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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

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  • ARTS 471 Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Workshop I

    In this course, BFA in Fine Arts majors prepare for participation in the BFA Fine Art exhibition. The focus is on the specifics of selecting, preparing and installing work for professional exhibition. Students also prepare professional promotional materials.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 22-4221
    Prerequisites ARTS 360 Junior Fine Arts BFA Studio  and ARTS 261 BFA Review in Fine Arts  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  

  • ARTS 472 Senior Fine Arts BFA Exhibition

    In this course, BFA in Fine Arts majors are in the final stages of preparation for the BFA Fine Art exhibition, culminating in the installation of work in exhibition spaces. This course is a continuation of the Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop I.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 22-4231
    Prerequisites ARTS 471 Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Workshop I  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  

  • ARTS 495 Directed Study: Fine Arts

    Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. They involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 22-3990
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • ARTS 496 Independent Project: Fine Arts

    Course is an independent project designed by the student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member, to study an area that is not presently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, student must submit a written proposal that outlines the project.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 22-3998
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • ARTS 541 CNC Fabrication Fundamentals

    Increased access to CNC (Computer Numeric Controlled) technologies originally developed for industrial manufacturing have revolutionized the creative practices of artists and designers. The CNC Router is one such technology used for cutting or carving 2D and 3D forms in many materials based on information created in software modeling applications. In this course, students will gain proficiency in CNC Fabrication techniques by learning CNC Router operation from digital modeling and file preparation to physical material preparation, handling, and machine tool use.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-5210
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 560 The Art of Collaboration

    In this course, students will work with visiting mid-career and established artists in developing, making, and promoting editioned works of art. The course examines the function of artists as producers and collaborators in the artistic process. Students will be introduced to a survey of historic and contemporary references from leading collaborative studios nationally and internationally. The course will focus on interdisciplinary collaborative practices and processes.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-5716
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  

  • ARTS 561 Material Social Practices

    In this course, students will work with visiting mid-career and established artists to create artworks in the social realm. Students connect their art practice to research on new or experimental approaches to art activism. Social practice-based artwork includes a wide range of evolving media and concepts in contemporary art practice. It includes projects as diverse as guerrilla interventions and squat spaces, to social sculpture, and interactive media. These practices reflect important critical and conceptual trends in the field of art by engaging relational aesthetics and theories of globalism and pluralism with the intersection of art and political systems. Students will consider these varied forms of public engagement through discussion seminars and hands-on practice. Students work individually or collaboratively to consider art in its relationship to social change.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-5718
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  

  • ARTS 562 Applied Material Practice

    This course offers students the opportunity to work with master artists to develop deep knowledge in the material aspects of artistic practice. The course positions materiality as an artistic, conceptual, and professional skill that engages students with the quickly evolving media landscape. Students gain valuable skills they then incorporate into their body of work, and maintain technical and conceptual flexibility with the new modes of making.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-5722
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  

  • ARTS 564 Public Art

    Project-based course in which students use research, readings, and project creation to explore the meaning and varieties of art created in and for public places, especially concentrating on work that uses technology and/or interactivity. Student artists will work with both physical and virtual environments and will create a work of public art as the primary goal.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-5800
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 603 Art Practice Now!

    In this course students will attend lectures by visiting contemporary artists, curators, critics, and historians every other week throughout the semester. Students will write reflective essays/ critical response papers on each lecture and will meet on alternate weeks to discuss the lectures.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 615 Graduate Studio

    This intensive hybrid seminar/studio course is required for all Art and Art History graduate students. Each semester engages students in disciplined and consistent making, reading and writing training. Students progressively investigate and focus on four areas of practice: methodologies that address individual creative processes; research areas meant to inform their interests and work; how they identify their work and in which creative communities-at-large; and strategies for identifying appropriate audiences and successful engagement for their work. This course drives the development of a coherent body of work that demonstrates the student’s integration and clarity around the above concerns in the context of contemporary 21st-century practices.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 620 Graduate Critique

    This course focuses on group discussion and critical assessment of graduate students’ work-in-progress. The course positions the student’s work within diverse discourses around contemporary and historical practices, social and cultural issues, technical and formal considerations and related interdisciplinary collaborations and issues. Students present work numerous times throughout the semester and participate actively in feedback on the work of peers. Sessions will feature the participation of department faculty, local and national visiting artists and/or arts professionals who will engage students in rigorous critique.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 621 Visual Art Workshop

    This studio course focuses on offering instruction in specific visual art techniques. Students will develop more advanced skills for making substantial improvements for their projects. This course may be taught by visiting artists.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6714
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • ARTS 625 Image, Time and Motion

    In this course students will expand their conceptual and technical skills in image editing by applying 2D animation techniques to create the illusion of motion. Advanced strategies for sequencing real and artificial images will be addressed. Students will design and simulate three-dimensional space, which may be used to prototype sculptures, simulate performance space, or produce artwork for Internet distribution. This course stresses conceptual strategies and skills, intended to support individualized exploratory art-making processes and practices.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6742
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 628 Performing in Artificial Space

    This intensive course will expand students’ capabilities of performing with media. Students should come to class with concepts of performance in artificial space that they would like to explore with the understanding that all works will require collaboration. In this course, students will develop and stage a live performance that may include virtual environments, wireless cameras, webcams, surveillance cameras, networked performance, virtual sets, and artificial spaces via chroma-key techniques, multi-screen projection and live sound reinforcement.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6744
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 630 Art As Practice

    In Art as Practice, students learn the skills needed to function as a practicing artist in the contemporary art world. Students will integrate the necessary tools allowing them to sustain a lifelong practice in art, from sound research practices, to honed writing skills and presentation methodologies. The class emphasizes the planning process and working in collaboration with peers to enhance career success.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6702
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 631 Graduate Teaching Seminar

    This course will introduce the fundamentals for artists interested in teaching, in higher education and other venues. Students will have the opportunity work with a faculty member in an undergraduate classroom environment. Syllabus-writing, time management, and important theoretical and practical aspects of learning and teaching will be covered. Seminars will range from the practical concerns of constructing and conducting a class, to theoretical, thought-provoking issues centered on both teaching and learning.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6455
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 650 Interactive Media

    This course investigates interactivity and the processes by which artists construct experiences and spaces for the viewer. The role of the viewer in producing or completing the artwork is the central issue. Questions of research methodology, identity and authenticity are investigated.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6503
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 651 Media Performance

    This course explores the role of both the performer and the audience in traditional and interactive work and investigates activated media sets, props, and virtual performers. Traditional concerns are linked and expand into the performative potential pf electronic media presentation modes.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6505
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 652 Sound As Art Material

    This course introduces sound as a vital material for producing art in physical & virtual space, and as an element in many forms of digital media productions. Students investigate the changing roles of author & audience in producing & participating in works of experimental sound art. The course explores new genres such as networked performance, locative media, interactive music systems, sound sculpture, audio hyperscapes & audio webcasting. Technical workshops provide all the skills necessary to produce individual sound artworks.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6511
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 654 Code/Language

    This course introduces the use of coding and programming languages for creative outcomes to artists. The class will build a software drawing ‘machine’ together. This software drawing machine will have components constructed in several different programming languages - and these components will communicate with one another. This strategy will highlight the notion that coding itself is the core (portable) competency. Readings and discussions examine the conceptual and aesthetic impact of code within the context of an interdisciplinary art practice.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6750
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 655 Excavating the Image

    The proliferation of digital image capture technologies has complicated the notion of the camera. This course examines CCD/CMOS and related image capture technologies as the site for creative inquiry and investigation; it emphasizes the artist’s role as the organizer of optics that collect and focus light to form images that may be digitally captured or sampled. Image editing and output technologies will be discussed. Readings will introduce prominent theorists and concepts critical for integrating images within an interdisciplinary art practice.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6752
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 656 Shaping Solid Light

    This course explores the conceptual and technical use of light as projection, as image, and as source of illumination within the context of creating artificial spaces in installation and performance. This is a hands-on course in which students will use an expansive array of image projection, data display, and software controlled lighting technologies. Readings, discussions, and demonstrations in this course are organized to challenge the conceptual and technical assumptions about the materiality of the ephemeral image.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6754
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 657 Silence/Sonorous Objects

    This course introduces audio fundamentals focusing on collection and excavation of sound from the natural world, the body, and seemingly inert objects and physical materials. Topics include digital audio fundamentals (e.g. sample frequency, sample size), audio editing, field recording, microphones, contact microphones, electronics skills for contact microphone construction, and sampling / synthesis / sequencing. Readings and screenings will introduce prominent sound artists, artworks, theorists, and relevant concepts critical for contextualizing the use of sound within interdisciplinary art practice.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6756
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 660 Conceptual Strategies

    This course will introduce students to strategies for generating lines of inquiry in their work as well as identifying & nurturing strategies they already employ in their creative practices. This course will illuminate the notion that form is rooted in concept rather than a specific material or discipline. Students will explore the integration or research, collection, classification, mapping, intervention, collaboration, experiment, improvisation & play as well as thoughtful observation & reflection on these activities within the context of studio practice.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6112
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 663 Space & Place

    This course investigates the integration of media elements into physical, sculptural, and environmental artworks. Audience issues in gallery venues as well as site specific installation and public media artworks are explored. Topics include special planning processes, prototype and model development, negotiating skills, and legal issues specific to installation.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6504
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 666 Art and Science Collaboration

    Collaborations between artists and scientists can generate new forms of inquiry and produce results that benefit multiple fields. This course will examine the rich history of art/science relationships and new art forms emerging from partnerships with scientific disciplines including ecology, biology, sociology, economics, and engineering. Students will investigate challenges related to how modern institutions distance the humanities and sciences and strategize how to meaningfully engage with scientists in this context.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6709
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 670 Print

    This class will qualify graduate students in the basic techniques, materials, processes and concept used in the Print Studio. Technique will be taught as a method of investigation, a material exploration of ideas. Projects will focus on using letterpress printing to create visual expressions of language as well as investigating various technical and conceptual aspects of printing pictures.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6460
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 671 Paper

    This course will qualify graduate students in the basic techniques, materials, processes, and concepts used in the Papermaking Studio. Techniques will be taught as a method of investigation, a material exploration of ideas. Projects will focus on papermaking as a skill for carrying other information (such as printmaking) as well as a self-contained form of expression, through color, texture, images, etc.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6462
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 672 Bookbinding

    This course will qualify graduate students in the basic techniques, materials, processes, and concepts used in the Bookbinding. Techniques will be taught as a method of investigation, a material exploration of ideas. Projects will focus on acquiring basic skills, a competency on bindery equipment, knowledge of both archival concerns and experimental forms, while stressing the adaptation of structure to content.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6464
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • ARTS 675 Artists Books / Book Arts

    Daring to go where few books have gone before, this class we will explore the creative application of traditional and non-traditional materials to the book format, as well as sculptural aspects of artist books. Also covered: Altered books and wearable books.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6403
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 676 Multiples

    Multiples are art objects produced in identical multiple copies. This class will encourage students to make a series of multiples collaboratively or individually as a way of investigating modern industrial production, global marketing and mass consumption.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6118
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 681 Thesis I

    This course provides a structured, disciplined workshop situation in which students may begin the development of their final thesis projects as well as to expose students to contemporary artists and art making practices thereby providing a context and historical perspective in which the student may place themselves and their personal issues. This is meant to further understand the larger picture necessary for an ongoing commitment to art making practice after graduate school.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 66-6108
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 691 Thesis II

    The course focuses on the completion of the Thesis Project and the Thesis Book required of graduating MFA students. In this course, students develop and demonstrate knowledge, skills, and competencies in the following areas: exhibition of their work, organizing, researching, writing, documenting and assembling material in order to fulfill requirements for their thesis candidacy.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6298
    Prerequisites ARTS 681 Thesis I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 695 Directed Graduate Projects

    The course provides students the opportunity to participate in individual discussions and critique with full-time MFA faculty. Particular emphasis will be on individualized production. Students will either refine a particular project or their ongoing body of work. Independent work by students, and individual meetings with instructors, form the essence of the class.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6707
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • ARTS 696 Independent Project

    Independent Project

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 66-6199
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 102 Introduction to Audio

    This course provides an overview of the world of sound and audio in its various manifestations, including music, communications, sound in linear and non-linear media, sound art, and sonification. It introduces students to basic concepts and terminology related to sound, audio, and audio equipment and systems, but it is not a theory course. Rather, the course examines aspects of our sonic world through the lenses of audio production, live sound reinforcement, and acoustics, constructing a survey of practices and trends, practitioners, and examples; of history, context, and politics; and of art and aesthetics. Along the way it challenges students to examine and open themselves to difference ways of listening. This course is open to all majors.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-1111
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  

  • AUDI 104 Audio Electronics

    In this course, students build simple audio components to understand the electronics fundamentals that drive complex audio systems. Students also gain proficiency with an understanding of the quantitative relationship between the basic elements of electricity (voltage, resistance, current, and power) as they pertain to the projects they are building.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-1182
    Prerequisites MATH 110 College Mathematics  or MATH 115 Liberal Arts Mathematics  or MATH 120 Quantitative Reasoning  or ACCU-T-67 EXAM-ACCUPLACER MATH MINIMUM SCORE = 67 
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  

  • AUDI 121 Fundamentals of Audio Production

    Course introduces students to basic theories and techniques of recording, editing, and mixing. Instruction covers fundamentals of microphone usage, signal flow, and non-linear digital recording and editing. Course is taught in a classroom laboratory where lectures and labs focus on the production of short-form audio works of voice, music, and sound effects to develop and improve engineering and production skills.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-1115
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 122 DAW Production Techniques and Applications

    Course provides students with a solid foundation in working with digital audio workstations. Through lecture/demonstration/discussions, in-class and homework assignments, and a series of creative projects, students gain experience with fundamental practices in digital audio production, including editing, signal processing, automation, mixing, and preparing audio deliverables. Students participate in a series of exercises to develop and refine critical listening, evaluation, and judgment abilities. In the process, students adopt techniques and strategies for organizing and managing sessions, developing effective communication and presentation skills, and acquiring a sense of professionalism in the field.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2215
    Prerequisites AUDI 121 Fundamentals of Audio Production  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 151 Aesthetics of Live Sound I

    Course defines in a structured fashion the psychology of the musician and physics of the instrument within the framework of sound reinforcement and analysis. The goal is to familiarize students with one instrument-musician-sound reinforcement approach per week.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2510
    Prerequisites   AUDI 102 Introduction to Audio  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing

    This course introduces students to the fundamentals of human hearing physiology as well as issues relating to hearing loss and conservation. It is important for any audio professional to understand how complex and delicate the human hearing system is. We must also realize the significance of the fact that society is, only now, beginning to address the problem of environmentally induced hearing loss. The first part of the course will address hearing physiology. Course will focus on the mechanical systems of hearing, starting with the reception of acoustic energy and ending with the delivery of neural signals to the brain. This will give students the necessary foundation knowledge to engage in presentations and discussions covering the topics of hearing loss and conservation.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2725
    Prerequisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems   
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 211 Audio Processes and Programming

    Students will learn basic principles and techniques of audio programming, as they create software examples of basic real-time digital audio processes. These processes include signal modification, such as gain, pan, combining signals, and “effects processing;” signal analysis; sound synthesis; storage (i.e. recording); and access, from simple playback to more dynamic and transformative methods.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2241
    Prerequisites AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  and AUDI 122 DAW Production Techniques and Applications  or PROG 110 Art and Code I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 221 Multitrack Music Recording I

    Students are introduced to the theories, technologies, and practice of multi-track recording sessions. This is the first studio techniques class to be taken by students who select the Audio Design & Production major. Classes focus on the fundamentals of multi-track recording, building upon the fundamentals of console design and signal processing systems as presented in Fundamentals of Audio Production, Audio Theory and Systems, and DAW Production Techniques and Applications. The class includes lecture-demonstrations, in-class group tracking sessions, and additional lab assignments, which are completed in the studios and labs of the Audio Arts & Acoustics Department.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2210
    Prerequisites AUDI 122 DAW Production Techniques and Applications   and AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • AUDI 231 Psychoacoustics

    Class provides the necessary basis for understanding how we hear the world around us. The course is multidisciplinary, with contributions from the academic disciplines of auditory physiology, physics, and psychology. It examines how the human auditory system processes the information it receives, that is, how physical attributes of sound translate into perceptual attributes such as loudness, pitch, and timbre. Topics extend to the perception of music, sound localization, speech, and beyond. Numerous audio-visual demonstrations are used to reinforce the theoretical material presented.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2310
    Prerequisites AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 232 Architectural Acoustics

    Course reviews the fundamentals of acoustics covered in previous classes and presents all of the materials within the context of the behavior of sound in a bounded space. Practical aspects of the class are emphasized by dedicating a large portion of the semester to case studies. Demonstrations are provided throughout the semester to emphasize both theoretical and practical concepts.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2315
    Prerequisites MATH 220 Calculus I  and AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing  
    Co-requisites AUDI 231 Psychoacoustics  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 241 The Art of Troubleshooting

    Because complex, interactive systems fail in complex, interactive ways, this course builds six essential competencies to assist system designers and system operators to cope with failure and limit immediate damage; to collect symptoms and understand systems rapidly; to apply inferential logic and avoid logical fallacies; to identify, trap, and limit failures; and to patch around them. This is not a course in equipment repair.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3621
    Co-requisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems   
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 242 Sound System Design

    Course offers an in-depth look at what goes into designing and installing permanent sound systems. Students learn to design systems for coverage, intelligibility, and cost effectiveness. Emphasis is placed on understanding specifications of system component and predicting system performance.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3610
    Co-requisites AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 252 Live Sound Reinforcement

    This course is designed to teach techniques and tools of sound reinforcement. Content combines product awareness with ear training and hands-on practice. Students complete lab assignments in the Audio Technology Center Live Sound Lab and spend two lab sessions at local music clubs.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2515
    Co-requisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems   
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 299 Topics in Audio Arts and Acoustics:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 301 History of Audio

    This course offers a way to evaluate claims made by the history of technology, which is a new and exciting branch of historiography, not only because it reveals human and social struggles to create and to adapt, but also because it has practical effects on the business aspects of today’s audio and acoustics industries. Today’s profits and livelihoods depend on novelty and exclusivity, and the history of audio is in play every time something is offered as new and better.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2720
    WI
    Prerequisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  and ENGL 122 International Writing and Rhetoric II  or  AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  and ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 304 Careers in Audio

    Course provides an overview of career opportunities in the field of audio. Recognized experts from a variety of fields discuss employment options for sound majors in this lecture class. Students also begin the process of developing resumes and portfolios as they explore the possibilities of their own futures in professional audio.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2115
    Prerequisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  

  • AUDI 311 Sound Synthesis Programming And Applications

    Students will learn and experiment with sound synthesis methods and concepts, program a series of working software synthesizers, design and implement user interfaces, and create banks of original sound presets. The synthesis methods studied and practiced in the course may include additive, subtractive, and distortion/ modulation (i.e. amplitude, phase, and frequency) synthesis, with additional investigation of wavetable and vector synthesis, granular synthesis, physical modeling, and analysis/ resynthesis. Musical instrument and timbral design considerations and challenges are also an integral part of the course.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites AUDI 211 Audio Processes and Programming  or GAME 235 Sound and Music for Interactive Visual Media  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 312 Principles of Audio Deliverables Mastering and Preservation

    Audio design and production does not end with the final mix but rather leads to a series of critical considerations: how to prepare (master/ re-master) the recording for the intended audience; in what format(s) to best deliver the recording; how to ensure the fidelity and integrity of the recorded signal along the way; what of the production process to save for future use; and how to archive and preserve that material. In addition to original production work, many of these considerations apply to the entire legacy of recorded audio, as evidenced by a proliferation of commercial and nonprofit initiatives in audio archiving, preservation, and restoration. This course addresses the essential aspects of audio design and production related to the dissemination and preservation of audio recordings, from delivery (mastering and deliverables) to preservation (archiving, preservation, and restoration). Through readings, investigation and analysis assignments, and in-class lectures, discussions, and demonstrations, students will encounter critical questions, theories, processes, and practices which are necessary and useful in a range of professional applications.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3243
    Prerequisites AUDI 221 Multitrack Music Recording I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 313 Building Circuits for Modular Synthesis with Logic Gates

    Students build components of modular synthesis (oscillators, sequencers, filters, VCO) using logic gate ICs. Students design and customize their circuits on breadboards, then solder finished projects and customize a user interface. Reading homework and quizzes focus on practical knowledge necessary to complete a circuit. Projects are assessed for both craftsmanship and creative results. Students should expect to spend 3-6+ hours per week completing projects outside of class. Students can access class tools during Open Workshop time.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2261
    Prerequisites AUDI 104 Audio Electronics  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 321 Multitrack Music Recording II

    Students become proficient in the theories, technologies, and practice of multi-track recording and mixing. Building upon the concepts introduced in Multitrack Music Recording I, students continue to study and practice studio recording with an increased focus on digital audio workstation signal flow, signal processing and mixing techniques. Students will conduct in-class as well as independent team recording projects. Class lectures and demonstrations focus on the team projects, including ongoing critiques of both recordings and mixes.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3210
    Prerequisites AUDI 221 Multitrack Music Recording I  
    Co-requisites AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • AUDI 322 Applied Audio and Music Production for Media

    Students gain experience with current practices and techniques in audio and music production for media and industry, which often require the audio professional to serve in multiple roles in the production process, including audio engineer, producer, sound designer, composer, software programmer, and more. Students will complete individual and group projects that include adaptive ambient loop creation, sound design, MIDI composition for interactive and non-linear applications, post-production for picture, and audio book and documentary production.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3115
    Prerequisites AUDI 324 Audio for Visual Media I   or AUDI 221 Multitrack Music Recording I  or GAME 235 Sound and Music for Interactive Visual Media  or MUSC 251 Digital Music Production II  
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 323 Live Sound Recording

    This hands-on course explores minimal microphone location recording. These techniques are fundamental to those employed in multi-track studio recording. Course highlights understanding, selection, and placement of microphones through a wide variety of acoustical environments and instruments. Emphasis is placed on classical and acoustic music, ambient sound recording, and sound effects recording. Students check out location recording equipment and record a number of events during the semester.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2220
    Prerequisites AUDI 122 DAW Production Techniques and Applications  
    Co-requisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 324 Audio for Visual Media I

    Studio course presents the technology and techniques used in creating sound tracks for TV, film, and multi-media. Students learn the technology and techniques of synchronizing video with all audio platforms, including analog and both linear and non-linear digital recording and editing systems.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2420
    Prerequisites AUDI 122 DAW Production Techniques and Applications 
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • AUDI 331 Environmental Acoustics

    Course aims at providing a comprehensive understanding of issues pertaining to noise pollution and noise control in a wide range of environments such as urban, industrial, airport, entertainment venues, and so forth. Comprehensive course equally covers both theory and practice with field measurements performed by students and teacher. Data are used to reinforce theoretical models. Course emphasizes noise studies in the workplace and reviews current regulatory issues pertaining to noise pollution.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3315
    Prerequisites AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing  
    Co-requisites AUDI 231 Psychoacoustics  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 332 Acoustics of Performance Spaces

    A continuation of Architectural Acoustics, course is dedicated to the design of performance spaces and recording aural environments. Course covers issues pertaining to architectural design and to sound reinforcement in various indoor contexts such as movie theaters, performance halls, control rooms, recording studios, and Houses of Worship. Course combines case studies spanning many centuries with current foundation material to provide students with a critical understanding of acoustical design issues and a reinforcement of their aesthetic sense for music and voice performances.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3310
    Prerequisites AUDI 231 Psychoacoustics  and AUDI 232 Architectural Acoustics  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 333 Perception and Cognition of Sound

    Course provides the necessary basis for understanding the cognitive processes involved in our auditory perception of complex signals such as environmental sounds, speech and music. It will examine the basic cognitive theories of memory and attention, as well as the underlying concepts of information processing and perceptual grouping. The course will systematically explore how humans respond intellectually and emotionally to complex auditory stimuli. Course is multidisciplinary, with contributions from music, biology, physics, psychology, philosophy, and computer science. Numerous demonstrations are used to reinforce the theoretical material presented in the lectures.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3120
    Prerequisites AUDI 231 Psychoacoustics 
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 334 Fundamentals of Vibration Analysis

    Course provides students with an understanding of vibration theory, experimental analysis and vibration control. The class focuses on free and forced vibration of mechanical systems with an emphasis on practical applications in the areas of rotating machinery, isolation, and noise reduction. Excessive vibration is often the cause of unwanted sound or noise. Understanding the effects of vibration enhances the understanding of noise related issues in buildings and the environment, addressed in Engineered Acoustics and Environmental Acoustics. This class also provides the necessary background to understand the complex vibration of musical instruments.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3340
    Prerequisites AUDI 232 Architectural Acoustics  and MATH 220 Calculus I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 335 Studies in Applied Acoustics

    Course combines the curricula of a traditional introductory musical acoustics course with special topics on electro-acoustics, room acoustics, and spatial hearing perception. An in-depth presentation of the vibration and sound propagation issues pertaining to a wide range of musical instruments is presented in the context of timbre, tuning, and temperament. The course provides students with the opportunity to investigate and report on a specific project to be conducted as part of a team.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-2325
    Prerequisites  AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  

  • AUDI 343 Installed Systems Documentation

    Course gives students familiarity with the graphical standards of the Construction Specifications Institute. Students will acquire skill at navigating architectural drawings at a workstation and an ability to generate audio system drawings.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3619
    Prerequisites AUDI 242 Sound System Design 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 344 Level, Intelligibility, and Feedback

    This course studies the three key issues in sound-system work: level, the distribution of loudspeaker sound in a room; intelligibility, the characteristics of sound that permit speech phonemes to be apprehended accurately; and feedback, runaway regeneration that can damage sound equipment or human hearing. Course studies all three from theoretical, predictive, and practical points of view.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3611
    Prerequisites   AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems   
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 351 Aesthetics of Live Sound II

    Course expands of the Aesthetics I course and covers some of the more unusual instruments and ensembles. Instruments may include mandolin, bassoon, Hammond organ, digital keyboards, harp, and more, depending on availability. The course also covers groups such as world music ensembles, and DJ/dance forms such as Hip-Hop, House, R&B/Dusties, Drum & Bass, etc.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3511
    Prerequisites AUDI 151 Aesthetics of Live Sound I  and  AUDI 103 Audio Theory and Systems  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 353 Live Sound Engineering Practicum

    Course presents extremely advanced live sound operational theory in a production context. Instructor presents a theory as it applies to a specific problem, followed by the application of that theory to an actual live performance. Students then apply this knowledge by operating the same systems themselves.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3525
    Prerequisites AUDI 151 Aesthetics of Live Sound I  and AUDI 252 Live Sound Reinforcement 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 355 Digital Audio Console Practicum

    Course focuses on the role of the digital console in the context of the live sound reinforcement environment. It provides a detailed description and analysis of console operations, including setup, patching, routing, communications, file management, onboard and outboard effects, scenes, defined keys, and integration with other digital devices. Students will be asked to learn both the theory and practical application of console methodology. They will also be exposed to multiple platforms to illustrate the similarities and differences between different manufacturer approaches to digital consoles.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3527
    Prerequisites AUDI 252 Live Sound Reinforcement 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 360 Advanced Topics in Acoustics:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 361 Advanced Topics in Audio Design:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 362 Advanced Topics in Live and Installed Sound:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 363 Advanced Topics in Music Technology:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 411 Data Sonification

    Sonification is the use of designed or intentional sound to display system states and other informational data. This course introduces the concepts and design techniques used in sonification ranging from earcons, spearcons and auditory icons to translation techniques used in mapping data into sound for probing, monitoring, and auditory display for enhanced user interfaces and monitoring and purposes.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3562
    Prerequisites AUDI 202 Studies in Hearing  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 413 Building Circuits for Pedals and Pickups

    Students design and build pickups, drivers, and analog effects such as spring reverb and distortion, from breadboard prototype to soldered circuit board, complete with custom user interface. Readings and quizzes focus on practical knowledge necessary to complete a circuit. Projects are assessed for both craftsmanship and creative results. Students should expect to spend 4-6+ hours per week completing projects outside of class. Students can access class tools during Open Workshop time.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3252
    Prerequisites AUDI 104 Audio Electronics  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  

  • AUDI 416 Advanced Practicum in Analog Studio Recording

    Course focuses on the craft of studio recording as it developed in the first era of the audio industry, prior to the advantages afforded us by digital technologies. This lecture/lab course is designed to teach the technologies, theories and creative processes engineers embraced in that era, such as live-to-stereo recording, linear-analog recording and editing, producing reverb using the analog plate and natural reverb chambers, analog delay techniques, and hybrid processing (daisy-chains) using discrete signal processors.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3250
    Prerequisites AUDI 481 Advanced Practicum in Studio Recording   or AUDI 482 Advanced Practicum in Music Design  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • AUDI 425 Music Industry Immersion: Recording Workshop

    A unique experiential learning opportunity for students interested in music, music business, and audio arts to engage these disciplines in an accelerated, hands-on environment. Students will be coached on the development of their musical, technical, and management skills through collaborative projects encompassing song development and arranging, live performance, live sound reinforcement, recording, artist management, and music company operations. The course will include students, faculty and facilities from the Departments of Music, Audio Arts and Acoustics (AA+A) and Business & Entrepreneurship (BusE). Students and faculty from Pop Akademie University Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (http://www.popakademie.de/english/welcome) will also participate in this collaborative experience.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3333J
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 426 Advanced Practicum in Album Production

    Students explore the techniques, procedures and aesthetic decisions employed in complex music recording productions in this studio/practicum course. It includes studying the manner in which the individual skills of audio engineering are applied in the context of client-based production environments. The engineering team will coproduce an album/EP project with Music Department ensembles. This project is augmented by reflection and discussion of the team’s experiences.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3292
    Prerequisites AUDI 481 Advanced Practicum in Studio Recording   or AUDI 482 Advanced Practicum in Music Design  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • AUDI 431 Acoustical Testing I

    The testing of an acoustical space represents the proof of performance of the design phase. Course introduces students to a variety of testing tools and techniques to be used in a wide range of situations. The course makes extensive use of real world contexts to present the need for accurate testing and reinforce the methodology introduced during the lectures.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3325
    Prerequisites AUDI 331 Environmental Acoustics  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 432 Acoustical Testing II

    Course focuses on practical applications of the theory introduced in Acoustical Testing I.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3326
    Prerequisites AUDI 431 Acoustical Testing I  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 433 Acoustical Modeling

    Modeling is rapidly becoming an essential component of the acoustical design process. This course reviews the modeling options currently available to acoustical designers and presents the strengths and the limitations of the various methods. Modeling exercises for a variety of acoustical environments are performed by the students using some of the relevant software currently available. A large portion of the class is devoted to student projects.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3320
    Prerequisites AUDI 431 Acoustical Testing I  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 434 Engineered Acoustics

    Course investigates acoustical issues pertaining to engineered systems in a wide range of environmental settings. Topics covered include heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) noise issues and design; noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) assessment; fundamentals of active noise control; and a primer on sound quality. A substantial amount of the course is dedicated to modeling various physical systems with computer tools in order to assess their behavior relating to noise or vibration excitation.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3330
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 435 Studies in Loudspeaker Theory

    Course examines the principles of transduction as they apply to loudspeaker design. Throughout an audio system, from the microphone to the ear, energy is transformed, induced, and transduced. The class’s primary focus is on loudspeakers and loudspeaker enclosures: how electrical and mechanical energy is transformed into acoustical energy. Students explore the trade-offs and byproducts of this transfer, engage in aesthetic analyses, learn to predict effects, and examine the challenges involved in constructing various loudspeaker systems. Course analyzes loudspeaker characteristics, how they behave alone, and how they behave together supported by an introduction to loudspeaker performance predictive models.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3515
    Prerequisites AUDI 242 Sound System Design  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 436 Research Methods: An Interdisciplinary Approach

    Understanding research on quantitative and observable data requires a thorough understanding of the scientific method, familiarity with multiple methodological approaches to research, as well as the ability to critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of methods and data collected within a research paradigm. This multidisciplinary course is designed particularly for students within Media Arts who will benefit from an understanding of research methods in science and communications, as distinct from research in humanities and creative arts. Students in this course will learn about the strengths and limitations of various types of research, as well as directly apply research methods through group and individual research proposals and projects, including projects within their discipline.
    This course is not discipline-specific and therefore can serve students outside the department.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3583
    Prerequisites MATH 110 College Mathematics  and ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II  or MATH 115 Liberal Arts Mathematics  and ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II  or MATH 120 Quantitative Reasoning  and ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II   or ACCU-T-67 EXAM-ACCUPLACER MATH MINIMUM SCORE = 67 
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 441 Loudspeaker System Applications

    This advanced course builds upon theoretical/practical knowledge acquired by students in earlier courses (basic acoustics/psychoacoustics, loudspeaker parameters, signal processing, and live sound reinforcement) and synthesizes the information in the context of optimizing loudspeaker selection, placement, and processing to fulfill specific audio needs. Through practical and theoretical projects, as well as supporting lectures, students define the loudspeaker system design goals for a small number of representative case studies. They then determine appropriate equipment and placement for the desired audio coverage, and utilize a combination of objective and subjective techniques for alignment and calibration of the designed systems.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3623
    Prerequisites AUDI 343 Installed Systems Documentation 
    Co-requisites AUDI 435 Studies in Loudspeaker Theory 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 442 Audio Visual System Design

    Audio Visual Communication systems play a crucial role in delivering information and are a key part of almost all major installed projects. However, the end result is a tool for communication. Communication requires not just aural communication but visual as well. Audio and video are continually evolving into fully integrated systems. These systems require transmission, control and display subsystems as part of the whole integration. This course will expose students to a host of new terms and concepts, yet focus on several basic areas: Display, control, flow/distribution, and a general introduction to industry considerations and influences. Students in this course will apply fundamental knowledge and techniques learned in previous courses (Sound System Design, Installed System Documentation, and Project Planning, Process and Implementation) in order to create a complete AV system design.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-4473
    Prerequisites AUDI 242 Sound System Design  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 443 Networks and Networking for Media

    Through lectures, readings and hands-on experience, this course provides a basic understanding of the networks and networking protocols necessary for reliable, secure communication in a digital media world. Intended for students who have completed the department’s core curriculum, it is also offered to non-majors with instructor approval. Major topics include network topologies (LAN, WAN, WLAN, MAN) and protocols (primarily TCP/IP), IP addressing hierarchies, switching, routing, and VLANs, and network security.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3622
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 452 Monitor Mixing

    Total immersion stage monitor course for advanced live sound reinforcement students undertakes an in-depth exploration of feedback suppression, mix aesthetic, systems design, and signal flow.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3528
    Prerequisites AUDI 353 Live Sound Engineering Practicum 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 453 Digital Equalization and System Management

    Course explores audio equalization methodology in the digital domain, within the context of loudspeaker management systems and digital console operations. In addition, loudspeaker management functions are explored through real-time operation of digitally controlled sound reinforcement systems. Course is largely hands-on, with real-time adjustments audible through a large-scale sound reinforcement system. All control functions, whether computer or digital console based, are concurrently presented for student evaluation on large-scale projection screens.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3526
    Prerequisites AUDI 353 Live Sound Engineering Practicum 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 481 Advanced Practicum in Studio Recording

    Course gives an overview of current studio recording techniques, covering such topics as microphone usage, signal routing, and synchronization, as well as session set-up and psychology. Course is taught by leading Chicago recording engineers and is geared toward advanced students who desire a career in music engineering.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3220
    Prerequisites AUDI 321 Multitrack Music Recording II 
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • AUDI 482 Advanced Practicum in Music Design

    Course introduces students to advanced concepts of musical design using tools of random access audio on a digital workstation. Each week, a component of musical design (for postproduction, editing, processing, and mixing) is introduced and illustrated by the instructor, who supervises the creation of a class project. This project serves as a model for techniques and aesthetics of DAW production. Students bring the weeks’ instruction to their own team projects, which they complete in a time frame that parallels the class project.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3230
    Prerequisites AUDI 321 Multitrack Music Recording II 
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 484 Advanced Practicum in Live Sound Recording

    Course introduces students to advanced concepts and techniques of acoustic live sound recording and the relationship of acoustic recording with critical listening and high-definition playback systems. These techniques will help students gain essential knowledge of recording without the use of processing, such as equalization and compression, and to further understand how to properly assess such recordings through the assembly of high quality playback systems.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 43-3240
    Prerequisites AUDI 321 Multitrack Music Recording II  and AUDI 323 Live Sound Recording 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • AUDI 495 Directed Study: Audio Arts & Acoustics

    Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3098
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • AUDI 496 Independent Project: Audio Arts & Acoustics

    Course is designed for the advanced student who wishes to do advanced study in an area covered in the curriculum or basic study in an area not covered by the curriculum. The Independent Project is a student-lead initiative with a faculty advisor alongside to help. The Independent Project must be approved by the coordinator of the most closely related concentration or by the chair of the department.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 43-3291
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6

  

  • BIOL 101 Introductory Biology

    This course is an introduction to the study of life, at the molecular, cellular, and whole organism levels. It surveys cell structure and function, the principles of genetics, and the diversity of living organisms, including how they grow, how they evolve and adapt, and how they interact with each other and with their environment. Through observation, experimentation, and interpretation of the living world, students develop an understanding of the biological functions that support life. The biological world is examined with particular attention to issues of greater contemporary relevance and impact.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 56-1110
    SL
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  

  • BIOL 105 Biology of Human Reproduction

    The course examines the biological aspects of sexuality from a structural, functional, and evolutionary standpoint. Topics may include anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, human sexual response, reproductive hormones, birth control and infertility, pregnancy and birth, sexual disorders and sexually transmitted diseases, human inheritance and genetic counseling, evolution of human sexual behavior, and other related issues from a biological perspective.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 56-1115
    SC
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  

  • BIOL 110 The Biology of AIDS: Life of a Virus

    The course examines the basic biology of HIV and is designed to provide an understanding of the pathophysiology of HIV/AIDS and its impact on the immune system. Topics will include cell biology, basic genetics, the immune system, virology, and epidemiology and their connection to the development of anti-retroviral drugs and vaccines, testing for and diagnosis of HIV infection, and an understanding of the virus life cycle. HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention via artistic expressions will also be examined.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 56-1117
    SC
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

 

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