2012-2013 Academic Year Calendar - Marianopolis

Creative Arts, Literature and Languages: Mathematics - Music (General) - PhilosophyThis intermediate-level coursefurther develops the student's abilityto communicate in German. Throughdirected exercises, group activities,and individual work, studentsimprove their speaking and writingskills. Special projects by studentsfocus on German culture andcontemporary topics.German IV609-LFB-MS (3-0-3) 2 creditsPrerequisite: German III, or equivalent(with instructor’s permission)This course focuses on Germanculture and special topics as itstudies the major currents of the20th Century’s German Cinema.We discuss questions of genre,narrative, and look upon the Germansocio-historical background of thefilm. Ten hours of the course arededicated exclusively to Germanconversational, writing, and readingskills (within discussion groups andstudent project presentations).Mathematics (201)Calculus I201-LFA-MS (3-2-3) 2.66 creditsPrerequisite:Sec. V Math TS (064506, 564506), orSec. V Math SN (065506, 565506)Content: Limits, continuity, derivativesby definition; techniques ofdifferentiation; graphing; max-minproblems; other applications.Calculus II201-LFB-MS (3-2-3) 2.66 creditsPrerequisite: Calculus I201-LFA-MSContent: Definite and indefiniteintegrals, Fundamental Theorem ofCalculus; techniques of integration;indeterminate forms and improperintegrals; applications to area; otherapplications.Linear Algebra201-LFC-MS (3-2-3) 2.66 creditsPrerequisite:Sec. V Math TS (064506, 564506), orSec. V Math SN (065506, 565506)Content: Systems of linear equations;matrix algebra; determinants; vectors;geometry of lines and planes in R 3 ;other topics.Music (550)(General Program)Music Across the Ages550-LCC-MS (3-0-3) 2 creditsThis course takes students on a flightacross a musical landscape, departingfrom the early 17th century andarriving at the gate of the 21stcentury. Stop-overs allow explorationof European and North Americancultures that gave rise to specificdevelopments in musical style. Thefocus is on classical music, butattention is also given to popular. Enroute, students meet fascinatingcomposers and listen to their music.Philosophy (340)Philosophy is variously defined asthe love of wisdom, the science ofthe sciences, or as the unrelentingexamination of the fundamentalprinciples underlying science,religion and morality. Perhaps mostcharacteristic of the philosophicalenterprise in general is the unendingand uncompromising pursuit of truth,arrived at through critical evaluationand careful consideration of all sidesof an issue. Unless stated otherwise,the content of all courses describedbelow is of an introductory natureand is thus suitable for studentstaking their first or subsequentphilosophy course.Philosophic Quest340-LEA-MS (3-0-3) 2 creditsThis course introduces students tophilosophy. Through lectures, classdiscussions and exercises of variouskinds, students discover what itmeans to do philosophy. Thiscourse explores the various areasof philosophic inquiry, the differentissues that arise in each area, andthe methods that philosophers usein trying to think critically andproductively about these issues. Theoverall goal is to help students acquirethe ability to recognize philosophicissues and to develop their skills inthinking critically about them.Eastern Philosophies340-LCF-MS (3-0-3) 2 creditsThe term philosophy means the"love of wisdom." This revealsan important function and goal ofhuman inquiry in all cultures—thatof providing a satisfying vision ofreality that enables us to situatehuman meaning and values in thegreater scheme of things. It is thisaspect of philosophy that is the focusof this course. Students look at thedominant philosophic systems ofIndia and China, including Vedanta,Yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, andConfucianism.Wisdom of India340-LFA-MS (3-0-3) 2 creditsIndia has a philosophic traditionthat is older and more varied thanthe Western tradition, which has itsroots in ancient Greece. This course85