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Banjo — MIN2215.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate, or advanced group lessons on the 5-string banjo in the claw-hammer/frailing style. Student will learn to play using simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation. Using chord theory and scale work, personal music-making skills will be enhanced. Awareness of traditional styles of playing the instrument will be furthered through a
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Bass Intensive — MIN4026.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Bisio
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Credits: 2
Advanced studies in theory relating to performance. Students must be enrolled in Bass with Bisio (MIN4417) simultaneously, no exceptions. This class is only for advanced students and by permission of instructor.
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Basso Continuo You — MTH4292.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
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Credits: 4
The practice of putting chords over a bass line and a melody on top – sound familiar? – exploded in the Early Baroque and we haven’t been the same since. Listening changed. Ensembles changed. And a new era of functional harmony began. Learn about figured bass, chordal voicing and interpretation, the Spanish rhythmic ostinati which fueled popular dances from the New World. We’ll
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Beethoven Seminar — MTH4106.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Allen Shawn
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Credits: 2
In this seven week seminar we will study a variety of works by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) in detail, while familiarizing ourselves with his life sufficiently to put the music in context. The main focus will be on Beethoven's musical language and the structures of the works. Students need to be able to read notation fluently and to have a good working knowledge of harmony.
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Beginning Cello II — MIN4354.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
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Credits: 2
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group, students will continue the course of instruction begun in Beginning Cello 1, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion. Corequisites: Music Workshop attendance 7 times per term.
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Beginning Guitar — MIN2247.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Hui Cox
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Credits: 2
Introduces the fundamentals of acoustic guitar playing, including hand positions, tuning, reading music, major and pentatonic scales, major, minor, and seventh chords, chord progressions, blues progressions, and simple arrangements of songs. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 – 8pm).
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Beginning Potter’s Wheel — CER2107.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Aysha Peltz
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Credits: 4
This class is an introduction to using the potter’s wheel as a tool for generating clay forms with an emphasis on pottery making. While focusing on the development of throwing skills, students will explore various possibilities for assembling wheel-thrown elements and will experiment with both functional and non-functional formats. Students will be introduced to the whole
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
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Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/or alto clefs in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of term. Student must arrange for the use of a college instrument, if needed
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¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø County Choral Society-Parables, an Interfaith Oratorio — MPF2164.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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Credits: 1
The ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø County Choral Society, a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson, promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Performances may be held
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¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing-Prose — LIT4330.02, section 2

Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on the editing, promotion, and production of ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø’s newly relaunched national print literary magazine, ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review. Students will serve as Editorial and Publicity Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing, as well as helping with the journal’s day-to-day operations. The course will
Literature

¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing–Poetry — LIT4330.01, section 1

Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on the editing, promotion, and production of ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø’s newly relaunched national print literary magazine, ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review. Students will serve as Editorial and Publicity Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing, as well as helping with the journal’s day-to-day operations. The course will
Literature

Biochemistry — CHE4335.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Bullock
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Credits: 4
Biochemistry is an intermediate chemistry course in which students apply principles from general and organic chemistry, as well as general biology, to understand the molecular processes that characterize life. Biochemistry is a broad discipline that is growing rapidly in its scope – new developments and discoveries are being made daily. The goal of this class will be to give
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Black Music: Black Music Division – A Retrospective — MHI2238.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 4
In the early 70s ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø music faculty members Bill Dixon and Milford Graves guided ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø students through a black aesthetic, an awakening using music, words and deeds. Their compositions, teachings, and innovative approach to creative music boldly addressed a multitude of issues in the wake of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. This ever-evolving course
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Bodies of Sound — MCO4121.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Sergei Tcherepnin
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Credits: 2
What is the materiality of sound? Do some combinations of sounds have a shape, have color? How can we identify and work with these characteristics? How does sound affect the body and brain? This is an installation class that focuses on ways of working with Sound in the context of Visual Art. You will learn all the tools necessary to create an electronic sound installation -
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Budapest Band — MPF4243.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
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Credits: 4
This ensemble will focus on music that would be heard in popular Budapest music venues between the years 2001-2013: Gypsy jazz, Klezmer, Balkan dance music, Afro-pop, etc. We will learn repertoire and also study the historical and cultural roots of these various genres. The ensemble will then be an integral part of Jean Randich’s Drama course, Faculty Performance Production:
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Butoh I: Body Weather Laboratory — DAN2127.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Oguri
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Credits: 2
This course provides a foundational physical training for the performer, with emphasis on physical articulation and individual movement patterns. This training demands a thorough reexamination of the body and movement within different and changing environments. It includes 3 training modalities: 1) MB Training: Rigorous mind/body, muscle/bone movement/balance training;
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Butoh II: Body Weather Laboratory — DAN4131.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Oguri
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Credits: 2
For students with some previous experience with movement this course provides a foundational physical training for the performer, with emphasis on physical articulation and individual movement patterns. This training demands a thorough reexamination of the body and movement within different and changing environments. It includes 3 training modalities: 1) MB Training: Rigorous
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Calculus B — MAT4218.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Carly Briggs
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Credits: 4
This course is a sequel to Calculus A. While Calculus A covers a broad range of concepts, Calculus B focuses on the techniques to put those concepts into practice, and the various problems to which those techniques may be applied. There will be applications to physics, chemistry, biology, environmental studies, economics, and other areas of mathematics. Topics include: standard
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Camera Mounts I — SCU2117.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 2
Have you ever wanted to mount a camera somewhere, or on something to capture a shot otherwise unreachable? Catapult a phone in a directed safe controlled path for a smooth shot of Jill smoldering her cigarette into the heel of her shoe. Sure there are endless attachments for your devices on kickstarter that someone else is making, but how about you take a shot at it. This seven
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Camera Mounts II — SCU4117.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 2
This second part seven-week intensive course is a continuation of part one. Now you will be responsible for the image capture idea and will need to develop drawings, working products, and maintain a research and development log. The video or still camera must be considered seriously as now your image will carry and equal value as the mounting mechanism for your evaluation. You
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Cello — MIN4355.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
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Credits: 2
Studio instruction in cello. There will be an emphasis on creating and working towards an end-of-term project for each student. Students must have had at least three years of cello study. Corequisites: Music Workshop attendance 7 times per term.
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Century Plate Lithography — PRI2121.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
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Credits: 2
This class will introduce ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø students to Non-toxic Century Plate lithography - a new, sustainable and environmentally friendly process using re-grainable Century Plates and biologically-based, biodegradable processing materials. Students who have learned to print with polyester lithographic plates (Pronto Plates) will really enjoy the richer tonality, reciprocity of
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Chemistry 2: Organic Structure Bonding (with lab) — CHE4212.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Janet Foley
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Credits: 4
Building on structural and reactivity insights developed in Chemistry 1, this course delves into molecular structure and modern theories of bonding, especially as they relate to the reaction patterns of functional groups. We will focus on the mechanisms of reaction pathways and develop an understanding for how those mechanisms are experimentally explored. There will be numerous
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Chemistry Independent Research Projects — CHE4275.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Janet Foley Amber Hancock
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Credits: 2
Students will apply the principles of Chemistry 1, 2, and 3 to the execution of substantive research projects of their own design. Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged: chemistry/biology, chemistry/geology etc. Students will also be responsible for independently analyzing their data and publicly presenting their findings. Persons interested in this class need to have
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