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Beat by Beat — DRA4122.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students in this class will read a selection of plays and be required to analyze and explore these plays beat by beat in class discussion and weekly critical writing exercises.  This is a script interpretation class in which theme, dramatic structure and arc, character development, tone, style and extensive study of the given playwrights and their influences will be
Drama

Beat By Beat Script Interpretation: Pulitzer Version — DRA4192.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

Students in this class will read a weekly selection of Pulitzer Prize winning plays and be required to analyze and explore these plays beat by beat in class discussion and weekly critical writing exercises. This is an in-depth script interpretation class in which theme, dramatic structure, arc, character development, tone, style and extensive study of the given playwrights

Drama Literature

Beat by Beat: Script Interpretation for Theatre Makers and Their Friends — DRA4254.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
Students in this class will read a selection of plays and be required to analyze and explore these plays beat by beat in class discussion and weekly critical writing exercises. This is a script interpretation class in which theme, dramatic structure and arc, character development, tone, style and extensive study of the given playwrights and their influences will be explored in
Drama

Beauty — PHI4111.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Catherine McKeen
Credits: 4
The purpose of education is to bring us to love beauty. This, at least, according to Socrates in Plato’s Republic (403c5-6). The Greek word Plato uses for ‘love,’ here is ‘erotika,’ that is: erotics: passionate, intense desire such as one has for a lover. It is this kind of love that Plato insists we should have for the beautiful (the fine, to kalon). What does it mean to
Society Culture and Thought

Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) — MIN4226.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) is a drum set course that looks at the drumming architects of Bebop and Rock while discovering the innovative drummers of today who are mapping traditional rhythms from various cultures and adapting them for drumset. We’ll learn about Ed Blackwell, Art Blakey, Alex Acuna, Ignacio Berroa, John Bonham, Daphnis Prieto, Steve Jordan, and many
Music

Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) — MIN4226.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) is a drum set seminar that surveys specific drumming architects of Bebop, Funk, and Rock music while investigating innovative drum set performers of today who are blending traditional rhythms from global communities into mainstream and improvised forms of music. Students will listen to drum set innovators Ed Blackwell, Art Blakey, Alex Acuna,
Music

Bebop, Rock Beyond I — MIN4216.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 4
Bebop, Rock Beyond is a drum set course exploring the musical techniques associated with cutting edge drummers while expanding your musicianship. We will look at the drumming architects of Bebop and Rock, such as Max Roach, Elvin Jones, John Bonham, and Bill Buford, in addition to innovative musicians who are taking drum set playing Beyond the traditions of rock and jazz. This
Music

Bebop, Rock, and Beyond (Advanced Fundamentals) — MPF4223.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Bebop, Rock and Beyond surveys numerous drum set innovators, architects, and developers of the American drum set. Students will investigate multiple music genres from Swing, Bebop, Funk, Fusion, and Rock from drummers such as, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Ed Blackwell, John Bonham, Steve Jordan, and Cindy Blackman, to global approaches on drum set by artists, Alex Acuna, Terry Lynn
Black Studies Music

Beckett (19x19) — MA4103.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The class will use a variety of texts of Samuel Beckett as the basis for the class. These will include the short stories, plays and radio plays.  We will watch a selection of the Beckett on Film (19 films x 19 directors) series produced by Michael Colgan and Alan Moloney.  The series includes a number of interpretations for the plays from the directors. This approach
Drama Visual Arts

Bedrock Geology — CANCELLED

Fall 2015
Instructor: Timothy Schroeder
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Understanding solid‐earth processes requires detailed observations of both the mineralogical/chemical makeup of rocks, and of textures and structures within rocks. The emphasis of the course will be on field and laboratory observation of rock textures and structures, including depositional features that allow us to interpret how the rocks formed, and tectonic
Science Mathematics and Computing Environment

Beethoven Seminar — MTH4106.01

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

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion. Co-requisite: Attend Music Workshop seven times per term
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion. School cellos are available for loan. No experience necessary in cello or music in general.
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN4354.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the terms conclusion.
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion. Corequisite: Attend Music Workshop (T 6:30pm - 8:00pm) seven times per term
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the instrument of their choice, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion. Corequisites: Must attend and participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 1
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion.
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN4354.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 1
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group, students will learn how to play cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion.
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: nathaniel parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion.
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion. Corequisites: Attend Music Workshop (T 6:30pm – 8:00pm) seven times per term
Music

Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion. Corequisites: Must attend and participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Music

Beginning Cello I — MIN2354.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group or one on one, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion.
Music

Beginning Cello I — MIN2354.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
Studio instruction in cello. There will be an emphasis on creating and working towards an end-of-term project for each student. A limited number of school cellos are available for loan.
Music