May 12, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


Academic departments and programs are  generally listed in alphabetical order. All courses are listed under the department or program in which they are offered. Courses which are cross-listed will appear in more than one place.

Course Designations

Courses of instruction are designated by a system of four-digit numbers within each department. The first digit in the number indicates the class standing that a student must attain to be eligible for the course. To interpret the numbering system, students need to know that:

  • Courses generally for freshmen are numbered in the series beginning 1000. Freshmen may not register for any course numbered 2000 or above, except by placement or with the permission of the instructor. Similarly, sophomores may not register for courses numbered 3000 or above, or juniors 4000 or above, with exceptions permitted only by the instructor.
  • Cross-listed courses are courses appropriate to more than one department or area.
  • The number of credit hours per course is indicated below the course title. Courses which may be taken for variable credit (applied music lessons, independent studies, internships, etc.) or which can be repeated for credit are so indicated.
  • Prerequisites for each course are so indicated following the description.
  • Special Topics, Internships, and Independent Studies courses are listed with numbers separated by semicolons. These courses may be taken in any order.
  • The (FR) designation after a number indicates that the course is offered only as a first-year seminar.
 
  
  • MUS 3002 - Applied Music Study III – Organ

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3003 - Applied Music Study III – Classical Piano

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3004 - Applied Music Study III – Trombone

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3005 - Applied Music Study III – Violin

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3006 - Applied Music Study III – Voice

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3007 - Applied Music Study III – Flute

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3008 - Applied Music Study III – Baritone Horn

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3009 - Applied Music Study III – Cello

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3010 - Applied Music Study III – Jazz Piano

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3011 - Applied Music Study III – Harpsichord

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3012 - Applied Music Study III – String Bass

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3013 - Applied Music Study III – Percussion

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3014 - Applied Music Study III – Trumpet

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3015 - Applied Music Study III – Saxophone

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3016 - Applied Music Study III – Viola

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3017 - Applied Music Study III – Electric Bass

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3018 - Applied Music Study III – French Horn

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3019 - Applied Music Study III – Tuba

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3020 - Applied Music Study III – Bassoon

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3021 - Applied Music Study III – Classical Guitar

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3022 - Applied Music Study III – Jazz Guitar

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3023 - Applied Music Study III – Oboe

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance. Level of music reading and technical skills approach advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 5** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study II, culminating in placement by jury to the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 3200 - Careers and Professional Communication in Music

    Credits: 4
    This course will examine the various careers to which a music degree may lead and the types of communications appropriate in each. Students will identify and explore different types of music-related professional-level writing, as well as practice music-specific language conventions and vocabulary appropriate for different audiences.  As we explore the variety of careers in music, students will explore and develop the communication skills necessary to succeed in them.
    Prerequisites/Co-requisites Junior or Senior Standing
  
  • MUS 3311 - Instrumental Conducting

    Credits: 4
    An analysis of the principles and practices of instrumental conducting, development of conducting pattern skills, score analysis, rehearsal procedures, and program development.
    Prerequisites Music 1201 and 1204, Music Theory 2202, and permission of the instructor.
    Co-requisite Participation in the College Band.
    Offered in the fall.
  
  • MUS 3313 - Choral Conducting

    Credits: 4
    An analysis of the principles and practices of choral conducting, development of conducting pattern skills, score analysis, rehearsal procedures, and program development.
    Prerequisites Music 1202, 1201, and 1204, Music Theory 2202, and permission of the instructor.
    Co-requisite Participation in the College Choir or alternate lab experience
    Offered in the spring.
  
  • MUS 3335 - Methods of Teaching Piano

    Credits: 4
    Methods of teaching piano to students of all levels and all ages. This course includes a survey of teaching materials for all grades, as well as a discussion of the pianistic and musical problems involved in teaching piano. It also involves actual teaching of volunteer beginning piano students in a lab setting.
    Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
    Offered as needed.
  
  • MUS 3395 - Internships in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
    Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MUS 3396 - Internships in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
    Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MUS 3398 - Independent Studies in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
  
  • MUS 3399 - Independent Studies in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
  
  • MUS 4001 - Applied Music Study IV – Clarinet

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4002 - Applied Music Study IV – Organ

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4003 - Applied Music Study IV – Classical Piano

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4004 - Applied Music Study IV – Trombone

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4005 - Applied Music Study IV – Violin

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4006 - Applied Music Study IV – Voice

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4007 - Applied Music Study IV – Flute

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4008 - Applied Music Study IV – Baritone Horn

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4009 - Applied Music Study IV – Cello

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4010 - Applied Music Study IV – Jazz Piano

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4011 - Applied Music Study IV – Harpsichord

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4012 - Applied Music Study IV – String Bass

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4013 - Applied Music Study IV – Percussion

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4014 - Applied Music Study IV – Trumpet

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4015 - Applied Music Study IV – Saxophone

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4016 - Applied Music Study IV – Viola

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4017 - Applied Music Study IV – Electric Bass

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4018 - Applied Music Study IV – French Horn

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4019 - Applied Music Study IV – Tuba

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4020 - Applied Music Study IV – Bassoon

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4021 - Applied Music Study IV – Classical Guitar

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4022 - Applied Music Study IV – Jazz Guitar

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4023 - Applied Music Study IV – Oboe

    Credits: 0.5-2
    Private music instruction for students significantly interested in performance at an advanced level. Level of music reading and technical skill is advanced. Students will be able to proficiently perform at least one level 6** piece.
    Lessons are generally offered in half-hour periods (0-.5 credit) or hour periods (1 credit). An extra tuition fee is charged for lessons.
    Prerequisites Applied Music Study III, culminating in placement by jury to the 4000 level or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.

    ** Repertoire levels:
    1-2 Beginning
    3-4 Intermediate
    5-6 Advanced

    Level 6 is advanced conservatory performance. Specific definitions of the repertoire grade level expectations for each instrument will be found in individual studio syllabi for each level.
  
  • MUS 4205 - Senior Recital

    Credits: 0
    The last formal performance required of all Music majors. Non-majors with private lesson experience at the College may be eligible to give a senior recital, but only with permission of the private instructor. Refer to the Music Department handbook for guidance on preparation for Senior Recitals.
  
  • MUS 4206 - Music Capstone I

    Credits: 2
    The Senior Capstone is an experience in which students demonstrate critical thinking in oral and written presentations, in the interpretation of music in their own performance and/or the performances of others.  This may be fulfilled by combining performance, presentation, and written document in any combination that demonstrates these critical thinking skills, appropriate to the student’s concentration, and approved by the student’s studio teacher and capstone advisor. 
  
  • MUS 4207 - Music Capstone II

    Credits: 2
    The Senior Capstone is an experience in which students demonstrate critical thinking in oral and written presentations, in the interpretation of music in their own performance and/or the performances of others.  This may be fulfilled by combining performance, presentation, and written document in any combination that demonstrates these critical thinking skills, appropriate to the student’s concentration, and approved by the student’s studio teacher and capstone advisor. 
    Prerequisites MUS-4206
  
  • MUS 4495 - Internships in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
    Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MUS 4496 - Internships in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
    Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MUS 4498 - Independent Studies in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
  
  • MUS 4499 - Independent Studies in Music

    Credits: 0-4
    Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
  
  • MUT 1125 - Introduction to Music Technology

    Credits: 4.00
    This course is an overview of technology’s evolution and role in modern music. Topics covered include the philosophical and historical acceptance of technology, the development of components used (analog and digital), electronic
    instruments, signal processing, effects devices, computers, and IPad applications (apps). Special emphasis will be given to “hands-on” experiences with hardware and software (mostly software).

     
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression

  
  • MUT 1127 - Learning Music with Technology

    Credits: 4
    Do you like music? do you like to make music? Would you like to make music? in this course students will explore ways of making music easily through mobile apps, as they learn important fundamentals of musical  tructure, sound, and language.
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression

  
  • MUT 1130 - Music Fundamentals

    Credits: 2
    Music Fundamentals is a very basic music theory course for those with little or no background in the formal study of music. The class will focus on studying the building blocks of music: scales, intervals and chords. The multi-faceted approach will include ear training, sight singing, and basic keyboard skills. Students will learn to read rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic notation.
  
  • MUT 1131 - Music Theory I

    Credits: 4
    Basic knowledge of musical materials, written and keyboard harmony through the dominant seventh chord, sight singing, melodic and harmonic dictation. Some aspects of orchestration will also be included.
    Prerequisites Music Theory 1130 or placement by test or permission of the instructor
    McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning requirement met with the completion of MUT 1132,2201, and 2202.

  
  • MUT 1132 - Music Theory II

    Credits: 4
    Basic knowledge of musical materials, written and keyboard harmony through the dominant seventh chord, sight singing, melodic and harmonic dictation. Some aspects of orchestration will also be included.
    Prerequisites Music Theory 1131 or permission of instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning requirement met with the completion of MUT 1132,2201, and 2202.

  
  • MUT 1165 - Special Topics: Music Theory

    Credits: 4
    The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on student’s interests and needs. See additional information for this term below.
  
  • MUT 2201 - Advanced Music Theory I

    Credits: 4
    The continuation of Music 1131, 1132 through the use of remote harmonies, 20thcentury compositional styles, counterpoint, and form. Special emphasis will be given to analysis.
    Prerequisites Music Theory 1132 or permission of the instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning requirement is met with the completion of MUT 1132, 2201, and 2202

  
  • MUT 2202 - Advanced Music Theory II

    Credits: 4
    The continuation of Music 1131, 1132 through the use of remote harmonies, 20thcentury compositional styles, counterpoint, and form. Special emphasis will be given to analysis.
    Prerequisites Music Theory 1132 or permission of the instructor.
    McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning requirement is met with the completion of MUT 1132, 2201, and 2202

  
  • MUT 2203 - Introduction to Film Scoring

    Credits: 4
    This course will provide students with the information and process of creating music for film. The students will gain introductory experience in writing cues for film; this includes spotting, syncing music to video with
    the understanding of emotional intent, and working with appropriate software applications. Students will be challenged to write cues for a variety of visual sequences in different tempos and moods.
     
    McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression

  
  • MUT 3398 - Independent Studies in Music

    Credits: 1-4
  
  • PHI 1101 - Introduction to Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    A study of selected thinkers dealing with basic epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical questions. The course may include issues such as theories of knowledge and reality,the relationship of philosophy to daily life situations, science, and religion.
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 1102 - Critical Thinking

    Credits: 4
    Critical thinking empowers students to recognize fallacious reasoning, manipulative rhetoric, and other dubious defenses of faulty beliefs. It encourages students to explore various methods of justification, explanation and argumentation in order to understand why we believe what we believe. In this course, we consider reasoning – how we seek to influence other people’s beliefs, and how our beliefs are influenced by others. We search for a good basis upon which to change our beliefs.
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    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 1105 - Contemporary Issues In Ethics

    Credits: 4
    An introduction to the major ethical theories including Aristotle’s Theory of Happiness, Kant’s concept of duty, Act and Rule Utilitarianism, Pragmatism, Ethical Egoism, and their contemporary versions; and to the major issues of our day such as abortion, euthanasia, the rights of animals, racism and sexism, professional conduct, capital punishment, war and peace, civil disobedience, law versus conscience, and environment and biological topics.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 1113 - Greek and Roman Philosophy

    Credits: 4.0
    What is reality, and how did the world come into being? What is the nature of knowledge and the human soul? What does it mean to live an ethical life? Western philosophy begins with the Greeks and Romans: a period of more than a thousand years in which core philosophical questions and concepts were developed. This course examines the major philosophers of this period: the Presocratics, Socrates, the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, and the founders of the Hellenistic schools (Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism) and Neoplatonism. The course focuses on primary source materials—the philosophical texts themselves—as well as on the historical and cultural context of Greek and Roman civilization within which philosophy took shape.
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 1114 - Philosophy from the Renaissance to Contemporary Times

    Credits: 4
    An examination of the interconnections between Western philosophy, religion, culture and science from the 15th to the 21st century. The spectrum of topics will be centered on questions such as: what are the characteristics and limitations of human reason, emotion and will?  How do we construct knowledge, truth and meaning and how are these constructions used in social and political processes of exclusion? Critical analysis and reflection will be focused on texts by Descartes, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Foucault and Rorty.

     
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 2102 - Philosophy Around the World

    Credits: 4
    A selective study of philosophical concepts from a variety of global traditions, including Native American, South American, African and Asian. Topics of analysis and reflection will focus on questions such us: what is the position of humans and other species in the world? How does philosophy conceptualize community and the individual? How do philosophical concepts contribute to solving problems caused by processes of globalization, war and climate change? Philosophical,religious and literary texts will be studied from thinkers like Deloria, Appiah, Nuccetelli, Thich Nhat Han, Fanon, and Spivak.
    McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 2205 - Law, Morality and the Cinema

    Credits: 4.0
     

    What is the relationship between our laws and our systems of moral values?  How have our ethical beliefs influenced the creation, development and the functioning of our legal system, our statutes and our court decisions?  This course explores the contributions of philosophers from Plato to legal theorists such as Finnis and Dworkin.  The course will introduce the student to numerous teachings from a host of scholars, philosophers and theorists who have considered ethical theory and its impact on our legal system. The natural law/positive law distinction will be explored, but the course will also consider how our basic rights as set forth in The Bill Of Rights are interpreted by jurists.  Emphasis will be placed on the guarantees of the First Amendment to our Constitution, our trial rights as set forth under various amendments to the Constitution and our due process rights as set forth in the Constitution and Bill Of Rights. Various selected movies will be used as a vehicle for enhancing the discussion of the dynamics existing between the law and our moral beliefs.
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding

  
  • PHI 2206 - Philosophy of Love and Sex

    Credits: 4.0
    Love and sexuality are principal ways that we create meaning in the world, but they are often neglected topics within philosophical discourse. This course will focus on philosophical questions pertaining to the formation of sexual identity, gender roles, heterosexuality, homosexuality, desire, and concepts of love. Throughout the quarter, we will familiarize ourselves with how major figures throughout the history of Western philosophy as well as contemporary philosophers approach these questions. We will also examine 21st century empirical research and first person accounts of experience (in the form of interview data gathered from college-age students). While students will become familiar with how authors respond to philosophical problems, it is hoped that the course will open up a space in which students can develop the ability to think critically about their own lived experience in light of the readings.
    McDaniel Plan: International

  
  • PHI 2211 - Issues of Social Justice

    Credits: 4
    A comparative philosophical and religious exploration of theories of justice and specific moral issues. Issues discussed include gender and racial equality, economic welfare, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, war, and animal rights.
    Cross-listed with Religious Studies 2211.
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 2221 - Minds and Machines

    Credits: 4
    This course seeks to investigate the nature of consciousness – from the awareness of being aware to the kind of phenomenal awareness that a honeybee might possess. The nature of consciousness as the object of scientific investigation, as well as the possibility of reducing consciousness to physical, brain, states, will also be discussed.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 2222 - Philosophy of Art

    Credits: 4
    When Duchamp placed a urinal in the Philadelphia Art Museum and called it ‘Fountain’, did he make it art? Or is it the art world’s response to Duchamp’s act that made it art? Are Christo’s gates in Central Park art? Or is it the process of getting approval, designing, and ultimately placing the gates that is the art? Is Kenny G on the same level as John Coltrane? Is Eminem the equal of Mozart? This course seeks answers to these questions and more.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 2224 - Plato’s Search for Knowledge

    Credits: 4.0
    This course attempts to understand the dialogues of Plato, with their ironic protagonist Socrates, by locating them in the cultural, political and intellectual context of late fifth and early fourth century BCE Greece. Plato was engaged in a struggle to establish philosophy as a superior form of knowledge based on reason and dialectic. He tried to demonstrate that the sources and methods on which others based their knowledge—poetry, politics, religion and rhetoric—were unreliable and dangerous. We will read the dialogues of Plato against other culturally important materials: the epics of Homer, the rhetoric of the sophists, the political thought of Thucydides, Athenian tragedy. And we will measure the success of Plato’s efforts by asking to what extent one can ever hope to transcend one’s cultural context and attain knowledge that is secure, objective, “absolute”—a question as relevant in our own turbulent times as it was in Plato’s.
    McDaniel Plan: International, Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 2226 - Philosophy Law

    Credits: 4.00
    Law and justice are topics that invade every aspect of our society. Philosophy of Law explores the relationships between these concepts and their impact on society as a whole and the individual. This course approaches these topics in several different ways –textual readings from the philosophers who have made this their focus; reading of actual cases, lecture and discussion the real world workings of our legal system. Students are confronted with current legal cases in order to understand the application of the law, its origin and its consequences.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 2227 - Violence and Non-Violence

    Credits: 4.0
    Can violence be warranted as a mean to an end, seeking justice and peace? Is nonviolence an effective option in times of political and social unrest? This course will analyze and reflect on concepts of violence and nonviolence in various traditions and examine historical examples from the United States, Europe and Asia, e.g. the American and French Revolutions, colonialism in Asia, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia as well as U.S. farmworkers’ strikes and boycotts in contemporary times. Complexity and nuances of debates on the use of violence and nonviolence to bring about political or social change will be explored and discussed.
    Prerequisites/Co-requisites International, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
  
  • PHI 2228 - Philosophy of Violent Media

    Credits: 4.0
    What is the appeal of violent media? The widespread attraction to violent imagery requires a deeper analysis and understanding. Using aesthetic and ethical concepts, this course explores the artistic and moral value of violent media by analyzing various representations of violence. For example, this course will explore violence as it appears in paintings, cartoons, video games, movies, internet clips, and more. Ultimately, students will gain a deeper and new understanding of violent media while challenging the current cultural discourse on violence.
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding

  
  • PHI 2229 - Asian Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    This course will introduce students to some of the major Asian philosophical traditions. We will explore foundational texts in Confucian, Daoist, Hindu, and Buddhist schools of thought with an eye to how these major traditions influence and respond to each other. In addition, we will discuss the benefits and risks of engaging Asian philosophers by comparing them to Western thinkers. Our guiding questions will be: What is the nature of reality? What is the self? What is the meaning of human existence? And, how should one live? Another major point of focus will be the relation between theory and practice. Many of the authors who we will read do not merely aim at communicating objects of knowledge to the reader; rather, they aim to transform the reader’s very being. This course is unique in that it approaches philosophy as a practice. While
    students will become familiar with how authors respond to philosophical problems, it is hoped that the course will open up a space in which students can develop the ability to think critically about their own lived experience in light of the readings.
    McDaniel Plan: International; Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 2231 - Philosophy and Literature

    Credits: 4
    This course examines works of literature—fiction, drama, poetry—that discuss important philosophical themes and topics: reality, time, evil, fate, death, authenticity, selfhood, and responsibility. In addition to texts from the ancient world (Greek epic and tragedy, Hebrew and Christian scripture), the course will focus on modern works of Western literature from the Enlightenment to the present: authors include Voltaire, Dostoevsky, Mann, Camus, Sartre, Beckett, Borges, Calvino, Murdoch, Kundera, Müller, Silko, Munro and others. Emphasis will be on the historical and cultural context of each work and its relationship to philosophical issues of the time. The course will also examine more general questions: what is the difference between literary discourse and other forms of philosophical presentation? what kind of knowledge does literature offer? how do we determine the intentions of a literary work and its author, and why does that matter? what role does literature play in the development of compassion and ethical response?
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 2233 - Elementary Logic

    Credits: 4
    An introduction to formal logic, propositional and predicate. The study of various forms of inference, theorems, derivations, and proofs.
    Prerequisites Mathematics 1001 and Mathematics 1002
    McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.

  
  • PHI 2265 - Special Topics In Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
    McDaniel Plan: International

  
  • PHI 2266 - Special Topics in the History of Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    The study of a selected Philosopher or movement in the history of philosophy. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.

  
  • PHI 2291 - Directed Readings

    Credits: 1
    A close reading of a major text in philosophy and/or religious studies. Students will also become familiar with selected critical studies of the text.
    Course may be repeated up to four semesters for credit.
  
  • PHI 2295 - Internships in Philosophy

    Credits: 0-4
    Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
  
  • PHI 2298 - Independent Studies in Philosophy

    Credits: 0-4
    Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
  
  • PHI 3200 - Writing in Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    Focused, direct instruction in the writing skills necessary for successful research papers in Philosophy. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students interests and needs.
    McDaniel Plan: Departmental Writing

  
  • PHI 3230 - Buddhist Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    This course explores the historical origins of Buddhism in India and traces its movement to China and Japan. We will examine early Indian Buddhist scriptures and forms of logic with an eye to their influence on Chinese and Japanese Buddhist philosophical schools. The majority of the course is devoted to close readings of the works of major figures within two prominent East Asian Buddhist traditions: Zen and Pure Land. Guiding questions include: What is the nature of reality? What is the self? And, how should one live? Another major point of focus is the relation between religious teaching and practice. Buddhist-inspired literature, poetry, and art will supplement canonical texts.
    McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Textual Analysis

  
  • PHI 3302 - Classical Indian Philosophy

    Credits: 4
    A rigorous introduction to the classical Indian tradition of philosophical thought, from its roots in the Vedas and Upanishads to its systematization in the six orthodox (astika) schools. Attention is also given to the “heterodox” views of the Buddhists, the Jains, and the “materialists.”
    Offered as needed.
    McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.

  
  • PHI 3304 - Philosophy and Film

    Credits: 4
    A study of film as a cultural item and an analysis of contemporary philosophical film theories. The course will focus on questions such as: How do the media of film shape our perception, discernment and knowledge of the world? How does film promote religious, cultural and political agendas and how does it contribute to cultural discourse?  Texts on the art of interpretation and film theory will include works of  N.Carroll, Curran, Baudrillard and Wartenberg.
    McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.

  
  • PHI 3305 - Anarchy, Authority, and Autonomy

    Credits: 4
    A practicum in issues in contemporary political philosophy. Students investigate the concepts of and justifications for the legitimacy of a state, justice, rights, liberty and equality from the perspectives of various philosophic traditions.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.

  
  • PHI 3318 - Philosophy of Science

    Credits: 4
    A critical analysis of science as an enterprise that produces knowledge. The course examines the conceptual structures and methods used in scientific investigation and discovery, focusing on the role of scientific laws and theories in the explanation and prediction of phenomena. The relationship between the physical and the social sciences as well as selected issues between philosophy of science and epistemology will be discussed.
    Offered as needed.
    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.

  
  • PHI 3321 - Minds and Languages

    Credits: 4
    How do words get their meanings? How much do the words we use influence or determine the way we think, or even what we think about? For that matter, can I think without language at all? How if I had no language – like a dog or a cat – could I think?
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    McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis

 

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