twentieth-century composers faced and the strategies they adopted to address them. No prior training in music is necessary. [AH, W]
  
  • MUSC 31108 - Seminar in Music: the Romantic Concerto

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    SEMINAR IN MUSIC: ROMANTIC CONCERTO This course will examine eighteen leading concertos of the 19th and very early 20th centuries by Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Grieg, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius. Course activities to include listening, reading, discussion, and writing. [AH, W]
  
  • MUSC 31109 - Music & Culture in Fin-De-Siecle Vienna

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    MUSIC AND CULTURE IN THE FIN-DE-SIECLE VIENNA In the years around 1900, a period commonly called the fin de siècle (Fr., end-of-century), Vienna was home to a remarkable concentration of great artists, thinkers, and composers. Their direct interaction, together with the city’s unique socio-political climate, generated a maelstrom of cultural activity that strongly shaped modernist culture in the twentieth century and continues to fascinate scholars and students of arts and letters today. This course will study the music of fin-de-siècle Vienna in relation to its broader social, political, and cultural context. It is also a writing-intensive course that fulfills in part the writing requirement for graduation. It will be conducted as an informal seminar. Class meetings will combine lecture, discussion, and occasional student presentations.
  
  • MUSC 34200 - Pre-K & Elementary Methods

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC This course provides a study of specific methods of delivering standards-based instruction to children, ages 3-12, in pre-school and general music classroom settings. Included is significant use of the National Standards for Arts Education and the Ohio Academic Content Standards in Music. Emphasis is on specific teaching techniques in the implementation of curriculum, classroom procedures and materials, integration of technology, instructional strategies for special needs students, and the use of various assessment strategies. Field experiences in elementary general music and preschool settings are a major component of the course. Required of all B.M.E. majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-29000 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 34300 - Choral Methods

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING SECONDARY CHORAL AND GENERAL MUSIC This course addresses the role of choral and general music instruction in secondary public school education, techniques of teaching choral music, and the study of music from various cultures appropriate to students in choral ensembles. Included is significant use of the National Standards for Arts Education and the Ohio Academic Content Standards in Music. Emphasis is on literature selection, specific teaching techniques in the implementation of curriculum, classroom procedures and materials, integration of technology, instructional strategies for special needs students, and the use of various assessment plans. Field experiences in middle and high school choral and general music settings are a major component of the course. Required of all B.M.E. majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-29000 and MUSC-34200
  
  • MUSC 34400 - Instrumental Methods

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC This course provides a study of specific methods of delivering instruction in instrumental music, covering band and orchestra instruments. Emphasis is on recruitment and retention of instrumental music students, appropriate teaching techniques for musical and technical concepts for instrumentalists from the beginning years through high school, integration of technology into the instrumental classroom, and differentiation of instruction for all students and especially for those with special needs. Administrative and organizational aspects are also addressed. Field experiences in grades 5-12 instrumental music settings are a major component of the course. Required of all B.M.E. majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-29000 and MUSC-34200
  
  • MUSC 37000 - Vocal Pedagogy

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    VOCAL PEDAGOGY Study of the anatomy and physiology of all singing voices. Examination of materials and methods relative to the vocal instrument. Required of all B.M.E., B.M.T. and B.M. Vocal Performance majors. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-17000; or 2 semesters of MUSC-14000 or MUSC-24000 Alternate Years.
  
  • MUSC 37100 - Instrumental Pedagogy

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    INSTRUMENTAL PEDAGOGY Study of the literature, instructional materials and procedures relative to the teaching of the major instrument. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 37200 - Functional Piano

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    FUNCTIONAL PIANO A course designed to give practical experience in sight-reading, transposition, accompanying, improvisation, and aural dictation, as required for certification to teach in Ohio public schools. Two hours per week. Required of all B.M.E. majors. May be repeated. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 39200 - Psychology of Music I

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC Study of the basic principles of musical acoustics and the relationship between the human apparatus of hearing and actual perception of music. Research literature is reviewed for the psychology of musical abilities, emotion and meaning in music, development of musical preference, and behavior of music listeners. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-19100 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 39300 - Research Seminar in Music Therapy

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    RESEARCH SEMINAR IN MUSIC THERAPY This course provides students with practical exposure to research methods. Students will pursue independent research projects using the critical review of literature completed by them in the preceding course and augmented by instruction in test design and the most common methods of data analysis: correlation, analysis of variance, non-parametric and parametric statistics. Also includes critique of several consumer-oriented periodicals and the benefit of these publications to public education about Music Therapy. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-39200 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 39400 - Program Development and Administration, In Music Therapy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC, MUTH)
    PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN MUSIC THERAPY Program planning, scheduling, budgeting, and public relations strategies are main topics. Documentation procedures, including current standards for various types of agencies, and legislative issues relating to Music Therapy practice are also covered. Music Therapy in the milieu approach and the Music Therapist as a member of the treatment team. Structure and function of local, state, and national Music Therapy organizations, including Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics. Required of all B.M.T. (Music Therapy) majors. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-19100
  
  • MUSC 39500 - Special Topics in Music Education

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUED, MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC EDUCATION (Two weeks) This course provides a study of the administrative responsibilities of music educators with a focus on projects that address the specific needs of students enrolled in the course. Topics include but are not limited to contemporary issues in education and music education; educational technology; budget and finance; facilities and equipment; music library and instrument inventory management; travel; design and purchase of uniforms; music support groups; professional development for teachers; philosophical foundations and advocacy; and relationships with parents, administrators, music dealers, and private teachers. Field experience in the student teaching setting is a strong component of the course. Required of all B.M.E. majors. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take MUSC-29000, MUSC-34200, MUSC-34300, and MUSC-34400
  
  • MUSC 40000 - Tutorial

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    TUTORIAL Prerequisite: The approval of both the supervising faculty member and the chairperson is required prior to registration. May be repeated.
  
  • MUSC 40100 - Junior Independent Study

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY A one-semester, creative, individual program of study in music performance, music history and literature, or music theory-composition, corresponding to the student’s degree track. The Junior I.S. in music performance leads to the presentation of a public recital 25-30 minutes in length. The Junior I.S. in music history and literature emphasizes bibliographical and research methods, major library resources, and writing style, and results in a major paper. In music composition the Junior I.S normally consists of at least two pieces in small forms planned for public performance by performers or ensembles available at the College. Junior I.S. projects in music theory yield written analyses of music. Annually.
  
  • MUSC 40700 - Internship

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP,MUTC,MUTH)
    , 40800. INTERNSHIP A six-month, full-time (1,040 clock hours) clinical experience in an American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)-approved facility. Involves general orientation to the institution, observation of the therapist, and personal involvement in observing, describing, and providing music therapy to clients. Documentation and special research projects are included according to the clinical internship training plan. Application for internship is generally initiated late in the junior year; the internship must be completed within two years of completing coursework. Required of all B.M.E. (Music Therapy) majors. (.25 course credit) S/NC course. Annually. May be repeated. S/NC
  
  • MUSC 41000 - Music Therapy Internship

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 1
    Music Therapy Internship A 6 month full-time clinical placement of a nationally approved (AMTA) or university affiliated internship. Students will complete 1010-1040 hours under the supervision of a staff MT-BC. Involves general orientation to the institution, observation of the therapist, and personal involvement in observing, describing, and providing music therapy to clients. Documentation and special research projects are included according to the clinical internship training plan. Application for internship is generally initiated late in the junior year. The internship must be completed within two years of completing coursework. All degree coursework must be completed prior to the student beginning the internship. Required of all B.M.T. majors.
  
  • MUSC 43000 - Experience in the Discipline

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    Experience in the Discipline A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
  
  • MUSC 45100 - Independent Study Thesis

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study, in which the student engages in a creative, individual program of study in music performance, music history and literature, or music theory-composition, corresponding to the student’s degree track, which will be ultimately completed in the second semester of Senior Independent Study. The Senior I.S. in music performance leads to the presentation of a public recital 45-60 minutes in length, with a supporting document of ten pages length in the case of B.A. majors. The Senior I.S. in music history and literature emphasizes bibliographical and research methods, major library resources, and writing style, and results in a major paper at least 60 pages in length. In music composition the Senior I.S normally consists of one composition on a larger scale planned for public performance by performers or ensembles available at the College. Senior I.S. projects in music theory yield written analyses of music at least 60 pages in length. Prerequisite(s): MUSC-40100 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 45200 - Independent Study Thesis

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (MUHL, MUSP, MUTC)
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which the student engages in and completes a creative, individual program of study in music performance, music history and literature, or music theory-composition, corresponding to the student’s degree track. Prerequisite(s): MUSC-45100 Annually.
  
  • MUSC 49600 - Multiage Student Teaching and Seminar

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    MULTIAGE STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved multiage music setting (two different levels, divided among the pre-school, K-6, 7-8, and 9-12 environments). Annually.
  
  • MUSC 49700 - Multiage Student Teaching and Seminar

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    MULTIAGE STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved multiage music setting (two different levels, divided among the pre-school, K-6, 7-8, and 9-12 environments). Annually.
  
  • MUSC 49800 - Multiage Student Teaching and Seminar

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    MULTIAGE STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved multiage music setting (two different levels, divided among the pre-school, K-6, 7-8, and 9-12 environments). Annually.

Neuroscience

  
  • NEUR 20000 - Introduction to Neuroscience

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE This course focuses on basic neuroanatomy, fundamental neuronal physiology and basic research methodology to provide foundational content knowledge related to neuroscience.
  
  • NEUR 38500 - Integrative Neuroscience Seminar

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR This course is intended for senior Neuroscience majors who have completed all core Neuroscience requirements associated with their track and Junior IS. This course will provide a common experience for all neuroscience majors that will encourage you to integrate coursework across the neuroscience curriculum and approach problems in neuroscience from multiple levels of analysis. We will read, discuss, and critically evaluate primary literature in the field of neuroscience on just one or two focused areas. Annually.
  
  • NEUR 40000 - Tutorial

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    TUTORIAL May be repeated.
  
  • NEUR 41000 - Internship

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 1
    This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. May be repeated. S/NC
  
  • NEUR 43000 - Experience in the Discipline

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 0
    Experience in the Discipline A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC

Pathways

  
  • PATH 11000 - First Reflection: At Start

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    FIRST REFLECTION: AT START The first reflection exercise, at the start of the pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 21000 - Second Reflection: Investigate

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    SECOND REFLECTION: INVESTIGATE The second reflection exercise, investigating opportunities in the pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 31000 - Third Reflection: Pre-EL

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    THIRD REFLECTION: PRE-EL The third reflection exercise in a pathway, prior to completing an experiential learning activity. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32501 - Experiential: Activism & Social Change

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35201 EXPERIENTIAL: ACTIVISM & SOCIAL CHANGE An experiential learning opportunity in the Activism & Social Change Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32502 - Experiential: Data Explor & Commun

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35202 EXPERIENTIAL: DATA EXPLORATION & COMMUNICATION An experiential learning opportunity in the Data Exploration and Communication Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32503 - Experiential: Digital & Visual Storytell

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35203 EXPERIENTIAL: DIGITAL & VISUAL STORYTELLING An experiential learning opportunity in the Digital and Visual Storytelling Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32504 - Experiential: Entrepreneurship

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35204 EXPERIENTIAL: ENTREPRENEURSHIP An experiential learning opportunity in the Entrepreneurship Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32505 - Experiential: Global Impacts

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35201 EXPERIENTIAL: GLOBAL IMPACTS An experiential learning opportunity in the Global Impacts Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32506 - Experiential: Museum & Archival Studies

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35206 EXPERIENTIAL: MUSEUM & ARCHIVAL STUDIES An experiential learning opportunity in the Museum and Archival Studies Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 32507 - Experiential: Public Health

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PATH 35207 EXPERIENTIAL: PUBLIC HEALTH An experiential learning opportunity in the Public Health Pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 33000 - Fourth Reflection: Post-EL

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    FOURTH REFLECTION: POST-EL The fourth reflection exercise in a pathway, after completing an experiential learning activity. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
  
  • PATH 44000 - Final Reflection Exercise

    Course Credit: 0
    Maximum Credit: 0
    FINAL REFLECTION EXERCISE The fifth and final reflection exercise in a pathway. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 10000 - Ethics, Justice, and Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    ETHICS, JUSTICE AND SOCIETY Philosophy aims to understand and solve fundamental conceptual problems in all areas of human inquiry. Philosophical reasoning deals with such problems in a systematic and rigorous way. The aim of this course is to introduce the practice of doing philosophy. This course will focus upon questions relating to ethics and political philosophy, and will address methods of argumentation and critical reasoning. Annually. [AH, SJ]
  
  • PHIL 19901 - Intro to Phil Through Film

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY THROUGH FILM This introductory level course pairs classical and contemporary readings in philosophy with filmic treatments of fundamental philosophical problems and positions. Philosophical issues covered in this course will include the nature of knowledge, the problem of perception, theories of justice and morality, the existence and nature of god, and questions regarding the nature of art and aesthetic value both in general and as pertaining to film. Longer films will be screened outside of class, shorter film clips will be shown in class. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 21000 - Jurisprudence: Law & Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    JURISPRUDENCE: LAW AND SOCIETY This course examines the nature of law, its relation to coercive power and to morality. How should one define law? In what way should precedent determine the decisions of judges? As well as investigating these classical questions of jurisprudence, it will also study contemporary criticism of legal theory, the relationship of the law to justice, and important legal cases. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 21200 - Race, Gender, and Justice

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (WGSS)
    RACE, GENDER AND JUSTICE This course examines various historical and contemporary attempts to theorize race and gender and answer the questions ‘what is race?’ and ‘what is gender?’ Further, we will look at the ways in which “race” and “gender” pose problems for traditional conceptions of justice and inquire into the degree to which these problems warrant substantive revision of our favored theories of justice. Authors discussed include W.E.B. DuBois, Alain Locke, Franz Fanon, Anthony Appiah, Iris Marion Young, and Nancy Fraser. [AH, C, D, SJ]
  
  • PHIL 21300 - Decolonial Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (AFST)
    DECOLONIAL PHILOSOPHY This course examines major texts in decolonial philosophy. Topics to be discussed include: (i) the post-1492 colonization of the “developing world,” (ii) the logic and knowledge/power that turn the natural environment, women, and other subordinated groups into exploitable materials, (iii) the potential of decolonial ecological knowledges and practices, (iv) the possibility of decolonial feminisms across difference, and (v) the conjuring of future decolonial, anti-capitalist modes of being human. Readings may include: Frantz Fanon, Aime Cesaire, Sylvia Wynter, Vandana Shiva, Maria Lugones, Chandra Mohanty, Kyle Whyte, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Annually. [AH, D, GE]
  
  • PHIL 21500 - Biomedical Ethics

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (NEUR)
    BIOMEDICAL ETHICS This course examines the ethical problems that arise within medicine and health care. Ethical questions relating to the physician-patient relationship, reproductive rights, abortion, AIDS, physician-assisted suicide, patient autonomy, and the allocation of resources are among possible topics to be addressed. [AH, SJ]
  
  • PHIL 21600 - Environmental Ethics

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (ENVS)
    ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS This course is an examination of the ethical obligations that humans have toward the environment. What is the nature and source of our obligations to animals, plants, and the environment as a whole? Can non-human entities have rights? We will evaluate various approaches to these questions including anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, ecofeminism and agrarianism. Alternate Years. [AH, SJ]
  
  • PHIL 22000 - Logic & Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY This course examines the development of formal logic from categorical logic to sentential and predicate logic. In addition, the course evaluates the nature of formal logical systems and the philosophical issues related to them. Such issues include puzzles about sets, conditional statements, induction, contradiction, and the nature of truth and meaning. Annually. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 22100 - Philosophy & the Religious Life

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (RELS)
    PHILOSOPHY AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE In one part of this course we will look at traditional issues in the philosophy of religion, the nature of religious experience, classical proofs for the existence of God and the problem of evil. In the second part of the course we will focus on issues in religious language, seeing God, the place of ceremony and liturgy in religious life and religious pluralism. [AH, R]
  
  • PHIL 22200 - Scientific Revolutions & Methodology

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (NEUR)
    SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS AND METHODOLOGY The traditional view of scientific method, with its emphasis on observation, prediction, falsification, and hypothesis forming, is often thought to be a model of rationality. Yet there have been several conceptual revolutions in science that seem to challenge this view. The course will critically evaluate the scientific method, including empiricist, post-modern, and feminist critiques. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 22300 - Philosophy, Culture, and Education

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (EDUC)
    PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE, AND EDUCATION The philosophical study of education includes such issues as the formation of knowledge, curriculum rationale, conceptions of human nature, the requirements of citizenship, and the cultivation of intellectual and moral virtues. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 22400 - Art, Love, Beauty

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (THTD)
    ART, LOVE, AND BEAUTY What is the relationship between the artist, the work of art, and the audience? In this course, we will learn to say something meaningful about different forms of art, such as dance, music, architecture, and visual arts. What is it to appreciate them? What do we see, hear, feel? What is art’s relationship to culture, to perception, to judgment? How do classical theories of aesthetics interface with modern and post-modern views? Alternate Years. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 23000 - World Comparative Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (EAST, SAST)
    WORLD COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY This course is an examination of fundamental issues in philosophy, focusing on the work of philosophers in the Indian, Chinese, and Western traditions. Special attention will also be given to critical reflection on the project of comparative philosophy. [AH, C, GE, W]
  
  • PHIL 23100 - Indian Philosophy & Its Roots

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (SAST)
    INDIAN PHILOSOPHY AND ITS ROOTS This course is an examination of the unique Indian tradition of philosophy, including careful study and analysis of the Vedic and Upanishadic inheritance, “Heterodox” developments, such as the Buddhist and Jaina systems, and the “Orthodox” schools of Hindu philosophy, as well as later developments in Indian thought. Each offering of this course will focus on a distinct philosophical theme. [AH, C, GE, W]
  
  • PHIL 23200 - Chinese Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (CHIN, EAST)
    CHINESE PHILOSOPHY An examination of Chinese philosophy, in translation. The course will explore both the foundational texts of Chinese philosophy and the later intellectual traditions that grappled with these texts. The course will include readings from Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, Chan Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism. [AH, C, GE]
  
  • PHIL 25000 - Ancient Philosophy: Plato & Aristotle

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (AMST, CLST)
    ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: PLATO AND ARISTOTLE This course examines the major philosophical texts of Ancient Greece and the Presocratic writings out of which they grew. The writings of these philosophers have implications for contemporary politics, education, morality, and knowledge. Annually. [AH, GE]
  
  • PHIL 25100 - Rationalism & Empiricism

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM During the period from about 1600 to 1800, modern science emerged, and the Medieval worldview receded. These deep changes led to a re-evaluation of our understanding of knowledge, God, and the human mind. This course focuses on the Empiricist philosophies of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, and the Rationalism of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. Their work will be used to introduce some crucial debates in philosophy today. Annually. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 26100 - Themes in Continental Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (GERS, GRMN)
    THEMES IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY This course is an introduction to the major conceptions of self within continental philosophy. After a brief survey of the ideas of self in German idealism, we will read works by Arthur Schopenhauer, Sûren Kierkegaard, and Friedrich Nietzsche. We will then examine the phenomenological approaches to self in the works of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Simone de Beauvoir. We will also consider how these conceptions of self compare to those presented in analytic philosophy and certain non-Western traditions. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 26101 - Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (GERS, GRMN, PSCI)
    CRITICAL THEORY OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL In the early twentieth century, a group of intellectuals broadly known as the Frankfurt School sought to move beyond standard class-based (i.e. Marxist) approaches in social analysis to investigate the unique challenges posed by capitalism, modern bureaucracy and mass politics. Against the backdrop of Nazism, Stalinism and monopoly capitalism, the Frankfurt School asked two questions: How did we get here? And, where does emancipation lie? Influenced by Hegel, Marx, Weber, Nietzsche and Freud, they drew from a wide array of intellectual disciplines and theoretical approaches in an effort to diagnose the ruined, pathological world of modernity. Their studies - which go under the general name of “Critical Theory” - were among the first that can be properly labeled interdisciplinary, encompassing insights from numerous intellectual approaches. The course will consider the strengths and limitations of Critical Theory through close readings of the School’s seminal texts, including Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment, Horkheimer’s Eclipse of Reason, and Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man and Essay on Liberation, among others. This course fills a Political Science Special Topics in Political Theory Requirement. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 26400 - Existentialism

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    EXISTENTIALISM The philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre claimed that all existentialist philosophers, whether atheistic or theistic, share the belief that “Existence precedes essence.” By this unifying principle, Sartre meant that we must begin philosophizing by acknowledging the fact of the enigma of existence. In Sartre’s view, the history of philosophy has shown us that philosophical systems attempting to provide the meaning of existence necessarily fail. What philosophy, then will stand in place of failed essentialist philosophy? If life has no discoverable meaning, how should we live? In this course, we will examine primary texts of four existentialist philosophers, who wrestle with these and other questions. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 26600 - American Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY This course offers a detailed examination of the central doctrines of two or more of the following American philosophies: transcendentalism, American idealism, pragmatism, and neo-pragmatism. General topics include: (i) the effects of evolutionary theories to our conceptions of reality and truth, (ii) the motivations behind individualism and collectivism, and (iii) melioristic faith in moral and religious ideals. Readings will be drawn from such writers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Josiah Royce, George Herbert Mead, John Dewey, Jane Addams, Alain Locke, Cornel West, and Richard Rorty. [AH]
  
  • PHIL 26700 - Africana Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY. This course provides an introduction to Africana Philosophy. This course will critically engage: (i) competing notions of Africana and Afrodiasporic philosophy, (ii) the psychological, corporeal, and economic effects of colonization and the transatlantic slave trade, (iii) questions of ethnic and racial identity and group advocacy, and (iv) creative methods of fashioning a world with less degradation and misery, less subjection. We will become acquainted with the works of several challenging and provocative philosophers, such as: Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, W.E.B Du Bois, Alaine Locke, Sylvia Wynter, Paulin Hountondji, Angela Y. Davis, and Patricia Hill Collins. Annually. [AH, D, GE, SJ]
  
  • PHIL 29910 - Wittgenstein

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    WITTGENSTEIN An examination of the major work of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s, Philosophical Investigations, and some other later writings in a seminar setting. The course presupposes some previous engagement with the main problems of philosophy. Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 2 Philosophy courses [AH]
  
  • PHIL 29912 - Ethical Issues in War

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    ETHICAL ISSUES IN WAR An examination of philosophical issues arising from the uses and practices of the military as they relate to advancing to war, operating in war and treating surrendered individuals and nations.
  
  • PHIL 29913 - Phil, Science & Psyc of Intelligence

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (NEUR)
    PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY OF INTELLIGENCE This course will examine key episodes in the history of philosophical and scientific thinking about intelligence, including cutting-edge debates in differential psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Topics will include conceptions of the intellect in ancient and modern philosophy, craniometry, IQ testing and the Flynn effect, mental chronometry, fMRI and PET studies of the neural correlates of intelligence, the nature and composition of intelligence(s), and the relationships between intelligence, know-how, rationality, and creativity. Our guiding question throughout will be how various technical notions of intelligence relate to lay talk about people being smart.
  
  • PHIL 29914 - Decolonial Philosophy

    Course Credit: 1
    DECOLONIAL PHILOSOPHY This course examines major texts in decolonial philosophy. Topics to be discussed include: (i) the post-1452 colonization of the “developing world,” (ii) the logic and knowledge/power that turn the natural environment, women, and other subordinated groups into exploitable materials, (iii) the potential of decolonial ecological knowledges and practices, (iv) the possibility of decolonial feminisms across difference, and (v) the conjuring of future decolonial, anti-capitalist modes of being human. Readings may include: Aime Cesaire, Michel Foucault, Sylvia Wynter, Vandana Shiva, Maria Lugones, Chandra Mohanty, Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang, and Kyle Powys-Whyte.
  
  • PHIL 29915 - Action, Knowledge, & Skill

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    ACTION, KNOWLEDGE, & SKILL What is an intentional action? Does action presuppose some special kind of knowledge? Is there a difference of kind between knowing how and knowing that? What is human skill? These are some of the questions discussed in philosophy of action - a vibrant area of contemporary philosophy - and that we will take up in this course. We will be studying the seminal work of such philosophers as Gilbert Ryle, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Donald Davidson, as well as more contemporary texts. This course may be of interest to, and will be welcoming of, students of the mind from all disciplines.
  
  • PHIL 29916 - Science, Knowledge, and Power

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    SCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND POWER Science is often hailed as a purely objective, reliable and bias-free source of knowledge, but the history of science reveal that this characterization fails to capture the complexities of science and scientific practice. In this course, we will look at issues surrounding questions such as What is science?, What makes scientific knowledge different from other types of knowledge (if it is different)?, and How does social power and privilege affect scientific progress and what counts as scientific knowledge? Our considerations will include discussions about the role of gender (and sex) in science and the role of women in science. Throughout the course, we will examine the role of power, politics, money and social biases in science, as well as considering ways science can ameliorate human suffering and achieve other social goals.
  
  • PHIL 29917 - Ethics of New Technology

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    ETHICS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY New technologies bring the promise of better transportation, communication, healthcare, and commerce. They shape our social interactions - as in the way social media has changed us - but also change based on human demands - such as when companies pursue clean energy to mitigate global climate change. Decisions we make about technology have ethical implications that must be considered as we make public policies, funding decisions, and social changes. In this course, we’ll ask: Are technologies morally neutral? What ought to be the ethical values that underpin the technologies we develop and use? How might thinking more clearly about ethics improve how we use or develop technology? Topics will include: The recent history of technology; cyberethics and cybercrime; privacy and security in cyberspace; property disputes and speech regulation in cyberspace; the “Digital Divide” and the use of technology to discriminate or oppress; virtual reality and artificial intelligence; and nanotechnology.
  
  • PHIL 29918 - Philosophy of Punishment

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    PHILOSOPHY OF PUNISHMENT Why do we punish? How do we justify it? Is punishment, ultimately, good? In this course, we will examine a range of philosophical treatments of punishment, texts in political theory and contemporary case studies (involving issues like corporal punishment, symbolic punishment, outgroup alienation) in order to better triangulate the very function of punishment in society. We will begin with the thesis that punishment, as a whole, is good: the rehabilitative and restorative traditions, along with relevant readings from thinkers like Kant and Hegel, articulate the moral and social benefits of punishment. As the semester proceeds, we will look to more instrumental utilizations of punishment, as referenced by utilitarian and deterrent traditions along with readings from Bentham and Machiavelli. Finally, we will look to historical genealogies of punishment coming out of Nietzsche and Foucault, which argue that our received understandings of punishment are predicated on a contingent history of conflicting narratives that ultimately has come to deny or exploit us. As we confront this broad spectrum of viewpoints, from ‘punishment as a possibility for righting the soul’ to ‘punishment as a vector of power exerted upon us’, we will continually revisit the questions of why we punish and to what end we punish. Not suitable as a first course in Philosophy.
  
  • PHIL 29919 - Ethics and Business

    Course Credit: 1
    Maximum Credit: 0
    (BUEC)
    ETHICS AND BUSINESS This course examines some of the most important ethical issues that arise in business contexts. We will consider when and how ethical values matter in business, what characteristic ethical dilemmas may arise in these contexts, and what various ethical theories have to say about those values and dilemmas. Guided by our consideration of several distinct ethical theories, we will examine issues related to the production and marketing of goods and services; relations between firms and consumers; workers and workplace; corporate social responsibility; international business; and the environmental impact of businesses. Not suitable for First Year Years student or as a first course in Philosophy or Economics.
 

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