2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses of Instruction
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The College reserves the right to change procedures, programs, curricula, courses, fees and charges, instructors and degree requirements without prior notice. It further reserves the right to sever the connection of any student with the College for an appropriate reason.
NOTE: The course sequence outlines appearing under each department are illustrative only, and do not supersede either general or departmental requirements. Extra-departmental courses ancillary to the major, and specified by name or course number in the sequence outlines, are considered to be an integral part of the major program.
Course Numbering System
Saint Anselm College has a three-number course designation system. The following describes the course numbering levels:
100 - 199 Introductory
200 - 299 Intermediate
300 - 399 Intermediate/Advanced
400 - 499 Directed readings, research, internships and further advanced study
500 - 599 Graduate level
600 - 699 Graduate level
700 - 799 Graduate level
Please note, when searching courses by “Code or Number”, an asterisk (*) can be used to return mass results. For instance, a “Code or Number” search of ” 2* ” can be entered, returning all 200-level courses.
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History |
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HI 385 - Vietnam War
This course focuses on American involvement in Vietnam from 1954 to 1975, though we will also discuss events before and after this period. Students should note that this is not a course in military history. We will discuss military events, but we will also take a broader view of the conflict. Topics will include the reasons for American intervention in Vietnam, the experiences of people involved in the conflict, the viability of the South Vietnamese state, the causes of America’s defeat (and North Vietnam’s victory), responses on the home front, the war in American memory, and political consequences of the war. The course will consist of lectures and discussions. Readings will include historical monographs, memoirs, primary sources, and literary materials.
Four credits.
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HI 386 - World War II
This course will look at the people, forces, ideas, and weapons that made World War II possible. The class will start by looking at the origins of instability in both Europe and Asia. After surveying the social and political characteristics of the main belligerents, the course will study how conflict in Central Europe and Asia eventually developed into a global war. While covering the war years, the course will pay special attention to the strategies and diplomacy of the nations involved, the role of ideology in decision making, the influence of new weaponry and tactics, the impact of war on civilians, the experience of combat among soldiers, and the great challenges imposed on states and societies by a total war of unprecedented scale.
Four credits.
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HI 387 - The Cold War
This course examines the Cold War, the international rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945-1991. We will explore the origins of the Soviet-American conflict, the two countries’ struggle for global influence, and the effects of the Cold War on American and Soviet domestic affairs. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a week-long study abroad program to Cuba during spring break.
Note: Meets the Global Engagement learning outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HI 390 - Comparative Women’s History
This course explores the history of African, European and American women, comparing their experiences in war, politics, the legal system, capitalism and other aspects of society. This course stresses the benefits and pitfalls of comparative history, as well as the impact of gender on national and international developments.
Four credits.
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HI 391 - The History of Southern Africa
The course examines the history of South Africa and its surrounding countries. It investigates economic and political changes and the creation of racial, ethnic, and gender identities. Topics include the relationships among San foragers, Khoi pastoralists, and Dutch settlers; Shaka Zulu; the Xhosa cattle-killing of 1857; the “mineral revolution” and migrant labor; the apartheid system; the Black Consciousness movement; and postcolonial development. The course uses a variety of sources-including literature and film-to understand how southern African history has been portrayed over the years and why those histories are important in people’s lives today.
Four credits.
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HI 392 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa
This course seeks to introduce students to the debates surrounding the history of slavery in Africa. Did slavery in Africa predate the Atlantic Slave Trade? What impact did the Atlantic Slave Trade have on African communities? How did the Atlantic Slave Trade compare to other slave trades within and out of Africa? How were slavery and slave trading related to European dominance in Africa in the 19th century? These questions will be addressed using both primary source material and scholarly arguments from historians, anthropologists and sociologists.
Four credits.
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HI 399 - Special Topics: Special Areas
Topics to be arranged.
Four credits.
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HI 400 - Independent Study
Topic and work requirements agreed upon between student and faculty member. Must be approved by the Department Chair.
Four credits.
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HI 401 - Independent Study
Topic and work requirements agreed upon between student and faculty member. Must be approved by the Department Chair.
One credit.
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HI 475 - Internship
A student originated internship supervised by the History department with cultural, legal, and state agencies. Not credited to History major requirements.
Four credits.
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HI 476 - Internship
A student originated internship supervised by the History department with cultural, legal, and state agencies. Not credited to History major requirements.
Four credits.
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HI 481 - Seminar in History Research
A course in research methods. Students research their own topic, write a 25 page paper, and defend the research before the seminar.
Note: Writing Intensive (WI)
Four credits.
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HI 489 - Directed Reading Seminars
Reading seminars provide upper level students with the opportunity to pursue the historiography of a particular topic, selected by historical theme, epoch, or interpretation.
Note: Writing Intensive (WI)
Four credits.
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Humanities |
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HU 103 - Conversatio I
The first semester of Conversatio considers the meaning of humanity in the world by reading and discussing influential texts that contemplate who we are as individuals, what our responsibility is within a community, and what our relationship is with the divine. Among fundamental intellectual ideas, students are introduced to the Catholic Benedictine intellectual tradition through the teachings in select readings of Saints Benedict and Anselm.
Note: Meets Shared Learning Experience Outcome (SHAR)
Four credits.
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HU 104 - Conversatio II
In the second semester students are asked to consider the meaning of humanity in the world from the perspective of three areas of study central to the Liberal Arts: 1) Politics, rhetoric, and the emergence of democracy in human history; 2) The nature of science and the role of scientific understanding in our world; 3) The nature of beauty and the place of art in the lives of individuals and communities.
Note: Meets Shared Learning Experience Outcome (SHAR)
Four credits.
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HU 203 - Special Topics
An examination of various topics related to the Humanities.
Two credits.
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HU 300 - Special Topics
An examination of various topics related to the Humanities.
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits.
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HU 301 - Special Topics
An examination of various topics related to the Humanities.
Four credits.
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HU 302 - Special Topics
An examination of various topics related to the Humanities.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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HU 303 - Honors Colloquium
The Honors Colloquium is an opportunity for Honors students to return to questions of enduring importance that were raised in Conversatio. The course is a seminar, is interdisciplinary in nature, and invites students to reflect on selected topics using their liberal arts and disciplinary foundations.
Four credits.
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HU 304 - Special Topics
An examination of various topics related to the Humanities.
Note: Meets the Aesthetic and Creative (AEST) Global Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HU 305 - Paris and New York in the Twenties and Thirties
Concentrates on a dramatic and clearly defined historical period in France and the United States, a period characterized by rupture with tradition on many levels of human activity. The decades after the First World War saw the values and premises of intellectual and cultural heritage challenged or discarded. The course will examine the criticisms leveled against traditional values and explore new principles for life and art which came into being during this period.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HU 306 - Special Topics
An examination of various topics related to the Humanities.
Note: Note: Meets the Global Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HU 310 - England’s Catholic Underground
This course will examine the history, literature, and selected artistic expressions of the “Recusant” movement led by English Catholics suffering persecution under the rule of Tudor and Jacobean rulers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Four credits.
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HU 315 - Shakespeare and Political Power
This team-taught course offers students the opportunity to contemplate the provocative intersection of Shakespeare’s work as a poet and playwright with the complex politics of his day and to appreciate how the political ideas and actions presented in his plays have influenced the political understanding through the ages. Students will read representative Shakespeare plays, including Julius Caesar, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II, and Measure for Measure. Additionally, they will read the political sources that influenced Shakespeare’s understanding of his world, as well as scholarship in the field of Political Science that draws upon Shakespeare’s works. The course is a blend of lecture and seminar discussion and students will be encouraged to do independent research on Shakespeare plays not assigned in the course.
Four credits.
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HU 320 - The Benedictines
This course will cover the culture, spirituality, and the history of the life of the religious order that founded Saint Anselm College and still operates it today. The women and men who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict have had a profound influence on the development of Western Civilization in areas that include faith, the preservation of Western classics, education, the advancement of science, and the arts, and the spread of Christianity. Most of the class meetings will be a combination of lecture and seminar discussion.
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits
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HU 330 - Communicating Science
HU 330 is an interdisciplinary course. It serves as an introduction to scientific writing and communication. Students will learn how to effectively communicate scientific findings from different sciences for a variety of audiences and develop understanding of how science communication informs public attitudes, behaviors, and policy preferences. Students will develop a specialty science subtopic focus relevant to their professional interest. The course activities familiarize students with the process of translating scientific findings based on qualitative and quantitative descriptive, evaluative and empirical methodologies. It provides guided practice in presenting science discoveries and rhetoric with an effort towards generating ethical, accessible and accurate visual, digital, formal and informal science communication. Cross-listed as Cross-listed as PY 330.
Four credits.
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HU 345 - Progress and Nostalgia: Mid-Victorian Britain in History and Literature
The period between 1851-1867 constituted the high noon of Victorian England, an era when Britain enjoyed unprecedented stability and prosperity. Beneath the equipoise of these years, however, great changes took place, and Victorians attempted to deal with what they saw as the transition from the medieval to the modern world. This course identifies several areas in which significant change occurred, such as politics, art, and religion and others. Within the selected areas, students will learn to appreciate the great literature of the period and examine the historical forces influencing the art, culture and people of the mid-Victorian period. Cross-listed as EN/HI 345.
Four credits.
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HU 346 - Confucian Thinkers
Through central texts of the Confucian tradition, the course introduces students to patterns of thought, vocabulary, and argumentation that characterized the thought of Confucius and his followers. The views of Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi and others will be the basis for coming to understand the way of thinking embodied in one of the world’s most important and widespread traditions. Cross-listed as PH 346
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HU 375 - Gender in Music and Literature
Students in this course will explore gender representations in four distinct genres of music: opera, rock, country, and hip-hop. Along with listening to music in these four genres, they will read literature that corresponds to the music’s time period, subject matter, and performative aspects. The course is intended (1) to introduce students to some current ways of thinking and writing about issues of music, literature, and gender; (2) to facilitate students’ development of an informed, self-aware position in relation to recent scholarship; (3) to challenge assumptions about the way we read and hear gender; (4) to introduce them to excellent music and literature they might not otherwise hear or read, which will broaden their knowledge and appreciation of these art forms. Cross-listed as EN 375 and MU 375
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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Mathematics |
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MA 110 - Concepts of Mathematics
An introductory course for students who wish to develop quantitative skills. Topics covered include: mathematical problem solving, logic, counting and cardinality, number systems, relations and functions, ratios and proportional relationships, probability, statistics, and geometry.
Note: Meets Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcome (QUAN)
Four credits.
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MA 130 - Fundamentals of Mathematics
A course in mathematical modeling. Topics include linear, quadratic, difference equation, linear programming, matrix, and stochastic models and their applications.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): One year of high school algebra.
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MA 150 - The Nature of Mathematics
A study of the nature and development of some of the most important mathematical ideas. Topics may include, but are not limited to: infinity, variation, symmetry, numbers and notation, topology, mathematics and calculating machines, dimension, coordinate systems, dynamical systems, randomness, and probability.
Four credits.
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MA 170 - Calculus I
A study of the differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions with applications. Topics covered include limits, continuity, differentiation formulas, the Mean Value Theorem, curve sketching, optimization, and related rates.
Note: Meets Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcome (QUAN)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): 2 years of high school algebra and a half year of trigonometry.
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MA 180 - Calculus II
A study of the integration of algebraic, trigonometric and transcendental functions with applications. Topics covered include the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, calculating areas and volumes, the average value of a function, inverse functions, and integration techniques.
Note: Meets Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcome (QUAN)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 170
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MA 210 - Calculus III
A continuation of MA 170 - MA 180 . Topics include infinite sequences and series, vectors and vector calculus, and multivariable calculus.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180 .
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MA 220 - Vector Analysis and Differential Equations
A study of vector analysis and ordinary differential equations and their applications. Topics include vector fields, line and surface integrals, first order differential equations, linear differential equations, and systems of differential equations.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 210 .
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MA 260 - Problem-Solving
Via the solution of interesting problems, this course isolates and draws attention to the most important problem-solving techniques encountered in undergraduate mathematics. The aim is to show how a basic set of simple techniques can be applied in diverse ways to solve a variety of problems.
Note: Meets Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcome (QUAN)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180 .
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MA 310 - Linear Algebra
An introduction to linear algebra and its applications. Topics covered include systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and diagonalization of matrices.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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MA 330 - Statistics I
A study of probability distributions and their application to statistical inference. Topics include conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ Rule, discrete and continuous probability distributions, Tchebysheff’s Theorem, and the Central Limit Theorem.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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MA 340 - Statistics II
A study of probability distributions and their application to statistical inference. Topics include estimation, large and small sample hypothesis testing, linear regressions, and analysis of variance.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 330
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MA 345 - Foundations of Data Science and Analytics
The course provides an overview of Data Science and Analytics, covering a broad selection of interdisciplinary challenges in and methodologies for working with data. Topics covered include data collection, data cleaning, integration, management, modeling, analysis, visualization, prediction and informed decision making. The introductory course integrates across the major disciplines of data science and analytics, including databases, statistics, mathematics, data mining, data visualization, cloud computing, and business intelligence. Cross disciplinary skills, such as communication, presentation, and storytelling with data, are emphasized. Students will acquire a broad breadth of data science principles and techniques through hands-on projects and case studies in a variety of business, engineering, social sciences, or life sciences domains. Themes centered around ethical use of data, protection of data and privacy, and teamwork are woven throughout the fabric of the course.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): CS111 and one of the following: BU121, PY301, MA330, SO212, BI345, CJ200, or other approved statistics course.
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MA 350 - Complex Variables
Topics for discussion include complex numbers and their properties, analytic functions, integration in the complex plane, Cauchy’s integral formula, Taylor and Laurent series, and methods of contour integration.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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MA 360 - Modern Geometry
An axiomatic approach to Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry with an integration of interactive geometric software.
Four credits.
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MA 390 - Graph Theory and Combinatorics
Modern graph theory and combinatorics at an introductory level. Topics covered are: directed, undirected and weighted graphs, Euler and Hamiltonian circuits, trees, and vertex colourings.
Four credits.
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MA 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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MA 410 - Advanced Calculus I
Designed to bridge the gap between manipulative elementary calculus and theoretical real analysis. The fundamentals of elementary calculus are treated in a more rigorous manner. Topics covered include mathematical induction, sequences, series, and continuity.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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MA 420 - Advanced Calculus II
Designed to bridge the gap between manipulative elementary calculus and theoretical real analysis. The fundamentals of elementary calculus are treated in a more rigorous manner. Topics covered include sequences and series of functions, differentiation, and the Riemann integral.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 410
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MA 430 - Modern Algebra
A study of algebraic systems, including groups, rings, and fields.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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MA 450 - History of Mathematics
Introduction to the history and development of mathematics from prehistory to the present.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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MA 455 - Research
This course introduces students to the skills necessary for conducting research in mathematics. In a topic chosen by the instructor, this course will cover how to read and absorb research papers, find open problems that are both interesting and appropriate for undergraduate research, write mathematical papers, and give a mathematics lecture.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of five college mathematics courses or permission from the instructor.
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MA 480 - Topics in Mathematics
This course will consist of a detailed investigation of a topic important to contemporary mathematics. The topic will be chosen by the department for its relevance to current mathematical thought and its accessibility to students.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180 or permission of the instructor.
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MA 490 - Internship
Four credits.
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Music |
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MU 160 - Studies in Music Performance: Individual Instruction
Individual music instruction with sections in voice, piano, flute, violin, cello, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, percussion, saxophone and other instruments. Course fee charged.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
Two credits.
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MU 171 - Class Guitar
An introduction to beginning guitar techniques, including hand position, posture, fingering, technical exercises, chords, and sight reading. Students learn to perform short works and acquire basic harmonization and improvisation skills using standard accompaniment patterns. Numerous examples are assigned to demonstrate the essentials of reading and counting skills and other fundamentals of guitar playing and introductory music theory concepts are also covered. No guitar background is necessary, but students must provide their own guitar.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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MU 180 - Music Ensemble
Ensemble participation with sections in choir, orchestra, band, chamber music, and other groups.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
Two credits.
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MU 201 - Music History: Middle Ages - Bach and Handel
This course covers the first half of a two-semester sequence in the history of music in Western civilization, examining the changing styles of European music from the emergence of Gregorian chant to the works of Mozart. Genres explored include plainchant, polyphony, secular song, the mass, madrigal, opera, oratorio, concerto, and symphony. Composers to be studied include: Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel. (Formerly MU 341)
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits.
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MU 202 - Music History: Mozart and Beethoven - Present
This course covers the second half of a two-semester sequence in the history of music in Western civilization, examining the changing styles music from the styles of music from Beethoven to the present day. Genres explored include the symphony, concerto, string quartet, piano sonata, opera, and art song. Composers to be studied include Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Brahms, Liszt, Wagner, Verdi, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Glass, and others.
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits.
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MU 210 - Music Theory II
A comprehensive study of diatonic harmony, with an emphasis on four-part writing. Musical examples from a range of historical periods will be used to demonstrate different analytical tools. Special emphasis will be placed on ear training, sight singing, and keyboard skills. The course will conclude with the basic elements of chromatic harmony.
Note: Meets Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcome (QUAN)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MU 110 or MU 170 or permission of the instructor (placement test)
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MU 230 - Computer Music
This course provides an introduction to the use of computers for the creation of music. Topics addressed will include recording and studio techniques, MIDI, sound synthesis, digital audio processing, music notation software, acoustics, and a brief survey of the electroacoustic and computer music repertoire.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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MU 240 - American Music
The music of the United States from colonial days to the present, traced to its European roots but with primary focus on the contributions of distinctively American figures, such as William Billings, Stephen Foster, Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Leonard Bernstein. Topics include twentieth-century American contributions to art music, the rise of American musical theatre, jazz, and rock and roll.
Four credits.
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MU 241 - American Musical Theater
A historical survey of American musical theater from its origins in the late 19th century. The course focuses on selected works by figures such as Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bernstein, and Sondheim, as well as the contemporary generation. A series of case studies anchors the course, allowing students to delve into issues of race, gender, politics, musical style, performance, and the notion of the popular, as the class also explores broader cultural and musical trends.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Writing Intensive Requirement (WI)
Four credits.
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MU 242 - Studies in Film Music
This course is designed to develop a general understanding of the technical, historical, and aesthetic aspects of film music. Students will learn how to breakdown and analyze the primary components of an individual film score and develop a basic ability to identify specific musical instruments and compositional techniques. The course will also discuss many of the influential film score composers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their contribution to the film score.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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MU 243 - Studies in Jazz History
This course provides the opportunity for students to develop an understanding and ability to identify the specific musical elements of jazz through a variety of listening assignments. Students will develop a broad understanding of the distinctive features present in each style period of jazz and learn to recognize these features in their listening. Students will also have an opportunity to hear and analyze a live jazz performance during the course.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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MU 244 - Music and Worship of the Western Church
Beginning with the Hebrew Psalmody of the Old Testament, this course will survey historical topics in sacred music from Gregorian chant to the present. Topics include: the chorales and psalm settings of the Reformation, oratorios of Handel, masses of Mozart and Haydn, requiems of Brahms and Verdi, “fuging tunes” of the early American Singing Schools, African-American spirituals, hymns and religious music of the Romantic Era, and the music and praise practices current in the church today.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Writing Intensive Requirement (WI)
Four credits.
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MU 245 - World Music
This course explores the musical cultures of select regions (Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and the Americas) from the disciplinary perspective of ethnomusicology, a field that emphasizes the direct connections between social structures and musical sound/aesthetics. Students are exposed to the disciplinary methods of ethnomusicology, including the study of non-Western music in a series of analytical assignments and presentations. At the end of this course, students should have a better understanding of an intellectual approach to studying and listening to music in other cultures.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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MU 246 - History of Rock and Roll
The focus of this course is on the history of a musical genre, one that crucially informs our understanding of popular music today: rock and roll. In additional to exploring its early twentieth-century origins in the sounds of Tin Pan Alley, as well as jazz, country, and the blues, we will examine rock’s historical trajectory through a century of social upheaval. Consistent in its political and social relevancy, rock provides a unique perspective on many of the most important issues faced during the twentieth century, including nationalism, race, class, gender, and technology.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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MU 247 - American Music and Social Change
This course explores how American music has been an agent of social change. Students will examine music associated with protest and social upheaval, exploring musical elements alongside the political and historical context, focusing on five themes: War, Race, Gender, Authority, and the Environment. Coursework includes weekly reading and listening assignments, projects, and class-wide discussion. Run as a discussion-based seminar, this class will at times deal with controversial issues and lyrics. Students will hear viewpoints different from their own, and will be exposed to the great creative and cultural diversity of the arts in the United States.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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MU 310 - Music Theory III
A continuation of Music Theory II, this class will first explore further elements of chromatic harmony, before introducing students to a variety of 20th-century compositional techniques and approaches. Assignments will include analyses, directed composition exercises, and musicianship exercises (keyboard, sight singing, and dictation).
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MU 210 or permission of the instructor (placement test)
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MU 320 - Songwriting and Composition
This course allows students to explore the creative process of lyric writing, song structure, and music composition using basic diatonic music theory. The course will focus on form, texture, rhythm, melody, harmony, lyrics, collaboration, and text setting. Students will have various opportunities to foster their writing skills and work on different musical elements through creative composition projects. Instrumental ability is a plus and will be worked into the curriculum, but not necessary to participate in the class.
Four credits.
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MU 344 - Opera and Gender
This course explores operatic music and vocality, as well as opera’s construction of gender by focusing on a chronological series of historicized themes including castrati, madness, and exoticism. Students will complement their reading with weekly opera viewing/listening assignments and field trips to attend live performances of opera.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Writing Intensive Requirement (WI)
Four credits.
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MU 350 - Conducting
This course introduces students to skills that are fundamental to leading ensembles as skilled, musical conductors
Four credits
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MU 375 - Gender in Music and Literature
Students in this course will explore gender representations in four distinct genres of music: opera, rock, country, and hip-hop. Along with listening to music in these four genres, they will read literature that corresponds to the music’s time period, subject matter, and performative aspects. The course is intended (1) to introduce students to some current ways of thinking and writing about issues of music, literature, and gender; (2) to facilitate students’ development of an informed, self-aware position in relation to recent scholarship; (3) to challenge assumptions about the way we read and hear gender; (4) to introduce them to excellent music and literature they might not otherwise hear or read, which will broaden their knowledge and appreciation of these art forms
Cross-listed as HU 375.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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MU 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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MU 401 - Directed Advanced Study in Music
Four credits.
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MU 491 - Internship (one-semester)
Two credits.
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MU 492 - Internship (one-semester)
Four credits.
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Nursing |
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NU 110 - Introduction to Professional Nursing
This course introduces the student to the art and science of the profession of nursing. A historical perspective allows students to explore nursing history, the development of nursing theory, research, and the role of the nurse within the health care system. Issues and challenges that impact the profession are explored.
Note: Meets Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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NU 125 - Mental Health Nursing
This course introduces the student to the art and science of mental health nursing. Mental illness is a biochemically based process, occurring across a health illness continuum, impacted by developmental, sociocultural, psychological, physiological, and spiritual variables. A lifespan approach is incorporated into the course in order to provide appropriate care to the individual, family, and the community.
Four credits.
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NU 126 - Health Assessment & Fundamentals of Nursing
Course content focuses on the development of health assessment and basic skills essential to professional nursing practice utilizing guided classroom and clinical/laboratory learning opportunities. The nursing process and functional health patterns provide a framework for the assessment of clients across the lifespan.
Four credits.
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NU 127 - Nursing Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill
The focus of this course is on the care of patients with chronic illness, with a special concentration on interventions for geriatric patients. Course content is integrated into classroom, laboratory, simulation and clinical settings. Clinical assignments are in rehabilitation/long term care facilities.
Note: Writing Intensive
Six credits.
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NU 236 - Adult Medical Surgical Nursing
The focus of this course is on the care of acutely ill adult patients, with a concentration on interventions for common medical and surgical disorders. Course content is integrated into classroom, laboratory, simulation and clinical settings. Clinical assignments are on medical and/or surgical units in the hospital setting.
Eight credits.
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NU 238 - Pathopharmacology I
This course focuses on the pathophysiology of disease and its relationship to pharmacological interventions. Utilizing the nursing process, the student will examine disease states affecting the neurological, neuromuscular, endocrine, cardiac, renal and respiratory systems. Emphasis will be on the role of the nurse in creating a safe patient environment and in evaluating the patient’s response to drug therapy. Format will be lecture and seminar for case study analysis.
Four credits.
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NU 239 - Pathopharmacology II
This course focuses on the pathophysiology of disease and its relationship to pharmacological interventions. Utilizing the nursing process, the student will examine disease states affecting the endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, gastrointestinal, renal and reproductive systems as well as antibiotic, antineoplastic, immune, hematopoietic, general and local anesthesia, and neuromuscular blocking therapy. Emphasis will be on the role of the nurse in creating a safe patient environment and in evaluating the patient’s response to drug therapy. Format will be lecture and seminar for case study analysis.
Two credits.
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NU 340 - Critical Care Nursing
This course focuses on development of students’ ability to utilize the nursing process to care for acutely ill adult patients. Students will use communication skills, therapeutic nursing interventions, and critical thinking to assist patients to attain the optimal level of wellness. Clinical placement in EDs and ICUs of community hospitals will permit students to develop the appropriate assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation skills. Course content includes: respiratory failure, acute coronary syndromes and complications, trauma, increased intra-cranial pressure, spinal cord injuries, end stage liver and kidney disease, transplants, and burns.
Four credits.
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NU 341 - Pediatric Nursing
This course focuses on development of students’ ability to utilize the nursing process to maintain optimum wellness in the child. Emphasis is placed on caring for the child in the context of the family. Principles of growth and development, health promotion, child advocacy and communication are integrated throughout the course. A holistic framework is used to critically examine the biological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental and spiritual variables, which influence the child and family’s response to alterations in health status. Clinical practice takes place in hospitals and community settings such as schools, clinics, and home settings.
Four credits.
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NU 342 - Maternal-Newborn Nursing
This course focuses on development of students’ ability to utilize the nursing process to maintain optimum wellness in the childbearing family. Students will use communication skills, therapeutic nursing interventions, critical thinking and knowledge of cultural diversity to assist childbearing families to achieve a maximum level of wellness. Opportunities for students to develop assessment skills, identify nursing diagnoses, and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care are provided in clinical placements. Course content includes pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, care of healthy newborns, prenatal, intrapartal and postpartal complications, and various reproductive health issues.
Note: Writing Intensive
Four credits.
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NU 348 - Nursing Research
This course focuses on developing the role of the professional nurse as both a consumer and participant in research. Components of the role examined in this course include: research utilization, evidence-based practice, participation in a research team, and patient advocacy. Other considerations include: the importance of nursing research, research trends and challenges that influence the nursing profession, and the need to develop a critical approach to the appraisal of written research reports.
Two credits.
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NU 349 - Transition to Professional Practice
This course focuses on developing the role of the professional nurse. Components of the role examined in this course include: being a member of a health care team and a health care organization, leading/managing nursing care delivery, and understanding how health care delivery is financed. Other considerations include: trends and challenges that influence the nursing profession.
Two credits.
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NU 360 - Understanding Suffering
The purpose of this course is to assist the student to define and recognize various aspects of suffering as well as to explore approaches that promote hope and healing for those suffering. Suffering is a universal concept with physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual suffering aspects that occurs within all cultures and across the lifespan. Suffering may have acute and/or chronic implications for an individual and/or community. Elective.
Four credits.
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NU 449 - Community/Public Health Nursing
The focus of this course is community and public health nursing. The student will explore the role of the nurse in health promotion and disease prevention in the global theater. The concepts of epidemiology, communicable disease control, environmental health, and disaster relief will be discussed. Public Health issues such as the global health care environment and work with vulnerable populations will be explored. Socio-cultural influences on health such as immigration, health care access and cost will be addressed from national and global perspectives. Course content will incorporate economic, legal and ethical perspectives. Clinical placements will include community based and public health organizations.
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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NU 450 - Nursing Synthesis
This course is intended to build, integrate and refine the knowledge and skills developed throughout the nursing curriculum. Application of critical thinking, therapeutic communication, ethical decision making, and professionalism is facilitated through clinical practice, special projects, and scholarly work. The semester long clinical experience consists of a preceptorship individually developed by the student and faculty.
Eight credits.
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NU 450.1 - Nursing Synthesis Summer Preceptorship
This eight week clinical experience consists of a preceptorship individually developed by the student and faculty. Application of critical thinking, clinical reasoning, therapeutic communication, ethical decision making, and professionalism is facilitated through clinical practice, reflective journaling, weekly online discussion forums, and a summative project involving QSEN and Nurse of the Future competencies.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): Meeting criteria for Summer Preceptorship
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NU 450.2 - Nursing Synthesis
This course is intended to build, integrate and refine the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed throughout the nursing curriculum. Application of critical thinking, clinical reasoning, therapeutic communication, ethical decision making, and professionalism is facilitated through special projects and scholarly work.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of all the nursing courses preceding it; including NU450.1.
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NU 451 - Nursing Honors Seminar
This course offers Nursing students in the Honors Program a two-semester focused inquiry into an issue integral to the discipline of nursing. Students will develop strong analytical skills, demonstrate an aptitude for scholarly writing and ability to present scholarship in a professional forum. During the first semester students will attend seminars and work individually with faculty advisors to develop and research their thesis topic. During the second semester students will work with faculty advisors to write a paper that adheres to scholarly standards for writing, and will also present the material to a group of faculty and students. This course is taught over two semesters to allow students sufficient time to plan and execute a scholarly paper of the highest quality. Credit for this course will be given in the second semester when students register for NU451
Four credits.
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NU 452 - Promoting Nursing Practice and Professional Growth
This course, designed to enhance the summer preceptorship experience, incorporates the concepts of advanced communication, emotional intelligence, change theory, and Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. These concepts will be facilitated through hours of guided clinical experiences, class discussion, and journaling. This semester long course consists of a clinical learning experience individually developed by the student and faculty. The experience will focus on either mentorship, or education in nursing practice, allowing for individual professional growth.
Four credits.
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NU 460 - Special Topics in Nursing
Four credits
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PHRN 107 - Ethics
This course is a systematic study of the rational principles of moral behavior and philosophical methods of making moral decisions with special emphasis on the philosophical basis of the dignity of the human person. Our aim is to provide an understanding of the types of moral behavior that come into question in human life, and within nursing in particular, on the basis of natural reason alone without the aid of revelation. We will study traditional philosophical views on the basis of morality such as Virtue Ethics, Natural Law Theory, Utilitarianism, and Kantian Deontological Ethics. We will learn basic methods of moral reasoning in applying the principles of these theories to specific issues and problems that arise in Nursing. We will also consider the philosophical basis of human dignity, the nature of human suffering, and the ethical requirements of care.
Note: Core Course.
Three credits.
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