HFA Academic Programs

The HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS curriculum includes courses in African & African American Studies, English & Communications, Music, History, Philosophy & Religion and Foreign Languages

COURSES IN ENGLISH & COMMUNICATIONS (ENG)

ENG 133 Introduction to the Arts 3 Credit Hours

This is an introductory study of the visual, literary, dramatic, and musical arts, which includes approaches to understanding the arts and consideration of the roles of artistic expression in human cultures. It includes attendance at live performances, gallery presentations, or other cultural events. See MUS 143

Prerequisites: None Offered: As needed

ENG 103 Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours

This course develops public speaking skills, with an emphasis on personal interaction in business and other professional settings. Students are introduced to basic principles of oral communication through community and classroom speaking experiences and in group interaction. Students give individual performances and engage in constructive critiques.

ENG 013 Foundations of College Writing and Reading 3 Credit Hours

This is a course in reading, writing, study skills and vocabulary development. It offers intensive practice in paragraph structure and analysis while encouraging critical thinking and problem solving. It includes instruction for second-language students. The course also helps students (on an individual basis within the context of their own writing) with their particular problems in grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling. To pass, students are required to make a grade of “C” or better and to perform acceptably on an exit test. May be taken concurrently with ENG 111 and/or ENG 113.

The course does not count for degree credit.

Prerequisite: None Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

ENG 111 Writing Center Review 1 Credit Hour

This course is designed to reinforce writing skills taught in ENG 003 and ENG 113.

Prerequisite: None Offered: Spring

ENG 113 Introduction to College Composition 3 Credit Hours

English 113, the first course in the college composition sequence, helps students develop critical reading skills and a clear and effective writing style appropriate for academic contexts. The course familiarizes students with academic audiences, situations, purposes, genres, and primary conventions of those genres, and introduces students to incorporating sources into their writing. Students develop planning, organizing, and revising skills. This course reviews standard American grammar and usage in the context of student writing and fosters vocabulary acquisition. Major assignments might include personal experience, comparison/contrast, analytical and persuasive essays. Students must earn at least a “C” to progress to ENG 123.

ENG 123 College Rhetoric and Composition 3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: ENG 113 with a “C” or better. Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

The second course in the college composition sequence, English 123 develops students’ ability to read analytically and to write clear, logical, rhetorically astute, substantiated arguments appropriate for academic and public discourse. Students learn to use library and information technologies to locate, evaluate and select relevant and authoritative evidence. Effectively incorporating and appropriately documenting sources and understanding the ethics of academic discourse is emphasized. This course helps students further develop an expressive, grammatical and coherent writing style. Major assignments might include definitional, evaluative, ethical, narrative and proposal arguments.

ENG 203: Literature and Film 3 Credit Hours

This course offers a comparative look at film and literature in order to examine how the two have increasingly intertwined. English 203 examines adaptations of literature, the written word, into today’s dominant popular visual form, film. Students will read and analyze literature and view and critic film, thereby gaining an understanding of both forms. This course is offered on a rotational basis with English 223, 233, & 243. The course includes a substantial writing component. Prerequisite: English 123 with a C or better.

ENG 223 World Literatures 3 Credit Hours

Students in ENG 223 study a variety of literary works from the world’s cultures. Attention is given to aesthetics, to cultural and historical contexts, including the effects of translation, inscription, and dissemination in the creation and meanings of texts. Study may include comparison of literary texts with other forms of cultural expression. In addition to studying literary aesthetics, students learn to examine texts in their cultural, historical, social and political contexts. Assignments encourage students to develop analytical, communication, vocabulary, and research skills.
Offered on a rotational basis with ENG 203, 233, and 243. Prerequisite: English 123 with a C or better

ENG 233 American Literatures 3 Credit Hours

A comparative study of American literature in a world context, focusing on diverse U.S. texts and their relationship with world literature. Students will be encouraged to investigate the definition of “American,” and to situate that definition in a world context, exploring literary and cultural heritages, as well as varied and shared experiences. Focused on American pluralism as manifested in multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic, and transnational literature, this course fosters respect for cultural diversity and understanding of international relations as it develops analytical, communication, critical writing and research skills. Offered on a rotational basis with English 203, 243 and 223. Prerequisite: English 123 with a C or better

ENG 243 Introduction to African and African American Literature 3 Credit Hours

This introductory course focuses on texts from the 17th century through the 20th century. It includes significant Black texts of poetry, oratory, slave narratives, spirituals, Black theatre, fiction, and nonfiction, which explore how African and African American literature engages the politics of gender, racial, and cultural identity formation, ideas about freedom, citizenship, and aesthetic forms. The course is offered on a rotational basis with 213, 223, and 233.

The course includes a substantial writing component.

Prerequisite: English 123 with a C or better.

ENG 263 Literature for Children and Adolescents 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey of literature appropriate for younger readers, designed to prepare prospective educators. Assignments encourage an appreciation of the importance of creative writing for children and adolescents.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Every Other Year

ENG 283J Introduction to Communications Theory and Practice 3 Credit Hours

In this course, students study a broad range of critical media theories and perspectives as they explore the cultural production and reception of print and electronic media in communication systems. The study includes the social, historical, economic, legal, and ethical dimensions of communications in global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisite ENG 123 Offered: Fall

ENG 303 Languages and Cultures 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to the history of the English language, which includes study of the historical, social, cultural, technological, and political factors that have influenced the development of the English language; the diversity of the English language; the basics of linguistics and socio-linguistics; and social and political language issues.
Prerequisite: Completion of the English core curriculum courses.
Offered: Every Other Year

ENG 313 Topics in U.S. Literature 3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on genres, historic periods, or schools of U.S. Literature. Topics vary but may include Hispanic-American Literature, U.S. Women’s Literature, Native American Literature, Literature of the U.S. to the Civil War, Twentieth-century U.S. Literature, the U.S. novel, U.S. poetry, etc.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Completion of the English core curriculum courses.
Offered: Every Other Year

ENG 313J Professional Writing Technologies 3 Credit Hours

In this course students develop proficiency with technologies of technical and professional writing including digital environments and software applications.

Prerequisite ENG 123 Offered: Spring

ENG 323J Layout and Design 3 Credit Hours

This production laboratory includes study of visual rhetoric and principles of design, including the use of form, line and color. Students will work with advanced publication technologies.

Prerequisite: ENG 283J and ENG 313J Offered: Fall

ENG 343 Topics in British Literature                                                3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on a region, genre, or historical period of British literature. Topics vary, but may include Postcolonial Literatures in English, Survey of Early British Literature (Old English-Restoration), British Drama, etc.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Completion of English core curriculum courses.
Offered: Every Other Year

ENG 353 Advanced Composition                                                      3 Credit Hours
This is an advanced writing course combining theory and practice of modern research with an examination of modern standard American English that stresses rhetorical and pragmatic approaches to the use of writing conventions and appropriate grammar and usage. Students learn to use the tools of revision, rhetoric, and technology. The difference between first draft writing and writing for publication is stressed.
Prerequisite: ENG 123 or its equivalent.
Offered: Fall Yearly

ENG 373 Topics in Creative Writing                                            3 Credit Hours
This is an intensive course in creative writing genres: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting or new media.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Completion of the English core curriculum courses.
Offered: Spring Yearly

ENG 383 Topics in World Literatures                                        3 Credit Hours
This is a course focusing on areas such as The Modern African Novel, Caribbean Literature, Literature of the Ancient World, World Folklore, and Literature of Latin America. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: ENG 123 or its equivalent and ENG 213 or 223.
Offered: Every Other Year

ENG 393 Introduction to Technical Writing                            3 Credit Hours
This course helps students gain understanding, experience, and skill in scientific, technical, and business communication. They learn basic theories of scientific and technical writing and explore how to use logic, arrangement, and style in writing for various scientific and technical audiences. Major writing assignments, class discussions, and other coursework introduce students to principles and contexts of specific types of scientific, technical, and professional documents.
Prerequisite: Completion of the English core curriculum courses; recommended completion of Advanced Composition.
Offered: Every Other Year

ENG 403J Media Analysis 3 Credit Hours

This course is an in-depth study of textual, social, aesthetic, and cultural analysis of print, television, and new media. The study includes production analysis, and sociological, critical and ideological analysis of media form and contents.

Prerequisite: ENG 283J Offered: Fall

ENG 453 A/B Special Topics in Communication and Literary Arts 3 Credit Hours
This course serves to cover special topics or as a practicum in Communication or Literary Arts, and topics may vary from one semester to the next.
May be repeated when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Course Instructor and Advisor Approval
Offered: As Needed

ENG 473 African American Literature 3 Credit Hours
This course is a study of important essays, plays, poetry, and novels written and published by African Americans in the United States and the African Diaspora. Students will explore the depictions and experiences of African American characters in fiction, drama, poetry, and folklore. Students will analyze essays written by and about African Americans for their contribution toward understanding of the African American experiences.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing and completion of English core curriculum courses.
Offered: Fall/Yearly

ENG 493 Senior Seminar in Literary and Communication Arts 3 Credit Hours
A capstone course in literary and communication arts in which students will write and defend a thesis that allows them to demonstrate knowledge and analytic skills gained over the course of study in the English and Communications program and provides them with a polished writing sample for graduate school or job applications. Three faculty readers, one of whom is the primary advisor, will read the senior thesis, which will culminate in an oral presentation delivered to the faculty readers and open to the University community.
Prerequisite: Senior standing within the English and Communications program.
Offered: Annually

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COURSES IN HISTORY (HIS)

HIS 113 World Cultures and Civilizations I 3 Credit Hours
This course is a broad survey of Asian, Middle Eastern, Greek, Roman, European, African, and American cultures with an emphasis on the classical and medieval civilizations of the East and West.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Yearly

HIS 123 World Cultures and Civilizations II 3 Credit Hours
This course is a broad survey of Asian, Middle Eastern, Greek, Roman, European, African, and American cultures with an emphasis on the interaction among these civilizations from 1400 to the present.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring/Yearly

HIS 133 Introduction to the African American Experience 3 Credit Hours
This course is an interdisciplinary course that studies African Americans in the United States. The course includes a survey of ancient Africa, slavery in the United States, the Civil War, Reconstruction, segregation, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights movement.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

HIS 213 United States History I 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to United States history from the pre-colonial period through Reconstruction. It is required of all teacher certification candidates.
Prerequisite: ENG 113 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

HIS 223 United States History II 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to United States history from Reconstruction to the present. It is required of all teacher certification candidates.
Prerequisite: ENG 113 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

HIS 323 Latin American History 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey of Latin American History. Special emphasis is placed on contact, colonization, and independence.
Prerequisite: HIS 113 or 123 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall/Every Three Years

HIS 333 Asian and East Asian History 3 Credit Hours
This course is an examination of the peoples and cultures of Asia and the impact that contact with the West has had on both Asia and the world.
Prerequisite: HIS 113 or 123 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall/Every Other Year

HIS 343 Social Studies and History for Secondary Teachers 3 Credit Hours
This course is an exploration of the history and social studies curriculum taught in Texas middle and high schools. Although topics include government, geography, and economics, the primary focus is history. The course includes both classroom discussions as well as field work.
Prerequisite: HIS 213 and 223
Offered: Spring/Every Three Years

HIS 353 Twentieth Century United States History 3 Credit Hours
An examination of both the changing role of the United States in global affairs as well as the changing nature of United States’ society and culture during the 20th century.
Prerequisite: HIS 213 or 223 or Instructor Approval
Offered: As Needed

HIS 373 African American History I 3 Credit Hours
Commencing with the West African origins, this course examines the history of African American people and their search for freedom from the era of the Atlantic slave trade through the period of the Civil War.
Prerequisite: HIS 213 or 223 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall Yearly

HIS 383 African American History II 3 Credit Hours
This course examines historical trends, ideological issues, key personalities, and major events that have characterized the African American experience from the Reconstruction period to the present.
Prerequisite: HIS 213 or 223 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Spring Yearly

HIS 393 African History 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey of African history from prehistoric times to the present.
Prerequisite: HIS113 or 123 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Spring/Every Three Years

HIS 413 Early Modern Europe 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey of the history of Europe from about 1400 to 1800. Topics will include the Renaissance and Reformation; transitions from feudal to capitalist and colonial economies; health and epidemic diseases; women’s experiences, sexuality and family life; the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment; absolutism and the development of modern nation states.
Prerequisite: HIS 113 or 123 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall/Every Other Year

HIS 423 Modern Europe 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey history of Europe from the French Revolution of 1789 to the present, emphasizing the development of new political traditions and social structures, the establishment of new forms of international organizations, the transformation of work, changes in the lived environment, and the evolution of understandings of self.
Prerequisite: HIS 113 or 123 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall/Every Three Years

HIS 433 Middle Eastern History 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey of Middle Eastern history, with emphasis on the region’s relationship with the West, the rise of nationalism, and the conflict between traditionalism and modernization.
Prerequisite: HIS 113 or 123 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Spring/Every Three Years

HIS 443 Race Relations in the Americas 3 Credit Hours
This course is a comparative study of the interactions of Europeans, Africans, Asians, Latinos, and Amerindians in the Western Hemisphere from the colonial period to the present.
Prerequisite: HIS 213 or 223 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Spring/Every Other Years

HIS 453 Texas History in the Borderlands 3 Credit Hours
This course is an examination of southwestern history with a special emphasis on Texas history. This course takes a chronological/thematic approach beginning with the earliest exploration of New Spain in the 16th century and culminating in an analysis of contemporary challenges and concerns in the Borderlands.
Prerequisite: HIS 213 or 223 or Instructor Approval
Offered: Spring/Every Other Year

HIS 483 A/B Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary according to current interests of the department and/or students. May be repeated once for credit when the topic varies.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring/Every Other Year

HIS 493 Internship in History 3 Credit Hours
This offering is an internship experience for History students. Students work as interns with three options:
HIS 433A Archives and History Collections
HIS 433B Museums and Cultural Centers
HIS 433C Historical Research Assistant
Prerequisite: 12 semester hours in history, including 9 upper level hours, and division approval.
Offered: By Arrangement

HIS 498 Historical Methods 3 Credit Hours
This course is an examination and application of various techniques of historical research and writing, such as the use of primary source materials and comparative analysis. The course will explore historical schools of thought as reflections of the history writer, the context, and the time frame.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Every Other Year

HIS 499 History Seminar 3 Credit Hours
This is a course covering topics such as original research, data collection, and history writing. Students will explore aspects of the history profession and career opportunities within the field. Students will also acquire technology literacy in the field of history through e-portfolio or
e-publishing assignments.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Every Other Year

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COURSES IN MUSIC (MUS)

MUS 10-81s Music Seminar 0 or 1 Credit Hours
Emphasis on elements of performance and professionalism. Open to all students.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 133 Basic Musicianship 3 Credit Hours
A course in the rudiments of music. The study of notation, elements of melody, harmony and rhythm, elementary aural skills, analysis, and composition of music.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Yearly

MUS 111V Class Voice 1 Credit Hour
Techniques of solo and ensemble singing through the study of vocal literature for non music majors and music majors desiring to study a secondary instrument. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: MUS 130 or 101p
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 102p Beginning Class Piano for Non-music Majors 2 Credit Hours
An introduction to the piano for students who have had no prior experience at the piano.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 112p-122p Class Piano I, II 2 Credit Hours
This course is designed for the University music major who must demonstrate a variety of skills at the keyboard, including repertoire, technique, sight reading, transposition, harmonization, and improvisation.
Prerequisites: Music major
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 113-123 Music Theory I, II 3 Credit Hours
The study of tonal harmony through analysis, composition sight singing, ear training, and keyboard skills. Emphasis will be placed on the music of the seventeenth century through 1900, including compositional practices related to scales, intervals, chord structure, and part-writing.
Prerequisite: MUS 130.
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 143 Introduction to the Arts 3 Credit Hours
An introductory study of the visual, literary, dramatic, and musical arts, which includes approaches to understanding the arts and consideration of the roles of artistic expression in human cultures. It includes attendance at live performances, gallery presentations, or other cultural events. Crosslisted as ENG 133 Introduction to the Arts.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 212p-222p Class Piano III, IV 2 Credit Hours
A continuation of MUS 121p. University music majors who must pass the Piano Proficiency Examination will take the examination at the end of MUS 221p.
Prerequisite: MUS 121p
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 213 – 223 Music Theory III, IV 3 Credit Hours
Advanced study of harmony with increased emphasis on chromaticism through identification and analysis of secondary functions, modulation, the Neapolitan chord, and augmented sixth chords. Advanced training in sight singing and ear training will include harmonic dictation. MUS 224 includes an introduction to the techniques of twentieth century composers.
Prerequisite: MUS 123
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 233 Music Business Management 3 Credit Hours
This course is an integrated approach to music business management. It combines the traditional management process with the more contemporary systems. Specific attention is devoted to organization, ethics, professional memberships, leadership and managerial skills and an introduction to technology, production, marketing, and cost-control functions of the music business world.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring/Every Other Year

MUS 242 Instrumental Techniques and Materials: Strings and Woodwinds 2 Credit Hours
This course reviews the basic techniques of playing each instrument of the String and Woodwind families and the study of teaching methods, books, and materials for beginning students.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring/Every Other Year

MUS 252 Instrumental Techniques and Materials: Brass and Percussion 2 Credit Hours
This course reviews the basic techniques of playing each instrument of the Brass and Percussion families and the study of teaching methods, books, and materials for beginning students.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Every Other Year

MUS 283 The Music of Black Americans and other World Cultures 3 Credit Hours
This course involves an in-depth study of multicultural children’s literature, songs, and games.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Every Three Years

MUS 323 Piano Pedagogy 3 Credit Hours
This course explores the art of piano teaching, particularly at the pre-college level. The course will survey the various piano teaching materials and repertoire available for beginning, intermediate, and advanced piano students. The business aspects of starting and operating a private piano teaching studio will also be presented. Students enrolled in piano pedagogy will teach one private piano student arranged by the instructor.
Prerequisite: MUS 11p
Offered: Spring/Every Other Year

MUS 333 Music Concepts: Elementary General Music 3 Credit Hours
This class will explore the relationship between music learning and the cognitive, emotional, social and psychomotor development of young children. The emphasis will be on concepts, materials, and literature appropriate for children. 20 hours of field observation is required.
Prerequisite: MUS 133
Offered: Fall/Yearly

MUS 343 Advanced Concepts: Secondary General Music 3 Credit Hours
This course reviews the organization of instrumental music departments in middle and high schools and gives attention to feeder programs and classes for bands (marching, concert and jazz) and orchestras. 20 hours of field observation is required
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Spring/Yearly

MUS 353 Counterpoint 3 Credit Hours
This course is the study of contrapuntal skills from the late seventeenth century to the twentieth century that includes the fugue and canon.
Prerequisite: MUS 223
Offered: Fall/Yearly

MUS 363 Form and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
This course is a detailed investigation of the tonal and post-tonal structure of instrumental and choral compositions. Consideration will also be given to musical style and general development of selected works accompanied by assigned readings, listening, and analytical projects.
Prerequisite: MUS 223
Offered: Fall/Yearly

MUS 372 Conducting and Performance 2 Credit Hours
This course is the study of literature and rehearsal and performance techniques of choirs and small ensembles. It includes an emphasis on score analysis and conducting regular and irregular beat patterns, expressive and phrasal gestures. 20 hours of field observation is required.
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing
Offered: Fall /Yearly

MUS 373 Vocal Pedagogy Teaching Youth to Sing (K-12) 3 Credit Hours
This course involves the study of the art and science of classroom and individual voice instruction through appropriate literature and vocal repertoire.
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing
Offered: Spring/Yearly

MUS 383 Music History: Middle Ages to Late Sixteenth Century 3 Credit Hours
This course is the study of Western Music history from the end of the Ancient World to vocal music of the late Baroque.
Prerequisite: MUS 123
Offered: Fall/Every Other Year

MUS 393 Music History: Late Sixteenth Century to the Present 3 Credit Hours
This course is the study of Western Music history beginning with instrumental music from late Baroque to the present.
Prerequisite: MUS 123
Offered: Spring/Every Other Year

MUS 413 Instrumentation and Orchestration 3 Credit Hours
This course is the study of orchestration and arranging for band, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. Also arranging and techniques of voicing for choirs and vocal chamber ensembles.
Prerequisite: MUS 223
Offered: Fall/Every Other Year

MUS 481 TExES Preparation 1 Credit Hour
This is a course designed to introduce students to the components of the TExES examination and to impart techniques and skills for taking the examination.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing
Offered: As Needed

APPLIED MUSIC

MUS 11p - 41p Lower-Division Piano 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in piano performance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 51p - 71p Upper-Division Piano 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in piano performance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: MUS 41p
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 11o – 81 Organ 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in organ performance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Keyboard skills as determined by the professor
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 11v - 41v Lower-Division Voice 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in solo vocal performance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 51v - 71v Upper Division Voice 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in solo vocal performance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: MUS 41v.
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 11i- 41i Lower-Division Principal Instrument 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in music performance for the following instruments: clarinet, flute, violin, trumpet, tuba, trombone, saxophone, pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: As Needed

MUS 51i - 71i Upper-Division Principal Instrument 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction in music performance for the following instruments: clarinet, flute, violin, trumpet, tuba, trombone, saxophone, pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: MUS 41i
Offered: As Needed

MUS 11b - 81b Band/Instrumental Ensemble 1 Credit Hour
This course involves three one-hour sessions per week, open to all University students. It involves instruction in Band/Instrumental Ensemble literature and performance.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: As Needed

MUS 10b - 80b Band/Instrumental Ensemble 0 Credit Hour
This course involves three one-hour sessions per week, open to all University students. It involves instruction in Band/Instrumental Ensemble literature and performance.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: As Needed

MUS 11c - 81c Concert Choir 1 Credit Hour
This course involves three one-hour sessions per week, open to all University students. It involves performance and instruction in concert choral literature.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 10c - 80c Concert Choir 0 Credit Hour
This course involves three one-hour sessions per week, open to all University students. It involves performance and instruction in concert choral literature.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 61R Junior Recital (Piano, Voice, or Principal Instrument) 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction, designed for music majors and minors. Students must prepare and perform a thirty-minute public recital.
Prerequisite: Upper Standing
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

MUS 81R Senior Recital (Piano, Voice, or Principal Instrument) 1 Credit Hour
This course involves individual instruction, designed for music majors and minors. Students must prepare and perform a one-hour public recital.
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing
Offered: As Needed

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COURSES IN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (REL/PHI)

REL 203 Comparative Religion 3 Credit Hours
This course describes and compares the fundamental beliefs and practices of many religions from the East and West, from the North and the South, and from both pre-historic and historic times, although emphasis will be on present day religions. This course compares the religions with respect to their views on: 1) the origin of our universe, 2) the nature and meaning of the individuality of persons, 3) the individual’s relation to society, 4) the natural environment, and 5) gender roles. Other topics include the future of religion, the relation between religious belief and science, the diversity within religions, and the basis for dialogue among religions.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

PHI 213 Philosophy and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
This course presents foundational perspectives on the typical studies and issues engaged in philosophy and ethics. We compare thinkers from the East and West, the North and South, in order to highlight the unique qualities of each. We discuss, in a comparative fashion, central philosophers from many different periods of philosophy. Stressing primary texts, we consider the philosophers in their historical contexts, and discuss their answers to central philosophical issues such as the foundations of 1) religion, 2) ethics, 3) reality, 4) knowledge, 5) individuality, and 6) freedom.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

PHI 223 Logic 3 Credit Hours
This course will rigorously introduce students to central forms of argumentation. The emphasis will be on helping students improve oral and written argumentative skills. These skills will help students express themselves in a more efficacious and convincing manner. We will talk about three systems of logic, categorical logic, prepositional logic, and predicate logic.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Once Every Two Years

REL 323 Philosophy of Religion 3 Credit Hours
In this class we explore answers to some of the most important issues developed in the history of philosophy and religious studies. The course will facilitate the development of each participants’ views on crucial life issues, some of which follow: 1) The relation between science and religion, 2) The nature of religious experience, 3) The problem of evil, 4) The possibility of miracles, 5) The possibility of rational justification for religious belief, 6) The relation between reason and faith, 7) Knowledge of the attributes of God or ultimate meaning, and 8) The possibility of unity among religions.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Once Every Two Years

REL 333 Interpretation of the Bible 3 Credit Hours
Contemporary understandings of both the Old Testament and New Testament will be explored in this class. The course will take a historical approach to the study of scripture, pointing out the influences of temporal context wherever possible. This course introduces students to the central tools within the study of the Bible. The historical-critical method is thoroughly described. Students will produce two exegetical papers using the tools they have learned for interpreting and understanding the Bible.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Once Every Two Years

REL 343 Science and Religion 3 Credit Hours
This course explores many ways of relating religion and science, and starts with the fourfold classification system developed by Ian Barbour for relating science and religion (they conflict, can be integrated, are independent, or can dialogue). The course compares how knowledge is attained in the sciences to how knowledge is acquired in religion. The course describes the historical attempts to relate science and religion, focusing on Galileo, Newton, and Darwin. It also describes the evolutionary theory within modern biology and discusses different ways religious people respond to it. It examines the significance modern perspectives on the origin of the universe have for competing religious views of the origin. Developments in neuroscience and quantum physics are discussed as they related to religious views about the individual and the nature of reality.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Once Every Two Years

REL 353 History of Christianity 3 Credit Hours
This course presents the history of Christianity. It discusses the Roman, Jewish, and Near Eastern contexts in which Christianity was born, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and asks the question “To what extent can we have knowledge about the life of Jesus?” The course explores the teaching of St. Paul and his impact on the development of Christianity. The course describes the formation of New Testament scripture, explains the major developments in the Patristic, Medieval, and Modern periods of Christian history, and discusses the key ideas, events, figures, and developments of the Protestant Reformation.
Prerequisite: English 113
Offered: Once Every Two Years

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COURSES IN FRENCH (LFR)

LFR 113 French I 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to French language and culture. It emphasizes speaking, listening, reading, and writing competencies in French and stresses syntax, grammar, and vocabulary.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Yearly

LFR 123 French II 3 Credit Hours
This course is a continued study of French language and culture. It advances skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French and assists vocabulary enrichment.
Prerequisite: LFR 113
Offered: Spring/Yearly

LFR 213 Intermediate French I 3 Credit Hours
This is a continuation of LFR 123 with an emphasis on speaking and listening.
Prerequisite: LFR 123
Offered: Fall/Yearly

COURSES IN SPANISH (LSP)

LSP 113 Spanish I 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to Spanish language and culture. It emphasizes speaking, listening, reading, and writing competencies in Spanish and stresses syntax, grammar, and vocabulary.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

LSP 123 Spanish II 3 Credit Hours
This course is a continued study of Spanish language and culture. It advances skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Spanish and assists vocabulary enrichment.
Prerequisite: LSP 113
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly

LSP 213 Intermediate Spanish I 3 Credit Hours
This course is a continuation of LSP 123 with an emphasis on speaking and listening.
Prerequisite: LSP 123
Offered: Fall/ Spring Yearly

LSP 223 Intermediate Spanish II 3 Credit Hours
This course is a continuation of LSP 213 with an emphasis on speaking and listening.
Prerequisite: LSP 213
Offered: Spring/Yearly

LSP 313 Spanish Conversation and Composition I 3 Credit Hours
This course involves intensive practice in the Spanish language in speaking and writing.
Prerequisite: LSP 223
Offered: As Needed

LSP 323 Spanish Conversation and Composition II 3 Credit Hours
This course involves intensive practice in the Spanish language in speaking and writing.
Prerequisite: LSP 313
Offered: As Needed

LSP 433 Survey of Hispanic Literature I 3 Credit Hours
This course involves a study of representative selections from Hispanic Literature from the beginnings to the present day.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: As Needed

LSP 443 Survey of Hispanic Literature II 3 Credit Hours
This course is a continuation of LSP 433.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: As Needed
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COURSES IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (AAS)

AAS-233 Introduction to African & African American Studies (3 credit hours)

An introduction and survey exploration of the key texts, authors, ideologies, and issues in African and African American Studies from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

AAS-323 Supervised Reading and Research(3 credit hours)

This course will cover selected topics in the field of African and African American of special interest to students and instructors. Students may elect to study a special topic in-depth. Prior to enrollment, students must consult with the program coordinator to identify a topic or topics for approval and to identify the proposed instructor who will supervise and grade the student’s reading and research activities.

AAS 423 Internship (3 credit hours)

This course provides an internship experience for students pursuing a minor in African and African American Studies. Students work as interns in on of the areas of concentration. Students may not enroll in this course without prior consultation with the program coordinator for review and selection of internship positions and approval of a specific internship project.

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