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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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HSCI 5950 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To synthesize the concepts and approaches from the broad field of Public Health Sciences that have been learned through prior coursework and the internship or research experience; to prepare for the next steps in the academic or career path; and to formally present one’s internship or research experience through a poster as well as an oral presentation.
Content: The first half of the course focuses on professional development and preparing to apply to graduate school or for jobs in the field. This includes resume, statement of purpose and interview preparation. The second half focuses on synthesizing what has been learned in coursework at Hamline with what the student has experienced and learned in the field during the internship or research experience. Students present their work during a poster presentation, and in an oral presentation.
Taught: Fall and Spring
Prerequisites: Senior standing. The internship or research experience should either be completed prior to enrolling in this course, or significantly underway.
Credits: 4
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INTD 3900 - Innovation
Goals: To introduce, educate, and train students in the basic principles and best practices of the innovation process and to develop, write, and present an innovation plan.
Content: The principles and best practices associated with the innovation process such as product development, market analysis, financial strategy, and intellectual properties; interactive sessions between students and accomplished innovators; and field trips to local innovative corporations.
Credits: 4
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LGST 1110 - Legal Systems in American Society
Goals: Familiarization with the American legal system.
Content: An exploration of the American legal system with special emphasis on the role of law in the American social order. Working models of the judicial system are studied and the legal decision-making process is examined. Emphasis is placed on basic values of legal system: justice, equality, and fairness.
Taught: Every semester
Credits: 4
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LGST 1250 - Legal Research and Writing
Goals: To introduce students to legal materials and methodology.
Content: A writing-intensive course with emphasis on the development of legal research, analysis, and drafting skills. An introduction to legal methodology and materials is presented by lecture, in-class exercises with out-of-class research, and writing exercises, utilizing print and electronic research materials.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisite (or co-requisite): LGST 1110 or CJFS 1120, or permission of the instructor or chair.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 1440 - Beginning Mock Trial
Goals: Students learn basic trial procedures and advocacy skills through practice sessions and courtroom simulations. Students prepare for and conduct a trial of a hypothetical case.
Content: Participatory study of trial practice in the United States, advocacy, lawyering skills, and legal ethics. Focus on developing students’ speaking and critical thinking skills.
Taught: Annually
Note: To be eligible for course credit, the student must participate in mock trial team practice during the fall semester and participate in one weekend tournament.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3100 - American Constitutional Law
Crosslisted
(Also listed as PSCI 3100)
Goals: To study the role of the courts in the development of the American Constitution. To introduce students to the “rule of law” concept in Anglo American judicial history.
Content: Study of the United States Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court cases on separation of powers, federalism, civil liberties and civil rights.
Taught: Annually
Note: This course is applicable to majors and minors in Legal Studies and Political Science, regardless of whether it is taken as LGST 3100 or PSCI 3100. This course will not count as breadth of study for either major. Students may not earn credit for both LGST 3100 and PSCI 3100.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3420 - Special Topics in Law
Goals: To provide students with an opportunity to engage in an advanced study in a specialized area of law.
Content: An intensive study of a specific area of law. Topics vary from semester to semester. Some past topics have been: environmental law, immigration law, international human rights law, and intellectual property.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisites: LGST 1110 and LGST 1250 (which may be taken concurrently), or permission of the legal studies department chair or director of the paralegal program. LGST 3520 is recommended.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3440 - Advanced Mock Trial
Goals: In-depth examination of the different aspects of a courtroom practice, from both a real life and mock trial perspective.
Content: The course will examine jury selection, opening statements, direct and cross examinations, closing arguments, the rules of evidence, and working with expert witnesses while comparing each aspect of mock trial to real-life trial work. We will work with and learn from other Hamline disciplines, including Communications and Forensic Sciences, to broaden and strengthen your understanding of trial practice. No competition requirement.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: LGST 1440 or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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LGST 3520 - Civil Litigation and Trial Practice
Goals: To acquaint students with the elements of civil trials from initial pleading through appeal.
Content: A study of fundamental principles of civil litigation, the court systems, attorneys’ functions, and common types of civil lawsuits and defenses. Lecture and discussion is combined with role play exercises and writing assignments. Students prepare documents and conduct interviews and a mock trial.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisite: LGST 1110 and LGST 1250 (may be taken concurrently).
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3530 - Wills, Trusts, and Estates
Goals: Introduce students to terminology, concepts, and general principles of law associated with wills, trusts and the procedures associated with probate and estate administration.
Content: Students will gain an understanding of estate planning and the skill to prepare the necessary and appropriate documentation associated with an estate plan, including wills, trusts, POA’s, and Health Care Directives. Students will also learn and understand the laws of succession and the legal procedures related to estate administration.
Prerequisite: LGST 1250
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3540 - Family and Gender Issues in Law
Goals: To introduce and explore the legal theories, policies, and practices that affect men, women, and children in their relationships with each other and in gender roles.
Content: In addition to covering substantive legal topics, the course emphasizes the analytical, practical and verbal skills necessary for working in the area of family law. This course has also been approved for the Women’s Studies major and minor. A Women’s Studies course recognizes, analyzes, and evaluates women’s contributions to knowledge, society, and culture. As a result, students enrolled in this course can expect opportunities to critically/analytically evaluate the diverse situations of women, nationally or globally; opportunities to critically examine social forces that change or shape the situation of women; and discussion of strategies for personal and/or social changes for the improvement of women’s situations and status.
Taught: Alternate years
Prerequisite: LGST 1250
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3550 - Real Property
Goals: To understand the basic concepts and instruments affecting real property, including ownership interests, transfers of title, purchase agreements, mortgages, leases, liens, title examination, legal descriptions, and surveys.
Content: Learning theory and practice underlying laws, conveyancing documents, and other agreements affecting real property; coordinating mortgage foreclosures; study of additional requirements for transactions involving large commercial properties; registration proceedings; taxes, special assessments, legal descriptions, and other matters affecting real property.
Taught: Alternate years
Prerequisite: LGST 1250 or permission of instructor.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3560 - Law of Business Organizations
Goals: To present the principles of law applicable to different types of business organizations and the preparation of related documents.
Content: The formation of business entities, including sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations; articles of incorporation and by-laws; close corporations; shareholders and directors meetings; corporate equity and debt securities; various types of agreements and distributions; bankruptcy; pertinent sections of the Uniform Commercial Code and the drafting of supporting documents.
Taught: Alternate years
Prerequisite: LGST 1250 or MGMT 3130
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3670 - Legal Interviewing
Goals: To introduce students to general interviewing principles and to explore in more detail interviewing in the legal setting including interviewing clients and witnesses.
Content: The course focuses on developing basic interviewing skills and explores particular features of conducting legal interviews including understanding the ethical implications of legal interviews and of cultural diversity as it affects legal interviewing. Particular attention is given oral communication skills through participation in small group and large group discussions and presentations. Students will have multiple opportunities to practice and analyze their own and others’ oral communication skills and to understand the relationship between their communication choices and outcomes.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: LGST 1110 or CJFS 1120
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3680 - Law of Evidence for Legal Professionals
Goals: To provide an overview of the law of evidence, focusing primarily on the Federal Rules of Evidence but, where appropriate, distinguishing the Federal rules from the Minnesota Rules of Evidence.
Content: This course l covers the terminology, concepts and theories of the law of evidence, including methods of reasoning and of assessing reasoning strength and validity. In addition to becoming familiar with evidentiary rules, students will develop familiarity with Federal and Minnesota Rules of Evidence, identify evidentiary issues in hypothetical fact situations, and think critically about evidentiary concepts and issues. The course also emphasizes the importance of collecting and preserving evidence, identifying necessary witnesses, and understanding appropriate techniques in introducing and objecting to evidence.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: LGST 1110 or CJFS 1120; LGST 1250 is also recommended
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3750 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Goals: The course is designed to introduce students to the theory and application of alternative dispute resolution, emphasizing important principles and issues in negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.
Content: Students become familiar with negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and other methods of resolving disputes as alternatives to litigation and become able to prepare for and participate in alternative dispute resolution activities. Students are required to reflect and report on the effectiveness of ADR mechanisms in different situations, including cross-cultural dispute resolution and to become familiar with cooperative and collaborative problem solving.
Taught: Alternate years
Note: *Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3760 - Contracts
Goals: To provide an overview of contract law, focusing on contract formation, performance, interpretation, and remedies for breach.
Content: Students will be introduced to the various elements of a valid contract and will learn and apply practical contract drafting skills focusing on appropriate contract clauses and provisions. Students will also analyze and apply law to factual scenarios and prepare formal and informal legal documents, including case briefs, legal memoranda, and contract clauses and provisions.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: LGST 1110 and LGST 1250, or instructor permission; LGST 3520 is recommended
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3770 - Law Office Technology
Goals: To provide an overview of computerized law office procedures and technology, and the related ethical considerations.
Content: Students will be introduced to computer technology and its application within the law office with particular emphasis on the role of the paralegal. Topics include hardware and technical networking, case management software systems, the paperless law office, law office accounting and billing, litigation support tools, and trends in legal technology.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisite: LGST 1110 and LGST 1250, and LGST 3520 or concurrent registration in 3520; or permission of the instructor.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3780 - Employment Law
Goals: To introduce students to legal concepts related to the employment context, with a particular emphasis on employment discrimination.
Content: An introduction to federal and Minnesota employment laws that govern the basis of an employment relationship, pre-employment concerns, employment contracts, and employee privacy with detailed coverage of anti-discrimination laws and their application in various stages of the employment relationship.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: LGST 1110 and LGST 1250, or permission of the instructor.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 3790 - Law and the Lives of Women
Goals: To gain a better understanding of the legal system, its’ impact on women, and the historical development of law in the context of the cultural politics of gender.
Content: Using readings of text and law, and practical learning in the context of advocacy and women’s issues, the course examines 1) the historical development of policies aimed at eliminating gender bias and promoting equality and 2) the practice of advocating for women in the current legal system.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: LGST 1250 or WSTD 1010, or permission of the legal studies chair.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 5600 - Tort Law
Goals: To introduce students to the body of law that makes up the field of tort law.
Content: An overview of the rights, obligations and remedies that are applied by courts in civil proceedings to address the claims of individuals that have been injured by the wrongful act of others.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: LGST 1110, LGST 1250, and LGST 3520.
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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LGST 5800 - Senior Seminar in Legal Studies
Goals: To introduce students to advanced legal research and writing methods. To provide opportunity for individual and independent legal research on advanced topics.
Content: A study of advanced techniques in legal research including federal and other states’ materials. A seminar in which the students and the faculty member explore current issues in the legal field. Each student develops and pursues an individually designed research project leading to the production of an advanced writing project on a current legal issue.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisites: Senior standing, LGST 1110 and LGST 1250, or permission of the legal studies chair.
Credits: 4
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LGST 5900 - Legal Studies Practicum
Goals: To apply the concepts and principles previously learned in a practical working environment under the supervision of a lawyer and/or an experienced paralegal (legal assistant).
Content: A 150-hour apprenticeship in the performance of the duties of a paralegal in one of the typical settings for members of the profession; hands-on production of drafts and collation of legal documents under experienced supervision and guidance; attendance at weekly seminars, designed to tie experiential and academic experiences together and to ensure adequate preparation for entry in the profession.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisites: LGST 1110, LGST 1250, LGST 3520, and four other credits of Legal Studies coursework. (Students need to secure an internship before the semester in which they are taking the class and doing the internship.)
Note: Legal specialty course.
Credits: 4
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MATH 1130 - Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics
Goals: To gain an understanding of how the language of mathematics is used in problem solving. This course is especially appropriate for prospective elementary teachers.
Content: Precise formulation of problems, symbolization, strategies for solution of mathematical problems, introduction to various number systems and to mathematical logic.
Credits: 4
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MATH 1150 - Precalculus
Goals: To learn how to use the calculus of one variable and the fundamental concepts of the calculus, with a concurrent review of pre-calculus concepts.
Content: Pre-calculus mathematics emphasizing functions, graphing, and trigonometry concurrent with a first course in calculus.
Taught: Fall and spring term.
Prerequisites: Plane geometry and high school algebra.
Credits: 4
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MATH 1170 - Calculus I
Goals: To learn how to use the calculus of one variable and the fundamental concepts of the calculus.
Content: Limits, continuity, derivatives and integrals of functions of one variable. Applications are taken mostly from the physical sciences.
Prerequisite: Twelfth-grade high school mathematics with at least B grades or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4
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MATH 1180 - Calculus II
Goals: To learn how to use the calculus of one variable and the fundamental concepts of the calculus.
Content: Integrals of functions of one variable, sequences and series. Applications are taken mostly from the physical sciences.
Prerequisite: MATH 1170 or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4
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MATH 1200 - Statistics
Goals: To cover the fundamentals of statistical data analysis.
Content: Elementary probability, descriptive statistics, parametric and nonparametric tests of hypotheses, analysis of variance, correlation and regression. Statistical computing will be in R.
Prerequisite: High school algebra
Credit will not be given for both MATH 1200 and PSY 1340 or MATH 1200 and QMBE 1310.
Credits: 4
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MATH 1250 - Contemporary Mathematics with Applications
Goals: An introduction to non-calculus applications of mathematics.
Content: This course is an introduction to mathematical applications in sciences, mainly biology and chemistry. This is a non-calculus course, with focus in knot theory and its application to biology and chemistry, graph theory and its application, and other computational tools for modeling and interpreting data.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: Twelfth-grade high school mathematics with at least B grades or consent of instructor
Credits: 4
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MATH 3320 - Multivariable and Vector Calculus
Goals: To extend concepts of calculus in two variables to the calculus of several variables.
Content: Vector calculus, partial and total differentiation, maximum/minimum problems, multiple integration, line and surface integrals, vector and scalar fields, theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes.
Taught: Fall and Spring terms
Prerequisite: MATH 1180
Credits: 4
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MATH 3330 - Linear Algebra
Goals: To gain an appreciation for how abstract structures are used to solve theoretical and practical problems.
Content: Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces and bases, transformations, eigenvectors, introduction to linear differential equations.
Taught: Fall term.
Prerequisite: MATH 1180 or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4
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MATH 3410 - Mathematical Modeling
Goals: An introduction to mathematical modeling of quantitative processes in the sciences, with applications from physics, chemistry, biology, economics, etc.
Content: Mathematical models of various types: differential equations (both ordinary and partial), transform techniques, statistical techniques, discrete models, numerical simulations, etc. Some content will vary depending on the interests of the students.
Taught: Fall term, alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 1180
Credits: 4
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MATH 3440 - Discrete Mathematics
Goals: To introduce the concept of the discrete as well as techniques used in higher non-continuous mathematics, providing the necessary background material required by computer scientists for algorithm analysis.
Content: Sets and numeration, combinatorics, logic, algorithms, recursion, generating functions, graphs, and trees.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: MATH 1170
Credits: 4
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MATH 3550 - Foundations of Mathematics
Goals: To study mathematics as a logico-deductive system and to analyze those concepts and techniques that underlie all of mathematics.
Content: Logic, proof construction, sets, relations, functions, mathematical induction, arguments involving infinite sets, number systems, axiomatics.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: MATH 1180
Credits: 4
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MATH 3560 - Modern Geometry
Goals: To introduce to the concept of model building in mathematics from both a synthetic and an axiomatic point of view.
Content: Various geometries are studied with attention paid to what geometry is. Hilbert’s axiom system for Euclidean geometry, hyperbolic geometry, and transformations.
Taught: Alternate years, spring term.
Prerequisite: MATH 1170.
Credits: 4
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MATH 3720 - Differential Equations
Goals: To learn to determine both the qualitative and quantitative properties of those functions which satisfy ordinary differential equations, using both analytic and numerical techniques.
Content: Analytic methods of solution, numeric methods of solution, linear differential equations, series solutions, the Laplace transform, systems of differential equations, initial and boundary value problems, existence theory and applications.
Taught: Spring term, alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 3320 or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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MATH 3810 - Probability and Mathematical Statistics
Goals: An introduction to the basic topics of mathematical probability theory, in preparation for a course in mathematical statistics such as MATH 5810.
Content: Definition of probability, probability distributions (discrete and continuous), expectation, random variables and functions of random variables. Sampling distributions and applications.
Taught: Fall term
Prerequisites: MATH 1180, MATH 3320 recommended
Credits: 4
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MATH 5890 - Algebra
Goals: An introduction to algebraic structures: groups, rings, and fields.
Content: An introduction to algebraic structures. Topics include normal subgroups, factor groups, and homomorphisms. Development of the elementary concepts of groups, rings, and fields.
Taught: Fall term, alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 3550
Credits: 4
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MATH 5910 - Analysis
Goals: To learn the language, fundamental concepts, and standard theorems of analysis.
Content: An introduction to real analysis with emphasis on proofs of theorems and on problem solving. Topics include properties of the real number system, functions, sequences, limits and continuity, differentiation, integration, and infinite series including sequences and series of functions.
Taught: Fall term, alternate years
Prerequisite: MATH 3550
Credits: 4
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MATH 5920 - Junior Seminar
Goals: The student will be introduced to ideas and issues that are outside of the regular undergraduate curriculum, studying how mathematics is used in academia and industry.
Content: Reviews of current research and projects of various mathematicians: senior math majors, guest lecturers, and department staff. Student presentations of topics from internships, independent studies, or honors projects.
Credits: 0.5 per term
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MATH 5930 - Senior Seminar
Goals: The student will be introduced to ideas and issues that are outside of the regular undergraduate curriculum, studying how mathematics is used in academia and industry.
Content: Reviews of current research and projects of various mathematicians: senior math majors, guest lecturers, and department staff. Student presentations of topics from internships, independent studies, or honors projects.
Credits: 0.5 per term
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MATH 5950 - Topics in Advanced Mathematics
Goals: To synthesize previous work in the various areas of mathematics with the goal of putting the areas in a historical perspective and of relating them to the question of what makes up mathematics.
Content: The content of the seminar varies from year to year depending on the instructor. Attention is paid to the history of mathematics and to filling gaps in the spectrum of mathematics presented at the undergraduate level.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: MATH 3550, senior standing recommended
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3100 - Foundations of Management
Goals: To understand basic concepts, theories, and research in management and to apply them to practical management problems. To relate the liberal arts to work, using a common theme of ethics.
Content: The principal functional areas of management (planning, organizing, controlling, and leading) are examined in the context of organizations and groups. Ethical issues and the different views of work from various fields are examined.
Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3130 - Business Law
Goals: To provide an overview of the law as it relates to the formation, operation, and completion of business transactions. The course is not only intended to assist the student who plans a career in management, but also the student interested in a legal career.
Content: Contracts, sales, secured transactions, commercial paper, and bankruptcy.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 or LGST 3520 (grades of C- or better), and junior or senior standing.
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3700 - Human Resource Management
Goals: For students to learn methods for attracting, developing and retaining a workforce that ensures an organization can achieve its mission and goals in a manner such that both the organization and the employees can flourish.
Content: This course takes a strategic approach to Human Resource Management. Topics explored with a dual eye towards both legal requirements and best practices in a competitive labor environment include: recruiting and selection, training and development, compensation and rewards, and retention and wellness program.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 (grade of C- or better), or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3720 - International Business Environment
Goals: To provide an overview of the international business environment including key international institutions. In this course, students will explore the meaning and nature of culture as well as its influence on management functions and international business throughout the world. The course will examine dominant cultural norms in key world regions and effective cross-cultural communication and management methodologies designed to enhance international business success.
Content: The nature and role of culture in international business and management, regional cultural norms throughout the world, international negotiating and resolution styles, cross-cultural synergy, international business ethics, international human resources management issues, and international organizations that influence business.
Prerequisite: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, and MGMT 3100 (grades of C- or better); junior or senior standing; or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3730 - Project Management
Goals: To guide students through fundamental project competencies and behavioral skills needed to successfully launch, lead, and realize benefits from projects in profit and nonprofit organizations.
Content: This course aids students in understanding interpersonal issues that drive successful project outcomes. Topics covered include project integration, project scope, time and cost management, project team management, risk management and procurement management. The approach is a practical, hands-on application through case studies and class exercises.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 (grade of C- or better) or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3740 - Organizational Leadership
Goals: To guide students through critical self-analysis and exploration of organizational dynamics to enhance their abilities to be effective leaders in work settings.
Content: Students will explore personal predispositions in communication, conflict management, decision making, team behaviors, and cultural intelligence through assessment tools and in-depth discussion. The course will examine how cognitive and behavioral patterns impact efforts in team, organization and sector settings.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 (grade of C- or better) or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3750 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Goals: To provide students with proven approaches and emerging models for creative and innovative business solutions.
Content: Students will engage in applied activities to develop creative skills, build components of a business plan, and explore innovation within an industry that aligns with their interests. Topics include creative mapping and cognitive processes, product/service design and redesign, rapid prototyping, new venture startup processes, and industry/market systems disruption.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 (grade C- or better) or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3760 - Sustainable Enterprise
Goals: To introduce students to best practices in sustainable management in for-profit, non-profit and governmental entities, including assessment and strategic planning for sustainability initiatives.
Content: Stakeholder analysis and governance and leadership for sustainable initiatives. Functional areas for sustainability initiatives including production, logistics, facilities management, and marketing. Critical analysis of success/failure of sustainability initiatives in organizations.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 and MKTG 3100 (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3770 - Sports Management and Marketing
Goals: This course is designed to provide an overview of historical perspectives in the sport and recreation management fields as well as their current and future trends.
Content: Key components will include an examination of the philosophy and function of recreation and an overview of sport management marketing, finance, legal and ethical principles, facilities, and general sport industry divisions.
Prerequisites: MKTG 3100 (grade of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3780 - Sport Facility Management
Goal: To introduce students to issues related to management of sport and recreation facilities.
Content: Students learn the principles and practice involved in (This course provides an introduction to) the planning, design, and maintenance of sport and recreation facilities, from local community facilities to professional settings.
Prerequisites: MGMT 3100 (grade of C- or better)
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3790 - Promotion and Event Planning
Goal: To study the application of basic marketing concepts in sport and recreation settings.
Content: This course builds upon Foundations of Marketing by applying marketing theory and principles in identifying specific strategies for planning and promotion of sport and recreation events in a variety of settings with diverse populations.
Prerequisites: MKTG 3100 (grade of C- or better) or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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MGMT 3960 - Internship with Seminar
Goals: To provide an opportunity to apply students’ skills and knowledge in a working/learning context. To complement internships by providing discussion groups for sharing and crosschecking students’ experiences.
Content: Students must hold an internship and will also meet once a week as a group to articulate and assess their experiences.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, or consent of the instructor. Primarily intended for economics and business majors, but other majors with administrative internships are welcome.
Credits: 2
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MGMT 5860 - Strategic Management
Goals: To learn to think strategically. To learn to work effectively on a policy setting management team. To develop knowledge and skills necessary to analyze and resolve formulation and implementation issues.
Content: The formulation and implementation of management strategy, utilizing learning from other business courses and insights from business experiences.
Prerequisites: ECON 1320, MGMT 3100, MKTG 3100, FIN 3100 (grades of C- or better), and senior standing, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3100 - Foundations of Marketing
Goals: To understand basic marketing concepts and to apply them to practical marketing problems.
Content: Legal, behavioral, ethical, competitive, economic, and technological factors are examined as they affect product, price, promotion, and place decisions.
Prerequisites: Grade of C- or better in both ECON 1310 and one statistics course (QMBE 1310 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200), or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3700 - Marketing Management
Goals: To understand marketing management concepts through text and readings. To become familiar with current marketing thought through reading and analysis of journal articles. To function effectively as part of a management team which is addressing marketing problems. To develop an understanding of the principal tools of the marketing manager. To recognize the factors which affect the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing programs.
Content: The development and implementation of marketing strategy, with particular emphasis on the major components of a marketing program.
Prerequisites: ECON 1320, MGMT 3100, and MKTG 3100 (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3710 - International Marketing
Goals: To provide students with a fundamental understanding of concepts, theories, issues, and practices related to international and global marketing. The course will explore marketing issues in crosscultural perspectives and investigate culturally appropriate global opportunities. The course will also address ethical issues related to market development and explore the managerial implications of these cultural and ethical issues as they relate to the market practice.
Content: Global marketing and marketing research, social and cultural environment, political, legal, and financial environment, segmenting and targeting, exporting and importing, product pricing, distribution, and advertising in the global marketplace.
Prerequisites: ECON 1320 and MKTG 3100 (grades of C- or better), or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3720 - Marketing Research
Goals: This course introduces the fundamentals of market research in order to prepare students to conduct basic research or to be more informed consumers of marketing research services.
Content: Major topics include the use of secondary research, research design for surveys, experiments, and focus groups, and both quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
Taught: Spring semester
Prerequisites: MKTG 3100 and QMBE 1320 (grades of C-or better) or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3730 - Digital Marketing
Goals: Students will gain an understanding of the increasingly important world of internet-mediated marketing of 1) physical goods and services and 2) digital goods such as music.
Content: Students will view these markets and their implications from both the buyer and seller sides and explore the rapidly emerging, and often disruptive, new platforms that are both replacing and complementing traditional “bricks and mortar” marketing channels.
Prerequisites: MKTG 3100 and QMBE 1320 (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3740 - Consumer Behavior
Goals: This course provides students a thorough understanding of consumer behavior and related the consumer behavior concepts to marketing theory and practice. The course is structured to enable students to develop critical thinking and decision-making skills in consumer behavior and marketing. By working through consumer behavior problems, cases and exercises, the students get a chance to experience some of the professional challenges, issues, and decisions that face marketers and to develop their marketing knowledge and skills.
Content: An interdisciplinary approach to the study of consumer behavior, with emphasis on the implications for marketing of theory and findings from the behavioral sciences.
Prerequisites: QMBE 1310 (or equivalent statistics course) and MKTG 3100 (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4 credits
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MKTG 3750 - Marketing Communication
Goals: Students will learn the theory and practice of contemporary marketing communication practices, known as Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC).
Content: The course covers the role of IMC in branding, positioning, and creative strategies, including both paid and unpaid media options. Media choices include traditional print and broadcast, face-to-face and electronic. Emphasis is placed on performance evaluation, enabling marketers to identify the return on their marketing investments.
Prerequisites: MKTG 3100 and satisfaction of the communication requirement for the BBA core (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3760 - Professional Selling
Goals: Students will learn how individuals interact with customers, vendors and one another in a competitive environment.
Content: The course covers selling techniques, persuasive communication, oral and verbal presentation skills useful for one-to-one presentations, team selling and telemarketing techniques. Students will learn skills useful in both the industrial and consumer areas.
Prerequisite: MKTG 3100 (grade C- or better) or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MKTG 3770 - Marketing Data Analysis
Goals: To introduce students to data-centered analysis for critical aspects of marketing.
Content: Topics covered include sales forecasting, profitability analysis, market segmentation, promotion budgeting, and database marketing. Students will cover essential decision models and metrics with data sources and techniques for effective marketing decisions.
Prerequisites: MKTG 3100 and QMBE 1320 (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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MODL 1010 - The Language Phenomenon
Goals: To understand language, the uniquely human enterprise, and particularly the English language. To describe language—its sound patterns, its forms, its meanings, its structural patterns. To determine how languages are born, evolve, and die. To discern how both first and second languages are acquired.
Content: English phonetics, phonology, morphology, writing, syntax, semantics. Language both in its social context—dialects, slang, taboos, language acquisition—and in its historical context—philology and etymology. Class activities may include reading from Lewis Carroll, collecting of speech samples from sound tracks, media, and the street, creating a new language and analyzing word games.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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MODL 1020 - Language and Society
Goals: To examine how language reflects an individual’s or group’s status or power in society, social class, ethnic background, geographical or regional origins, political associations, and religious identity, as well as gender.
Content: Sociolinguistics examines urban complexities and emphasizes the effect of our attitudes on speech. Students discover their own idiolects and verbal repertoires, learn why Italians in New York might hypercorrect, why some men choose not to speak as well as women do (covert prestige), why we call someone “Dr.” one moment and “Jimmy” or “Jane” the next, and why we use taboo words. Our linguistic choices tell others how conservative or liberal, how religious, how sexist, how racist, or how status-conscious we are. Special attention is given to the origins of African-American English and its characteristics as reflected in literature.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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MODL 1030 - Language as Literature
Goals: To introduce students to the analysis and interpretation of literature, especially the literature of French, German, and Spanish speaking peoples.
Content: Representative samples of drama, prose, and poetry. All texts are in English.
Taught: Periodically
Credits: 4
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MUS 1010 - Rhythms and Intonation in Music
Taught: Summers
Credits: 4
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MUS 1020 - Elements of Music
Goals: To increase students’ understanding of musical language and construction and provide performance experience. To learn to read and perform elements of rhythm, pitch, and expression, students will sing, play the piano and percussion instruments, move, compose, and improvise.
Content: Beats and subdivisions, rhythm patterns, simple and compound meters, pitch in treble and bass clefs, intervals, scales and key signatures, primary chords.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 1030 - Music in World Cultures
Goals: To introduce students to the music of diverse cultures.
Content: This course introduces selected musical traditions from around the world, featuring case studies from Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Oceania, Latin America, or North America. Students will be introduced to the discipline of ethnomusicology, which explores the relationship between cultural context and various forms of human musical expression including as a meaningful aspect of daily life. Students will also learn to identify the basic elements of music, such as melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, texture, and form, as found in various musical cultures, will learn the variety of uses and functions attributed to music and gain a glimpse into the musicians’ perspectives. Offered both online and on-campus. Attendance required at performances outside the regular class time. The on-campus section includes some hands-on musical activities.
Taught: Every semester
Credits: 4
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MUS 1070 - Beginning Class Voice
Goal: Learn basic vocal production and singing techniques.
Content: Breathing, sound production, diction, vowel placement, ensemble basics.
Taught: Every semester
Note: May be repeated once for credit.
Credits: 2
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MUS 1080 - Music History Abroad
Goals: To study the composers, compositions, and styles on-site through traveling in Italy, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, and other countries.
Content: Italian music from Palestrina to Verdi; music of Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Liszt, and others. MUS 1080 can count for breadth of study for music majors.
Taught: January term and extended May term.
Credits: 4
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MUS 1100 - Survey of Western Music
Goals: To establish a vocabulary for musical understanding and discussion; to establish a foundational knowledge of Western Classical music history; to become familiar with selected works from this repertoire; to introduce students to traditional musics of other selected cultures.
Content: Recordings, supplemented with readings.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 1130 - University Chorale
Goals: To develop healthy vocal production and ensemble skills.
Content: A non-auditioned treble chorus performing a wide variety of secular and sacred repertory from ancient to modern. One or two concerts are given each semester.
Credits: 1 or 0
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MUS 1210 - Beginning Class Piano
Goals: To develop basic keyboard skills and music fundamentals.
Content: Music notation, sight reading, intervals, rhythm and meter, scale and triad building, harmonization, elementary repertory, and improvisation.
Taught: Every semester
Note: May be repeated once for credit. Counts towards breadth of study requirement for music performance majors.
Credits: 2
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MUS 1250 - Invitation to the Opera
Goals: To introduce students to the practice and history of opera.
Content: The chronology of opera in western music will be described. Examples of live and video-taped performance will be examined critically.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 1600 - Class Violin
Goals: This 1000-level course is intended for students who would like to develop their violin technique and explore alternative styles, such as bluegrass, Irish, and other ethnic fiddle traditions.
Content: Students will meet weekly as a class to work on pieces which will be performed at the end of the semester in a student recital.
Taught: Every semester
Note: Beginning violin students are welcome, as well as students with some violin experience. Note-reading is helpful but not required. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 2
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MUS 1750 - Class Guitar
Goals: To learn basic folk and classical guitar techniques.
Content: Basic technical skills and varied guitar literature.
Taught: Every semester
Credits: 2
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MUS 3070 - Advanced Class Voice
Goals: Continuation of MUS 1070: Beginning Class Voice; work on more advanced vocal production and singing techniques.
Content: Breathing, sound production, diction, vowel placement, and ensemble singing.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisite: MUS 1070 or permission of instructor
Note: May be repeated once for credit.
Credits: 2
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MUS 3120 - A Cappella Choir
Content: Performance of sacred and secular repertory from the sixteenth century to the present. Several concerts are given each semester, with international tours every four years.
Prerequisite: Members chosen by audition.
Credits: 1 or 0
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MUS 3140 - Hamline Wind Ensemble
Goal: Development of repertoire; development of individual technique and ensemble skills.
Content: Musical experience for woodwind, brass, and percussion players through rehearsal and performance of original wind band literature as well as quality transcriptions. Repertoire covers three centuries. Ensemble experience includes small chamber ensembles (3 to 10 players) of like instrumentation, mixed instrumentation, and sectional choirs.
Prerequisites: Experience playing an instrument. Seating auditions at start of term.
Credits: 1 or 0
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MUS 3150 - Jazz Ensemble
Content: Students study, improvise, and perform music in the jazz and popular idiom, with both vocal and instrumental combos formed from the larger group. Performance opportunities include the annual Swing Dance, high school and college JazzFests, and local venues.
Prerequisites: Experience playing an instrument or in voice. Seating auditions at start of term.
Credits: 1 or 0
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MUS 3160 - Hamline Orchestra
Content: Students study and perform orchestral repertoire from the 18th century to the present. In string and wind sectionals, students explore orchestral excerpts, conducting, and repertoires for single families of instruments.
Prerequisite: No formal prerequisite, though advanced intermediate performance skills are expected. Ensemble membership is subject to placement auditions at start of term.
Note: There will be an additional one hour required weekly sectional rehearsal for each section of violins, violas, and cello/bass, as well as soloists depending on the repertoire. Day/time tbd. Specific class times are to be arranged between the instructor and the entire section of students at the start of the term.
Credits: 1 or 0
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MUS 3170 - Chamber Music/Small Ensembles
Goal: To develop rehearsal techniques, performance preparation and interpersonal communication skills.
Content: Small groups of 3-7 players meet weekly in independent rehearsals and supervised coaching sessions with music faculty. Selected pieces will be performed at the end of semester.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisite: Experience making music
Note: May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1 or 0
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MUS 3190 - Accompanying
Goal: Development of collaborative piano skills.
Content: Piano students will be matched with vocalists or instrumentalists for collaborative work.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Note: May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1
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MUS 3220 - Advanced Class Piano
Goals: Development of repertoire, technique, and sight-playing. This course prepares students for private performance studies.
Content: Intermediate repertoire, scales and arpeggios in multiple octaves, triads and inversions, chord progressions, and harmonization from lead sheets, and improvisation.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisite: MUS 1210 or instructor permission
Note: May be repeated once for credit.
Credits: 2
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MUS 3300 - Topics in Performance Literature
Goals: To provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of the historical development, major forms, major composers, stylistic changes and technical developments of particular areas of music. (Chamber music, symphonies, piano music, etc.)
Content: Representative compositions from Renaissance era through the present. The general styles, individual composers and compositions are studied in detail through readings, score identification, and listening identification.
Taught: Alternate years
Note: Topics rotate – see current semester schedule.
Credits: 4
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MUS 3310 - Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Goals: Designed for nonmajors and majors, the course will explore diverse issues in early music. The dominance of the Church, the rise of the “secular,” the impact of the doctrines of “courtly love,” and the contexts of the other arts and politics; these and others will be studied in their relationship to specific musical works of the period.
Content: Representative compositions from Gregorian chant to Palestrina.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 3320 - Topics in Baroque Music
Goals: Designed for non-majors and majors, the course will explore issues in 17th and 18th century music. The domination of language and its impact on opera, the age of Kepler, Newton, and Galileo running parallel to the new flowering of instrumental music; these and others will be studied in their relationship to specific musical works of the period.
Content: Representative compositions from Monteverdi to Bach and Handel.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 3330 - Topics in Classical and Romantic Music
Goals: Designed for non-majors and majors, the course will explore issues in 18th and 19th century music. The impact of the enlightenment and the American and French Revolutions, the differentiation of concepts of Classicism and Romanticism, the import of late 19th century thought (Darwin, Marx, Freud); these and others will be studied in their relationship to specific musical works of the period.
Content: Music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Billings, Brahms, Wagner, and others.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 3340 - Topics in Twentieth-Century Music
Goals: Designed for nonmajors and majors, the course will explore issues in the music of the 20th century. The impact of wars, of political systems, of technology, of gender and race, the import of expressionism, of impressionism, of technical systems, and of the conflict between classical and popular cultures; these and others will be studied in their relationship to specific musical works of the period.
Content: American music, serialism, electronic music, new structural principles.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 3350 - Music History I
Goals: Provide students with a rigorous knowledge of the chronology of music history. Ability to read music required.
Content: A detailed survey from the time of the Greeks to the early 18th century.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term.
Credits: 4
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MUS 3360 - Music History II
Goals: Provide students with a rigorous knowledge of the chronology of music history. Ability to read music required.
Content: A detailed survey from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century.
Taught: Alternate years, spring term.
Credits: 4
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MUS 3370 - Music History III
Goals: Provide students with a rigorous knowledge of the chronology of music history. Ability to read music required.
Content: A detailed survey from the mid-19th century to the present.
Taught: Alternate years
Credits: 4
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MUS 3400 - Dalcroze Eurhythmics
Goals: Develop active listening skills, coordination of body and mind, internalization of rhythm, melody, harmony, and improvisation skills.
Content: Eurhythmics exercises in beat, twice as fast/slow, rhythmic patterns, simple and compound meter, complementary rhythm, phrase, measure shape (anacrusis-crusis-metacrusis) and solfege.
Taught: Alternate years
Prerequisite: MUS 3410
Credits: 2
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MUS 3410 - Theory of Music I: The Language of Music
Goals: Reinforce fundamentals of music and develop a basic knowledge of tonal harmony.
Content: Fundamentals of music notation and systems, introduction to analysis, sight-singing, and aural training including computer-based instruction. Course work requires basic piano skills.
Taught: Annually, fall term
Note: In addition to the regularly scheduled class time, there is a required one hour per week solfege lab. Meeting time will be determined at the start of the term.
Credits: 4
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MUS 3420 - Theory of Music II: Techniques of Analysis & Composition
Goals: Intermediate development of written and aural skills.
Content: Harmonic progression, seventh chords, modulation, composition in small forms, and aural training including harmonic dictation. Elements of style analysis.
Taught: Annually, spring term
Prerequisite: MUS 3410
Credits: 4
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MUS 3430 - Theory of Music III: Chromatic Harmony
Goals: To develop advanced skills in theory for music majors.
Content: Chromatic harmony, analysis of musical forms, style analysis, and aural analysis and composition.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term
Prerequisite: MUS 3420
Credits: 4
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MUS 3450 - Arranging, Orchestration, and Computer Notation
Goals: Develop skills in arranging and orchestrating music through the use of the latest computer notation software.
Content: Techniques of arranging music for various combinations of instruments and voices using computer notation.
Prerequisite: MUS 3410
Credits: 2
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MUS 3500 - Performance Studies Voice
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills.
Content: 12 half-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: Prior training in music and intermediate performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 2
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