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Course Descriptions


 
 

Performing Arts Dance
  

  • PADA 353 - Jazz Dance II

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 253   or PADA 254   or consent of instructor
    Description: Activities designed to develop intermediate jazz dance technique and a study of the history of jazz dance. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 354 - Modern Dance II

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 253   or PADA 254   or consent of instructor
    Intermediate modern dance technique with continued development of improvisational skills and beginning dance composition forms. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 355 - Advanced Choreography

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 255   or consent of instructor
    Students will practice communication skills necessary for translating creation of embodied movement vocabularies within self to group for performance. Content will focus on different teaching and learning strategies, in addition to inherent collaboration between dancers and choreographer. Students will also craft a choreographic digital identity. Requires attending, or participating in, a dance performance. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 356 - Hip Hop II

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 256   or Consent of Instructor
    Activities designed to develop intermediate Hip Hop dance technique within the historical context of its roots and culture. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 453 - Jazz Dance III

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor
    Description: Activities designed to develop advanced jazz dance technique within the historical context of the form from 1980s to current practices Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 454 - Modern Dance III

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor
    Description: Activities designed to develop advanced Modern dance technique within the historical context of the form from post modernism to the current practices Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 455 - Advanced Technique Of Contemporary Dance Forms

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor required for enrollement
    Description: This course will explore dance composition and improvisation as a tool for building and understanding creative and expressive choreography. Students will investigate potential movement resources of the individual for performance and choreography. Freedom of movement will be encouraged and its relation to choreography will be explored. In this course students will become familiar and proficient in the selection of various musical forms to enhance or guide choreography. Students will also implement choreographic tools in conjunction with the spoken word and in silence. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 456 - Hip Hop III

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 356   or Consent of Intructor
    Activities designed to develop advanced Hip Hop dance technique within the historical context of the form.  Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 458 - Dance Ensemble

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 353  or PADA 354 , and Consent of Instructor
    A dance repertory and performance class with emphasis in developing skills for performing ballet, modern, jazz, historic and/or other forms of theatrical dance. Repeatable up to 6 units.
  

  • PADA 499 - Performing Arts Capstone In Dance

    Units: 3
    Three hours seminar per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 353  and PADA 354 , Senior Standing
    Description: Students will join in the capstone experience course and blend their knowledge and practice to produce an interdisciplinary performing arts project. Alternatively, students may receive an internship with a dance company.
    Graded: Letter Grade

Performing Arts Music
  

  • PAMU 100 - Music Appreciation

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    A survey of musical masterpieces of the Western Tradition from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis on composers from Bach to Bartok. Includes units on jazz and the music of other cultures.
    GenEd: C1
  

  • PAMU 109 - Private Lessons

    Units: 1
    One half-hour lesson per week
    Private music lessons in voice or on an instrument. Repeatable up to 8 units.
  

  • PAMU 161 - Music Fundamentals

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture per week Two hours activity per week
    Basic musicianship skills including interval identification, musical notation, chord construction, key signatures, major and minor scales, rhythmic training, sightsinging, ear training, and basic musical forms. Repeatable up to 6 units
  

  • PAMU 200 - History of Rock

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    A survey of the evolution of rock music from the 1950’s to the present. Includes discussions of predecessor styles such as rhythm and blues and country music.
    GenEd: C1
  

  • PAMU 202 - Group Guitar Lessons

    Units: 2
    One hour seminar per week Two hours activity per week
    An introduction to classical guitar in a group format for beginning/intermediate level students. Repeatable up to 4 units.
  

  • PAMU 203 - Group Voice Lessons

    Units: 2
    One hour seminar per week and two hours activity per week
    An introduction to classical and musical theatre singing for beginning and intermediate level students. Repeatable up to 4 units.
  

  • PAMU 204 - Introduction To African Drumming

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Introductory course that uses an applied, hands-on approach to learning African drumming techniques relevant in traditional and contemporary drumming styles in West Africa. Explores diverse ceremonial and recreational music and fundamental elements in West African rhythm, melody, form, and structure. Employs traditional African oral learning methods, listening exercises, and music analysis through rehearsals, discussions, readings, and listening. Covers the construction and basic maintenance of African drums. No prior performing experience required.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 205 - Musical Improvisation

    Units: 2
    One hour seminar and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Ability to read music and play major scales
    Introduces the specific musical skills needed to effectively improvise in a variety of harmonic situations. Explores the nature of creativity in music through embellishment, group interplay, and the study of master improvisers.  Repeatable up to 12 units.
  

  • PAMU 206 - Introduction to Steel Drumming

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Description: Performance group open to all students interested in learning about the nature of these unique instruments. Explore basic reading, and performance techniques. Students will gain cultural and historical insights by exploring the music of Trinidad and Tobango as well as other styles of Caribbean music. Instruments will be provided for student use and no prior performing experience is necessary Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 215 - Popular Songwriting

    Units: 3
    1.5 hours lecture and 4.5 hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Instructor for Enrollment
    Description: Introduces popular songwriting and the construction of lyrics, melody and harmony for the commercial music industry. Basic knowledge of music fundamentals and the ability to either sing, play guitar or piano is required. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 231 - The Beatles: Music, Fashion, and Culture (Cross-listed as ART 231)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    An exploration into the music, fashion, films, and cultural influences of the Beatles. Examines their musical periods and unique visual presentations, illustrating how they reflected and affected the evolution of contemporary popular music and culture from the 1960s to today.
    Same as: ART 231  
    GenEd: C1
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PAMU 243 - Teaching Music to Children

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    An introduction to musical experiences appropriate for children in grades K-6. Consisting of instruction in music fundamentals, general music, vocal music and instrumental music for the classroom teacher, the course also incorporates movement and improvisation in the form of dance and theater. Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze techniques will be emphasized. Includes music technology in the classroom. (Formerly PAMU 343)
  

  • PAMU 261 - Music Theory I

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PAMU 161 
    Basic music theory and music fundamentals, set in the context of the Western European common-practice period, for the beginning university-level music student. Special emphasis on the role of popular and commercial music in society, including jazz and musical theatre.
  

  • PAMU 262 - Aural Skills I

    Units: 2
    One hour lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PAMU 161  
    Description: Study of intervallic and chordal recognition, rhythmic and melodic dictation, and movable do solfege sightsinging. The first this course is taken, it should be taken concurrently with PAMU 261 - Music Theory I Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 302 - Group Guitar Lesson II

    Units: 2
    One hour seminar and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PAMU 202  
    Description: An introduction to intermediate/advanced level popular and classical guitar styles in group format Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 305 - Guitar Ensemble

    Units: 1
    Two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
    Description: Provides a collaborative setting for guitarists to learn to sight-read music, examine specific musical elements, and blend with others in a conducted ensemble setting. Explores the nature of interpreting, rehearsing, and performing musical arrangements on guitar. Changed from PAMU 207 effective F17. Repeat 6 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 306 - Chamber Ensemble

    Units: 1
    Two hour activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
    Provides a collaborative setting for the performance of selected classical works from the baroque through the modern period. Examines the key elements of intonation, blending, interpretation, rehearsing and performing in a chamber ensemble. Repeatable up to eight units.
  

  • PAMU 307 - University Chorus

    Units: 1
    Three hours of rehearsal per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) and Consent of Instructor
    Rehearsal and performance of the masterworks of choral literature from the Renaissance through the Modern period. Repeatable up to 8 units.
    Lab fee $15
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Community Engagement
  

  • PAMU 308 - University Orchestra

    Units: 1
    Three hours rehearsal per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Rehearsal and performance of the masterworks of orchestral literature from the Baroque through the Modern period. Repeatable up to 8 units.
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Community Engagement
  

  • PAMU 309 - Private Lessons

    Units: 1
    One half-hour lesson per week
    Private music lessons in voice or on an instrument. Study of more advanced techniques. Repeatable up to 8 units.
  

  • PAMU 310 - Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Units: 1
    Two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
    Rehearsal and performance of a wide range of contemporary musical styles including jazz, rock and popular music. Repeat 8 times up to 8 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 330 - Jazz in America

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    The study of jazz as a uniquely American musical art form, principally through the development of jazz styles. From its roots in Africa and later in New Orleans, jazz will be studied as both a musical and a social phenomenon that originated and was nurtured in the African-American community. The course will explore issues of community, ethnicity, class, and gender in relationship to jazz as a vehicle for both personal and cultural expression. Through recordings, videos, lectures, demonstrations, and live performances, students will study jazz and its forerunners, ragtime and blues, from their beginnings to the present day.
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • PAMU 332 - World Music

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Surveys folk music styles from around the world including Latin American, European, Asian, and African. An emphasis on the cultures and indigenous people that surround the music will be highlighted through lectures, listening, readings, viewing, and demonstrations.
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • PAMU 333 - The Varieties of Musical Experience

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    The study of music in its cultural and historical contexts, with an emphasis on the role of music as a form of human expression. A broad range of musical styles will be studied, including, but not limited to: European, Asian, and Middle Eastern classical music; American jazz and popular music; and folk music of western and non-western cultures. Students will study the unifying and authenticating nature of music within groups of people, as well as the experience of music on a personal level.
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PAMU 335 - The Physics of Music (Cross-listed as PHYS 335)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Provides an understanding of music and sound for students interested in music, speech, and language. Extensive use of demonstrations and sound analysis computer programs will be used. The format will include lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on use of the computer programs.
    Same as: PHYS 335  
    GenEd: UDGE-B, UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PAMU 336 - Art and Music: Dissonance, Diversity, and Continuity (Cross-listed as ART 336)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    An interdisciplinary analysis of the essential elements defining modern and contemporary art and music. Discusses how artistic characteristics and music issues of the period are connected and intertwined within specific historic and cultural environments.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ART 336
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PAMU 337 - Music in History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Music in its historical context, with special emphasis on the role of music in culture. Historical periods may include the music of the Medieval church, the evolution of opera, the American musical theatre, and jazz, as well as historical and contemporary world music. Examines the societal forces that helped to shape classical and popular musical styles, and how music can and has influenced culture.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • PAMU 339 - Understanding Music in Television and Cinema (Cross-listed as ART 339)

    Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    An examination of music in the history of film and television, focusing on the development of new musical scores. Analyzes how music supports various aspects of film and television including: emotion, characters, romance, drama, pacing, and comedy. Lectures and screenings explore concepts and issues driving the creation and use of music in television and cinema.
    Same as: ART 339
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PAMU 361 - Advanced Music Theory and Analysis I

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PAMU 261   and PAMU 262  
    Description: Provides the development of analytical skills necessary for the comprehension, critical assessment, and intelligent discussion of music. Emphasis on musical elements such as diatonic chord relationships, tonal function, Roman-numeral analysis, and part-writing in four voices.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 362 - Aural Skills II

    Units: 2
    One hour lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PAMU 261   and PAMU 262  
    Description: An introduction to intermediate and advanced level of rhythmic, melodic and harmonic ear-training dictation, and sight-singing. The first time this course is taken, it should he taken concurrently with PAMU 361 Advanced Music Theory and Analysis I Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PAMU 385 - Audio Design And Recording (Cross-listed as ART 385)

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor
    Description: An introduction to the fundamental principles of audio production and recording. Applications of analog and digital audio recording systems and their component parts, including sync-sound and digital audio effects for visual media will be covered. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ART 385  
  

  • PAMU 432 - Arts of the Harlem Renaissance (Cross-listed as ENGL 432, ART 432)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Study focusing on the dramatic upsurge of creativity in art, music, and literature resulting from social and political undercurrents in the African-American cultural revolution in New York during the 1920’s. Historical geneses and subsequent artistic legacies will also be explored.
    Same as: ENGL 432 , ART 432  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • PAMU 435 - The Music Museum (Cross-listed as BUS 435, ECON 435, EDUC 435)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    An interdisciplinary study of music museums from the perspectives of music history, appreciation and production, business, economics, and education. Analyzes how these disciplines are linked within music museum practices. Includes an in-depth study of a local music museum.
    Same as: BUS 435 , ECON 435 , EDUC 435  
    GenEd: UDGE-C, UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PAMU 461 - Advanced Music Theory and Analysis II

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PAMU 361   and PAMU 362  
    Description: An introduction of advanced tonal theory and analysis which includes secondary chords, modulation, chromatic sequences, and musical forms
    Graded: Letter Grade

Performing Arts Theatre
  

  • PATH 101 - Introduction to Theater: Culture and Performance

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Description: Introduces and explores theater as a live performing art form that both emerges from, and produces, culture. Considers a variety of theatrical forms and their cultural contexts, comparing artistic assumptions, strategies, and performance circumstances. Requires attending, or participating in, a local theatrical production
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: C1
  

  • PATH 238 - Early Theater History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Description: Explores the development of theater in various parts of the world, from early origins in antiquity through the 18th century. Considers representative plays and other performance texts with special attention to the historical, cultural, and political contexts of major theatrical movements, artists, and conventions. Requires attending, or participating in, a theatrical performance
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: C1
  

  • PATH 280 - Acting I

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Exercises and activities that emphasize voice, movement, and relaxation techniques. Includes improvisation, monologues, and two-character scenes.
    GenEd: C1
  

  • PATH 281 - Play Analysis

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture/discussion per week
    Introduces students to the analytical tools used by theatre professionals and provides practice in applying those tools to a variety of scripts. Studies in dramatic structure and its relationship to performance and production.
  

  • PATH 333 - Multicultural Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 333)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    America is a country of many cultures, and each of these has brought legacies of its roots to the American stage. In this course we will read plays written by Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, and others. This course is regional in organization rather than chronological, and is organized around one or more themes.
    Same as: ENGL 333  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • PATH 334 - Spanish Language Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as SPAN 334)

    Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Read and analyze plays in Spanish from diverse parts of the Spanish-speaking world, and focus on major works for in-depth study and performance. In addition to learning about the historical, cultural, and sociological context of the plays, students will learn acting techniques and appropriate Spanish-language vocabulary and phrases. Course materials and discussions will be in Spanish.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: SPAN 334  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
    Graduation Requirement(s): Language with C- or better


  

  • PATH 338 - Theatre in History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    A survey of the history of theatrical productions. Includes formal productions and performances as well as other types of theatre or dramatization, such as political posturing, i.e., a ruler’s rise to power in historical reality as well as performed or recorded later in theatre, music, and history.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • PATH 341 - Modern American Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 341)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Read plays and performance texts written by modern American authors from the beginning of the 20th century until today. A study of the range of American dramatic literature in the context of the development of American theatrical performance. Thematically examines avant-garde and alternative forms, as well as commercial and mainstream theatre.
    Same as: ENGL 341  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PATH 342 - Modern British and European Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 342)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Major works of British and European dramatic literature in performance and production from the middle of the 19th century to the present. Thematically organized to examine avant-garde and alternative forms, as well as commercial and mainstream theatre.
    Same as: ENGL 342  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PATH 343 - Teaching Drama to Children (Cross-listed as EDUC 343)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Students will participate in theatre games, improvisations, and other tasks that will prepare them to design and implement dramatic activities as a learning tool. Theatre in a broader context will also be examined.
    Same as: EDUC 343  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PATH 344 - World Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 344)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Explores world dramatic literature in performance and production. The focus is largely on plays and performance texts by non-Western authors, and is organized around one or more themes. This course is regional in organization, rather than chronological. Texts studied feature the following regions: Asia, Oceania, South Asia and Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.
    Same as: ENGL 344  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, International Perspectives
  

  • PATH 380 - Acting II

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PATH 280 
    Emphasizes character work and contemporary acting theories. Includes performance of scenes from contemporary multicultural plays. Repeatable up to 6 units.
  

  • PATH 382 - Directing

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing
    Introduction to techniques and practice of directing stage plays. Students direct scenes and one-acts.
  

  • PATH 410 - Shakespeare’s Plays (Cross-listed as ENGL 410)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 105  or equivalent and one upper division literature course
    Study of the many aspects of Shakespeare’s plays as literature-language, context, form and style-as well as the ways in which these elements work as parts of a whole, which includes spoken speech and other sounds as well as physical form and movement.
    Same as: ENGL 410  
  

  • PATH 412 - Drama of Ancient Greece (Cross-listed as ENGL 412)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture/discussion per week
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 105  or equivalent and one upper division literature course
     
    A survey of ancient Greek drama and the culture/society that produced it. The course will examine a representative sample of the major plays. Among the topics considered will be: the tragic and comic festivals, tragedy’s relationship with Athenian democracy, the nature of Greek theaters and ancient theatrical production techniques, religion and drama, women and tragedy, tragic and comic heroism, myth and tragedy, and the legacy of Greek tragedy in the modern world.
    Same as: ENGL 412  
  

  • PATH 463 - Writing For The Stage (Cross-listed as ENGL 463)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture/discussion per week
    Description: The writing of stage plays is the focus of this class. The seminar format allows students the opportunity to talk about their writing and to receive critiques from their peers as well as the instructor. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ENGL 463
  

  • PATH 480 - Acting III: Performance Styles

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing
    Advanced acting exercises and scene work featuring performance styles from a wide variety of periods and genres. May focus on one or several specialized acting styles from the classics to the present. References contemporary and historical acting theories.
  

  • PATH 499 - Performing Arts Capstone In Theatre

    Units: 3
    Three hours seminar per week
    Prerequisite(s): PA 350 , PA 360 , Senior Status
    Description: Students will join in the capstone experience course and blend their knowledge and practice to produce an interdisciplinary performing arts project. Alternatively, students may receive an internship with a theatre company.
    Graded: Letter Grade

Physical Education
  

  • PHED 105 - Zen of Surfing

    Units: 1
    Two hours activity per week
    Exploration of the physiological and psychological benefits that result from human interaction with forces of nature. Students develop an increased understanding of the ocean and complex dynamics that underlie the sport of surfing. The interrelationship between physical activity and personal aesthetics is explored through weekly surfing activities.
    GenEd: E
  

  • PHED 106 - Sailing

    Units: 1
    One-half hour lecture and one hour activity per week
    Through a series of practical lessons and on-water experience, students will learn the basic skills involved in sailing and water safety. Topics and activities covered include sailing theory, terminology, boat handling, safety, right of way, knots and docking. Class time is spent working with the boats and sailing within the Channel Islands Harbor, two to three students per boat.
  

  • PHED 107 - Scuba Diving

    Units: 1
    Two hours activity per week
    Through a series of lectures and activities students will be introduced to the world of SCUBA Diving. The course will not be a certification course, rather an introductory course that outlines the safety, equipment and skills necessary for diving. Students will have a hands on experience and discover the undersea world, within the Channel Islands Harbor.
    Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PHED 208 - Introduction to Kinesiology

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Examines the field of human movement, introduces biomechanics, anatomy, exercise physiology, and motor learning. Basic anatomy, function of the musculoskeletal system, laws of motion, principles of force, equilibrium concepts, and laws governing projectiles will be introduced and applied to various sports activities. The student will develop the ability to analyze skill movements in specific sport activities. This is not an activity/performance course.
    GenEd: E
  

  • PHED 302 - Motor Learning, Fitness, and Development in Children

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Physical education for children, fundamentals of motor learning, health, fitness, and age-appropriate activities for elementary school-age children. Teaching, planning, and implementing an effective physical education program.

Philosophy
  

  • PHIL 130 - Logic And Philosophical Reasoning

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Introduction to deductive and inductive logic, with applications in philosophical reasoning and in various academic and professional disciplines.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: A3
  

  • PHIL 200 - Introduction to Philosophy

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Provides an introduction to philosophical problems and to various methods, systems, and discourses that have developed, throughout history and across cultures, to answer them. The course offers tools, methods, and foundations for philosophical thinking and also encourages students to articulate their own beliefs, values, and assumptions.
    GenEd: C2
  

  • PHIL 210 - Ethics for a Free World (Cross-listed as FJS 210)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Students will explore concepts and practices of ethics, freedom, and justice by comparing how these have been theorized and practiced in relationship to each other across at least two times periods and cultures. Starting from a foundation in philosophy and developing an interdisciplinary lens, this class examines these foundational concepts and practices especially as engaged across the fields of identity and civil rights-based studies (including religious, ethnic, women’s, gender, sexuality, and disability studies, etc.)
    Same as: FJS 210 
    GenEd: C2
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHIL 230 - Logic and Mathematical Reasoning (Cross-listed as MATH 230)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Introduction to modern, deductive logic. Critical thinking and abstract approaches to common language. Includes: abstract and number sets, relations, prepositional logic, common language cases, and theory of quantification.
    GenEd: A3, B4
  

  • PHIL 320 - Being and Knowing

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHIL 200 , PHIL 210  / FJS 210 , or Consent of Instructor
    In this course students will be exposed to and critically investigate various philosophical and cross-cultural questions and theories concerning existence and our knowledge of it.
  

  • PHIL 438 - Philosophy of Mathematics (Cross-listed as MATH 438)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Topics include: infinity, paradoxes, Goedel’s incompleteness theorems, whether mathematics is discovered or invented, why mathematical knowledge requires proof, whether mathematics is objective truth or social convention, and the identification of types of mathematical objects.
    Same as: MATH 438  
    GenEd: UDGE-B, UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHIL 439 - Philosophy of Science (Cross-listed as MATH 439, PHYS 439)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of science and of scientific theories such as quantum physics, general relativity, and the theory of evolution. Asks what scientific knowledge reveals, how it is reached, and what role it plays in human life. The course also examines the roles that mathematics and the scientific method play in science, and how these have affected its development.
    Same as: MATH 439  , PHYS 439  
    GenEd: UDGE-B, UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches

Physical Science
  

  • PHSC 170 - Foundations in Physical Science

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
    Areas covered include: the physical properties of solids, liquids, and gases; physical and chemical changes in matter; atomic theory and the periodic table; the principles of motion and energy; forces and the motion of particles; sources and transformations of energy, including heat, electricity, magnetism, light, and sound; renewable and nonrenewable energy sources; and the conservation of energy resources.
    GenEd: B1, B3

Physics
  

  • PHYS 100 - Introduction to Physics I

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
    Non-calculus based introduction to the concepts and principles of physics. The areas covered include classical mechanics, wave motion, and thermal physics. Practical examples will be used to illustrate the relationship between physics and other disciplines, especially the life sciences, and to develop problem-solving skills. Laboratory sessions will include computer-simulated experiments.
    GenEd: B1, B3
  

  • PHYS 101 - Introduction to Physics II

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 100 
    A non-calculus based introduction to the concepts and principles of physics. The areas covered include electromagnetic theory, light, and atomic and nuclear physics. Practical examples will be used to illustrate the relationship between physics and other disciplines, especially the life sciences, and to develop problem-solving skills. Laboratory sessions will include computer-simulated experiments.
  

  • PHYS 105 - Introduction to the Solar System (Cross-listed as ASTR 105)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Descriptive introduction to the astronomical properties of the Solar System. Topics include: historical development of astronomy, and the laws that govern the behavior of the universe; evolution of the solar system; planetary sciences; planetary exploration; and greenhouse effect.
    Same as: ASTR 105  
    GenEd: B1
  

  • PHYS 107 - The Stars And Beyond (Cross-listed as ASTR 107)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Description: A tour through the stars and galaxies will uncover some major mysteries of the Universe. Topics include: the historical development of astronomy the laws that govern the behavior of the Universe the birth, life and death of stars the collision of galaxies and evidence for the birth and end of the entire Universe.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ASTR 107  
    GenEd: B1
  

  • PHYS 110 - Life in the Universe (Cross-listed as ASTR 110, BIOL 110)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Explains the origins of life on Earth and the conditions for life to be discovered on other worlds. Current and potential means of exploring space will be discussed, such as: Mars rovers, radio telescopes, and the promise and limitations of interstellar travel.
    Graded: Optional
    Same as: ASTR 110  , BIOL 110 
    GenEd: B1
  

  • PHYS 112 - Introduction to Observational Astronomy (Cross-listed as ASTR 112)

    Units: 1
    Three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of one of the following with a grade of C or better: ASTR 105 / PHYS 105 , ASTR 107 / PHYS 107 , ASTR 110 / BIOL 110 / PHYS 110 , or an equivalent course
    An introduction to the techniques and instrumentation used in visual astronomy. Topics will include: the laws of geometrical optics, optical ray tracing, elements of refracting and reflecting telescopes and associated instrumentation, navigation of the night sky, diurnal and seasonal motion, the constellations, astroimaging, and the use of astronomy software and applications.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ASTR 112
    GenEd: B3
  

  • PHYS 200 - General Physics I

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 150  
    Calculus-based introduction to concepts and principles of physics. Areas covered include: forces, energies, momentum, torque, moment of interia, conservation laws, rotational motion, oscillatory motion, and mechanical waves. Practical examples will be used to illustrate relationship between physics and other disciplines and to develop problem-solving skills. Laboratory sessions will include hands-on experiments and data analysis.
    Lab Fee $25
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: B1, B3
  

  • PHYS 201 - General Physics II

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 200   and MATH 151  
    A calculus-based introduction to the concepts and principles of physics. The areas covered include: thermal physics, electrostatic force, electric fields, Gauss’s Law, DC and AC electrical circuits, magnetism, Ampere’s Law, electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s Law and electromagnetic radiation. Practical examples will be used to illustrate the relationship between physics and other disciplines, including the life sciences, and to develop problem-solving skills. Laboratory sessions will include hands-on experiments and data analysis, and a minimum of two formal lab reports will be required.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 202 - General Physics III: Light, Relativity And Modern Physics

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 201  , MATH 250  
    Description: A calculus-based introduction to the concepts and principles of physics. The areas covered include electromagnetic theory, light, the theory of special relativity, relativistic momentum, energy and collisions and an introduction to quantum physics. Practical examples will be used to illustrate the relationship between physics and other disciplines, including the life sciences, and to develop problem-solving skills. Laboratory sessions will include computer- simulated experiments, and two formal lab reports will be required.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 208 - The Physics of Art and Visual Perception (Cross-listed as ART 208)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    A course on the physics of light, color, art, and visual perception. The course will cover the nature of light and optical phenomena, the perception and psychology of color, the reproduction of color in different media, and the analysis of art from a science perspective. The emphasis is on factors which permit the artist and observer to understand and more fully control the design and interpretation of images of all kinds. Demonstrations, experiments, and video/computer simulations are used to analyze signals received by the eyes or instruments.
    Same as: ART 208  
    GenEd: B1, C1
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHYS 221 - Engineering Materials (Cross-listed as EMEC 221)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 200 , CHEM 105  or CHEM 121  or equivalent courses
    Description: Examines the interrelationships between processing, structure, properties, and performance of various engineering materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and semiconductors. Studies the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance. Emphasizes developing an ability to select appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: EMEC 221
  

  • PHYS 301 - Classical Mechanics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 200  , MATH 350  
    Description: A differential equation-based introduction to classical mechanics. The areas covered include the Lagrangian formulation, variational principles, Hamiltonian mechanics, and the theory of canonical transformations. Some applications to the motion of rigid bodies, systems of coupled oscillators, and celestial mechanics will be presented.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 305 - Thermal and Statistical Physics (Cross-listed as EMEC 305)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 201  and MATH 350  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Addresses behavior of energy and matter in systems having many particles. Includes classical and quantum mechanical views of physical systems, and begins with basic concepts of probability and statistics. Particular emphasis will be placed on simple model systems for which quantitative results can be obtained and compared to experiment, such as ideal gases and quantum mechanical spin systems. Course includes statistics of microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles; relation between classical and quantum statistical mechanics; Planck distribution, bosons, fermions, and doped semiconductors, among others; and an introduction to kinetic theory.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: EMEC 305  
  

  • PHYS 306 - Modern Physics

    Units: 3
    1.5 hours lecture twice per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 202  
    Description: Survey of modern physics. Topics include: Special relativity, the Bohr model, Quantum mechanics photons, the photoelectric effect, probability density, matter waves, Schrodinger mechanics of simple systems, the Uncertainty Principle, tunneling, spin and angular momentum, atomic and molecular structure. Selected topics from nuclear and solid state physics. Applications of the principles will be emphasized.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 310 - Electronics (Cross-listed as EMEC 310)

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 101  or PHYS 201  
    Covers basic analog and digital, electronic circuits used in a scientific laboratory. Students will be introduced to operation of simple electronic devices, basic underlying theory of their operation, and applications of a few analog and digital ICs. Emphasis is on applications rather than theory. Consequently, there is strong hands-on component to subject to enable students to gain practical experience. Experiments will include testing of actual and virtual circuits, and data acquisition. At least two formal laboratory reports will be required.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: EMEC 310  
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • PHYS 315 - Introduction to Biophysics

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 200  
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 300  
    Applies physical methods to the study of biological systems, including transport processes and membrane phenomena, bioelectric phenomena, photosynthetic systems and visual systems. Biophysical methods will include the techniques of patch clamping and optical tweezers, and the measurement of action potentials and evoked responses. There will be an emphasis on modeling and problem solving, with appropriate mathematics when necessary. The practical activity session will include computer modeling and simulation, and laboratory demonstrations and exercises.
    Lab fee $25
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 335 - The Physics of Music (Cross-listed as PAMU 335)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Provides an understanding of music and sound for students interested in music, speech, and language. Extensive use of demonstrations and sound analysis computer programs will be used. The format will include lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on use of the computer programs.
    Same as: PAMU 335  
    GenEd: UDGE-B, UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHYS 338 - Science and Conscience (Cross-listed as ENGL 338)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture/discussion per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    A team-taught, interdisciplinary course that examines various ethical issues within the sciences using case studies. The scientific, historical, and social aspects of each case study will be examined from different perspectives. Students will learn scientific concepts, which will facilitate an informed understanding of the ethical issues involved.
    Same as: ENGL 338  
    GenEd: UDGE-B, UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHYS 344 - Energy and Society (Cross-listed as CHEM 344)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Survey of the physical, chemical, and engineering principles involved in the production of energy from current and potential sources and the economical, environmental, and political issues surrounding energy production. The course will also examine factors that influence worldwide energy policy. Examples of topics included: energy conservation, efficient usage and transportation of energy, energy resources, fossil fuels, active and passive solar energy, biomass, fuel cells, nuclear (fission and fusion) processes, and hydroelectric, tidal, geothermal, and wind power.
    Same as: CHEM 344  
    GenEd: UDGE-B
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHYS 345 - Digital Image Processing (Cross-listed as MATH 345, COMP 345)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    An introduction to the basic concepts and techniques for digital image restoration and enhancement, analysis, coding, and compression. The emphasis is on processes which analyze primarily two-dimensional discrete images represented at the pixel level, including filtering, noise reduction, and segmentation. Fourier analysis techniques will be explored. Programming exercises will be used to implement the various processes, and their performance on synthetic and real images will be studied.
    Same as: MATH 345 , COMP 345  
    GenEd: UDGE-B
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PHYS 351 - Mathematical Methods of Physics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 201   and MATH 350  
    Survey of mathematical methods for physicists. Topics include matrices, linear algebra, eigenvectors and eignevalues, complex numbers and complex functions, elements of probability and Fourier analysis. Additional topics may include partial differential equations, special functions, and group theory.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 352 - Computational Physics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 202  
    Introduction to using computers for solving problems in physics: differential equations, Monte Carlo methods, simulations and numerical techniques.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 390 - Frontiers Of Astronomy (Cross-listed as ASTR 390)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of one of the following: ASTR 105  / PHYS 105  , ASTR 107 / PHYS 107 , ASTR 110 / BIOL 110 / PHYS 110 , or an equivalent course.
    Definition: An overview of current topics at the leading-edge of research in astronomy, astrophysics, and astrobiology. Specific topics covered will vary depending on recent developments in research. Each student will choose a specific topic of interest and prepare a written and oral report on that topic to present to the class at the end of the course.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ASTR 390
  

  • PHYS 400 - Quantum Mechanics I

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 350   and PHYS 306  
    Mathematical and physical foundations of quantum theory in terms of wave and matrix mechanics. Applications to properties of atoms and solids.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PHYS 401 - Quantum Mechanics II

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 400  , PHYS 351   and  MATH 350  
    A second course in quantum theory, including the theory of angular momentum, spins, the hydrogen atom, time-independent perturbation theory, and spin. Highly recommended for students wishing to continue advanced degrees in physics or related fields.
    Graded: Letter Grade
 

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