Liberal Studies (24-26 credit hours)

Courses in this component introduce fundamental concepts, methods and content in disciplines essential to a liberal education.

Requirement: Eight courses, with at least one course from each of the six area, and two additional courses in any of the six areas; however, no more than two courses from any one area may be used to satisfy the Liberal Studies requirement.


    • Area 1: History
      Courses acquaint students with some of the principal developments in world or American history. Students analyze problems or controversies, and learn to use different kinds of source material.
      An interdisciplinary approach to the study of America's heritage and the distinguishing features of the American mind and character.
      This course will offer a critical investigation of the role of popular culture in American life. From Tin Pan Alley to hip-hop, from fast food to pro wrestling, popular culture shows an increasing influence on American economic, social, and political life, and has become central in helping to define American identity and even reality itself. We all participate in popular culture in some way, and this course will give students the chance to explore its meanings and importance in their lives and in American culture.
      A survey of American intellectual history and cultural criticism ranging from Puritanism and Enlightenment Rationalism to multiculturalism, feminism, and post-modernism.
      This course will explore both the historical origins and development of the cultural ideal of democracy in the United States. By focusing on the cultural ideal of democracy, it will seek to understand the impact and meaning of democracy in America beyond that of political institutions alone. It will include readings and discussions in history, literature, politics, and cultural anthropology.
      This course will explore the relationship between religion and politics in the United States. It will include an examination of the role religion played in the founding vision of our nation?s democracy, as well as the important separation between church and state that has been achieved over the course of our nation?s history. With this historical backdrop in mind, special emphasis will then be given to the ascendancy of the religious right in recent electoral politics.
      A study of the development of civilizations from the development of human civilizations to the end of the first era of empire building in India, China, and the Mediterranean. Topics include the river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China; the formation of great philosophies and religious traditions in Asia and Greece; and the first empires in the Mediterranean world, India, and China.
      A study of the second phase of empire building in world history, spanning the period from the fall of Rome in 476 to the end of the Middle Ages in Europe and the end of Mongol domination in Asia and Russia by 1450. Topics will include the Byzantine Empire; the gradual recovery of Europe after the fall of Rome; the renewal of China under the T'ang and the Song Dynasties; the Islamic dynasties in the Middle East, Africa, India, and China; the pre-Columbian empires of Latin America; and the Mongol invasions.
      This course is a survey of modern history, from ca. 1400 to the present. The course will focus on one of the most important aspects of modern history, the processes of colonization and decolonization. The course is framed by three main areas of inquiry. First students explore why it was the Europeans who expanded over the globe from 1500 to 1900. The second theme is the cultural encounter that resulted from European expansion. The final section of the course deals with the twentieth-century. The following themes are covered: colonial resistance, the three-world order, and globalization.
      The major events and developments in America from Columbus to the Civil War, with emphasis on the creation of a distinctive American society from the interaction of different cultures, ethnic groups, and ideas. Major themes include the transformation of European cultural ideas in colonial America and the impact of republican ideology, democratization, and the spread of the market economy between the Revolution and the Civil War.
      American history from 1865 until the present. Students learn about important themes in recent history such as law and order, native land rights, protest movements, foreign policy and its critics, and the rise of corporate power and its economic and political consequences.
      An introduction to the main political, social, economic and intellectual developments in twentieth-century Europe. The major themes of the course include the experience of the two world wars; the development of fascist and communist regimes under Lenin and Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler; the weakness of the western democracies after World War I; the Holocaust; the Cold War; the Communist Bloc; the end to colonialism; the European Union; the development of the welfare state, and the new nationalism.
      A study of French history from 1750 to the 1980s. The course provides an overview of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of France from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century. The course will address a variety of themes from the standpoint of France's place in European history as a whole but also in terms of the uniqueness of the French experience. Some of the themes covered by the course will include: France's revolutionary tradition; the development of a democratic society; the French pattern of gradual industrialization; the persistence of the French peasantry; the socialist movement and syndicalism; the evolution of the radical right; imperialism; French communism; intellectual movements in literature, philosophy and the arts; France and Europe in the post-war period; women in French society; and the role of minorities in France. The course will also examine the ways in which these themes relate to issues confronting contemporary France.
      An exploration of the position of women in Modern Europe from 1750 to the present. The course focuses around the tensions between women's difference and demands for equal treatment as this theme has played out through history. The course will begin with a discussion of gender in history and then proceed to examination of women in pre- industrial Europe, the French Revolution, the industrial revolution, nineteenth-century reform movements, feminism and the suffrage movement. Twentieth century themes include the "new" woman, women in communist Russia and under the fascist regimes, the impact of two world wars on women's roles, the welfare state, and finally, contemporary feminism.
      How the old republican ideal of a virtuous agrarian society struggled to confront the new age of economic modernization, social diversity and sectional tension.
      An analysis of American military institutions from Old World tradition to the post-Persian Gulf era with emphasis on the U.S. Army.
      An introduction to the main political, social, economic and intellectual developments in twentieth-century Europe. The major themes of the course include the experience of the two world wars; the development of fascist and communist regimes under Lenin and Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler; the weakness of the western democracies after World War I; the Holocaust; the Cold War; the Communist Bloc; the end to colonialism; the European Union; the development of the welfare state, and the new nationalism. Writing process. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits.
      This course explores the relationship between religion and politics in the United States. It will include an examination of the role religion played in the founding of our nation's democracy, the important separation between church and state that has been achieved over the course of our nation's history, and the ascendancy of the religious right in recent electoral politics.
    • Area 2: Social Science
      Courses establish and explore patterns of human culture and social organization including international aspects of the world by examining the relationships among individuals and the structures and processes of societies. They draw on the theories and methodological approaches used in the social sciences and prepare students to evaluate, integrate, and communicate information and issues related to human behavior.
      The course examines how individuals and firms make choices within the institution of free-market capitalism. Individuals decide how much of their time to spend working and what to buy with the earnings of their labor. Firms decide how much to produce and in some cases what price to charge for their goods. Together these choices determine what is produced, how it is produced, and for whom it is produced in our economic system.
      This course extends the study of consumer and producer choices to discover how they affect the nation's economy. Macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole as measured by the key variables of inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. Emphasis is on both Keynesian and classical theories and how they predict what monetary and fiscal policies can be used to affect these variables and reach national economic goals.
      This course examines economics from both the microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. The course covers the basic principles of economics including the problem of scarcity, economics systems and models, supply and demand, market equilibrium, competition and monopoly, the banking system, monetary policy and inflation, fiscal policy, deficits, economic growth, and international trade.
      This course is designed as a broadly-based introduction to the discipline of political science. It will acquaint students with the concepts, structures, trends, and belief systems that form the basis of political activity throughout the world. Those taking the course will leave with an enhanced understanding of - if not appreciation for - the multiple ideologies, institutions, issues, and actors that shape and drive politics.
      This course provides a survey of key developments, institutions, and issues in American politics. Topics include the ideas that shaped the original American political system, the presidency; Congress and federal courts; the operation of political parties and interest groups; domestic and foreign policy debates; and contemporary issues such as civil rights and affirmative action.
      This course uses key cases to study important doctrines established by the Supreme Court with respect to the structure and functions of the constitutional system (judicial, legislative and executive power and federalism). There is a particular emphasis on various forms of textual interpretation used by individual justices to apply the Constitution in deciding cases and writing opinions.
      This course is designed to introduce students to the study of international relations. The course hinges on a series of questions: Who are the principal actors in the international system? What are the theoretical ways of discerning why these actors do what they do? How has the international system evolved into its present form? What are the central issues confronting the international system?
      This course describes the public policy process and analyzes various areas of substantive domestic policy at the national level. Topics covered include budgeting and taxation, education, health, welfare, and the environment.
      The course will examine all areas in which contemporary U.S. Security Policy is formulated and implemented. The overall goal of the course is for students to develop their abilities to interrelate the concepts and substance of U.S. security.
      Governmental institutions, characteristics of state and local political systems and the major inter-governmental problems in state and local relations with federal government.
      An introduction to the sociological perspective with a focus on how individual behavior is shaped by the social context. The nature and characteristics of human societies and social life are examined from a perspective known as the "sociological imagination". Topics range from the influence of culture on human behavior, the development of the self, group dynamics, deviance, population, and social inequality.
      Introduction to both physical and cultural anthropology including human evolution, human variation, and cross-cultural analysis and comparison.
      An introduction to the aspects of Maori culture within a fast changing and contemporary mainstream society. (This course is only offered in New Zealand.)
      Contemporary social problems are examined from a constructionist perspective. Topics selected for study vary according to societal trends, but typically include an examination of social change, poverty, globalization, environmental degradation, deviance, and health.
      An overview of family focusing on family structure and interaction. Diverse topics range from sexuality and love, mate selection and dating, parenting, dysfunctional families, and divorce. A historical and cross-cultural approach is employed in addition to a sociological approach.
      Introduction to the study of aging from a multidisciplinary perspective. Topics include the biology of aging, demographic trends in aging, and aging impacts on social institutions and society. Policies on aging are reviewed.

    • Area 3: Natural Science
      Courses present findings, concepts, and theories of science, develop an understanding of scientific methods of inquiry, engage students directly in the practice of science, and prepare students to think critically about scientific issues.
      The human organism is utilized as the primary focus to elucidate physiological principles for non-science majors. Topics include nutrition, homeostasis, major organ systems, immunity and exercise physiology. Laboratory exercises include sensory physiology, respiration, blood pressure, exercise physiology and ECG.
      This course is intended for the non-science major. Although the major emphasis of this course is on the inheritance of traits in humans, topics ranging from basic cell reproduction through gamete production and early developmental stages are also covered. Classical genetics, in both humans and other organisms, including both chromosomal and gene genetics, as well as population genetics, molecular genetics and application of genetics to biotechnology and genetic engineering are discussed. The laboratory is intended to give the student "hands-on" experience in making observations, performing experiments and working with scientific equipment. Topics to be covered in the laboratory include studying prepared slides, performing genetic crosses, activating genes in bacteria, isolating DNA and learning about DNA fingerprinting.
      Designed for non-science majors, the course serves as an introduction to ecological principles and their applications to understanding the causes and current status of environmental problems. Options for dealing with these problems are evaluated. Possible topics for discussion are overpopulation, food and water resources, ozone depletion, global warming, deforestation, acid rain, biodiversity, erosion, loss of wetlands, energy sources, pollution, eutrophication and waste disposal. Laboratory exercises are designed to illustrate ecological concepts presented in lecture.
      An introduction to the principles of chemistry including mathematical tools, atomic structure, stoichiometry, elementary concepts of equilibrium, bonding and organic chemistry. Intended for non- science majors. Laboratory experience included. Students who have received credit for CHM 111 may not take CHM 100.
      An introduction to the dynamic Earth and the interrelations of both the internal and external processes which shape it. This course offers an overview of the history and evolution of Earth in the context of plate tectonics. It explores the nature of volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building processes, weathering, erosion, and the various origins and compositions of Earth materials. Opportunities for hands-on inquiry are provided for the student in both the laboratory and in the field.
      An introduction to the forces that shape the solar system and the universe as well as the tools used to observe them. It presents a comprehensive review of the modern scientific view of the physical universe. Topics include the history of astronomy, astronomical technology, and the structure and evolution of astrophysical systems including the solar system, Sun, other stars, and galaxies. Laboratory work required.
      A course that acquaints the student with some of the important concepts of physics, both classical and modern, and with the scientific method, its nature and its limitations. The role of physics in the history of thought and its relationships to other disciplines and to society and government are considered. The weekly two-hour laboratory period provides experience in the acquisition, representation and, analysis of experimental data and demonstration of the physical phenomena with which the course deals.
      An introduction to the fundamental concepts and laws of the various branches of physics including mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics and atomic and nuclear structure with laboratory work in each area. Emphasis and applications appropriate for music recording technology majors. 4 credits.
      A continuation of the introduction to the fundamental concepts and laws of the various branches of physics including mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and atomic and nuclear structure with laboratory work in each area. Emphasis and applications appropriate for music recording technology majors. 4 credits.
      An introductory course in classical physics, designed for students who desire a rigorous mathematical approach to college physics. Calculus is used throughout. The first semester is devoted to mechanics and heat with laboratory work in each area. Prerequisite: MAS 111 or 161. 4 credits.
      Second semester of Principles of Physics. An introductory course in classical physics, designed for students who desire a rigorous mathematical approach to college physics. Calculus is used throughout. The second semester is devoted to electricity, magnetism and optics with laboratory work in each area. Prerequisite or corequisite: MAS 111 or 161. 4 credits.
      An introduction to the forces that shape the solar system and the universe as well as the tools used to observe them. It presents a comprehensive review of the modern scientific view of the physical universe. Topics include the history of astronomy, astronomical technology, and the structure and evolution of astrophysical systems including the solar system, Sun, other stars, and galaxies. Laboratory work required.
      The study of scientific principles and experiments applicable to a person's everyday experiences. Student projects are selected from the areas of biology, chemistry, and physics. The course is open to all students and is appropriate for those intending to teach elementary school. Laboratory experience included.
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      Biology Option 1:

      A rigorous study of basic biological principles, which is designed for science majors. Topics emphasized include cell biology, genetics, taxonomy, histology, and evolution.
      Laboratory exercises include enzyme kinetics, carbohydrate analysis, isolation and identification of plant pigments, microscopy, and histological techniques. Must be taken concurrently with Biology 111. 1 credit.

      Biology Option 2:

      A rigorous study of basic biological principles, which is designed for science majors. Topics emphasized include cell biology, genetics, taxonomy, histology, and evolution.
      Laboratory exercises include enzyme kinetics, carbohydrate analysis, isolation and identification of plant pigments, microscopy, and histological techniques. Must be taken concurrently with Biology 111. 1 credit.

      Chemistry Option 1:

      An introduction to chemistry for the science major. First semester topics include atomic and molecular structure, chemical reactions, calculations involving chemical concentrations, gas laws and bonding. Prerequisite: one year of high school chemistry of permission. 3 credits.
      Laboratory course to accompany 111. Experiments cover stoichiometry, gas laws, quantitative analysis, equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemical synthesis and the use of computers for collecting data. Students are introduced to intrumentation including infrared, UV-visible, and atomic absorption spectrometers. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHM 111. 1 credit.

      Chemistry Option 2:

      A continuation of first semester. Topics include kinetics, acids and bases, equilibrium, oxidation- reduction chemistry, thermodynamics, electro- chemistry and nuclear chemistry. Prerequisite: one year of high school chemistry or permission. 3 credits.
      Laboratory course to accompany CHM 112. Experiments cover stoichiometry, gas laws, quantitative analysis, equilibrium, electro- chemistry, chemical synthesis and the use of computers for collecting data. Students are introduced to instrumentation including infrared, UV-visible, and atomic absorption spectrometers. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHM 112. 1 credit.

      Physics Option 1:

      An introduction to the fundamental concepts and laws of the various branches of physics, including mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and atomic and nuclear structure, with laboratory work in each area. 4 credits.
      Laboratory course to cover the fundamental concepts and laws of the various branches of physics, including mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and atomic and nuclear structure.

      Physics Option 2:

      A continuation of PHY 103. Fundamental concepts and laws of the various branches of physics, including mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and atomic and nuclear structure, with laboratory work in each area. 4 credits.
      Description pending.
    • Area 4: Mathematics
      Courses introduce pivotal mathematical ideas, abstract mathematical constructs, and mathematical applications. They make students aware of the powers and limitations of mathematics and emphasize the role of mathematics in our society.
      A study of a variety of topics in mathematics. Many introduce modern mathematics and most do not appear in the secondary school curriculum.
      A calculus sequence for department majors and other students desiring a rigorous introduction to elementary calculus. Prerequisite: placement testing or MAS 102. Corequisite; MAS 113. 4 credits.
      Second semester of a calculus sequence for department majors and other students desiring a rigorous introduction to elementary calculus. Prerequisite: MAS 111. Corequisite: MAS 114. 4 credits.
      Introduction to mathematical techniques used in quantitative analysis in business and economics. Topics include sets, linear relations, matrices, linear programming, probability and interest.
      A calculus sequence covering functions, limits, differentiation, integration and applications. Prerequisite: placement testing or MAS 102. MAS 161 is a prerequisite for MAS 162. 3 credits per semester.
      Second semester of a calculus sequence covering functions, limits, differentiation, integration and infinite sets. Prerequisite: MAS 161. 3 credits.
      An introduction to elementary descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on conceptual understanding.
      A more advanced version of MAS 170 intended for students with some calculus background.

    • Area 5: Literature and Fine Arts
      Courses acquaint students with significant works of artistic expression and with their historical and cultural contexts. They help them analyze and broaden their understanding of works of art, music and literature and seek both to extend their aesthetic experience and enhance the quality of their critical judgment.
      A historical survey of American music emphasizing stylistic developments and illustrative musical examples from colonial times to the present. Includes American musical theater, jazz, folk and popular styles.
      An introduction to art from 1650 to the present day. The course offers a critical grounding in selected themes with an emphasis on cultural history and stylistic change. Includes painting, architecture, film, photography, and sculpture.
      This course explores fundamental issues in the production and interpretation of art. Representation and style, changing ideas of beauty, the artist in society, art and controversy, and the relationship of art to visual culture are studied as the basis for gaining a greater understanding of images.
      Using a variety of media, this essential studio course explores drawing as a way of seeing and recording visual information from the world around us. Principles of composition and explorations of personal expression are also introduced.
      An introduction to art and architecture in its historical and cultural context from the ziggurats of Mesopotamia and the pyramids of dynastic Egypt to the temples of ancient Greece and Rome, the mosaics of Byzantium, and the illuminated manuscripts and soaring cathedrals of medieval Europe. Attention is paid to skills in critical description and visual analysis.
      From Giotto to Giacometti, Fragonard to Frank Lloyd Wright, an examination of the visual and material culture of the Western world from the fourteenth century to the present day. Special attention is paid to aesthetics, economics, gender, and nationalism.
      This course introduces the physical and visual properties of oil paint. Through a variety of projects, students explore the expressive potential of this medium and learn basic techniques of professional studio practice, such as constructing a painting support and working safely with paint.
      Focusing on the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, this course offers a comprehensive survey of the major monuments, themes, and developments of Renaissance art in Europe. Works by Giotto, Van Eyck, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, D rer, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian, among others, are examined.
      This course uncovers the roots of modernism by tracing patterns of change in the art of France, Spain, England, and the German states from the 1780s to the 1860s. Painting and sculpture are examined in the context of political unrest, urban and industrial expansion, colonialism, the lure of the Orient, new criticism, and the burgeoning art market.
      A survey of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture, highlighting major stylistic phases, monuments, and objects of art from the Greek Archaic period to the fall of Rome. The cultural, philosophical, political, and economic contexts from which Greek and Roman art emerged, and classical revivals in post-medieval Europe and in America, are also explored.
      This course surveys painting, sculpture, and architecture in a social, political, and cultural context in 17th- and 18th-century Italy. The work of the Carracci, Caravaggio, Bernini, and Borromini will be examined. Students explore such issues as patronage by private citizens, nobles, and popes; art and religion; the classical tradition; and art and architectural theory.
      An introduction to the art of the Low Countries and France, including the work of Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer; the French Caravaggisti, Poussin, Claude, Watteau and Boucher. Particular attention is paid to questions of stylistic, geographical and political difference and to the social circumstances in which works were produced, viewed and sold. Prerequisite: ART 112 or ART 212. 3 credits.
      An examination of the origins, making and meaning of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the context of momentous social and economic change in 19th-century France. Artists include Manet, Degas, Monet, CTzanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh.
      An overview of modern art from the 1890s to the rise of postmodernism in the 1970s, including important stylistic movements such as Cubism, Dada and Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art, and Conceptual Art. The focus will be on the ideas, works, and critical reception of specific artists, widened to include issues of science and technology, race and gender, and related developments in politics and literature.
      An introduction to American art from 1650 to the present day. The course offers a critical grounding in selected themes, with an emphasis on cultural history and stylistic change. Includes painting, architecture, film, photography, and sculpture.
      This course examines the interrelationship of art history and film studies from the origins of photography and cinema in the 1800s to the present day. Specific examples of filmmakers and artists are examined, as well as various art movements including Cubism and Surrealism
      An examination of the impact of Eastern culture, aesthetics, and formal design on Western art and architecture. Attention is given to Western historical conceptions of "otherness" and to the limitations of Western critical approaches to art history.
      This course investigates the art, culture, and architecture of Rome from the pre-Republican era to the 21st century. Organized thematically and chronologically, the course considers such topics as: images of authority; subterranean Rome; the path of the medieval pilgrim; antiquity and its reinterpretations in the Renaissance; urban planning in Counter-Reformation Rome; the Grand Tour; and Mussolini and fascist architecture.
      From classic novels and poetry, to popular fiction, to hypertext/media, participants will explore how the art of storytelling changes with the medium in which the story is told. This course first focuses on close reading and analysis of literature, and then explores the aesthetic and theoretical implications and opportunities of digital and interactive media that have created a rich new platform for the creation of literary and artistic works.
      An introduction to literary genres and to the basic methodology, terminology and concepts of the study of literature. Usually offered every semester.
      An introduction to the study of theater arts, using the study of representative theater texts from different periods and genres while tracing the evolution of the means-the techniques of acting, stagecraft, and playwrighting-by which these texts have been brought to performance from ancient times to the present. Usually offered alternate fall semesters.
      A survey of selected major American authors from the colonial period to about 1900. Usually offered fall semester.
      A survey of selected major American authors from about 1900 to the present. Usually offered spring semester.
      A survey of selected major English authors from the Middle Ages to about 1800. Usually offered alternate spring semesters.
      A survey of selected major English authors from about 1800 to the present. Usually offered alternate spring semesters.
      A survey of selected major writers from earliest literate hisory to about A.D. 1000. This includes literature from western Europe and non-western cultures. Usually offered fall semester.
      A survey of selected major writers from about A.D. 1000 to about 1800. This course includes literature from western Europe and non-western cultures. Usually offered spring semester.
      A survey of selected major writers from about 1800 to the persent. The course includes literature from Europe and Russia, as well as non-western cultures. Usually offered fall semester.
      This course aims to develop critical thinking skills through analysis and critique of a broad range of foreign and American films, and to enable an understanding of film's history as a form of political, social, and cultural expression. Students will acquire a critical vocabulary, and will be exposed to a variety of critical approaches to film.
      A study of French literature from the 9th to the 16th centuries. Works from the medieval epic and courtly romance through Renaissance philosophical essays. Development of advanced communicative skills through literature will be promoted.
      A study of the spirit and principal authors of French Classicism (with a special emphasis on the theater of Corneille, Racine and Moliere) and the main ideological currents of the 18th century, with a special emphasis on the writers of the Enlightenment and their role in the transition from the old to the new regime (Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, Rosuseau, I'Abbe Prevost, Marivaux).
      A study of the main ideological and literary currents of the 19th centuries; Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism. Emphasis on the works of Flaubert, Balzac, Zola, Maupassant, Baudeliare, and others. Prerequisite: FRN 202. Writing process. 3 credits.
      A study of contemporary society as reflected in the literary evolution from Proust to the Nouveau Roman and le theatre de l'Absurde. Such writers as Giraudoux, Anouilh, Malraux, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco and Becket will be studied.
      A study of theater and poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries.
      Works of fiction and nonfiction selected to explore a particular topic or theme. Students may repeat this course for credit.
      A study of German song from Minnesang to Kanaksprak. Involves both texts and music as appropriate.
      For the non-music major, a survey of Western music designed to increase the individual's musical perception.
      For music minors and non-music majors, an introduction to the rudiments of music: notation, key signatures, theory, aural theory and so forth.
      Designed primarily for the non-music major, the course will focus on genre and period studies.
      A historical survey of U.S. music emphasizing stylistic developments and illustrative musical examples from colonial times to the present. Includes American musical theater, jazz, folk and popular styles.
      A survey course in the history of Western music (in the context of world musics of various cultures), with emphasis on stylistic developments and illustrative musical examples, from the classical period to the present. Music core course.
      An advanced course in music history. Beginning with late-19th-century musical developments, the course continues chronologically through the 20th century. Designed for music majors and interested non-majors who read music well.
      A study of the outstanding works of the period.
      A study of the major works of the period.
      Readings from the Enlightenment in Spain and an examination of the major works of romanticism and realism.
      A study of the literary movement of the century, starting with the Generation '98 and modernism.
      A study of the important writers of the century, with emphasis on recent developments. Prerequisite: SPA 202 or equivalent. Writing process. 3 credits.
    • Area 6: Religion/Philosophy
      Courses introduce major religious or philosophical perspectives, the critical study of value judgments, and the understanding that all judgements and value systems are grounded in particular worldviews. Students are encouraged to examine their own moral commitments as they develop an awareness of and tolerance for other value systems.
      A survey of philosophical thought in the United States from colonial period to present, with emphasis on the work of Peirce, James, and Dewey.
      Examination of major philosophical issues and the ways major philosophers have dealt with them.
      An inquiry into the central problems of values applied to human conduct, with an examination of the responses of major ethical theories to those problems.
      An examination of some of the important philosophical issues, including the ethical and valuational, to be found in the social institutions of politics, law, government and religion.
      A survey of philosophical thought in the United States from colonial period to present, with emphasis on the work of Peirce, James, and Dewey.
      A study of the issues raised for philosophy by contemporary religious thought. The course examines such topics as faith and reason; faith and culture; and interpretations of refelation, symbolism and religious language.
      An exploration of the many dimensions of religion as a central human experience: self and meaning, religious expression, religious knowledge, religion in its cultural context, and religion and the natural order.
      A study of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and related literature, including its historical and social context.
      A study of the issues raised for philosophy by contemporary religious thought. The course examines such topics as faith and reason; faith and culture; and interpretations of revelation, symbolism and religious language.
      An examination of the history of Christianity and the development of Christian thought through the reading and discussion of primary works in Christian theology and philosophy.
      A survey of the development of Judaism and its contemporary teachings and practices.