Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Course Descriptions


 

Judaic Studies

  
  • JS 299 - Independent Work (2 or 4 Cr.)


  
  • JS 305 - Topics in Judaic Studies (2 or 4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area if course taken for at least 3 credits)
    Advanced study in a historical period, theme, issue, or thinker in Judaic studies. Topics for a given semester are posted for registration. Course may be repeated with a different topic. Courses may include: The Jewish Political Tradition, The Problem of Evil in Jewish Thought, or American Jewish Literature. Prerequisite: one 100- or 200-level course in Judaic studies, sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester.
  
  • JS 399 - Advanced Independent Work (2 or 4 Cr.)



Latin American Studies

The Latin American Studies minor (LAM) is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the diverse regions of the Caribbean, Mexico and Central and South America through the history, politics, languages and cultures of their peoples. Students examine different aspects of Latin American society based on their own major interests. There is a mandatory language requirement to complete up to SP 235. Students with Portuguese or French background, please contact the LAM director. In addition to the language requirement, the minor in Latin American Studies requires a minimum of 20 credits of course work. To complete the LAM minor students must take LAM 105, LAM/HIS 225, & LAM/HIS 295. In addition, they will need to take three electives, with at least one at the 400-level. Note that some courses have language prerequisites that must be satisfied before enrolling in those courses.

  
  • LAM 105 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (4 Cr.)

    (LER-DIV) (GCR RPP) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course will introduce students to many cultural, social, and political aspects of the region of the world known as Latin America. Beginning with the various views of what is meant by “Latin American,” the course will give students a more complete picture of the heterogeneous identities of the area. Taking an interdisciplinary, broad approach to regional studies, the course will explore the diverse artistic movements, social organizations, and political institutions that have shaped Latin America in the past and continue to define its present. Students with advanced Spanish-language skills are encouraged to take SP 296  along with this course. Fall semester.
  
  • LAM 225 - Latin American History: Colonial Period (4 Cr.)

    (formerly LAM 125) (HIS 225) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)
    This course examines Latin American history from the pre-Columbian era to the independence era. Topics to be discussed include pre-Columbian social dynamics, European conquest and colonization, indigenous peoples, slavery, gender dynamics, colonial economies, and the independence movements. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  
  • LAM 226 - Women, Peace and Protest: Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice (4 Cr.)

    (WGS 226  and PCE 226 )
    Examination of women’s participation in the human rights, social, and economic movements. Focus on understanding if, why, and under what circumstances gender becomes a central force in the development of these movements. We will address three questions: Has the involvement of women helped to define the human rights movement in Latin America? To what extent have feminist theory and theories of the state accounted for the nature of women’s protest? How and why were women instrumental in the political process that led from authoritarian to democratic rule in their countries? This course focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on women’s movements in the southern cone countries: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil. Prerequisite: WGS 150  and a HIS or LAM 100-level course. Spring semester. Alternate years. François.
  
  • LAM 236 - Latina Literature across Borders (2 Cr.)

    (cross-listed as LIT 236) (GCR RPP)
    This course will examine Latina literature, especially short stories and poems, written in English in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. We will focus on the themes of Latina identity, the interplay of Spanish and English in texts, and the function of Latinx legends and history. Some of the authors to be studied are Pat Mora, Sandra Cisneros, and Lorna Dee Cervantes. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Murphy.
  
  • LAM 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad (4 Cr.)

    (LER-SA) (GCR-SA)
    EMERGING MARKETS IN CUBA (BUS 272Y) This interdisciplinary course will allow students to gain a better understanding of Cuba’s history, culture, politics, economics and changing business environment, as a country in transition from a firmly state-controlled market to a more open market. A semester-long pre-course at Goucher during the spring semester will introduce students to the economic structures and business models now in place in Cuba as well as the country’s history and culture. This will be followed by a three-week intensive course in Cuba in May/June during which time students will visit Cuban businesses, large and small, will meet with local businessmen and businesswomen and will take part in various cultural excursions and activities. During the spring semester students will receive 1 credit for their work in the pre-course and, upon successful completion of the three-week ICA, they will receive an additional 3 credits cross-listed in Latin American Studies and Business Management. Prerequisite for LAM:   or instructor’s permission. Prerequisite for BUS:   or instructor’s permission. Grossman, Murphy.
  
  • LAM 280 - Selected Topics in Latin American Studies (2-4 Cr.)

    (PCE 280) (LER-DIV)
    An interdisciplinary approach to significant topics relating to contemporary Latin America. Specific topic for the semester to be announced in advance. Topics may include: Latino issues in the United States, Latin American cinema, Latin America and environmental issues, or revolutionary movements in Latin America. (For Peace Studies credit speak with your adviser). Prerequisite: Frontiers or sophomore standing. Variable semesters.
  
  • LAM 290 - Internship in Latin American Studies (0-4 Cr.)


    Projects to further the career development of students. Projects may be undertaken in the United States or abroad with a government agency, business, or nonprofit organization. LAM 290 may not replace a course required for the minor. Graded pass/no pass only. Variable semesters.
  
  • LAM 295 - Latin American History: National Period (4 Cr.)

    (HIS 295) (LER - DIV) (LER - TXT) (GCR-RPP)
    This course examines the history of Latin America from the rise of independence movements in the early nineteenth century until the present. It focuses in particular on the formation of nation states and the social, political, and ideological issues that manifest in the development of these nations. The course will move chronologically exploring the creation of independent nations during the nineteenth century out of the crisis of Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires in the Americas, considering the consolidation of liberal political economies and challenges to these economies. These histories will provide a framework for a final section exploring the twentieth century that will focus on dictatorships and the neoliberal order in the region, as well as social and political movement that challenged them. Within the context of this chronological framework we will draw from a wide range of case studies that will include the history of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Andean Republics and Central America. These case studies will allow us to examine closely the changes and continuities in Latin American societies during the national period. We will use these examples to explore recent historical approaches to this history that have highlighted the importance of exploring gender and race. Throughout the course the students will also analyze primary and secondary sources related to the course themes that highlight the experiences among others of immigrants, indigenous communities, and communities of African descent. By the end of the semester students will have read widely on the history of Latin American nations, examined the experiences of various groups within the region, and written about and interpreted these histories. Students new to the field of History are welcomed in the class; no prior knowledge of Latin American history is required or expected. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  
  • LAM 326 - Latin American/Carribean Women, Resistance, Protest (4 Cr.)

    (formerly LAM 226) (PCE 326/WGS 326) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines women’s participation in the human rights, social and political movements in Latin America and the Caribbean. The following questions will be addressed: 1) Why and under what circumstances gender and race became a central force in the development of these movements? 2) To what extent have feminist theory and theories of the state accounted for the nature of women’s protest and resistance? 3) How, why and were South American women instrumental in the sociopolitical process that led from authoritarian to democratic rule in their countries in the 1980’s and 1990’s? We will also explore Amerindian feminist agency being forged in the current round of struggles for the protection of territory and autonomy in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The course will also be devoted to Afro-Iberian descendent forms of resistance, as expressed in the literary, visual and creative arts in Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil but also in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Prerequisite: PCE or WGS 100/200 level course, sophomore standing; OR permission of the instructor.
  
  • LAM 380 - Independent Work in Latin American Studies (2-4 Cr.)


    Students will work with a professor to design an advanced research project on a topic of their choosing. An independent study may not replace a course required for the major or the minor. Fall and Spring semester.

Literature

  
  • LIT 114 - Literature for Everyone (1-2 Cr.)


    Read great literature! Rotating topics will include prizewinning contemporary novels from around the world; Jane Austen’s novels; masterworks of American literature; and more. Open to all members of the Goucher community; auditors welcome. Low-stakes writing assignments and P/NP course grading only. Fall, spring. Program faculty.
  
  • LIT 200 - Close Reading, Critical Writing (2 Cr.)


    WID course for Literary Studies majors and minors (as of 2019); for Writing majors (as of 2019); and for English majors and literature minors (prior to 2019).  Prospective and new majors and minors will need this course at the beginning of their major (ideally immediately after completing WRT 181 ). Students will learn how to perform close readings of texts. Students will also explore how one goes about conducting literary research. This course intends to provide a strong foundation to make future encounters with literature more meaningful and rewarding. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Program faculty.
  
  • LIT 211 - Early British Literature (2 Cr.)


    Anglo-Saxon monsters, pilgrims with potty mouth, and sonnets about sex: Consider the origins of British Literature, the complexity of the older forms of our language, and the delights of bawdy manuscripts (some of which are illuminated/illustrated and available in our very own archives). Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Rauwerda.
  
  • LIT 212 - Humans & Nature in British Poetry (2 Cr.)


    Considers British poets and their reflections on humans, nature and human nature in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries respectively. Charts the evolution of poetic form from the neo-classical interest in rhetorical devices to modern image-driven verse. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Rauwerda, Wells.
  
  • LIT 215 - Literary Theory: Four Ways of Looking at a Text (2 Cr.)


    This course explores a range of theoretical perspectives and analytical interests that can inform our reading of literary texts (feminist, postcolonial, Marxist, psychoanalytic, semiotic, deconstructionist, new critical, reader response etc.). Our 300 level offerings assume students have taken LIT 215.  It is a good idea to take this course early in your major.  Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall Semester, repeated spring semester. Program faculty.
  
  • LIT 222 - Women and Literature (4 Cr.)

    (WGS 222 ) (LER DIV and LER TXT)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Topic: Working Class Women’s Literature. For too long the working class has been used as a coded term for white male blue-collar workers. Women, including women of color, form a large part of the working class. In literary works - fiction, poetry, and memoirs - these women represent themselves and their communities. Yet many readers are not even aware that the category “working-class women’s literature” exists. In LIT/WGS 222 we’ll begin by talking about just what we mean by working-class women’s literature. We will then look at several literary works in their historical and cultural context. Writers we’ll study include Sandra Cisneros, Rebecca Harding Davis, Dorothy Allison, and June Jordan. (Can count for WID: See English Major: General Requirements) Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Tokarczyk.
  
  • LIT 223 - African American Women Writers (4 Cr.)

    (WGS 223) (GCR RPP)


    Topics course.

    Topic Spring 2020: African American Women Writers: Toni Morrison and Her Contemporaries
    This course focuses on the novels of Toni Morrison and reads them in the context of her contemporaries in order to explore the realities that African American women writers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries present, along with the language they create. We’ll read four of Morrison’s novels-The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved, and Home-and contextualize her work by also reading additional writers such as Alice Walker, ntozake shange, Gloria Naylor, June Jordon, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler. We’ll explore the ways that these writers confront the violence of power and oppression as complex forces in society and human lives while at the same time giving us beauty-and love. 
    Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission.

  
  • LIT 232 - Shakespeare (4 Cr.)

    (WEC) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Study of plays in all of the Shakespearean genres and an introduction to the criticism of the plays. Viewing one or two plays to supplement an approach to the plays as drama. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Spring semester.
  
  • LIT 236 - Latina Literature across Borders (2 Cr.)

    (cross-listed as LAM 236) (GCR RPP)
    This course will examine Latina literature, especially short stories and poems, written in English in the United States, Mexico, and the Carribean. We will focus on the themes of Latina identity, the interplay of Spanish and English in texts, and the function of Latinx legends and history. Some of the authors we’ll study are Pat Mora, Sandra Cisneros, and Lorna Dee Cervantes. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Murphy.
  
  • LIT 242 - From Puritan Diaries to Oprah’s Book Club: Readers and Writers in American History (4 Cr.)

    (HIS 242) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Using insights gleaned from various disciplines, this course examines the history of reading and writing in America. In particular, we will study how written texts are produced, disseminated, and consumed. Topics include Indians and the discovery of print; the sentimental novel; slave narratives; religious readers; the making of an American literary canon; comic books in modern America; and, of course, Oprah’s book club. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
  
  • LIT 249 - The Legacies of Slavery (4 Cr.)

    (LER DIV)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    In this interdisciplinary course on African-American literature, culture, and history students will examine the impact and legacies of slavery on the experiences of all Americans, but particularly African Americans as they negotiate and define “freedom” for themselves throughout history. The theme of enslavement will be explored from the American Colonial period to the present in literary genres that include slave narratives, poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and science fiction. Authors may include Butler, Chesnutt, Douglass, Hansberry, Ellison, and Wright. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Robinson.
  
  • LIT 250 - The Roots of American Literature (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course explores issues of nationality, spirituality, race, gender, and sexuality from the earliest European encounters in the Americas through the Civil War in literary genres that include letters, journals, essays, poetry, the sermon, autobiography, short story, novel, and the slave narrative. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Robinson.
  
  • LIT 254 - The American Novel (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course traces developments in American literature from the 1880s through the 1980s, a period dominated by the rags-to-riches plot. Students will explore how writers such as Alger (Ragged Dick), Twain (Puddn’head Wilson), Dreiser (Sister Carrie), James (Daisy Miller), Wharton (The House of Mirth), Chopin (The Awakening), Harper (Iola Leroy), Norris (McTeague), and Burroughs (Tarzan) obsessively reworked this plot, even as they grappled with the moral costs of social ambition and the obstacles that women, minorities, and the lower classes faced in their struggle upward. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Marchand.
  
  • LIT 265 - The English Novel, from Austen to Woolf (4 Cr.)

    (WEC)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines the evolution of the novel in English from the Romantic era through the Victorian to the Modern. We will explore changes in authors’ techniques and concerns, paying particular attention to the evolution of styles of narrative; approaches to psychological characterization; the appearance of other genres within the realist tradition; conventions of fiction, and responses to these conventions; attitudes towards authorship, especially when influenced by gender; representations of “Englishness”; possible approaches to grappling with historical sexism, racism, homophobia, and other attitudes common during these periods; and influential and recent scholarly interpretations of these texts. Readings (contact instructor for required editions): Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Dickens’ Great Expectations, Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or WRT 181H  or FYS 100W  or CWP. Pre- or co-requisite: LIT 200 . Fall semester. Wells.
  
  • LIT 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad ()

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area if taken for at least 3 credits)
    Course includes a pre-departure or post-departure, seven-week course or both in the fall and/or spring and a three-week intensive course abroad in the winter or summer. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission.
  
  • LIT 275 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (4 Cr.)

    (LER-TXT AND DIV)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    In this course we read the poetry and fiction conventionally assigned to the Harlem Renaissance of the early twentieth century. Authors may include Cullen, Fauset, Hughes, Hurston, Larsen, McKay, and others within an interdisciplinary context. Discussion topics include the delineation of the movement’s boundaries, both temporally and by subject, the construction and reconstruction of racial identities, and the tension between a progressive literary movement and the “masses” it would represent. Fulfills American studies elective. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Robinson.
  
  • LIT 278 - 20th and 21st Century American Poetry (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course will be focused around the theme of “making it new” in poetry: experimenting with new forms, taking on risky subjects, or revisioning traditional forms. We will focus both on reading poems closely and on putting them in their cultural and historic context. The list of poets studied will change slightly every semester, but may include T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Anne Sexton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Carolyn Forche, Claudia Rankine, Julia Alvarez, and Adrienne Rich. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission.
  
  • LIT 285 - Contemporary Literature from India, Africa, and Australia (4 Cr.)

    (LER-TXT AND DIV)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    How do the time you spend abroad and the time you spend on campus fit together? What is the legacy of colonialism in the modern world? This contemporary literature course may allow you to find some answers by examining works from three very different locales (India, Africa and Australia).We will pursue our literary study of novels, plays and poetry while also considering the socio-cultural contexts that produce these works and the historical events and legacies that have made them what they are. Prerequisite: WRT 181  or instructor’s permission. Rauwerda.
  
  • LIT 290 - Internship in English (0-4 Cr.)


    Internships related to literary study involve the application of knowledge and skills in composition, language, and literature, typically in editing, publishing, journalism, radio and television, advertising, or public relations. Businesses, professional firms, and government agencies sometimes accept students with strong writing and reading skills as interns. Credit for off-campus experience is available in some cases to students working for the college newspaper. Prerequisite: Varies according to the nature of the internship, but usually consists of a course in journalism or a 200-level course in literary study or writing. Faculty sponsorship required. May be taken either for a letter grade or pass/no pass.
  
  • LIT 299 - Independent Work in English (1-4 Cr.)


  
  • LIT 325 - Overseas: When World Travelers Write (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course starts by examining iconic non-fiction travel narratives like Graham Greene’s Journey without Maps and its contemporary successor, Tim Butcher’s Chasing the Devil: A Journey Through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Footsteps of Graham Greene.  We then consider how creative non-fiction narratives of being an immigrant differ from travel narratives, using Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family as an example.  Finally we shift to what will be the course’s primary focus: fiction written by third culture authors (where “third culture” means authors who spent their formative childhood years outside their ostensible “home” nation).  As examples of third culture authors we treat, among others, Ian McEwan and Barbara Kingsolver. Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 . Rauwerda.
  
  • LIT 330 - Special Topics in English Literature to 1700 (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    TBA Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 .
  
  • LIT 335 - Jane Austen and Her Readers (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines the English novelist Jane Austen through the lens of reception studies, an area of literary criticism that centers on the interactions of books and readers. We will read all six of Austen’s completed novels in the chronological order of their publication (contact instructor for required editions) plus representative examples of her manuscript work, both letters and fiction. We will also consider the influence of screen adaptations. You will be introduced to Goucher Library’s exceptional collection of rare Austen editions, period contextual materials, and popular responses, on which you may draw for course projects.
      Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 . Recommended prior course: LIT 265 . Wells.
  
  • LIT 341 - Archaeology of Text (4 Cr.)

    (BKS 341 ) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This interdisciplinary English course uses hands-on “laboratory” methods and a laboratory class period to introduce students to archival research using Goucher’s Rare Book Collection and online digital archives. Working backward in time, from the present to the Early Modern and Medieval periods, the course will survey ways people have packaged and used written/visual information, from digital media to early printed books to manuscripts. After training in codicology (rare book and document analysis), iconography (study of visual design), and paleography (study of old handwriting) students will conduct independent research using materials from Special Collections and Archives. Field trips to the Garrett Library (Johns Hopkins), the Library of Congress Rare Book Collection, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Students who have completed the course will be equipped to do additional archival research in 200- and 300-level courses, and for continued work in Special Collections and Archives and internships at Johns Hopkins, LC and the Folger. Prerequisite: LIT 200 , ARH 103 , or BKS 382 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • LIT 371 - Seminar in American Literature (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The Whale.  Several years ago the New York Times Book Review surveyed readers about the book they most regret not having read.  The number one answer?  Moby-Dick.  Avoid their terrible fate and read Moby-Dick, the true story it was inspired by, and the works it inspired in turn, including satires (Mad Magazine’s “Call me Fish-Smell”), films, and a techno-opera. Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 . Fall semester. Marchand.
  
  • LIT 372 - Seminar in African American Literature (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This seminar’s focus is the African American Novel and includes an examination of thematic, structural, and stylistic characteristics of novels written by African Americans from the 19th century through contemporary works. Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 . Or by permission of instructor. Spring semester. Robinson.
  
  • LIT 392 - Contemporary Literary Theory (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    An introduction to Postcolonial Theory, which is one branch of literary theory, this course deals with international contexts and the power differences between the western world and its former colonies. We study works by Said, Fanon, Bhabha and Spivak. Though this counts as a literature seminar for students in the English major, we do not emphasize the study of literature, but rather ideas about what “postcoloniality” means and what its implications are. The texts we read are, admittedly, challenging, but are provocative and exciting too. This course will hopefully expand your own ideas about race, gender, nationalism and the effects of political and cultural influence. Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 .  Fall semester. Rauwerda.
  
  • LIT 399 - Independent Study (1-4 Cr.)


    Independent study of literature at the 300-level. Prerequisite: LIT 200 . Pre- or corequisite: LIT 215 . Variable semesters.
  
  • LIT 440 - Special Topics in Literature: Big Books (2 Cr.)


    This course offers upper-division students the opportunity to read and discuss, in depth and at an advanced level, a major work in the English-language literary tradition. Prerequisite: Junior standing in a major in the Humanities Center; other juniors and seniors by permission. Various semesters. First offered fall 2018. Program Faculty.
  
  • LIT 495 - Senior Thesis (4 Cr.)


    Fall and spring semesters.
  
  • LIT 497 - Senior Capstone in Literary Studies (2 Cr.)


    This seminar offers an opportunity to reflect on and integrate prior learning in literature, as well to consider both broadly and personally the significance of this discipline. You will convey to a range of audiences and in a variety of modes – including electronic portfolios and oral presentations – the knowledge, skill set, and habits of mind that you are taking with you from your literature coursework into your life beyond Goucher. In other words, you’ll be fully prepared to address the enduring question, “Why study literature?” Offered Pass/No-Pass only. Prerequisite: Senior standing with Literary Studies major (beginning 2019) or English major (prior to 2019). Spring semester. Wells, Marchand.

Music

  
  • MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music Theory (4 Cr.)

    (LER - ARC)(GCR Arts area)
    Designed for music students who need to study the basics of Western music to pursue other musical study, or those who desire basic musical knowledge for their own pursuits. Topics include: scales, intervals, keys, key signatures, rhythm, meter, music notation, triads, and basic tonal function. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Program faculty.
  
  • MUS 102 - Introduction to Music Composition (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Arts area)
    Work in creative music composition using models selected by students, with guidance. Students will gain practical experience writing music and finding the materials needed to imitate existing music. Concurrently, students will study beginning sight-singing. Prerequisite: ability to read music.  Fall semester. Kennison, McDavitt, Chappell.
  
  • MUS 107 - Music Salon (1 Cr.)


    A course of presentations and performances for all music majors and minors, exploring various topics in music. Attendance is open to any interested parties; majors and minors should register for credit. Students must be able to read musical notation. May be repeated for credit. Fall and spring semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • MUS 109 - The History of Jazz (2 Cr.)

    (LER DIV)(GCR RPP)
    Beyond examining biographical information about jazz musicians, this course traces the history of jazz from the points of view of geography, chronology, socio-economic factors, and historical theories. Students in this course discover that the development of jazz would have been unimaginable without the practice of slavery and institutionalized oppression in both North American and Latin America, and that these forces manifested as a unique cultural phenomenon which reflected the society of its time. Fall semester. Chappell.
  
  • MUS 115 - The Eras of Bach and Beethoven: the Monumental Baroque and the Classical Revolution (4 Cr.)

    (LER-TXT)
    Focusing on two pivotal figures in music history, this course examines music from 1600 to the beginning of the 19th century; designed to provide a listener’s knowledge of Baroque and Classical styles. In addition to Bach and Beethoven, composers considered include Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Couperin, Handel, Purcell, Haydn, Mozart, et al. Includes listening and visual analysis of specific works representative of the principal styles of the periods, as well as study of music in cultural and historical context. Fall semester. Staff.
  
  • MUS 121 - Sight Singing (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Arts area)
    Sight-singing through immersion in vocal repertoire, using a variety of approaches to learning to sight-sing pitches and rhythm. Repertoire will include chant, canons, and Renaissance polyphony. Prerequisite: MUS 101  or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. McDavitt.
  
  • MUS 131 - Basic Piano (2 Cr.)


    Group instruction in the fundamental principles of keyboard technique. Designed for students without prior piano experience, the course progresses from basic hand positions through scales, chords, and simple repertoire in preparation for private instruction in piano (MUS 182 ). Prerequisite: MUS 101  or audition for the instructor. Fall semester, repeated Spring semester. Lane, Weiss.
  
  • MUS 140 - Goucher Chorus (1 Cr.)


    Performance of the major works of the choral literature. Students with sufficient vocal training may also audition for participation in the Chamber Singers ensemble, a group open to members of the Goucher Chorus. May be repeated for credit. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. McDavitt.
  
  • MUS 141 - Orchestra (1 Cr.)


    Performance of the orchestral repertoire of the Western musical tradition, including works taken from the Baroque through contemporary periods. May be repeated for credit. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.
  
  • MUS 143 - Goucher Chamber Singers (1 Cr.)


    Performance of works selected from the repertoire for small vocal ensemble; includes a cappella singing, as well as works accompanied by piano and instrumental ensemble. May be repeated for credit. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. McDavitt.
  
  • MUS 144 - Small Ensembles (1 Cr.)

    (LER ARC - but not if taken in Fall 2013 or Spring 2014)
    Performance of both standard and non-traditional repertoire for small ensembles. Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists. Groups ordinarily range from duos to sextets. Course structure includes large-group master classes, individual small-group coaching sessions, score analysis, journal keeping, and formal concerts. By audition or permission or the instructor. May be repeated for credit.  Fall semester, repeated spring semester.
  
  • MUS 147 - Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop (1 Cr.)


    Performance of works for the stage from the operatic and musical theatre repertoires.  Attention both to solo and ensemble singing.  Includes both class and coaching.  Course concludes with a staged public performance. May be repeated for credit. Blades and Weiss.
  
  • MUS 149 - Goucher Jazz Ensemble (1 Cr.)


    Group performance designed to provide experience in reading charts and improvising in multiple jazz styles. By audition or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Chappell.
  
  • MUS 203 - Special Topics in Music (2 or 4 Cr.)


    In-depth examination of a specific musical topic. The choice of topic will remain flexible. Examples include American Music from Colonial Times to the Present; First Nights-Notable Premieres of Great Works; History of Rock and Roll; American Musical Theatre; Music Criticism and Esthetics; Nationalism in Music; Diction for Singers; and composer-/genre-specific topics such as the Beethoven symphonies, the string quartet, piano literature, and the Second Viennese school. Prerequisite: any four-credit, 100-level music course. Offered as needed.
  
  • MUS 204 - Music Theory I: Introduction to Tonal Practice (4 Cr.)

    (LER Artistic/Creative Expression)(GCR Arts area)
    Study of the materials of tonal music, including diatonic and chromatic harmony, small form, and voice-leading, in the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras. Concurrent study of dictation through face-to-face instruction and lab software. Prerequisite: MUS 102 . Spring semester. Kennison.
  
  • MUS 210 - Computer Music (4 Cr.)

    (LER-ARC)(GCR Arts area)
    An introduction to the aesthetics, history, literature, and theory of electronic and computer music. Individual composition or research projects are undertaken in the Goucher Computer Music Studio. Opportunity for participation in a public concert of computer music. First seven weeks fall semester, repeated first seven weeks spring semester.
  
  • MUS 244 - Vocal Diction (2 Cr.)


    Designed to introduce the International Phonetic Alphabet and pronunciation rules for English, Latin, Italian, French, and German. The objective of the course is to increase clarity and expression of texts for vocal music in performance through the study of phonetics. Fall 2016 and alternate years. Widney.
  
  • MUS 248 - Music History I (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Arts area)
    This course examines music from 1600 to 1830; designed to provide a listener’s knowledge of Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic styles. Composers considered include Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Berlioz. Includes listening and visual analysis of specific works representative of the principal styles of the periods, as well as study of music in cultural and historical context. Fall semester.
  
  • MUS 272G - Intensive Course Abroad (4 Cr.)

    (LER-SA)(GCR-SA)
    Course includes a three-week intensive course abroad in the winter or summer. Variable.
  
  • MUS 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad (8 Cr.)

    IT 272Y   (LER-SA)(GCR-SA)
    Courses include a pre-departure or post-departure discussion (or both) in the fall or spring term and a three-week intensive course abroad in the winter intersession or summer. Variable.
  
  • MUS 290 - Internship in Music (0-4 Cr.)


    As an aid to career development, students are placed in various musical organizations (e.g., Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center) to gain experience in the various areas of arts administration in music. Internships are also available accompanying singers and/or instrumentalists under faculty supervision. Experiences may include performing in or arranging music for small ensembles or jazz groups and apprenticeships in various aspects of the composing professions, computer music, and music recording technology. Internships may be chosen in music libraries in Baltimore and adjacent cities for experience in bibliography and technical services relating to music and music criticism. Graded pass/no pass. Prerequisite: permission of the director. May be taken during academic semesters as well as summer or winter terms.
  
  • MUS 291 - Student Recital (2 Cr.)


    In preparation for the senior recital MUS 491 ), students in their junior year may perform a formal solo recital, the repertoire of which is to be selected in collaboration with the chair and the student’s private lesson instructor(s). Online registration is not available for this course. Students must register for recitals using a paper Course Change Form and reserve a performance date with the Music Program Office no later than May 1 for a fall semester recital and December 1 for a spring semester recital. Prerequisites: approval of the director and private lesson instructor(s). Fall semester, repeated spring semester.
  
  • MUS 299 - Independent Work in Music (2-4 Cr.)


    Special topics of study based on previous coursework in the program and selected in conference with the instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.
  
  • MUS 304 - Music Theory II: Counterpoint and 20th Century Practice (4 Cr.)

    (Formerly MUS 205) (GCR Arts area)
    Study of counterpoint in historic styles, and the variety of musical practices of the twentieth century, including modal, neo-tonal, atonal, twelve-tone, and serial techniques. Concurrent study of dictation using both face-to-face instruction and lab software. Prerequisite: MUS 204 . Fall semester. Kennison.
  
  • MUS 323 - Improvisation (2 Cr.)

    (Formerly MUS 223)
    Designed to facilitate the experience and understanding of improvisation as a procedure for music-making and its application to several idioms, including classical and jazz styles. Aspects including sound, harmony, melody, rhythm, structure, and expression are addressed, and attention is given to techniques used in both solo and ensemble situations.  Prerequisite: intermediate level fluency on any instrument or voice.  May be repeated for credit as needed, at the discretion of course instructor and director of the program. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Chappell.
  
  • MUS 329 - Composition Seminar (2 Cr.)


    A seminar in composition meant to encourage a community of creative musicians, intended for students of varied background from beginners to those with several semesters in private study in composition. The course will enable students to view and be influenced by one another’s works, hear performances of their compositions, and receive instruction from a diverse, rotating group of established composers from within and without the Goucher community. Students will regularly compose pieces for assigned performing media. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: MUS 102  or permission of the instructor. Fall or spring semester. Kennison.
  
  • MUS 341 - Conducting (2 Cr.)

    (Formerly MUS 241)
    Instruction in metric beat patterns, expressive gestures, baton technique, basic instrumentation, score reading, and rehearsal techniques. Students who pass this course are eligible to enroll in an Independent Study (MUS 299) in conjunction with either chorus (MUS 140) or orchestra (MUS 141) to gain ensemble conducting experience, with permission from the instructor. Prerequisites: MUS 106 INACTIVE and MUS 121 . Spring semester. Offered in 2016-2017 and alternate years. McDavitt.
  
  • MUS 349 - Music History II (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Arts area)
    This course examines the flux and chaos of the Romantic temperament in 19th-century music, its consequences in the 20th and 21st centuries, and the composers and performers contributing to the polyphony of styles and sensibilities in this wild ride through time. Composers considered include Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Boulez, Messiaen, Glass, Higdon, et al. Prerequisite: MUS 248  or permission of instructor. Spring semester.
  
  • MUS 353 - Jazz Theory (2 Cr.)


    This course examines the specifics of styles such as bebop, cool, modal, and Latin jazz, with an emphasis on rhythmic analysis in addition to harmonic and melodic analysis, and a jazz ear-training component. Students will compose and orchestrate tunes for a jazz band.
      Prerequisites: MUS 204  and MUS 121 . Spring semester. Chappell.
  
  • MUS 491 - Senior Recital (2 Cr.)

    (Formerly MUS 391)
    Upon approval of the program, a student may give a full-length juried public recital. If the program judges that a performer has insufficient background for a public recital, he/she will give a closed recital (juried but not open to the public). Online registration is not available for this course. Students must register for recitals using a paper Course Change Form and reserve a performance date with the Music Office no later than May 1 for a fall semester recital and December 1 for a spring semester recital. Prerequisites: MUS 291 , senior music major status, and approval of the program. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.
  
  • MUS 497 - Capstone in Music (2 Cr.)


    MUS 497.001 is Capstone in Music: Theory and Composition.

    MUS 497.002 is Capstone in Music: History.

    MUS 497.003 is Capstone in Music: Computer Music.

    MUS 497.004 is Capstone in Music: Interdisciplinary.

    MUS 497.005 is Capstone in Music: Jazz Studies.

  
  • MUS 499 - Independent Work in Music (2 Cr.)


    Special topics of study based on previous coursework in the program and selected in conference with the instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.

Private Instruction

  
  • MUS 160 - Voice (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 161 - Mandolin (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 162 - Violin (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 163 - Viola (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 164 - Cello (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 165 - Double Bass (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 166 - Harp (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 167 - Flute (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 168 - Clarinet (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 169 - Saxophone (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 170 - Oboe (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 171 - Bassoon (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 173 - Trumpet (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 174 - French Horn (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 175 - Trombone (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 176 - Tuba (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 178 - Percussion (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 182 - Piano (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 183 - Organ (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 186 - Guitar (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.
  
  • MUS 187 - Accordion (1 Cr.)


    A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. Those who do not read standard music notation should additionally enroll in MUS 101. The fee structure is as follows: $600 per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 - 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors; minors receive only the required two semesters of private instruction free of charge. Additional fees: auditing private instruction ($800; music majors and minors may not audit lessons), taking a second course of lessons (on a different instrument) within one semester ($600; possible fee reductions for declared music majors at the discretion of the program director). May be repeated for credit. Optional corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 147, MUS 149. Final performance exams (juries) are required of program majors and minors who have not performed a recital (MUS 291, 391) during the semester of the private instruction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester.  Private Music Instructors.

Peace Studies

  
  • PCE 110 - Introduction to Peace Studies: Power and Progress (4 Cr.)

    (LER-SSC)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The first course in the introduction to peace studies sequence will expose students to foundational concepts in the interdisciplinary field. These include power, progress, conflict, violence, human evolution, capitalism, systems, anti-systemic movements and positive and negative peace. Fall semester. Al-Bulishi, Dawit.
  
  • PCE 111 - Introduction to Peace Studies: Peace (4 Cr.)


    This course is a study of the nature of peace, peace-making and conflict transformation. In particular, it will examine the social, political and economic choices that facilitate the evolution of peaceable societies and the circumstances under which societies choose to become peaceful. We will explore the history of different strategies of social change and how peace movements have evolved in tandem with changing world contexts. Prerequisite: PCE 110 . Spring semester. Al-Bulushi, Dawit.
  
  • PCE 124 - Being Human (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course combines reading, service, conversation, and personal exploration to reveal how people define themselves, their relationship to the world, and their processes of meaning-making. The course addresses these issues on an intellectual and a personal level and enables students to view their questions and answers critically at the same time that they explore how age, race, gender, nationality, and other factors shape not only their answers to ontological questions, but the nature of the questions that they ask and the reasons why some questions aren’t asked. Students engage in a service project as part of the course. Spring semester. Bess.
 

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