Humanities and Fine Arts: Music Emphasis

This is a survey course of Western art from the Prehistoric Period through the Renaissance, employing illustrated lectures, independent research, museum visits, and discussion.

This course is a survey of Western art from the Renaissance through the present time, employing illustrated lectures, independent research, museum visits, and discussion.

Social and cultural variables in speech communication processes and strategies for resolving communication problems in intercultural settings with an emphasis on variables such as perception, roles, language codes, and nonverbal communication will be examined in this course.

This course will focus on critical thinking and research-based writing through comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. Alongside lectures and class discussion, the study of representative great works of Western and non-Western literature from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance will emphasize the literary, cultural, and religious significance of these texts. Co-requisite: CHST 201; written permission from the Core Curriculum director is needed to take CENG 201 as an unlinked course.

This course begins with the mythology of the Ancient Egyptians, the theology of the Hebrews, the philosophy of the Greeks, tracing the legacy of each stand of thought throughout the world with attention being paid to both the primary leaders and significant texts and how they shaped divergent world views today. It is recommended that Western Civilization 1 and 2 have previously been taken.

In this capstone course students will meet with an instructor once per week in order to formulate, research, and discuss an appropriate topic for their written project. Topics must be interdisciplinary, combining their emphasis within the major with another discipline within the major. Prerequisite: Humanities and Fine Arts majors and senior standing.

This course will introduce students to the study of music as a universal cultural phenomenon and the discipline of ethnomusicology, with exposure to the musical and social aspects of a variety of folk, traditional, and art music of Latin America, Africa, India, North America, and contemporary mass media. Prerequisite: MUS 101 or equivalent knowledge and experience in music strongly encouraged.

Introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology and of music as a universal cultural phenomenon, with exposure to the musical and social aspects of a variety of folk, traditional and art music of regions from Eastern Europe to Asia, including the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Oceania, China, Japan, and Korea. Prerequisite: MUS 101 or equivalent knowledge and experience in music strongly encouraged.

A survey course of the world's major non-Christian religions including motifs, belief patterns, ritual and worship, ethics and social patterns, origin and development, and sacred writings.

This course will provide an overview of the various conventions, forms, styles, and genres of the theatre, including principles of play analysis and exploration of theatre criticism from dramaturgical, literary, and cultural perspectives through the thematic discussions of representative contemporary plays. Field trips required.

As a beginning study of the craft of music for students with considerable musical experience, this course includes the study and application of scales, intervals, triads, rhythms, and elementary chord progression through analysis and writing. Co-requisite: normally taken concurrently with MUS 211. Recommended prerequisite: MUS 102 or other training in the fundamentals of musical notation.

As a continuation of Music Theory 1, this course will study non-harmonic tones, seventh chords, modulation, and basic musical forms through analysis and composition of four-part textures. Co-requisite: normally taken concurrently with MUS 212.

This course will reinforce the material and experiences from Music Theory 1 through keyboard and dictation activities with an emphasis on the cultivation of musical sensitivity and responsiveness. Co-requisite: normally taken concurrently with MUS 201.

This survey course will look at the development of art music in Western history from ancient Greece to the time of J.S. Bach, including the relationship between secular and ecclesiastical music, vocal and instrumental music, and the social functions of music. Prerequisite: MUS 202 or consent of instructor.

This survey course will look at the development of art music in Western history from the early classical period to the present, including the social functions of music, the relationship between secular and ecclesiastical music, and vocal and instrumental music. Prerequisite: MUS 202 or consent of instructor.