THTREMUS 385: Performing Arts Management

In this asynchronous online course, students will explore the key components of operating a nonprofit arts organization, learning from real-world cases, recorded guest speakers, the textbook, and more.

THTREMUS 211: Introduction to Theatre & Drama

This course introduces students to as many basic elements of the theatre, practical and theoretical, as time allows. It also presents a number of key plays from various periods, examining them in terms of their dramatic qualities, theatrical strengths, social and political contexts, performance history, and relevance today. This course is geared toward students who do not have extensive experience attending or participating in the theatre.

DANCE 100: Intro to Dance

DANCE 100.101 – African Contemporary
This course will focus on introducing students to authentic neotraditional dance movements from West Africa. Basic timelines and dance steps will enable students to grasp various dance movements, gestures, and expressions.

Guitar 110: Intro to Guitar
This introductory course in popular guitar style will teach students essential performance skills while building a deeper understanding of the cultural importance of the guitar in popular music. No prior guitar experience needed to enroll.

Guitar 111: Intermediate Guitar
This intermediate guitar course will teach students continued technical and performance-based skillsets on the instrument. Guitar 110: Intro to Guitar or comparable guitar experience recommended.

JAZZ 450/454/455: Contemplative Practice

450/550: The Contemplative Practices Seminar
This seminar introduces sitting meditation and includes journaling, walking meditation outdoors, and contemplative reading.

455/555: Nature-based Contemplative Practice
This seminar introduces nature-based contemplative practices, which deepen our connection with the natural world by expanding our conversation with the elements.

454/554 Special Topics/”Finding Your Way”
This is a course in contemplative journal writing. Through guided, reflective writing based on weekly prompts, this course helps students explore life-path questions.

MUSICOL 122: Intro to World Music

This course introduces students to world soundscapes and cultures through the lens of ethnomusicology – the study of music in the context of culture. It analyzes the ever-changing balance between traditional and modern ideas of music – in systems of learning, performance techniques, and ways of writing and recording music.

MUSICOL 345.001: Music and Society

Engaging the discipline of ethnomusicology, this course examines how various folk, popular, and art music traditions have developed in relation to disparate cultural and social contexts around the world. Case studies include musical traditions from Indonesia, North India, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean, among others.

MUSICOL 345: World Soundscapes

This course introduces students to the notion of soundscapes through the lens of ethnomusicology, communication studies, cultural anthropology, architecture, music studies, and urban studies. Students will examine the ways in which the environment, architecture, and social and historical conditions give rise to soundscapes, and how these in turn shape meaning, human behavior, and identities.