2016-2017 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.
New Course Numbering System
Beginning in the Fall 2006 semester, Saint Anselm College adopted a three number course designation system. Henceforth, the following course numbering system is in effect.
100 – 199 Introductory
200 – 299 Intermediate
300 – 399 Intermediate/Advanced
400 – 499 Directed readings, research, internships and further advanced study
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 379 - Modern Japan: 1600-Present
This course explores the history of Japan since approximately 1600, focusing on the rise and fall of the shogunate, the Meiji Restoration and emperor-system, and the rapid changes Japan’s political, economic, and cultural systems have undergone during the 20th century.
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HI 381 - Atlantic World, 1492-1825
This course examines the Atlantic World from roughly 1492 to 1825. Topics include European expansion and conquest, creation of an Atlantic economy, slavery and the slave trade, and the different indigenous strategies of accommodation, resistance, and rebellion.
Four credits.
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HI 382 - History of the Middle East
The course surveys the history and culture of the Middle East from the time of Muhammad to the present. Three themes are emphasized: the emergence of Islam, the Ottoman Empire, and the historical background of the contemporary problems of the region.
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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HI 384 - British Empire
The British Empire took a leading role in globalization throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In this course we will investigate how the British and various colonized peoples made the empire together. At the same time, we will study the various tensions and forces that made empire difficult and eventually impossible to sustain. Along the way, we will familiarize ourselves with various interpretations of imperialism, sample the empire’s impact on art and literature, confront some of the moral dilemmas associated with the empire, and come to understand why the empire inspired such devotion and hatred among people throughout the world.
Four credits.
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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 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
Four credits.
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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 480 - Applied History Internship
An internship in local historical or manuscript collections for history majors.
Prerequisite(s): HI 363 .
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HI 481 - Seminar in History Research
A course in research methods. Students research their own topic, write a paper, and defend the research before the seminar.
Four credits.
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HI 489 - Directed Reading Seminars
Reading seminars provide upper level students with the opportunity to pursue a particular topic, selected by historical theme, epoch, or interpretation.
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 Saint 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 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 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.
Four credits.
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Liberal Studies in the Great Books |
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PH 170 - Introduction to Great Books
An introduction to the Integrated Studies major and minor which samples its three kinds of courses: the reading and seminar discussion of great books, the closer reading and analysis of a single great book, and the examination of an enduring idea or issue from a variety of different approaches
Four credits.
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PH 271 - Great Books Seminar I: The Ancient World - Homer to Plutarch
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Tacitus, Vergil, Lucretius, Cicero and Plutarch.
Four credits.
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PH 272 - Great Books Seminar II: The Medieval World - Augustine to Chaucer.
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Letters from Clement and Ignatius, Plotinus, Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Beowulf, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Song of Roland and Chaucer.
Four credits.
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PH 273 - Great Books Seminar III: The Renaissance - Machiavelli to Pascal
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Luther, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Cervantes, Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Milton and Pascal.
Four credits.
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PH 274 - Great Books Seminar IV: The Enlightenment and Its Discontents - Locke to Dostoevsky
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Locke, Hume, Kant, Goethe, Federalist Papers, De Tocqueville, Austen, Hegel, Newman, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky.
Four credits.
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PH 276 - Great Books Seminar VI: Non-Western Classics
Selected readings are chosen from the following: Ptahhotep, Vedas, Upanishads, Confucius, Laozi, Buddhist Sutras, Kebra Nagast, Sundiata, Cao Xuequin, Anand, Borges, Achebe, Kōbō Abe, Salih, and Silko
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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PH 455-457 - Integrated Studies Seminars
The integrated Studies Seminar considers a topic or theme from multiple points of view, engaging two or more disciplines. This course may be team taught by members of different departments or may be taught by a single professor with invited guest contributors from other departments.
Four credits.
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PH 467-469 - Focused Study Seminar
The Focused Study Seminar studies a single book or author. Each student chooses a topic pertinent to the material under discussion and, with the help of several individual conferences with the instructor, writes a long essay. Examples of Focused Study Seminars are: Plato: The Republic, Dante: The Divine Comed, Freud, Indian Philosoph, Thomas Aquinas, Newman: The Idea of the University, On Friendship, On Evil, Texts of Daoism, The Life of Muhammad, Euclid: Geometry, and Plutarch.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): PH 105 .
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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 - Mathematical 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 - Mathematical 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 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 370 - Numerical Analysis
A study of numerical methods for function evaluation, solution of equations, approximation and interpolation, integration, differential equations, and linear systems.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180
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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 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 101 - Introduction to Music
A focus on masterpieces of Western music in their historical and cultural contexts from the Middle Ages to the present. The goals of the course are to awaken and encourage an appreciation of music, to help students learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage students in the debates on the character and purpose of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since Antiquity. Students will also develop listening skills through a study of the basic elements of music: notation, melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, texture, and form, and how they are employed in various musical styles. (Formerly MU140)
Four credits.
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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, and other instruments. Course fee charged.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
Two credits.
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MU 170 - Class Piano
An introduction to beginning piano techniques, including hand position, posture, fingering, technical exercises, and sight reading in treble and bass clef. 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 piano playing introductory music theory concepts are also covered. No piano background is necessary.
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 I: Middle Ages - Classical Era
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, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. (Formerly MU 341)
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits.
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MU 202 - Music History II: Romantic - 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 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. (Formerly MU 342/343)
Note: Meets Historical Reasoning Learning Outcome (HIST)
Four credits.
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MU 210 - Music Theory II
An in-depth study of all the musical elements with an emphasis on melodic structure, functional harmony, and four-part writing. Musical examples from a range of historical periods will be used to demonstrate different analytical tools. Discussion will also focus on the analytical process and its relationship to the performer as well as the listener’s perception of a work (Formerly MU 111)
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 - Special Topics: Computer Music
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.
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.
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.
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 its 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 310 - Music Theory III
A continuation of Music Theory II, this class will first present further elements of the harmonic vocabulary used in tonal music (including mode mixture, the Neapolitan chord, augmented sixth chords) then introduce students to techniques and approaches employed by composers in the twentieth century. 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 - Music Composition
This course is designed to allow students to explore the creative process of music composition. The course will focus on individual compositional aspects such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form, orchestration, and text setting. Students will have a variety of opportunities to foster their music writing skills and work on the various musical elements through creative composition projects. Students will also have the opportunity to meet and discuss the compositional process with a professional composer and participate in the process of a newly commissioned work to be premiered during the course. (Formerly MU 210)
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.
Four credits.
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MU 350 - Special Topics: Conducting
Four credits
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MU 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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MU 401 - Independent Study - Thesis Research
Four credits.
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MU 492 - Internship (one-semester)
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MU 493 - Internship (two-semester)
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MU 494 - Internship (two-semester)
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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.
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. (2 credits beginning fall 2016)
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.
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 361 - Holistic Nursing Practice
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to Holistic nursing practice and an overview of selected healing modalities. Discussion, demonstrations and/or experiential sessions are utilized to facilitate an understanding of these modalities. The emphasis is on developing an evidence based practice and in examining the implications of Holistic nursing in practice and research. Elective.
Four credits.
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NU 370 - Special Topics in Nursing
Topics will vary.
Four credits.
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NU 375 - ST: Born in the USA - Childbirth from Multiple Perspectives
“Born in the U.S.A” will address the phenomenon and experience of childbirth from several perspectives, including health and health policy, history, gender studies, psychology and art/media to name a few. Topics will include diverse issues such as health disparities, social and cultural influences on birth, parenting and family, feminist and traditional perspectives on childbearing and infant feeding, as well as how childbirth is viewed in art, contemporary media and theology. 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 & 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 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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HURN 310 - Studies in Humanities
This course in an introduction to the study of humanities and the timeless questions that are central to understanding the human spirit and condition. The assigned readings, music and films cross several disciplines and genres to introduce students to important aspects of the broad sweep of Western culture. In literature, film, music and the arts, students are challenged to consider critical questions that are part of the human experience in every time and place and the meanings and functions of science, art, leadership, politics, and religion in the human family/community.
Note: Core Course.
3 credits.
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NURN 360 - Understanding Suffering
This course assists 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 aspects that occurs within all cultures and across the lifespan. Suffering may have acute and/or chronic implications for an individual and/or community.
Note: Nursing Elective Course.
Three credits.
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NURN 362 - ST: PTSD and Implications for Nursing Practice
This course examines issues that impact professional nursing care of individuals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Students analyze societal, ethical, cultural and economic factors that influence health care delivery and professional nursing practice for this population. Assignments elicit critical thinking related to public health and nursing practice delivered to a diverse population suffering from this condition.
Note: Nursing Elective Course.
Three credits.
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NURN 375 - ST: Healthcare Economics and Policy
This course provides students with an opportunity to utilize basic economic concepts and principals to examine current trends in healthcare. The impact of policy, healthcare financing, and delivery within the U.S. will be emphasized. This course will prepare the student for political advocacy in today’s health care environment.
Four credits.
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NURN 451 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
This course engages the RN-BSN student in the theoretical study and practical application of the fundamentals and requisites for successful leadership development - decision making, problem solving and critical thinking.
Four credits.
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