2009-2010 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Course Descriptions Course Descriptions 2009–10 Cedarville University 239 HIST-4300 – HON-3080 HIST-4300 Great Books in History and Politics –Sp 3 hours This course will require the student to read a single classic work of history and political thought (or a limited number of related works) and with other students, to closely and critically analyze the argument of the work. Crosslisted as POLS, INTL, PUAD, or HIST. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture (odd years) HIST-4440 Special Topics-History 1-3 hours Investigation of specific topics in Social Science and History that have intrinsic worth and engage student interest. HIST-4700 Research in American History –Fa, Sp 3 hours HIST-4710 Research in European History –Sp 3 hours HIST-4720 Research in Asian History 3 hours All majors are required to take either HIST-4700, HIST-4710, or HIST-4720. Each student will prepare a formal monograph. Prerequisite: major or minor in history. (Fee: $100) HIST-4900 1-3 hours Independent Study in History Provides the means whereby gifted and interested students may explore, in a more in-depth and intensive manner, general information acquired in the major courses. Further, independent study provides a logical way to complete required hours not obtained in normal sequencing. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Music History (HLMU) HLMU-2100 2 hours Jazz History: Music of the Multi-Culture –Fa Survey of jazz as an American art form, as a representative of both Western and non-Western practices, that now make up our American multi-culture, and as the primary vehicle for the realization of improvisation within that multi-culture. Acquaints the student of music with jazz styles and the major figures in jazz history and assists in the discovery of jazz influence upon all other American music, both classical and popular. Prerequisites: THMU- 1220 Music Theory II; THMU-1320 Aural Skills II. (even years) HLMU-2310 Introduction to Music Literature –Sp 3 hours Study of music by genre and chronology. Focuses on art traditions in music. Students become familiar with a wide variety of music literature and learn to listen analytically. Serves as the introductory music history course for sophomore music majors. HLMU-3310 Music History I –Fa 3 hours Study of the music of Western civilization traced from its primitive sources and giving special attention to Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music as demonstrated through the vocal and instrumental music of composers from each period. HLMU-3320 Music History II –Sp 3 hours Study of the music of Western civilization traced from the 1580s to the present time. HLMU-3400 Global Music –Fa 2 hours A socio-anthropological approach to the study of the world’s music. Surveying music of cultures of Africa, the Americas, and Asia as well as European folk music. Music traditions are studied from a perspective that emphasizes music as an integral part of society and culture, helping students discover the influence of culture on music, and the subsequent role of music within the culture. (Fee: $25) (odd years) HLMU-4110 Choral Literature –Sp 3 hours An historical overview of choral music from 1400 to the present. Attention is given to primary genres of choral composition: motet, madrigal, mass, anthem, oratorio, passion, cantata, and orchestral works with choir. This course will serve as an elective for majors in choral music education, church music, vocal performance, and composition. (even years) HLMU-4990 Independent Study in Music History 1-3 hours Independent and intensive study in a particular area of music history for individual students who demonstrate special interests and abilities. Prerequisites: HLMU-3310, 3320 Music History I, II. Humanities (HUM) HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities –Fa, Sp 3 hours Historical study of the relationship of music, art, and literature to the dominant cultural, religious, and philosophical trends and their relationship to Christian theism. (Fee: $50) HUM-2430 Enjoyment of Music –Fa 3 hours This class is designed to present a study of music by genre and chronology. It will focus on the art traditions in music. Students will become familiar with a wide variety of music literature and will learn to listen analytically. The primary goal will be to bring students as far as possible along the road to being music lovers. (even years) HUM-4980 Special Topics – Humanities –Fa, Sp 1-3 hours Study of selected topics in humanities. Honors (HON) Freshman Humanities Sequence: HON-1010,1020 The Making of the Modern Mind 10 hours HON-1010 The Classical and Medieval Ages 5 hours Explores those historical, religious, philosophical, and artistic beginnings that have shaped the modern mind or what some are now calling the “postmodern” mind. The story begins, naturally enough, at the beginning, in the mind of God and continues through the development of classical Greek and Roman culture. Concludes with a study of the rise of Christianity and its dominance of Western culture in the Middle Ages. HON-1020 5 hours Renaissance, Reformation , and Revolutions Explores the changing balance of power in Western culture: from church to state, from faith to reason, from religion to science, and from piety to humanism. Traces out the implications of these shifts for cultural expressions and revolutions in the arts, religion, science, and philosophy and culminates in a study of late twentieth century postmodernism. Honors Seminars (Seminar offerings vary from year to year.) HON-3040 Gender, Politics, and Communication 2 hours Study of the places in which American women have found themselves since 1860, the expectations made upon them, and the influences they have had upon American society. HON-3050 Communication in the Information Age 2 hours Survey of the “new media” in electronic communication with an emphasis on the structures of the new media, their use in such areas as politics, education, business, and health care, the resulting changes in communication patterns in society, and the social and ethical issues raised by their use. HON-3060 Leadership 2 hours Leadership as a societal role is addressed through analysis of theory and observation of practitioners. A chronology of methodological approaches to the study of leadership is presented. Assigned reading and class processing of ideas and theories prepare the student for observation and evaluation of leaders in a variety of disciplines. HON-3080 Creativity: The Birth of a Notion 2 hours Stimulates the participant to conscious creativity in every facet of life as an act of Christian stewardship. Creativity will be examined as one of the distinguishing marks of the image of God in man and as the essential ingredient in all artistic expression.