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2016-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Core Curriculum Requirements
The Core Foundation/Proficiency attribute search terms are:

  • Civic Engagement, Diversity, Ethics, Fine Arts, Natural Science, Oral Communication, Philosophy, Physics-Based Natural Science, Quantitative Reasoning, Social Science, Theology, Writing I, Writing II

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Need assistance? Please contact Alyssa Marton at aneubeck@providence.edu or 401.865.1765.
 

Music
  

  • MSC 266 - French Horn II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 267 - Baritone II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 268 - Tuba II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 269 - Percussion II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 270 - Classical Guitar II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 271 - Jazz Guitar II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 272 - Electric Guitar II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 273 - Electric Bass II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 275 - Composition II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 276 - Harp II

    1 semester, 1/2 Credit

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 277 - Vocal Jazz II

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credits

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the students chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisite: Permission of department.


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  • MSC 278 - Applied Lessons in Conducting II

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credits

    For freshman/sophomore music majors and music minors. This is the introductory level of private instruction offering a more concentrated, thorough, and technical approach to the student’s chosen instrument. There is an additional fee for these lessons.


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  • MSC 301 - Theory III

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Theory III is a continuation of Theory II. Focuses on chromatic harmony: secondary function chords, mode mixing, Neapolitan chords, augmented sixth chords, and enharmonic spellings. Modulatory techniques are also studied. MSC 301L is required with this course. Prerequisite: MSC 202 or equivalent.


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  • MSC 301L - Theory III Lab

    1 semester, 1 Credit

    A continuation of Theory II Lab, covers more advanced ear-training and sight-singing materials. These include more complicated rhythmic patterns, chromaticism, longer melodic phrases, and aural recognition of a variety of harmonic progressions. This lab is required with MSC 301, Theory III.


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  • MSC 302 - Theory IV

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    A continuation of Theory III, focuses on analyses of formal structures, including binary and ternary forms, sonata-allegro form, variation techniques, rondo form, and 18th-century counterpoint in the form of inventions and fugues. Concludes with an overview of late 19th- and 20th-century compositional procedures. MSC 302L is required with this course. Prerequisite: MSC 301 or equivalent.


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  • MSC 302L - Theory IV Lab

    1 semester, 1 Credit

    Builds upon what is covered in Theory III Lab and, in both the ear-training and sight-singing components of the course, covers more complicated rhythmic patterns, longer and more chromatic melodies, and four-part harmonic dictation. This lab is required with MSC 302, Theory IV.


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  • MSC 303 - Composition

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    An introduction to the creative process of musical composition. Students are guided to create their own works and to solve various formal and stylistic problems. Orchestration, the creation of musical scores, arranging, and music technology are addressed. Prerequisite: MSC 302 or permission of instructor.


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  • MSC 305 - Conducting

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Covers the fundamentals of choral and instrumental conducting techniques and is designed for all students interested in conducting musical ensembles. Fundamentals include basic metrical patterns, articulation, compound/mixed meter, basic score study, dynamic shading, cues, entrances, cutoffs, and uses of the left hand. All students have the opportunity to conduct several times throughout the semester. Prerequisite: MSC 202.


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  • MSC 306 - Piano Class II

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Primarily designed for music majors preparing for Piano Proficiency. Students must have completed Piano Class I or higher to be eligible. Emphasis will be placed on developing sight-reading ability, strengthening the student’s piano technique, improving musical styles and interpretation, and keyboard harmony. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.


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  • MSC 310 - Music History and Literature I

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Fine Arts

    An exploration of music history and literature in Western culture from antiquity through the Renaissance. Includes class work, readings from primary and secondary sources, score reading and listening assignments, which focus on representative composers and works from each period. Students are expected to understand, analyze, and identify various specific features related to musical styles. Prerequisites: MSC 202 or permission of the instructor.


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  • MSC 311 - Music History and Literature II

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II

    Through primary and secondary sources, this course explores the history and literature of music in Western culture from the Baroque and the Classical periods (1600-1800). Class work and listening assignments focus on representative works and composers from each period. Students will be expected to understand, analyze, and identify through listening exercises and score reading various musical features related to musical styles. Prerequisites: MSC 202 or permission of the instructor.


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  • MSC 312 - Music History and Literature III

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Through primary and secondary sources, this course explores the history and literature of music in Western culture from the Romantic and Modern periods (from 1800). Class work and listening assignments focus on representative works and composers from each period. Students will be expected to understand, analyze, and identify— through listening exercises and score reading—various features relating to musical styles. Prerequisites: MSC 202 or permission of the instructor.


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  • MSC 320 - Music in World Cultures

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Fine Arts

    Study of world music wherein students investigate factors related to world musical practices. Students learn about methodologies culminating in a presentation of their research on music practiced locally.


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  • MSC 330 - Teaching General Music in Elementary School

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Designed to acquaint the music education student with a variety of instructional approaches, materials, and activities for the elementary general music program, based on a conceptual, developmental understanding of musical learning. Curriculum, classroom management, organization, and appropriate teaching strategies will be considered.


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  • MSC 331 - Teaching Music, Secondary School: Vocal

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Introduces the music education student to various pragmatic approaches to becoming an exemplary secondary music teacher. The student studies and demonstrates rehearsal techniques, score preparation, knowledge of repertoire, methods of selecting appropriate works, and group vocal techniques. Long-range planning, budget preparations, evaluations, concert planning, and public relations also are considered.


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  • MSC 332 - Teaching Music in Secondary School: Instrumental

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    This music education class covers techniques of teaching instrumental music primarily in the secondary school. Some middle school techniques will be included as well as strategies for secondary general music.


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  • MSC 333 - Teaching Brass and Percussion

    1 semester, 1 Credit

    Covers the basic techniques of teaching and playing brass and percussion instruments. The following will be covered: fundamentals of tone production, fingering, teaching materials, pedagogy, and use of these instruments in bands, orchestras, and chamber music.


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  • MSC 334 - Teaching Woodwinds

    1 semester, 1 Credit

    Covers the basic techniques of teaching and playing woodwind instruments. The following will be covered: fundamentals of tone production, fingering, teaching materials, pedagogy, and use of woodwind instruments in bands, orchestras, and chamber music.


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  • MSC 335 - Teaching Strings

    1 semester, 1 Credit

    Covers the basic techniques of teaching and playing string instruments, including: fundamentals of tone production, fingering, teaching materials, pedagogy, and use of string instruments in orchestra and chamber music.


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  • MSC 350 - Piano III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 351 - Jazz Piano III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 352 - Organ III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 353 - Harpsichord III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 354 - Voice III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 355 - Violin III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 356 - Viola III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 357 - Cello III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 358 - String Bass III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 359 - Flute III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 360 - Oboe III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 361 - Clarinet III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 362 - Bassoon III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 363 - Saxophone III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 364 - Trumpet III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 365 - Trombone III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 366 - French Horn III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 367 - Baritone III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 368 - Tuba III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 369 - Percussion III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 370 - Classical Guitar III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 371 - Jazz Guitar III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 372 - Electric Guitar III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 373 - Electric Bass III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 375 - Composition III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 376 - Harp III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credit

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department. Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 377 - Vocal Jazz III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credits

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons. Students must register in the music department.  Prerequisites: Applied Music II and permission of department.


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  • MSC 378 - Applied Lessons in Conducting III

    1 semester, 1 1/2 Credits

    For junior/senior music majors. A music major is expected to advance to this level of private instruction as a junior and senior. This upper-division applied study will assist in the preparation for the senior recital/project. There is an additional fee for these lessons.


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  • MSC 481 - Seminar in Music

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Concentrates on a specific topic, announced in advance, and offers an intensive study of some major composers or important historical development in music. Research techniques are also emphasized. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.


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  • MSC 498 - Senior Recital/Project

    1 semester, 1 Credit

    Each music major is expected to complete either a senior recital or senior project during the senior year. This requirement is overseen by the department chairperson and a particular faculty advisor, and must be successfully completed for graduation as a music major.


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  • MSC 499 - Student Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools

    1 semester, 12 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication

    Involves a semester of teaching music in elementary and secondary schools under the joint supervision of cooperating teachers and a College supervisor. Seminar meetings will be held weekly.


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Natural Science
  

  • NSC 101 - Ten Great Experiments in the Physical Sciences

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Natural Science

    Covers major aspects of physics by the use of ten of the most important experiments that have been performed from antiquity through the twentieth century. The subjects covered are astronomy and cosmology, mechanics and dynamics, electromagnetism and light, structure of matter and quantum mechanics. Other subjects such as relativity theory, nuclear fission and fusion will be discussed as time permits.


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  • NSC 102 - Cell Biology, Genetics, and Evolution

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Natural Science

    Deals with principles of cell biology, genetics, and evolution at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Wherever possible, the emphasis will be placed on human biology, and current developments in these areas will be examined. The emphasis on evolution as the unifying principle in all the biological sciences will be stressed throughout the course.


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Philosophy
  

  • PHL 101 - Logic

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An introduction to identifying, analyzing, and evaluating arguments. Topics may include: paraphrasing arguments, informal fallacies, and Aristotelian categorical logic. Open to Freshman and Sophomores only.


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  • PHL 103 - Introduction to Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An introduction to the principal questions of philosophy. Topics may include: What is the nature of reality? What can we know? How ought we to live? What is the best political state? Do we have an immortal soul? Open to Freshman and Sophomores only.


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  • PHL 150 - Philosophy and Literature

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    An examination, through primary texts, of the relationship between philosophy and literature. Topics may include: the nature of literature, philosophical approaches to fiction, literary criticisms of philosophy, and the necessity of literature in a philosophical life or of philosophy in a literary life. Open to Freshman and Sophomores Only.


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  • PHL 200 - Introduction to the Philosophy of St. Thomas

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    Introduces the student to the basic principles and themes required for further study in Thomistic philosophy and theology. To meet this goal, the course will rely heavily on selections from St. Thomas’ Summa Contra Gentiles and Summa Theologica, as well as other Thomistic writings. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 202 - General Ethics

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Ethics

    A study of happiness and of the means used by men and women to attain it. Law, morality, and virtue are studied as contributing to the growth of each person to one’s full intellectual, moral, and spiritual stature.


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  • PHL 206 - The Wisdom of Socrates

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    Seeks to achieve an understanding of the personality, spirit, and thought of the man who gave Western philosophy its distinctive character. An examination of how Socrates, by force of personality and argumentation, stirred and, in some cases, transformed the religious and political perceptions of his contemporaries. Examines the present contemporary relevance of the criticisms of Socrates. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 207 - Philosophy of the Human Person

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An introduction to philosophical anthropology. Topics may include: the nature of persons, freedom and responsibility, immortality, and the relation of mind and body. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 300 - Ancient Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy; Writing I

    A study of Greek philosophy, from its beginnings through late forms that survived into the Christian era. Emphasis is placed on analysis and critical understanding of key philosophical problems which developed within Greek culture, and which are of permanent relevance. The foremost of these problems, and the focal motif of the course, is the question of what constitutes a genuinely good life for a human being. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 301 - Ethics, Moral Leadership, and the Common Good

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Civic Engagement; Ethics

    A study of the philosophical foundations for an ethics of public service. The course will include the study of ethical principles as a foundation for moral life and moral decision-making; a study of moral leadership as a means for transforming society; and a reflection on the common good and the call to service. Course may include a practical experiential component. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 304 - Current Problems in Ethics

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Ethics

    The application of ethical principles to the areas of social work, business, law, medicine, and other fields of endeavor. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 306 - Business Ethics

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Ethics

    The focus is threefold: First, introduce students to the principles that are relevant for resolving moral problems and assist them in developing the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply those principles. Second, expose students to the important moral issues that arise in various business contexts. Third, provide students with firsthand experience of morality in business situations through case studies and/or seminars with business leaders. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 309 - Biomedical Ethics

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Ethics

    An analysis of the ethical issues related to contemporary biomedical advances and health care delivery. Among the topics considered are: abortion, euthanasia, health care rationing, patients’ rights, and dilemmas of health care professionals. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 310 - Medieval Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An examination of perennial philosophical issues, such as the existence of God, the process of human knowledge, the relation of intellect to the will, the source of values and meaning in creation, the problem of universals, etc., by drawing from philosophers of the medieval period. Sources include Augustine, Maimonides, Anselm, Averroes, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Ockham. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 312 - Thomistic Ethics

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Ethics

    An exploration of the philosophical elements of St. Thomas Aquinas’s ethics through an extensive reading of his treatises on moral life and action. The course will also examine the enduring influence of the Thomistic ethics. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 315 - Symbolic Logic

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    A study of the development and fundamentals of contemporary symbolic logic. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 316 - Social and Political Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    An historical and critical examination of the core institutions of our society — those within which all of us, including people in business and the professions, will act — and of the ideas that have shaped and continue to inform them. Examine such ideologies as liberalism, conservatism, communitarianism, feminism, and multiculturalism. Includes consideration both of the classics of Catholic political thought and of contemporary teachings by the pope and the Catholic bishops. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 317 - Philosophy of Religion

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An analysis of the world religions and a metaphysical, psychological, and epistemological study of the religious phenomena. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 318 - Philosophy of Science

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing I; Philosophy

    A systematic study of the principal philosophical problems raised by the natural sciences. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 319 - Philosophy of Knowledge

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    A study of classical and modern theories concerning the nature, origin, and validity of human knowledge. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 320 - Philosophy of Catholic Social Thought

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Civic Engagement; Philosophy

    Analyzes and critiques the philosophy behind Catholicism’s best kept secret: natural law theory, Thomistic-Aristotelian political theory, modern theories of capitalism and socialism, phenomenology, personalism, and liberation philosophy. Covers the philosophical influences that expand beyond doctrine to Catholic social thought that engages social, economic, and political issues from the tradition of Catholic philosophy. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only. Requires work in the community for 2-3 hours per week on average.


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  • PHL 321 - American Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    A critical study and analysis of the writings of outstanding American philosophers. Same as AMS 331. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 325 - Asian Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An introduction to several of the major philosophical traditions of Asia, including Buddhist philosophy, Vedanta, Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen. The course begins with a brief study of cross-cultural understanding. The emphasis falls upon analysis and critical understanding of philosophical problems within the Asian tradition — e.g. the nature of God, knowledge, and the human person. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 326 - Contemporary Women Philosophers

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An in-depth investigation of selected women philosophers and their contributions to contemporary thought. The course may include the study of philosophers such as Elizabeth Anscombe, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, and Edith Stein. Same as WMS 326. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 330 - The Wisdom of Aquinas

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    The reading and discussion of selected texts from the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 335 - Brave New Philosophies: Political Philosophy Through Speculative Fiction

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy; Diversity

    Provides opportunities to explain, analyze, and evaluate philosophical-political questions through speculative fiction (science-fiction, fantasy, and horror), and allows students to demonstrate how philosophical concepts help illuminate contemporary issues, such as questions of diversity, technology, and nature/environment. Not open to freshmen.


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  • PHL 337 - Philosophy and Globalization

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Philosophy

    Students will study the phenomenon entitled ‘globalization’ through readings and assignments that focus on its epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical import and challenges. Emphasizes the multiple ways of addressing globalization—i.e., it places students in dialogue with scholars from both the developed and developing worlds and with key texts in both the history of philosophy and contemporary Continental and Catholic thought. Same as GST 337. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 339 - Environmental Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    A study of the relationship of human beings to the nonhuman world. Topics may include: mechanism, land rights, animal rights, deep ecology, stewardship, preservation, and conservation. Emphasis is placed on the interdisciplinary nature of environmental concerns. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 345 - Philosophy of Film

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An examination of film as philosophical. Topics may include: the nature of film, realism, narrative, film as philosophical medium, film as socio-political expression, and film as critique.


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  • PHL 347 - Philosophy of Language

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    An introduction to, and exploration of, some of the central themes and problems in contemporary Philosophy of Language, such as the concepts of meaning, truth, and representation, translation, interpretation, and rule-following, the meaning of statements about the unknown past and the possibility of skepticism about meaning. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 350 - Philosophy of History

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication; Philosophy

    A critical study of the major philosophical issues involved in history and historiography. Ideas to be elucidated and analyzed typically include teleology, explanation, objectivity, description, causation, and agency. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 352 - Philosophy of Mind

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    Deals with questions of consciousness and how the mind interacts with the body and the outside world. Questions investigated include: What is human consciousness? Is our consciousness material in nature? Can consciousness be reproduced? Do other minds exist? Can we make free choices? Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 360 - Early Modern Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    A survey of major philosophical themes of the 17th and 18th centuries, through an investigation of the works of British empiricists, continental rationalists, and German idealists. Emphasizes the philosophical implications of the Scientific Revolution. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 380 - Late Modern Philosophy

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Philosophy

    A critical study through primary sources of the major philosophical themes from the 19th Century through the early 20th Century, which may include works from movements like Romanticism, Idealism, Materialism, Neo-Kantianism, and by authors like Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Darwin, Comte, Mill, Stirner, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Windleband, Mach, and Dilthey. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.


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  • PHL 390 - The Wisdom of Plotinus

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    A critical investigation of the philosophy of Plotinus (A.D. 204-270) within the broader framework of Neoplatonism, the intellectual movement spanning the period between the third century, and the end of the Platonic Academy (c. 529).


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