Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    May 18, 2024  
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Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Course Descriptions

 

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 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.
  

  • LAM 405 - Artistic Expression and Social Movements in Latin America (4 Cr.)

    (SP 405)
    This course analyzes the connections between the struggle for sociopolitical change and the cultural manifestations they have engendered in Latin America. In particular we will examine how the struggle for social justice – through political organization, underground movements and outright revolution – inspires and
    influences artistic expression such as literature, visual art, music and film. Some of the questions that will guide our study are: How can the arts promote the ideals of sociopolitical struggle? And how can it challenge unfulfilled promises? How does it unite and inform people in a cause? How can art help to construct or deconstruct the national narrative? Prerequisite: SP 322 . Fall semester, even years. First offered 2022. Murphy.

Library
  

  • LIB 101 - Research Foundations and Tutoring (1 Cr.)

    This course teaches theory and practice of research tutoring through literature, reflective inquiry, and practical experience. Students will read and write about information literacy, research skills, and scholarly communication. Students will develop writing skills, research skills, listening and questioning techniques, and oral communication strategies. They will also study relevant literature on methods of interdisciplinary research support, reference interviews, and tutoring. Intersections with issues of race, power, and perspective as related to information creation and dissemination are at the core of the course. Practical tutoring applications will be included such as shadowing librarians, mock research tutoring activities, and reflections on one’s tutoring practice. This course will help tutors create a welcoming, supportive environment for research in the library while growing as a researcher themselves. This course is designed for students who wish to become potential Research Help tutors and those interested in careers in research, librarianship, or information science. Prerequiste: WRT 181  or WRT 181H , or CWP. Fall and spring semesters. Johns.

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.)

    Required 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 ) (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 249 - African American Lit in Cultural Contexts (4 Cr.)

    (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.)

    (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.)

    (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.)

    (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  or ARH 103 ; 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. Repeatable for additional credit with different topic. 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.)

    (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. Offered as needed. 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 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. Lane, 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. Chappell, Lane, Weiss.
  

  • MUS 140 - Goucher Choral Society (1 Cr.)

    Performance of major choral literature that includes frequent collaboration with the Goucher College Orchestra, as well as other local ensembles and artists. This ensemble is also open to Goucher faculty, staff, alumnae/i, as well as any interested community members. Current students with sufficient vocal training may also audition for participation in Chamber Singers (MUS 143 ). 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 more advanced vocal ensembles; includes unaccompanied singing, as well as works accompanied by piano and other instrumental ensembles. Requires co-enrollment in MUS 140 , Goucher Choral Society. Exceptions may be granted by instructor only. May be repeated for credit. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. McDavitt.
  

  • 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. Stewart.
  

  • 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.)

    (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 . Offered as needed. Kennison.
  

  • MUS 210 - Computer Music (4 Cr.)

    (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. Offered as needed.
  

  • 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 - Western Music History (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Arts area)
    This course examines Western Art music, from medieval to contemporary works, studying music in cultural and historic context and in detail. It serves students pursuing study of music as well as those who desire a listener’s knowledge of this tradition. Offered Fall 2021.
  

  • MUS 272G - Intensive Course Abroad (4 Cr.)

    (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 309 - History of Jazz (2 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 109) (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 America and Latin America, and that these forces manifested as a unique cultural phenomenon which reflected the society of its time. Prerequisite: MUS 248  or permission of the instructor. Alternate fall semesters, including fall 2020. Chappell.
  

  • MUS 311 - Global Music and Culture (2 Cr.)

    An exploration of the world’s musical cultures and the field of ethnomusicology. This course will examine the function of music in diverse cultures, what to listen for in the music of selected cultures, and the biases listeners may bring to music outside of their own cultural experience. Prerequisite: MUS 248  or permission of instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2022 and even-numbered years.
  

  • 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. Offered as needed. 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. Offered as needed.
  

  • 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 . Offered as needed. 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 - International Conflict Analysis (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The first course in Peace Studies introduces students to foundational concepts in the interdisciplinary field. These include systems, power, progress, justice, conflict, violence, social evolution, capitalism, social movements, and positive and negative peace. We will use theory, data, and conceptual and geographical maps, to understand the causes of, the parties to and the potential solutions to conflicts in the Balkans, Colombia, Ireland, Somalia, Kashmir, Congo, Mexico, and Venezuela, to name a few. Fall and spring. Bess, Dawit.
  

  • PCE 124 - Individuals and Collectives (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course combines reading, conversation, and personal exploration to reveal how people define themselves and their relationship to the world. Viewing ourselves and the protagonists of our readings through lenses of individual self-actualization and collective meaning-making paradigms, we will explore how age, race, gender, nationality, religion, and other factors shape not only our answers to existential questions, but the scope and limits of the questions themselves. Spring semester. Bess. Spring semester. Bess.
  

  • PCE 148 - Nonviolence and Liberation (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Although many associate nonviolence with its most well-known examples (e.g., Mahatma Gandhi in India, Martin Luther King in the U.S. south), nonviolence, like human society, is actually in constant evolution. This class looks at the many traditions and emerging ways of creating social change while reducing harm, even against violence. Taking a critical look at social movements both local and global, the class collaboratively examines the pitfalls and possibilities of conflict and confrontation, relationship and agency, harm and healing. Fall and spring semester. Hopper.
  

  • PCE 210 - Study and Struggle: Research Methods (4 Cr.)

    This course is the research methods course for Peace Studies as well as an elective suitable to all students interested in honing their research skills. It presumes that research takes place within academic structures and within sites where groups struggle for justice. Students will learn to conduct basic to advanced level undergraduate academic research as well as a number of research approaches that prioritize the questions and data most useful to communities. We will examine the ways in which “activist research” has begun to challenge the academe’s fundamental assumptions about who studies and who is studied, and the ways in which the subject-as-researcher paradigm alters not only research questions but data and theory. We will look in particular at community-based research, participant action research and social movement research. Spring 2020. Alternating years.
  

  • PCE 220 - Global Change Agents (4 Cr.)

    This course is about the lives and work of persons, communities and movements organizing for social, political and economic change around the world. Through their written work combined with our own research onto their organizations and movements, we will begin to develop our own theories about the characteristics and strategies that make an effective change agent. Of particular interest are issues of personal commitment and capacity, strategic thinking, movement building, and responses to state power and public indifference. Fall 2020. Alternating years. Dawit.
  

  • PCE 231 - Special Topics in International Film and Literature (4 Cr.)

    This course, organized around a rotating thematic topic in a given semester, will focus on social, economic, and cultural disparity as represented by filmmakers and authors. Of particular interest will be issues of nationalism; difference/identity; displacement; globalization; resources/wealth; environmental degradation; and control of information in post-war, post-colonial and/or post-Cold War societies. When possible, filmmakers and authors will be invited for special sessions of this course. Repeatable if topic is different. Prerequisites: sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Variable semesters.
  

  • PCE 241 - Mediation and Negotiation (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    A topics course for the Peace Studies Program, in which students explore the mechanisms of conflict resolution in a variety of settings, using a case-study method. Prerequisite: PCE 110  or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  

  • PCE 251 - Human Rights (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Human rights laws comprise humanity’s best effort to constrain state power leveled at or withheld from citizens. This course examines the fundamental ideas of human rights, their origins in various cultural and political traditions, their failures and ultimate triumphs over colonialism, their articulation as a body of laws and their evolving ability to influence the conduct of states, corporations and other state-like powers. Prerequisite: PCE 110 , one course in political science or history, or sophomore standing. Fall 2019. Dawit.
  

  • PCE 262 - Native American Sovereignty (4 Cr.)

    (SOA 262) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course provides a critical overview of Native American self-determination. Drawing on examples from prehistory, the era of conquest and US expansion, and modern-day battles over natural resources, this course will encourage students to examine concepts such as identity, colonization and sovereignty through an inter-disciplinary perspective. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Spring semesters. Every other odd year. Bess.
  

  • PCE 290 - Individually Identified Internship (0-4 Cr.)

    Graded pass/no pass only. Fall/spring semester.
  

  • PCE 299 - Independent Work (1-4 Cr.)
  

  • PCE 306 - Power and Privilege in the United States (4 Cr.)

    (formerly PCE 205) (cross-listed with WGS 306)
    This course will examine the history of race-based privilege and its evolution from the nineteenth century to today. By reading historical documents, biography and socio-economic studies, students will explore samples of structural violence in education, housing and employment. They will analyze the means through which injustices have been challenged. This course serves as the WID course for PCE and WGS. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Fall and spring semester. Bess.
  

  • PCE 310 - Survey of International Laws (4 Cr.)

    This course is a survey of the main branches of international law. These include public and private international law, human rights, criminal, economic, humanitarian, intellectual property, space, and sea laws. Through the study of legal scholarship, treaties and case law, students will examine questions of sovereignty, jurisdiction, enforcement, and power in the conduct of legal relations between states and between states and non-state actors. Particularly relevant is the work of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Hague Tribunal for Yugoslavia, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States, the African Union, the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. Prerequisites: Junior Standing. Alternate years. Spring semester. Dawit.
  

  • PCE 316 - Topics: Collaboration for Justice (2 Cr.)

    (PH 216)
    Students in this course will examine the intersections among health, equity, access to services and opportunities in relation to the jobs movement called Turnaround Tuesday and at least one offshoot program working in a Baltimore City elementary school. The course blends theory and practice as students collaborate with Baltimoreans involved in community-building and livability-enhancing activities such as improving access to employment, supporting leadership opportunities for returning citizens, and implementing restorative practice circles with school children. Course content will provide contextualizing information on trauma-informed restorative practices, social capital, social control, solidarity, and community well-being standards while students engage with academic definitions of social cohesion in relation to Turnaround Tuesday and its larger transformative aims. Note that off-campus activities are a required component of this course; interested students should contact the professor regarding the specific times that these activities will take place in any given semester. Course is repeatable for credit with different topic. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Fall and Spring semesters. Bess.
 

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