2015-2016 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Jun 25, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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History of Music

  
  • HOM 375 - American Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Celebrates the rich history of music in the United States from the earliest times to the present. Cultivated, vernacular, and folk traditions as reflections of the American musical landscape.
  
  • HOM 377 - History of Jazz

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    The roots, development, and diffusion of jazz music.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM OR MHL COURSE 100-499
  
  • HOM 378 - Rock Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    The roots, development, and diffusion of rock music.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM 100-499 LEVEL OR MHL 100-MHL 499 LEVEL
  
  • HOM 380 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable 90 time(s)
  
  • HOM 381 - Topics in Ethnomusicology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Selected topics in the study of the performing arts in their cultural and social contexts, focusing on, e.g., geographic areas, genres, instruments, or cross-cultural topics.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • HOM 384 - Music and Dance of India

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: SAS 385 
    Selected music and dance traditions of India in their cultural, historical, and performative contexts, representing classical, devotional, folk, tribal, and popular arts. Performance as a window into Indian culture, society, and modernization.
  
  • HOM 385 - Structure and Meaning in World Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Advanced topics in world music focusing on music cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Sound structure, style, transmission, cultural context, and meaning.
    PREREQ: HOM 195  OR HOM 285  OR MHL 185 
  
  • HOM 386 - Sounds of the Silk Road

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: MES 386, SAS 386
    The soundscapes of the overland Silk Road as a window into history, commerce, migration, social life, values, faith, tolerance and conflict. Case studies from Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia musics.
  
  • HOM 396 - Junior Seminar: Musicology in Action

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students engage with music institutions and music communities in Central New York and beyond. Development of music research and writing skills.
  
  • HOM 400 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 415 - History of Recorded Sound

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The history of sound recording technology from its origins to the present day.
  
  • HOM 419 - Music and Media

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    A critical studyof contemporary music and media in a variety of contexts, including radio, recordings, television, film and cyberspace.
  
  • HOM 453 - Dance in American Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Varieties of dance in the United States today; issues of racial, regional, gender, national and other identities in the practice of American dance.
  
  • HOM 470 - Experience Credit

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable 90 time(s)
  
  • HOM 473 - Women, Rap and Hip-Hop Feminism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: WGS 473 
    Links between feminism, rap music and hip-hop culture. We explore the work of actual women in hip-hop, images of women, and feminist critiques of the music and the culture. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • HOM 480 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 482 - The Roots of Global Pop

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    The development of world popular music throughout the 20th century in the contexts of colonization, modernization, resistance, nationalism, and globalization. The sounds and production values of global fusions and issues of authenticity, identity, and appropriation.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM 100 -699 LEVEL OR ANY MHL 100-699 LEVEL
  
  • HOM 485 - Contemporary Indigenous Soundscapes

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: HOM 685
    An interdisciplinary course about music and dance cultures of the world’s indigenous peoples in the context of contemporary social, cultural, and political issues: religion, identity, representation, globalization, tourism, political movements. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • HOM 490 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 492 - Music and the Sacred

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: REL 392 
    Intersection of music and the sacred in a variety of cultural traditions and historical periods.
  
  • HOM 493 - Music and Identity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    A critical study of the intersections of music and various types of identites in the world today, such as individual, ethnic, gender, religious, national, and commercial.
  
  • HOM 494 - Music and Gender

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: WGS 494 
    The impact of gender ideology and behavior on the performing arts and the role of performance in maintaining and subverting gender identities and relations.
  
  • HOM 496 - Distinction Project in Music History and Cultures

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Supervised independent research culminating in a large-scale project demonstrating fluency with musical research and writing to fulfill partial requirements for Distinction in the Music and History Cultures Program. Candidates for distinction in the Music History and Cultures major only.
  
  • HOM 497 - Music and Politics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Western art music, popular music, and world music as political/ cultural forces. Music as a political discourse. Music and meaning.
  
  • HOM 498 - Intersections in Popular and Classical Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    An in-depth look into the intersections of popular and classical musics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Particular attention is paid to moments that exhibit tensions and slippage between the two categories.
  
  • HOM 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 500 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 512 - World Music and Film

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The global flows of music explored through commercial, ethnographic, documentary, and animated films. How music and musicians outside the Euro-American mainstream have been represented, creatively adopted and recontextualized, and used to construct meaning.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM 100 -699 LEVEL OR ANY MHL 100-699 LEVEL
  
  • HOM 561 - Music and Shakespeare

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: DRA 561 
    A discussion-based course investigating the place of music in Shakespeare’s plays. Also considers the role of music in early modern English culture as well as later musical adaptations of Shakespeare.
  
  • HOM 562 - Bach and Handel

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Explores the careers and compositional output of Bach and Handel. Considers issues of genre, style, theology and religion, nationhood, and patronage.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM 100 -699 LEVEL OR ANY MHL 100-699 LEVEL
  
  • HOM 563 - The Operas of Wagner

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    The historical analysis, interpretation, and reception history of Wagner’s musical and dramatic work.
    PREREQ: HOM 165  OR HOM 166  OR HOM 266  OR HOM 267 /MHL 267  OR MHL 168  
  
  • HOM 568 - Music of Beethoven

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Life and works of Beethoven in their social context. Beethoven as cultural symbol and in the development of style. Intensive focus on specific works.
    PREREQ: MTC 146 
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • HOM 571 - Popular Music Studies

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    A research seminar in the study of popular music with emphasis on methodologies from a variety of disciplines ranging from musicology and music theory to sociology and cultural studies.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM 100 -699 LEVEL OR ANY MHL 100-699 LEVEL
  
  • HOM 573 - History of American Song

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The American art song, emphasizing the 20th-century composers. Musical style of works, placed in their social and cultural contexts.
    PREREQ: MTC 146 
  
  • HOM 592 - Music, Space and Place

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    An exploration of the relationships between music, space and place, considered from a variety of musical practices and scholarly methodologies.

Harpsichord

  
  • HPD 130 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 135 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 136 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 230 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 235 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 236 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 330 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 335 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 336 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 339 - Performance Honors in Haprsichord

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 430 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 435 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 436 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 439 - Performance Honors in Haprsichord

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 530 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HPD 535 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HPD 536 - Harpsichord Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.

Harp

  
  • HRP 150 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 155 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 156 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 250 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 255 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 256 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 350 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 355 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 356 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 359 - Performance Honors in Harp

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 450 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 455 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 456 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 459 - Performance Honors in Harp

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 550 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • HRP 555 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • HRP 556 - Harp Instruction

    Setnor School of Music
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.

Human Services and Health Professions

  
  • HSH 101 - First-Year Gateway

    David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Academic and psycho-social tasks associated with successful transition to college and the first-year experience. Focus on assisting students in acquiring academic, personal, and interpersonal knowledge and skills necessary for college success.

History

  
  • HST 100 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 101 - American History to 1865

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Founding and development of institutions. The Revolution and the new nation. Problems of growth and sectionalism. Challenge to the union.
  
  • HST 102 - American History Since 1865

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Reconstruction. Industrialization and its effects. Emergence as a world power. Economic and social problems, reforms. Global war and global responsibilities.
  
  • HST 111 - Early Modern Europe, 1350-1815

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Major characteristics of European political, social, and cultural life from Middle Ages to advent of democratic revolutions.
  
  • HST 112 - Modern Europe: Napoleon to the Present

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    European lives and experiences in the age of industrialization, urbanization, and mass politics. World wars, fascism, the Russian Revolution, empires, Europe in the post-World War II era.
  
  • HST 121 - Global History to 1750

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The development of global society up to 1750. Exchanges, connections and interactions between Africa, Asia and the Pacific, India, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. The relations between these regions, the Americas and Europe.
  
  • HST 122 - Global History 1750 to Present

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The development of global society since 1750. Exchanges, connections and interactions between Africa, Asia and the Pacific, India, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. The relations between these regions, the Americas and Europe.
  
  • HST 145 - Introduction to Historical Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ANT 145 
    Role of history and archaeology in our understanding of 17th- to 19th-century Europe, Africa, and America. Historical archaeology as a mechanism to critique perceptions of the past. Firsthand record of ethnic groups and cultural settings not recorded in writing.
  
  • HST 180 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s)
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 201 - Research Seminar in History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introduction to the excitement and techniques of original research. Each seminar begins with introductory readings in a particular area of history; each student researches a question in original sources and presents the results in one or more essays.
  
  • HST 210 - The Ancient World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The Ancient Mediterranean emphasizing major political, cultural, religious, and social developments. The Near East, Classical Greece, Hellenistic Civilization, Roman Republic, Roman Empire up to the fourth century A.D. May not be repeated for credit.
  
  • HST 211 - Medieval and Renaissance Europe

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Survey of developments from the end of the Roman Empire to the beginnings of the Age of Discovery. Considers political and economic developments, as well as society, culture, and religion.
  
  • HST 222 - History of American Sexuality

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Examines sexuality in America from the colonial period to the present, exploring how American views of sex and desire have changed over time.
  
  • HST 231 - English History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Britain from the Roman occupation through the Revolution of 1688.
  
  • HST 232 - English History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Continuation of HST 231 from 1688.
  
  • HST 270 - Experience Credit

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 280 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 290 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 295 - The Development of Air Power: First 50 Years

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ASC 295 
    Factors contributing to change in the nature of military conflict, the development of air power from its earliest beginnings, and the way air-power doctrine has evolved.
  
  • HST 296 - The Development of Air Power: 1947 to the Present

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ASC 296 
    The development of air power from the end of World War II to the present. How air power is used in support of both military and nonmilitary national objectives.
  
  • HST 300 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HST 302 - Early American History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    European invasion of America. Native American resistance. Institutions of conquest, colonization, and empire. Anglicization of the colonists and the acculturation of the Iroquois. Servitude, slavery, and the family.
  
  • HST 303 - The Age of the American Revolution

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Provincial America, its peoples, and their societies. Imperial war and administration. Anglo-American politics and dissent. The war of national liberation. Confederation; formation of the Constitution.
  
  • HST 304 - Age of Jefferson and Jackson

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Development of political parties and institutions from 1789 to 1850. Impact of major figures, such as Jefferson and Jackson. Social and economic factors.
  
  • HST 305 - America in Crisis: The Civil War and Reconstruction

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Coming of the Civil War, leading figures in the crises, and problems of reconstructing the divided nation.
  
  • HST 306 - The Long Civil Rights Era

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Explores the development of social and political protest for civil rights from World War I through the 1970’s.
  
  • HST 307 - The United States in the Modern Age, 1917-1963

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    World War I. Social/political development in the twenties. Impact of the Depression. Roosevelt and the New Deal. World War II. Cold War, McCarthyism, private culture of the fifties, emergence of the Civil Rights movement.
  
  • HST 308 - Recent History of the United States, 1963-Present

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The Great Society. Domestic ferment in the sixties. Vietnam. Watergate. Economic defeats of the seventies and eighties. Ronald Reagan’s America. The politics of the nineties and the shaping of new prosperity.
  
  • HST 310 - The Early Middle Ages

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    History of Western Europe from c. 300 to c. 850. Political, religious, cultural, social, and economic developments. Special emphasis on reading and analyzing primary sources.
 

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