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establishment of the ideas and institutions of modern physics, tracking the evolution of the discipline over the last two centuries, dramatic developments, both intellectual and structural, social, cultural & political context: Reading assignments, Reader contents, useful references, Roadmaps

political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition, the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville), the way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined

covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major practitioners (Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Moore, Bishop, Frost), additional lectures on the poetry of World War One, Imagism, Harlem Renaissance, Diverse methods of literary criticism (historical, biographical, and gender criticism): download

examines issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality, possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered: class sessions, download

evolution of native styles, roots of rock music, classic rock 'n' roll era, brill building era, british invasion, amerian renaissance, regional styles, hybrid children of rock, punk/new wave/postpunk, other notable genres and topics

introduction to music theory & aural skills: musical symbols, note & rest values, rythym, meter signatures, intervals, modes, major & minor scales, key signatures, triads, resources

Western harmonic practice by studying the use of the Neapolitan and Augmented sixth chords, short exercises that include these chords, analysis of several pieces to learn how they function within the context of compositions, study of form, analytical skills necessary to examine form in Western art music, review of basic forms

courses: Creativity & Design, Moving Image Technology, Computing, Audio & Music

British Literature: Romantics, Jane Austen, The Victorians, The Modern Age of British Literature

preliminary understanding of how sound systems of different languages are structured, provides analytical tools in phonology, teaches by example virtues of formulating precise & explicit descriptive statements & develop skills in making & evaluating arguments: course download