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Catalogue 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Mathematics and Statistics: I. Introductory |
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MATH 121 - Single Variable Calculus Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
The calculus of one variable and its applications are discussed. Topics include: limits, continuity, derivatives, applications of derivatives, transcendental functions, the definite integral, applications of definite integrals, approximation methods, differential equations, sequences, and series. The department.
Prerequisite(s): a minimum of three years of high school mathematics, preferably including trigonometry.
Mathematics 121 is not open to students with AP credit in mathematics or students who have completed MATH 101 or its equivalent.
Yearlong course sequence 121, MATH 126 /MATH 127 .
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MATH 126 - Calculus IIA: Integration Theory Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
In this course, we expand and build upon basic knowledge of differential and integral calculus. Various techniques and applications of integration will be studied. The calculus of transcendental functions—such as the exponential, logarithmic, and inverse trigonometric functions—will also be developed. A main theme in this course is the many ways functions can be defined, and arise naturally in problems in the mathematical sciences.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 121 or its equivalent.
First or second six-week course.
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MATH 131 - Numbers, Shape, Chance, and Change Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
What is the stuff of mathematics? What do mathematicians do? Fundamental concepts from arithmetic, geometry, probability, and the calculus are explored, emphasizing the relations among these diverse areas, their internal logic, their beauty, and how they come together to form a unified discipline. As a counterpoint, we also discuss the “unreasonable effectiveness” of mathematics in describing a stunning range of phenomena from the natural and social worlds. The department.
Prerequisite(s): at least three years of high school mathematics.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies the college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
Two 50-minute periods and one 50-minute discussion period.
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MATH 132 - Mathematics and Narrative
1 unit(s)
To most, mathematics and narrative live in opposition-narrative is ubiquitous while mathematics is perceived as inscrutably esoteric and obscure. In fact, narrative is a fundamental part of mathematics. Mathematical proofs, problems and solutions, textbooks, and journal articles tell some sort of story. Conversely, many literary works (Arcadia, Proof, and Uncle Petros and the Goldbach Conjecture) use mathematics as an integral part of their narrative. Movie and television narratives such as Good Will Hunting and Numb3rs are also mathematically based. Nonfiction works about mathematics and mathematical biographies like Chaos, Fermat’s Enigma, and A Beautiful Mind provide further examples of the connection between mathematics and narrative. We use this course to explore this connection by reading and writing a variety of mathematical narratives.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MATH 141 - Introduction to Statistics Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
The purpose of this course is to develop an appreciation and understanding of the exploration and interpretation of data. Topics include display and summary of data, introductory probability, fundamental issues of study design, and inferential methods including confidence interval estimation and hypothesis testing. Applications and examples are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines. When cross-listed with biology, examples will be drawn primarily from biology.
Prerequisite(s): three years of high school mathematics.
Not open to students with AP credit in statistics or students who have completed ECON 209 or PSYC 200 .
In certain semesters, one section may be cross-listed with BIOL 141 .
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MATH 142 - Statistical Sleuthing: Personal and Public Policy Decision-Making in a World of Numbers Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
The world inundates us with numbers and pictures intended to persuade us towards certain beliefs about our health, public policy, or even which brand of product to buy. How can we make informed decisions in this context? The goal of this course is for us to become statistical sleuths who critically read and summarize a piece of statistical evidence. We read articles from a variety of sources, while using basic statistical principles to guide us. Course format: mixture of discussion and lecture, with regular reading and writing assignments. The department.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies the college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
Three 50-minute periods.
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Mathematics and Statistics: II. Intermediate Prerequisites for all intermediate courses: MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department, unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 220 - Multivariable Calculus Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
This course extends differential and integral calculus to functions of several variables. Topics include: partial derivatives, gradients, extreme value problems, Lagrange multipliers, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals, the theorems of Green and Gauss.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 or equivalent.
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MATH 221 - Linear Algebra Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
The theory of higher dimensional space. Topics include: geometric properties of n-space, matrices and linear equations, vector spaces, linear mappings, determinants. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 or equivalent, or permission of the department.
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MATH 228 - Methods of Applied Mathematics Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Survey of techniques used in the physical sciences. Topics include: ordinary and partial differential equations, series representation of functions, integral transforms, Fourier series and integrals. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.
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MATH 231 - Topics in Geometry Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Topics to be chosen from: conic sections, transformational geometry, Euclidean geometry, affine geometry, projective geometry, inversive geometry, relativistic geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, spherical geometry, convexity, fractal geometry, solid geometry, foundations of geometry. The department. With departmental permission, course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.
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MATH 241 - Probability Models Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course in introductory probability theory covers topics including combinatorics, discrete and continuous random variables, distribution functions, joint distributions, independence, properties of expectations, and basic limit theorems. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.
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MATH 242 - Applied Statistical Modeling Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Applied Statistical Modeling is offered as a second course in statistics in which we present a set of case studies and introduce appropriate statistical modeling techniques for each. Topics may include: multiple linear regression, logistic regression, log-linear regression, survival analysis, an introduction to Bayesian modeling, and modeling via simulation. Other topics may be substituted for these or added as time allows. Students will be expected to conduct data analyses in R. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 ; MATH 141 .
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MATH 261 - Introduction to Number Theory Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Topics include: divisibility, congruence, modular arithmetic, diophantine equations, number-theoretic functions, distribution of the prime numbers. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.
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MATH 263 - Discrete Mathematics Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Mathematical induction, elements of set theory and logic, permutations and combinations, relations, topics in graph theory, generating functions, recurrence relations, Boolean algebras. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.
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MATH 268 - Protecting Information: Applications of Abstract Algebra
1 unit(s)
In today’s information age, it is vital to secure messages against eavesdropping or corruption by noise. Our study begins by surveying some historical techniques and proceeds to examining some of the most important codes currently being used to protect information. These include various public key cryptographic schemes (RSA and its variants) that are used to safeguard sensitive internet communications, as well as linear codes, mathematically elegant and computationally practical means of correcting transmissions errors. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MATH 290 - Field Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
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MATH 297 - Topics in Mathematics Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
Reading Course
Prerequisite(s): MATH 221 or equivalent, and permission of the instructor.
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MATH 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Election should be made in consultation with a department adviser.
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Mathematics and Statistics: III. Advanced Prerequisites for all advanced courses: MATH 220 and MATH 221 , or permission of the department, unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 301 - Senior Seminar Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Areas of study and units of credit vary from year to year. The department.
Open only to seniors who have a declared major in mathematics. It is strongly recommended that MATH 361 be completed before enrolling in Mathematics 301.
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MATH 321 - Real Analysis Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A rigorous treatment of topics in the classical theory of functions of a real variable from the point of view of metric space topology including limits, continuity, sequences and series of functions, and the Riemann-Stieltjes integral. The department.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite for all advanced courses: MATH 220 and MATH 221 , unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 324 - Complex Analysis Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Integration and differentiation in the complex plane. Topics include: holomorphic (differentiable) functions, power series as holomorphic functions, Taylor and Laurent series, singularities and residues, complex integration and, in particular, Cauchy’s Theorem and its consequences. The department.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite for all advanced courses: MATH 220 and MATH 221 , unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 327 - Advanced Topics in Real Analysis
1 unit(s)
Continuation of MATH 321 . Measure theory, the Lebesgue integral, Banach spaces of measurable functions. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 .
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MATH 328 - Theory of Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Existence and uniqueness theorems for ordinary differential equations; general theory and eigenvalue methods for first order linear systems. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 or permission of the instructor.
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MATH 335 - Differential Geometry Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
The geometry of curves and surfaces in 3-dimensional space and an introduction to manifolds. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 .
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MATH 339 - Topology
1 unit(s)
Introductory point-set and algebraic topology; topological spaces, metric spaces, continuous mappings, connectedness, compactness and separation properties; the fundamental group; simplicial homology. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 or MATH 361 .
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MATH 341 - Mathematical Statistics Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
An introduction to statistical theory through the mathematical development of topics including resampling methods, sampling distributions, likelihood, interval and point estimation, and introduction to statistical inferential methods. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 220 , MATH 221 and MATH 241 .
Three 50-minute periods.
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MATH 342 - Applied Statistical Modeling Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
For students who have completed MATH 341 . Students in this course attend the same lectures as those in MATH 242 , but will be required to complete extra reading and problems. Ming-Wen An.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 220 , MATH 221 and MATH 341 .
Three 50-minute periods.
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MATH 347 - Bayesian Statistics Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
An introduction to Bayesian statistics. Topics include Bayes Theorem, common prior and posterior distributions, hierarchical models, Bayesian linear regression, latent variable models, and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. The course uses R extensively for simulations. Ming-Wen An, Jingchen Hu.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 220 , MATH 221 and MATH 241 .
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MATH 351 - Mathematical Logic
1 unit(s)
An introduction to mathematical logic. Topics are drawn from computability theory, model theory, and set theory. Mathematical and philosophical implications also are discussed. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 or MATH 361 .
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MATH 361 - Modern Algebra Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
The theory of groups and an introduction to ring theory. Topics in group theory include: isomorphism theorems, generators and relations, group actions, Sylow theorems, fundamental theorem of finite abelian groups. The department.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite for all advanced courses: MATH 220 and MATH 221 , unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 364 - Advanced Linear Algebra Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Further study in the theory of vector spaces and linear maps. Topics may include: scalar products and dual space; symmetric, hermitian and unitary operators; eigenvectors and eigenvalues; spectral theorems; canonical forms. The department.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite for all advanced courses: MATH 220 and MATH 221 , unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 367 - Advanced Topics in Modern Algebra
1 unit(s)
Continuation of MATH 361 . Rings and fields, with a particular emphasis on Galois theory. The department.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 361 .
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MATH 380 - Topics in Geometry Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Topics vary from year to year and may include differential geometry, fractal geometry, Euclidean geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry, and algebraic geometry. John McCleary.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 220 and MATH 221 , unless otherwise indicated.
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MATH 381 - Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A study of mathematical modeling with emphasis on how to identify scientific questions appropriate for modeling, how to develop a model appropriate for a given scientific question, and how to interpret model predictions. Applications drawn from the natural, physical, social, life, environmental, and sustainability sciences. Model analysis uses a combination of theoretical and numerical methods in order to focus on the predictive capacity of a model.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 220 , MATH 221 and MATH 228 .
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MATH 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Election requires the approval of a departmental adviser and of the instructor who supervises the work.
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Media Studies: I. Introductory |
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MEDS 160 - Approaches to Media Studies Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
This course explores concepts and issues in the study of media, attentive to but not limited by the question of the “new” posed by new media technologies. Our survey of key critical approaches to media is anchored in specific case studies drawn from a diverse archive of media artifacts, industries, and technologies: from phonograph to photography, cinema to networked hypermedia, from typewriter to digital code. We examine the historical and material specificity of different media technologies and the forms of social life they enable, engage critical debates about media, culture and power, and consider problems of reading posed by specific media objects and processes, new and old. We take the multi-valence of “media”—a term designating text and apparatus of textual transmission, content and conduit—as a central problem of knowledge for the class. Our goal throughout is to develop the research tools, modes of reading, and forms of critical practice that help us aptly to describe and thereby begin to understand the increasingly mediated world in which we live. To be determined (a); Paulina Bren (b).
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Media Studies: II. Intermediate |
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MEDS 217 - Studies in Popular Music Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as AMST 217 and MUSI 217 ) Topic for 2016/17b: History of Rock. This class examines the social history of rock from Elvis Presley to the present through examination of musical trends, socio-economic and demographic changes, social and political movements and issues in fandom, production and reception. Seminal artists and events are examined along with the development of genres, subcultures and accompanying trends like fashion, slang, literature, identity politics, as well as the influence of TV, film, radio, video, art, the internet and the music industry. Issues of race, class, gender, age, politics, censorship and hybridity will form the backbone of the course, as well as rock beyond the Anglophone world as a global art form. Justin Patch.
Recommended: one unit in either Music, Sociology, or Anthropology.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MEDS 218 - Chinese Popular Culture
1 unit(s)
(Same as CHIN 218 ) The course analyzes contemporary Chinese entertainment and popular culture. It provides both historical coverage and grounding in various theoretical and methodological problems. Topics focus on thematic contents and forms of entertainment through television, radio, newspaper, cinema, theatre, music, print and material culture. The course also examines the relations between the heritage of traditional Chinese entertainment and the influences of Western culture. All readings and class discussions are in English. Wenwei Du.
Prerequisite(s): one course in language, literature, culture, film, drama, or Asian Studies, or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 250 - Exploratory Media Practices Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
This course instructs students in a varied set of practical media skills in order to interrogate and possibly transform the uses to which they are habitually put. It grounds a creative reflection on the relation between theory and practice through the critical use of production technologies. Each semester is devoted to a topic or a question to be explored through three distinct kinds of media “making.” These techniques include graphic design, literary journalism, sound recording, book production, the digital still image and its sequencing, the moving image and post-production techniques, computer graphics and physical computing, user interface design. Students will compose a formally sophisticated, rhetorically inventive “essay” in three medium specific idioms. They will also be asked to determine how the three exercises go together, how they work as interlocking parts of a transmedia narrative or ensemble.
Topic for 2016/17b: Investigating critical media practice in the production of multi-media artifacts including sound, video and interactive 3D environments. Course work is organized around the concept of “mapping” as a metaphor for many kinds of media production. The course also addresses themes of preservation and waste; memory and forgetting; inclusion and exclusion. Thomas Ellman.
Prerequisite(s): MEDS 160 or permission of the instructor.
Two 2-hour periods.
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MEDS 258 - Studies in Sound
1 unit(s)
(Same as AMST 258 ) This course familiarizes students with the emerging field of sound studies. We spend the first eight weeks exploring the different facets of sound culture: histories and ethnographies of listening; theories of sound capture and reproduction; the political economy of recording media (particularly the MP3); the experience of the modern American soundscape. We conclude with case studies of contemporary sonic experiences: “glitch”-based digital music and the aesthetics of failure; new developments in sonic weaponry; art and activism that “listens” to drones and the US-Mexico border. Hua Hsu.
Prerequisite(s): 100-level course work within the multidisciplinary programs, or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MEDS 260 - Media Theory Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
This course aims to ramify our understanding of “mediality”—that is, the visible and invisible, audible and silent contexts in which physical messages stake their ghostly meanings. The claims of media theory extend beyond models of communication: media do not simply transport preexisting ideas, nor do they merely shape ideas in transit. Attending to the complex network of functions that make up media ecologies (modes of inscription, transmission, storage, circulation, and retrieval) demonstrates the role media play not only in the molding of ideas and opinions, but also in the constitution of subjectivities, social spheres, and non-human circuits of exchange (images, information, capital). Texts and topics vary from year to year, but readings are drawn from a broad spectrum of classical and contemporary sources. Heesok Chang.
Prerequisite(s): MEDS 160 or permission of the instructor.
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MEDS 263 - Anthropology Goes to the Movies: Film, Video, and Ethnography
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 263 ) This course examines how film and video are used in ethnography as tools for study and as means of ethnographic documentary and representation. Topics covered include history and theory of visual anthropology, issues of representation and audience, indigenous film, and contemporary ethnographic approaches to popular media. Colleen Cohen.
Prerequisite(s): previous coursework in Anthropology or Film or Media Studies or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods, plus 3-hour preview laboratory.
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MEDS 264 - The Nature of Change: the Avant-Gardes Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 264 ) Radical prototypes of self-organization were forged by the new groups of artists, writers, filmmakers and architects that emerged in the early twentieth century as they sought to define the future. The course studies the avant-gardes’ different and often competing efforts to meet the changing conditions that industrialization was bringing to culture, societies and economies between 1889 and 1929, when works of art, design, and film entered the city, the press, the everyday lives and the wars that beset them all. Molly Nesbit.
Prerequisite(s): ART 105 or ART 106 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods and one weekly film screening.
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MEDS 265 - The New Order of Media, Message and Art, 1929-1968 Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 265 ) When the public sphere was reset during the twentieth century by a new order of mass media, the place of art and artists in the new order needed to be claimed. The course studies the negotiations between modern art and the mass media (advertising, cinema, TV), in theory and in practice, during the years between the Great Depression and the liberation movements of the late 1960s–the foundation stones of our own contemporary culture. Neither the theory nor the practice has become obsolete. Molly Nesbit.
Prerequisite(s): ART 105 or ART 106 .
Two 75-minute periods and one weekly film screening.
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MEDS 266 - Indigenous and Oppositional Media
1 unit(s)
(Same as ANTH 266 ) As audiovisual and digital media technologies proliferate and become more accessible globally, they become important tools for indigenous peoples and activist groups in struggles for recognition and self-determination, for articulating community concerns and for furthering social and political transformations. This course explores the media practices of indigenous peoples and activist groups, and through this exploration achieves a more nuanced and intricate understanding of the relation of the local to the global. In addition to looking at the films, videos, radio and television productions, and Internet interventions of indigenous media makers and activists around the world, the course looks at oppositional practices employed in the consumption and distribution of media. Course readings are augmented by weekly screenings and demonstrations of media studied, and students explore key theoretical concepts through their own interventions, making use of audiovisual and digital technologies. Colleen Cohen.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods, plus one 3-hour preview laboratory.
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MEDS 268 - The Activation of Art, 1968 - now
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 268 ) This course studies the visual arts of the last thirty years, here and abroad, together with the collective and philosophical discussions that emerged and motivated them. The traditional fine arts as well as the new media, performance, film architecture and installation are included. Still and moving images, which come with new theatres of action, experiment and intellectual quest, are studied as they interact with the historical forces still shaping our time into time zones, world pictures, narratives and futures. Weekly screenings supplement the lectures. Molly Nesbit.
Prerequisite(s): ART 105 -ART 106 .
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods and one weekly screening.
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MEDS 271 - Visual Urbanism
1 unit(s)
(Same as URBS 271 ) This course examines correspondences between the emergent metrop-olis and practices of urban spectatorship. We approach the moderniza- tion of vision as an aspect of capitalist urbanization, as we engage the shifting media forms that have refracted and regulated modernity’s urban conditions from the mid-19th century to the present: camera obscura, magic lantern, window display, crime photography, film noir, snapshot, broadcast television, billboard, hand-held video, SimCity, Google earth, CCTV, immersive VR. Issues we investigate include: the increasing predominance of visual culture in urban everyday life; the distracted attention of the urban spectator as a mode of modern subjectivity; the role of the visual in shaping both official and vernac- ular understandings of the city; the use of city image and urban brand in urban development; the merging of physical and information space as urban landscapes become media-saturated environments; urban surveillance and the use of the visual as a vector of modern political power. Throughout, we approach urban visibility as a fiercely ambiva- lent force: both a source of spectacle and a tool to render legible the hidden powers that structure urban everyday life. Readings include works by Roland Barthes, Jonathan Beller, Walter Benjamin, Guliano Bruno, Susan Buck-Morss, Christine Boyer, Rey Chow, Elizabeth Currid, Jonathan Crary, Guy Debord, Anne Friedberg, Eric Gordon, Tom Gunning, Miriam Greenberg, Frederic Jameson, Rem Koolhaas, Kevin Lynch, W.T.J. Mitchell, Venessa Schwartz, William White, and Raymond Williams. Lisa Brawley.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MEDS 280 - The Book in America Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as AMST 280 ) This course examines the history and influence of books and printing in American society from earliest times to the present. We touch on a range of topics, including the place of books in the colonial era and the new republic, the spread of printing technologies in the 19th century, the emergence of large publishing houses and rising rates of literacy, the role of libraries, bookstores, and book clubs, modernist publishing, the rise of the paperback, the work of private presses, artist’s books, and the effect of recent technologies on reading. Along the way we consider questions relating to the production, dissemination, and reception of texts. The Archives & Special Collections Library serves as a laboratory for the course. Guest speakers and one or more field trips enhance our study of key topics. Ronald Patkus.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MEDS 284 - American Television History Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as FILM 284 ) This course analyzes the history of American television, the most ubiquitous American mass medium of the last 70 years. It spans from its roots in radio broadcasting to the latest developments in digital television. In assessing the many changes across this span, the course will cover such topics as why the American television industry developed as a commercial medium in contrast to most other national television industries, how television programming has both reflected and influenced cultural ideologies through the decades, and how historical patterns of television consumption have shifted due to new technologies and social changes. Through studying the historical development of television programs and assessing the industrial, technological, political, aesthetic, and cultural systems out of which they emerged, the course will piece together the catalysts responsible for shaping this highly influential medium. Screenings may include Marty, Dragnet, I Spy, Father Knows Best, Amos & Andy, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, Married…With Children, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Steve Harvey Show, Survivor, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, among others.
Prerequisite(s): FILM 175 or FILM 210 for students registering for FILM 284. MEDS 160 for students registering for MEDS 284.
Two 75-minute periods plus outside screenings.
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MEDS 288 - The Wire, Quality Television, and the Media of Dissent Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as FILM 288 ) This course examines HBO’s The Wire by situating the show within the historical, cultural, and industrial contexts of the production and reception of television programs known as “quality television.” Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of television we investigate different critical frameworks used to discuss the history and theory of the medium. The show is used as a case study to examine media convergence on an industrial and textual level, changes to televisual aesthetics and narrative paradigms, and theories of authorship. The course considers The Wire as a part of a long lineage of “dissent” media (including television, motion pictures, and newspapers), which through its emphasis on structural and institutional conditions conveys a particular argument about societal issues and the need for change. Particular attention is paid to the show’s portrayal of African-American and female characters as well as the connections between The Wire and its cinematic predecessors including neo-realism, Blaxploitation and the social problem film. Alex Kupfer.
Prerequisite(s): one course in Media Studies or Film.
Two 75-minute periods accompanied by film screenings.
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MEDS 290 - Field Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Permission of the director required.
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MEDS 298 - Independent Study Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Permission of the director required.
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Media Studies: III. Advanced |
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MEDS 300 - Senior Project Preparation Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
The Senior Project may be a full-length thesis or a (multi)media project. During the fall semester, students carry out the following independent work under the supervision of the Program Director and participating faculty: formulating a project topic; identifying suitable faculty advisors; writing a project proposal and bibliography; presenting the proposal at a poster event; and developing a work plan. The program faculty.
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MEDS 301 - Senior Project Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Students carry out the Senior Project during the spring semester, under the supervision of their two project advisors. All students present their projects at a public symposium at the end of the semester. The projects become part of a permanent Media-Studies archive. The program faculty.
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MEDS 302 - Adaptations Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as CLCS 302 and ENGL 302 ) If works of art continue each other, as Virginia Woolf suggested, then cultural history accumulates when generations of artists think and talk together across time. What happens when one of those artists switches to another language, another genre, another mode or medium? In the twenty-first century we may reframe Woolf’s conversation in terms of intertextuality—art invokes and revises other art—but the questions remain more or less unchanged: What motivates and shapes adaptations? What role does technology play? Audience? What constitutes a faithful adaptation? “Faithful” to what or whom? In this course we consider the biological model, looking briefly at Darwin’s ideas about the ways organisms change in order to survive, and then explore analogies across a range of media. We’ll begin with Virgil’s Georgics; move on to Metamorphoses, Ovid’s free adaptations of classical myths; and follow Orpheus and Eurydice through two thousand years of theater (Euripides, Anouilh, Ruhl, Zimmerman); painting and sculpture (Dürer, Rubens, Poussin, Klee, Rodin); film and television (Pasolini, Cocteau, Camus, Luhrmann); dance (Graham, Balanchine, Bausch); music (Monteverdi, Gluck, Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Glass); narratives and graphic narratives (Pynchon, Delany, Gaiman, Hoban); verse (Rilke, H.D., Auden, Ashbery, Milosz, Heaney, Atwood, Mullen, Strand); and computer games (Battle of Olympus, Shin Megami Tensei). During the second half of the semester, we investigate other adaptations and their theoretical implications, looking back from time to time at what we’ve learned from the protean story of Eurydice and Orpheus and their countless progeny. M. Mark.
One 3-hour period.
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MEDS 310 - Senior Seminar Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Special topics course for all senior Media Studies majors, providing a capstone experience for the cohort. This course is taught in the fall semester each year.
Topic for 2016/17a: The Hands of Media. The capstone seminar for Media Studies aims to consolidate our majors’ core coursework in theory and praxis with an eye to giving them useful tools for the critical making of their senior projects. Taking the human hand as our guiding metonymic thread, we read a wide array of ancient and modern texts that interrogate the relationship between thinking and grasping, drafting and dwelling, making (poiesis) and touching (aesthesis), manual and intellectual labor, authenticity (the handmade) and reproducibility (the ready-to-hand), the human and the inhuman, the material and the virtual. We devote particular attention to the reemergence of the hand in our contemporary moment: the era of screen capitalism. The rise of artisanal foods and spirits, the popularity of bespoke design in the creative economy, the use of critical design in oppositional media interventions, the expanding adoption of design thinking in universities and corporations: these assorted trends seem to point to a renewed focus on making in our culture. What do these dexterous ventures have to tell us about our media ecology? about our relationship to the recycled stories, images, and objects we live with? about our “reality hunger” and dreams of transformation? Class assignments incorporate design methods that accentuate process: immersive listening, collaboration, prototyping, failing, testing, and more. The pedagogical goal of the seminar is not to provide students arts-and-crafts skills, but to activate their preferred creative-critical medium of expression - for example, writing - in an expanded field of possibilities, one that is mindful of our embodiment, our being-with-others, and our irreducible desire for something new. Heesok Chang.
Prerequisite(s): MEDS 250 or MEDS 260 .
One 2-hour period.
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MEDS 351 - Language and Expressive Culture
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 352 - The City in Fragments
1 unit(s)
(Same as URBS 352 ) In this seminar, we use the concept of the fragment to explore the contemporary city, and vice versa. We draw on the work of Walter Benjamin, for whom the fragment was both a central symptom of urban modernity and a potentially radical mode of inquiry. We also use the figure of the fragment to explore and to experiment with the situationist urbanism of Guy Debord, to address the failure of modernist dreams for the city, and to reframe the question of the “global” in contemporary discussions of global urbanization. Finally, we use the fragment to destabilize notions of experience and evidence—so central to positivist understandings of the city—as we make regular visits to discover, as it were, non-monumental New York. Readings include works by Walter Benjamin, Stefano Boeri, Christine Boyer, Guy Debord, Rosalyb Deytsche, Paul Gilroy, Rem Koolhaas, Henri Lefebvre, Thomas Lacquer, Saskia Sassen, Mark Wigley, and others. Lisa Brawley, Heesok Chang.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 356 - Culture, Commerce, and the Public Sphere
1 unit(s)
(Same as SOCI 356 ) This course examines the culture and politics of the public sphere, with an emphasis on the changing status of public spaces in contemporary societies. Drawing upon historical and current analyses, we explore such issues as the relationship between public and commercial space and the role of public discourse in democratic theory. Case studies investigate such sites as mass media, schools, shopping malls, cyberspace, libraries, and public parks in relation to questions of economic inequality, political participation, privatization, and consumer culture. William Hoynes.
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 360 - Problems in Cultural Analysis
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 364 - Seminar in Twentieth Century and Contemporary Art Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 364 ) Topic for 2016/17a: The Moving Image: Between Video and Experimental Curating. Already by 1930 experimental film had tested the boundaries for the exhibition of works of art; when video built on that foundation thirty years later, the borders were again expanded. Moving image and radical exhibition formats would continue to evolve in tandem, becoming a succession of inspirations and experiments. The seminar studies these as theoretical, practical and perceptual questions posed in fact since the invention of cinema; case studies from past and present are compared; the seminar plans and executes curatorial experiments of its own. Molly Nesbit.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor
One 2-hour period.
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MEDS 366 - Francophone Literature and Cultures Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as FREN 366 ) Topic for 2016/17a: Ciné-vérité? French & Francophone Documentary Filmmaking. The Francophone world has a rich and varied documentary film tradition ranging from René Vautier’s Afrique 50 (1956), the first anticolonial film, to Alain Resnais’ Nuit et Brouillard (1955), Marcel Ophüls’ Le Chagrin et la pitié (1969), Nicolas Philibert’s Etre et avoir (2002), Agnès Varda’s Les Plages d’Agnès (2008), Moussa Sene Absa’s Yoole, le sacrifice (2010), and Nadia El Fani’s Même Pas Mal (2012). This seminar explores different genres of Francophone short- and feature-length documentaries including works of the historical, social and political varieties, the ‘essai documentaire’, the ‘auto-documentaire’ as well as Web and radio documentaries, and television Web-series. We use this palette of audio-visual essays as a springboard both to examine the specificities of this genre’s form and the ways they interrogate the burning issues they seek to analyze, and to gauge the extent to which they frame – and perhaps even define – the French and Francophone cultures they depict. Patricia-Pia Célérier.
One 2-hour period.
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MEDS 376 - Computer Games: Design, Production and Critique
1 unit(s)
(Same as CMPU 376 ) Investigates all stages of the game development process, including conception, design, physical and digital prototyping, implementation and play-testing, among others. The course emphasizes the integration of formal, dramatic and dynamic game elements to create a specific player experience. The course also examines various criteria and approaches to game critique, including issues of engagement, embodiment, flow, and meaningful play. Course work includes a series of game development projects carried out in groups, along with analysis of published games and readings in critical game-studies literature. No previous experience in media production or computer programming is necessary. Thomas Ellman.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MEDS 379 - Computer Animation: Art, Science and Criticism Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 379 , CMPU 379 , and FILM 379 ) An interdisciplinary course in Computer Animation aimed at students with previous experience in Computer Science, Studio Art, or Media Studies. The course introduces students to mathematical and computational principles and techniques for describing the shape, motion and shading of three-dimensional figures in Computer Animation. It introduces students to artistic principles and techniques used in drawing, painting and sculpture, as they are translated into the context of Computer Animation. It also encourages students to critically examine Computer Animation as a medium of communication. Finally, the course exposes students to issues that arise when people from different scholarly cultures attempt to collaborate on a project of mutual interest. The course is structured as a series of animation projects interleaved with screenings and classroom discussions. Thomas Ellman, Harry Roseman.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
Two 2-hour periods.
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MEDS 380 - Special Topics in Media Studies
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 382 - The Arts of Silence
1 unit(s)
Is silence the opposite of sound? Is it the space between sounds? Is sound an interruption of silence? Can silence be audible, visible, palpable, spiritual? How and what does it signify? The composer John Cage famously claimed that there is no such thing as silence. This course tests that notion by exploring the theory and practices of silence across a range of arts, including rhetoric, literature, comics, film, drama, music, and meditation. Weekly seminars and frequent practicums, including a workshop with ASL poet Peter Cook, CAAD artist-in-residence. Leslie Dunn.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 2-hour periods.
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MEDS 385 - Media and War
1 unit(s)
Senator Hiram Johnson’s 1917 remark “The first casualty when war comes is truth” is often repeated. But the processes through which (mis)information and images circulate in wartime are less well known. This course explores the role of popular media in the production and circulation of knowledge about war. Drawing on both news and entertainment media, we examine how war is represented and remembered in various media, including newspapers, photographs, radio, television, film, and online. Through a series of historical and contemporary case studies, we explore topics such as the practices of the war correspondent, strategies of news management by military planners, the relationship between media images and public attitudes toward war, media as a propaganda tool, and the role of popular media in constructing and contesting national myths and memories of war. William Hoynes.
Prerequisite(s): MEDS 160 or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2016/17.
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MEDS 399 - Senior Independent Work
0.5 or 1 unit(s)
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Medieval/Renaissance Studies: I. Introductory |
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MRST 116 - The Dark Ages
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 116 ) Was early medieval Europe really Dark? In reality, this was a period of tremendous vitality and ferment, witnessing the transformation of late classical society, the growth of Germanic kingdoms, the high point of Byzantium, the rise of the papacy and monasticism, and the birth of Islam. This course examines a rich variety of sources that illuminate the first centuries of Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire, and early medieval culture showing moments of both conflict and synthesis that redefined Europe and the Mediterranean. Nancy Bisaha.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 159 - Blood and Faith: The St. Bartholomew’s Massacre in Context Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 159 ) On August 24, 1572, Catholic troops slaughtered nearly 3,000 Protestant men and women who had arrived in Paris to attend the marriage between the future Henry IV and Marguerite de Valois, sister of Charles IX. It was the most dramatic episode of the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) during which 2-4 million Catholics and Protestants died. This course examines the origins of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre coming out of the Protestant Reformation. Like the larger war, the massacre was not simply initiated by kings and nobles but featured ordinary subjects who sought to defend and define their community. We look at how the war was fought not just with weapons but words, featuring a trip to Special Collections. Throughout the course, we examine the relationship between politics and religion, between faith and community, issues that remain relevant today. Sumita Choudhury
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 175 - The Italian Renaissance in English Translation
1 unit(s)
(Same as ITAL 175 ) In this course we examine the notion of selfhood as it first appears in the writings of early humanists (XIV century), Renaissance authors (XVI century) and works of contemporary visual artists. Cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and gender issues are investigated through the reading of literary and theatrical masterpieces and their influence on visual artists like Botticelli, Raphael, and others. We read in English translation excerpts from Petrarch (Canzoniere and Letters), Boccaccio (Decameron), poems and letters by women humanists (Isotta Nogarola, Cassandra Fedele, Laura Cereta), Machiavelli (The Prince), Castiglione (The Book of the Courtier), Gaspara Stampa and Veronica Franco (Poems). In order to foster the student’s self-awareness and creativity, journaling, experiential practices, and a creative project, based on the course content, are included. Eugenio Giusti.
May not be counted towards the Italian major. Satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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Medieval/Renaissance Studies: II. Intermediate |
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MRST 117 - High Middle Ages, 950-1300 Semester Offered: Spring
1.0 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 117 ) This course examines medieval Europe at both its cultural and political height. Topics of study include: the first universities; government from feudal lordships to national monarchies; courtly and popular culture; manorial life and town life; the rise of papal monarchy; new religious orders and spirituality among the laity. Relations with religious outsiders are explored in topics on European Jewry, heretics, and the Crusades. Nancy Bisaha.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 202 - Thesis Preparation Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
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MRST 220 - Medieval and Renaissance Culture Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 220 and WMST 220 ) Topic for 2016/17b: Sex, Power, and Resistance in the Renaissance. From the fifteenth century until the end of the seventeenth century, European women and men argued about the nature and status of woman and their debates still engage us today. Critically, this period represents a shift in thinking about women. We examine literature, treatises, and polemical works that reveal how the discussion shifted from theological to biological definitions of woman. How did people in the Renaissance articulate biological and intellectual differences between men and women? How did they view sexual identity? Furthermore, women, such as Isabella of Castile, Elizabeth I, and Catherine de Medici, became powerful rulers, as a result of hereditary accidents, which gave greater urgency to the definition of power and gender. While many women accepted the more conventional patriarchal framework, others resisted and challenged the denigration of woman through writing, legal action and work. Sumita Choudhury.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 223 - The Founding of English Literature Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 223 ) These courses, ENGL 222 and 223, offer an introduction to British literary history through an exploration of texts from the eighth through the seventeenth centuries in their literary and cultural contexts. ENGL 222 begins with Old English literature and continues through the death of Queen Elizabeth I (1603). ENGL 223 begins with the establishment of Great Britain and continues through the British Civil War and Puritan Interregnum to the Restoration. Critical issues may include discourses of difference (race, religion, gender, social class); tribal, ethnic, and national identities; exploration and colonization; textual transmission and the rise of print culture; authorship and authority. Both courses address the formation and evolution of the British literary canon, and its significance for contemporary English studies.
Topic for 2016/17b: From the Faerie Queene to The Country Wife: Introduction to Early Modern Literature and Culture. This is a thematically organized “issues and methods” course grafted onto a chronologically structured survey course of early modern literature and culture. Its double goal is to develop skills for understanding early modern texts (both the language and the culture) as well as to familiarize students with a representative selection of works from the mid-1500s through the late 1600s. With this two-pronged approach, we will acquire an informed appreciation of the early modern period that may well serve as the basis for pursuing more specialized courses in this field. We explore a great variety of genres and media, including canonical authors such as Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton, but we also attend to less well-known authors, many of them women, through whose writings we can achieve a more nuanced and complex understanding of the times. By paying special attention to correlations between literature and other discourses, as well as to issues of cultural identity and difference based on citizenship, class, ethnicity, gender, geography, nationality, race, and religion, we engage early modern literature and culture in ways that are productive to the understanding of our own culture as well. Zoltán Márkus.
Please note that ENGL 222 is not a prerequisite for this course; it is open to all students, including freshmen.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 235 - Old English Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 235 ) Introduction to Old English language and literature. Mark Amodio.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 236 - Beowulf Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 236 ) Intensive study of the early English epic in the original language. Mark Amodio.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 235 or demonstrated knowledge of Old English, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 275 - Roots and Branches: Italian Renaissance Authors and Their Impact on Early Modern Western Culture Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ITAL 275 ) The works of Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) and Giovanni Boccaccio, arguably the greatest authors of Italian Humanism, had a lasting impact on early modern western culture, from the literary, to the philosophical, from the theatrical to the visual. In this course we explore the ways in which Petrarch’s poetic style (Canzoniere) and epistolary writing (Familiar and Seniles Letters) become a canon for sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian and European poets (including William Shakespeare), and such essayists as Michel de Montaigne. Boccaccio’s invention of the novella genre and the writing of the Decameron inspired not only contemporary and Renaissance authors like Geoffrey Chaucer and Marguerite of Navarre, but also theatrical production of the period (Bibbiena, Machiavelli, Shakespeare. Boccaccio’s erudite catalogue of famous women (De Mulieribus Claris) can be read as partial subtext to Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies, and the iconography of Renaissance visual artists, like Botticelli and Titian, can be explored as based on Petrarch’s and Boccaccio’s texts. Conducted in English. Eugenio Giusti.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. May be counted towards the Italian major.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MRST 290 - Field Work
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
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MRST 298 - Independent Work
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
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Medieval/Renaissance Studies: III. Advanced |
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MRST 300 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
An interdisciplinary study written over two semesters under the supervision of two advisors from two different disciplines.
Yearlong course 300-MRST 301 .
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MRST 301 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
An interdisciplinary study written over two semesters under the supervision of two advisors from two different disciplines.
Yearlong course MRST 300 -301.
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MRST 302 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
An interdisciplinary study written during one semester under the supervision of two advisors from two different disciplines.
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MRST 339 - Shakespeare in Production Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as DRAM 339 ) Students in the course study the physical circumstances of Elizabethan public and private theaters at the beginning of the semester. The remainder of the semester is spent in critical examination of the plays of Shakespeare and several of his contemporaries using original staging practices of the early modern theater. The course emphasizes the conditions under which the plays were written and performed and uses practice as an experiential tool to critically analyze the texts as performance scripts. Ms. Walen.
Enrollment limited to Juniors and Seniors.
One 3-hour period.
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MRST 341 - Studies in the Renaissance Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 341 ) Intensive study of selected Renaissance texts and the questions they raise about their context and interpretation. Zoltán Márkus.
One 2-hour period.
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MRST 399 - Senior Independent Work
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
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Music: I. Introductory |
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MUSI 101 - Fundamentals of Music Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
A beginning study of the elements of music including notation, rhythm and meter, scales and modes, intervals, melody, chord progression, musical terms, and instruments. To facilitate reading skills, class exercises in ear training and sight singing are included. May not be counted in the requirements for concentration. Brian Mann, Michael Pisani.
Open to all classes. Previous musical training unnecessary.
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MUSI 105 - Harmony Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A study of tonal harmony as found in the music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Primary emphasis is on writing, including harmonization of bass lines and melodies; analysis of representative examples and ear training. Kathryn Libin, Brian Mann, Richard Wilson.
Prerequisite(s): each student must demonstrate to the instructor a familiarity with treble and bass clef notation, scales, and basic rhythmic notation.
Open to all classes.
Yearlong course 105/MUSI 106 .
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MUSI 106 - Harmony Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A study of tonal harmony as found in the music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Primary emphasis is on writing, including harmonization of bass lines and melodies; analysis of representative examples and ear training. Kathryn Libin, Richard Wilson.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 or successful completion of departmental advanced placement exam at beginning of fall semester.
Open to all classes.
Yearlong course MUSI 105 /106.
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MUSI 125 - The Sound of Space: Intersecting Acoustics, Architecture and Music
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 125 and PHYS 125 ) The disciplines of acoustics, architecture, and music are often treated in isolation, resulting in the loss of many synergistic connections. This course will bring these three different but intersecting disciplines together in an exciting new way through a collaborative team-teaching process. The course will explore the physical nature of music in the built environment, focusing on the generation, transmission, and reception of music in a variety of spaces across campus. An introduction will first be given for each discipline, then the intersections of these seemingly disparate, yet closely related fields will be studied through a combination of lecture, group discussion, and hands-on investigation. Student teams will adopt a key acoustical space on campus, which they will present during a processional performance by a Vassar choral group open to the public at the end of the semester. David Bradley, Christine Howlett, and Andrew Tallon.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 135 - The International Phonetic Alphabet Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
An introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Geared toward students of voice, choir, and choral conducting. Christine Howlett.
First six-week course.
Alternate years.
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MUSI 136 - Introduction to World Music Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course examines the development and practices of musical styles in diverse locales around the world from an ethnomusicological perspective. We study the intersection of musical communities and social identity/values, political movements (especially nationalism), spirituality, economy, and globalization. We explore these general issues through case studies from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Justin Patch.
This course is open to students with or without musical training.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 140 - Introduction to Western Art Music
1 unit(s)
A study of selected topics in the history of Western music.
Open to all classes. Previous musical training not required. May not be counted in the requirements for concentration. Music 140 is not required for MUSI 141 , therefore these two courses may be taken in any order.
Not offered in 2016/17.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 141 - Introduction to Western Art Music
1 unit(s)
Open to all classes. Previous musical training (or ability to read music) not required. May not be counted in the requirements for concentration. MUSI 140 is not required for Music 141, therefore these two courses may be taken in any order.
Not offered in 2015/16.
Two 75-minute periods.
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Music: II. Intermediate |
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MUSI 201 - Opera Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A study of the history, style, drama, and music in selected operatic masterworks from 1600 to the present. Michael Pisani.
Prerequisite(s): one unit in one of the following: art; drama; Italian, French, German, or English literatures; music; or permission of the instructor.
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MUSI 202 - Black Music Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 202 ) An analytical exploration of the music of certain African and European cultures and their adaptive influences in North America. The course examines traditional African and European views of music performance practices while exploring their influences in shaping the music of African Americans from the spiritual to modern. Justin Patch.
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MUSI 205 - Advanced Harmony Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A continuation of MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 , using more complex harmonic resources and analyzing more extended works.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 or permission of the instructor.
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