AFA with Music Production Emphasis

Music production involves creating, arranging, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering musical recordings. The Associate in Fine Arts with Musical Production Emphasis is ideal for anyone with an interest in working with the creative and technology aspects of music recording. Jobs associated with this profession include music producer, songwriter, music arranger, audio engineer, sound mixer, broadcast engineer, instrument technician and more.

This program is ideal for students who want to complete a bachelor's degree in music production at a four-year university. For more information about what courses to take to meet your goals, please meet with your academic advisor.

Careers

Music Directors & Composers

* Data sampled March 2025. Visit Music Directors & Composers career profile for most current data.

$56,876
Median Salary

3.8%
Projected Job Growth (2025-2032)

18
Job Postings

Description:

Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical artists or groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs; or create original works of music.

Core tasks:

Use gestures to shape the music being played, communicating desired tempo, phrasing, tone, color, pitch, volume, and other performance aspects.
Direct groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
Study scores to learn the music in detail, and to develop interpretations.
Apply elements of music theory to create musical and tonal structures, including harmonies and melodies

Quick facts:

Nearly 8% of music directors and composers have an associate degree and 26% have a bachelor's degree, while more than 50% have a master's or doctoral degree.
Top posted job titles include music directors, band directors, choir directors and similar.
Public school districts are among the Chicago-area's top employers for this job category.

Sound Engineering Technicians

* Data sampled March 2025. Visit Sound Engineering Technicians career profile for most current data.

$45,889
Median Salary

3%
Projected Job Growth (2025-2032)

2
Job Postings

Description:

Assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.

Core tasks:

Record speech, music, and other sounds on recording media, using recording equipment.
Confer with producers, performers, and others to determine and achieve the desired sound for a production, such as a musical recording or a film.
Separate instruments, vocals, and other sounds, and combine sounds during the mixing or postproduction stage.
Regulate volume level and sound quality during recording sessions, using control consoles.

Quick facts:

About 22% of sound engineers have an associate degree and 22% have a bachelor's degree.
Top posted job titles include production sound mixers, accoustical consultants and sound technicians.
Some recently hiring Chicago-area employers include Ramboll Group, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and Culture Studio.

Audio and Video Technicians

* Data sampled March 2025. Visit Audio and Video Technicians career profile for most current data.

$42,800
Median Salary

1.4%
Projected Job Growth (2025-2032)

103
Job Postings

Description:

Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.

Core tasks:

Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.

Quick facts:

About 11% of A/V technicians have an associate degree and 43% have a bachelor's degree.
Top posted job titles include audiovisual technicians, front-end supervisors, a/v installation technicians.
Some recently hiring Chicago-area employers include Walmart, Encore Global and Eos Group.

Curriculum

These requirements apply to the Associate in Fine Arts-Music Production Emphasis degree for students who first enrolled for Fall 2025 or later. Students who first enrolled prior to Fall 2025 should obtain the appropriate sheet of requirements from a Student Development Center.

Completion of the Associate in Fine Arts-Music Production degree does not fulfill the requirements of the Illinois General Education core curriculum. After transfer, Associate in Fine Arts-Music Production students will need to complete the general education requirements of the institution to which they transfer. Completion of this option alone does not guarantee admission either to the baccalaureate program or to upper-division or specialty music courses. Students may be required to demonstrate skill level through auditions, placement testing, and/or portfolio review at the institution to which they transfer. In some colleges and universities, a baccalaureate degree may also require competency in a foreign language.

Communications

Number	Course Title	Credits
ENG 101	Composition I ¹	3
Description: Emphasizes the writing of expository prose. Introduction to the critical reading of nonfiction prose. IAI C1 900 Prerequisite: ENG 096 with a grade of P or other placement options. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/english-placement-grid.php ESL students need one of the following options: ESL 073 and ESL 074 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 with a grade of B or better and required writing placement test score; or ESL 074 with a grade of B or better and required reading placement test score. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ENG 102	Composition II ¹	3
Description: Continues ENG 101. Reading literature and writing of various types of prose. Introduces methods used in writing investigative papers. IAI C1 901R Prerequisite: ENG 101 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor or department chair. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SPE 101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	3
Description: Theory and practice of oral communications. Development of poise, confidence and skill in speech organization and delivery. Emphasis on frequent speaking, development of standards of criticism and selection and organization of material. IAI C2 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

¹: A grade of C or better is required.

Mathematics

Number	Course Title	Credits
MTH 101	Quantitative Literacy ¹	3
Description: Focuses on mathematical reasoning and the solving of real-life problems rather than on routine skills. The course will incorporate the use of calculators and computers. Topics include: logic and set theory, mathematics of finance, and statistics. IAI M1 904 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 124	Finite Mathematics ¹	3
Description: Develops the mathematics of simple models in behavioral, social and management sciences. Studies applications of set theory, vectors and matrices, linear programming, probability rules, and Markov chains with computer assistance. IAI M1 906 Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. Click here for Math placement information: https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 131	Mathematics for Elementary Teaching II	4
Description: Completes the two course sequence that begins with MTH 130 and focuses on mathematical reasoning and the solving of real-life problems, rather than on routine skills. The following topics will be studied in depth: geometry, counting techniques and probability, logic and statistics. Students are expected to be active participants in the learning process. Calculators and computers will be used throughout the course. A weekly lab component is required. IAI M1 903 Prerequisite: MTH 130 (Mathematics for Elementary Teaching I) with a grade of C or better. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 134	Calculus for Business and Social Sciences ¹	4
Description: Designed specifically for students in business and the social sciences and does not count toward a major or minor in mathematics. Emphasizes applications of the basic concepts of calculus rather than proofs. Include limits; techniques of differentiation applied to polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; partial derivatives and applications; maxima and minima of functions; and elementary techniques of integration including substitution and integration by parts. Business and social science applications are stressed throughout the course. IAI M1 900-B Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. Click here for Math placement information: https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 165	Elementary Statistics	4
Description: Focuses on statistical reasoning and the solving of problems using real world data rather than on computational skills. The use of technology-based computations (more advanced than a basic scientific calculator, such as graphing calculators with a statistical package, spreadsheets or statistical computing software) is required with an emphasis on interpretation and evaluation of statistical results. Topics must include data collection processes (observational studies, experimental design, sampling techniques, bias), descriptive methods using quantitative and qualitative data, bivariate data, correlation, and least squares regression, basic probability theory, probability distributions (normal distributions and normal curve, binomial distribution), confidence intervals and hypothesis tests using p-values. (Credit will be given for either MTH 162 or MTH 165 or MTH 225, but not for more than one of these courses.) IAI M1 902 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 201	Calculus II	5
Description: Continues MTH 200. Studies differentiation of transcendental functions, techniques of integration, series, conics, polar coordinates and parametric equations with applications to science and engineering. IAI M1 900-2, IAI MTH 902 Prerequisite: MTH 200 (Calculus I) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. Click here for Math placement information: https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 202	Calculus III	5
Description: Continues MTH 201. Studies three-dimensional vectors, solid analytic geometry, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, Green's theorem, surface integrals, divergence theorem, and Stokes' theorem. IAI M1 900-3, IAI MTH 903 Prerequisite: MTH 201 (Calculus II) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. Click here for Math placement information: https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MTH 220	Discrete Mathematics	3
Description: Introduces analysis of finite collections and mathematical foundations of sequential machines, computer system design, data structures and algorithms. Includes sets and logic, sequences and subscripts, number systems, counting, recursion, graph theory, trees, finite probability, matrices and Boolean algebra. IAI M1 905, IAI CS 915 Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. Click here for Math placement information: https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

¹: MTH 101, MTH 124, or MTH 134 preferred.

Physical and Life Sciences

Number	Course Title	Credits
BIO 101	Biology Survey	3
Description: Surveys the science of biology, emphasizing the human organism. Includes chemical and physical properties, physiological systems of control, growth, differentiation, reproduction, genetics, ecology, evolution and ethical considerations. Also includes a broader overview of the plant and animal kingdoms and humans' place in, and interaction with, those kingdoms. pending IAI L1 900 (NOTE: Not science lab credit.) Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 103	Humans and the Environment	3
Description: Surveys and analyzes the interrelationship between humans and the environment. Topics include ecology, biodiversity, evolution, natural resources and their use, physiology and health, and human populations. Examines human’s ecological, social, and cultural impacts on our environment. (NOTE: Not Lab science credit.) IAI L1 905 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 104	Environmental Laboratory Biology ¹	4
Description: Investigates the interrelationship between humans and the environment through scientific inquiry. Lecture and laboratory topics include the scientific method, ecosystems, biodiversity, energy sources, natural resources, conservation, pollution and population dynamics. Incorporates chemical and physical aspects as applicable to relevant biological concepts. Examines human's ecological, social and cultural impacts on our environment and possible solutions. Laboratory experiences involve some outside field work and field trips. Intended for non-science majors. (NOTE: Lab science credit.) IAI L1 905L Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 4 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 105	Heredity, Evolution and Society	3
Description: Examines life and the evolutionary record with emphasis on human genetics and inheritance. Factors such as current applications of biotechnology and its ethical, political and social implications in the 21st century are considered. (NOTE: Not science lab credit.) IAI L1 906 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 110	Introduction to Biology and Society ¹	4
Description: Surveys the science of biology through scientific inquiry, emphasizing its impacts on humans and society. Includes chemical and physical properties, physiological systems of control, growth, differentiation, reproduction, genetics, ecology and evolution with ethical and societal considerations. Provides a broad overview of the plant and animal kingdoms as well as the interactions with these organisms and humans, especially from a societal perspective. (NOTE: Lab Science credit.) IAI L1 900L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 115	Fundamentals of Cellular Biology ¹	4
Description: Introduces fundamental processes of organisms operating at the molecular and the cellular level of organization. Topics include chemical and molecular aspects of life, cellular metabolism, genetic information flow, theory of inheritance, genetic engineering and principles of physiology. This course is in the first semester of a two-semester sequence intended for biology majors and pre-professionals. To guarantee credit students must complete the entire course sequence at the same school before transfer. (NOTE: Lab science credit.) IAI L1 910L, IAI BIO 910 Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support AND placement into college-level English without support https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php https://harpercollege.edu/testing/english-placement-grid.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 116	Fundamentals of Organismal Biology ¹	4
Description: Introduces students to higher levels of biological organization from the organism to the ecosystem. Topics include organismal diversity, mechanisms of micro and macroevolution, animal behavior, and the dynamics and organization of populations, communities and ecosystems. This course is in the second semester of a two-semester sequence intended for biology majors and pre-professionals. To guarantee credit students must complete the entire course sequence at the same school before transfer. (NOTE: Lab science credit.) IAI L1 910L, IAI BIO 910 Prerequisite: BIO 115 (Fundamentals of Cellular Biology) with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 120	Plants and Society ¹	4
Description: Emphasizes scientific inquiry through selected concepts in biology such as organization, function, cellular and molecular biology, heredity, diversity, evolution and ecology using plants as the type of organism. Topics include plant structure, diversity, growth, genetics, evolution, physiology and reproduction. Economic, cultural, environmental and medical relationships between plants and humans are emphasized. (NOTE: Lab Science credit.) IAI L1 901L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
BIO 140	Animals and Society ¹	4
Description: Emphasizes scientific inquiry through selected concepts in animal biology. Surveys the animal kingdom based on theory of organic evolution including morphology, histology, physiology, taxonomy, parasitology, embryology and ecology. Economic, environmental and medical relationships between animals and humans are emphasized. (NOTE: Lab Science credit.) IAI L1 902L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

¹: Lab science course

Physical and Life Sciences

Number	Course Title	Credits
AST 100	Astronomy Survey	3
Description: Introduces the main concepts of contemporary astronomy using a scientific approach. Topics include the scientific method, the celestial sphere, celestial motions, gravity, light, telescopes, the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, galaxies and cosmology. Current research in the different areas will be discussed. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 906 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
AST 112	The Solar System ¹	4
Description: Introduces the main concepts of solar system astronomy. Topics include the fundamentals of astronomy, planetary motion, the Earth, the Moon, terrestrial planets, Jovian planets, small bodies in the solar system, the Sun, the formation of the solar system, other planetary systems, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Current research in the different areas will be discussed. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 906L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
AST 115	Stars and Galaxies ¹	4
Description: Introduces the main concepts of stellar, galactic, and extra-galactic astronomy. Topics include life cycles of stars, supernovae, black holes, interstellar medium, structure of the Milky Way galaxy, galaxy classification, galaxy interactions, dark matter, dark energy and the Big Bang model. Current research in the different areas will be discussed. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 906L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
CHM 100	Chemistry for the Health Sciences ¹	4
Description: Introduces basic concepts of inorganic and organic chemistry and biochemistry. Emphasizes chemical principles applied to biological systems. Laboratory exercises apply theory to biological and consumer products. Especially designed for students in allied health sciences. Meets the prerequisite of the Nursing program. IAI P1 902L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
CHM 103	The Chemistry Connection ¹	4
Description: Introduces chemical principles to illustrate the significance of chemistry in the world today. Practical applications and current issues related to general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemical topics will be integrated with chemical concepts. Recommended for non-science majors. IAI P1 903L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
CHM 105	Chemical World ¹	4
Description: Relates biological and physical systems to chemistry. Focuses on four major themes: the sociology of science, chemical composition and change, the chemistry of life, chemistry and society. Corresponding laboratory is inquiry based. Designed to provide a higher level of scientific literacy to non-science majors and to provide elementary education majors, in particular, with the content knowledge and disposition about science that is necessary in order to be able to teach science in engaging and meaningful ways to their students. Aligned with State of Illinois teacher preparation standards. IAI P1 903L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
CHM 110	Fundamentals of Chemistry ¹	4
Description: Introduces concepts of chemistry. Emphasizes the composition of matter, the periodic table, the chemistry of solutions and chemical calculations. The laboratory experiments utilize many common household materials to demonstrate applications of chemical concepts. For students whose preparation does not permit enrollment in CHM 121. IAI P1 902L Prerequisite: MTH 070 (Plane Geometry) with a grade of C or better or Geometry Waiver AND placement into college level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
CHM 121	General Chemistry I ¹	5
Description: Studies principles of atomic and molecular structure, bonding, stoichiometry, states of matter, kinetic molecular theory, and solutions. Corresponding laboratory experiments include volumetric and gravimetric analyses, a qualitative study of reactions, visible spectrophotometry, and problem-based analyses. Intended for all students whose majors require general chemistry, including science majors and pre-professionals. The course also satisfies a general education laboratory science requirement for students with previous chemistry experience. IAI P1 902L, IAI CHM 911 Prerequisite: Two semesters of high school chemistry or CHM 110 with a grade of C or better AND placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 7 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 100	Rocks and Minerals Survey	3
Description: Provides a survey of earth materials, their origins, chemistry, structure, identification, classification and uses, with an emphasis on minerals and rocks used in everyday life, and their impact on health and the environment. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 101	Earth Science Survey	3
Description: Designed to give the non-science major an understanding and appreciation of basic concepts in geology, atmospheric science and astronomy. IAI P9 900 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 110	Exploring the Earth and Universe ¹	4
Description: Examines topics in geology including rocks, minerals, plate tectonics and geologic time; meteorology including atmospheric science, severe weather and atmospheric dynamics; astronomy including the origins of modern astronomy, introduction to planetary science and cosmology.. IAI P1 905L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 111	Physical Geology ¹	4
Description: Provides an introduction to the earth's inerals, rocks and natural resources and the processes which have shaped the Earth's surface such as sedimentation, mountain building, and action of water, wind, ice and downslope movements. Covers Earth's fundamental structure and the behavior of Earth materials. Focuses on the roles of volcanism, earthquakes, sea-floor spreading and paleomagnetism in explaining plate tectonic theory. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 112	Dinosaurs, Fossils and Planet Earth ¹	4
Description: Includes basic principles of historical geology, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, geologic time, reading the fossil record, the evolution of Earth through time, evolution of life through time, and the geologic story of the North American continent. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 113	Environmental Geology ¹	4
Description: Examines the relationships between humans and the geological environment. Includes the study of use and abuse of natural resources such as water, minerals, and energy; an overview of natural hazards; an examination of urban geology and land management issues and the relationship between community status and land use; an analysis of pollution and waste disposal; and an introduction to climate change and global warming. Emphasis on issues and practices in the Chicagoland area. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 908L Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ESC 121	Introduction to Meteorology ¹	4
Description: Gives the non-science major an understanding and appreciation of the composition and structure of the atmosphere, thermodynamic processes, forces and related small- and large-scale motions, air masses, fronts, tropical cyclones, solar and terrestrial radiation, severe weather, basic weather forecasting techniques, and general circulations that affect the atmosphere. IAI P1 905L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 111	Physical Geography	3
Description: Examines the spatial distribution of elements of Earth's four physical spheres: the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere including landforms, climates, weather, vegetation, and soils. Consideration is given to the causes of these distributions and to their effects on human populations. IAI P1 909 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 112	Physical Geography Laboratory ¹	1
Description: Applies the scientific method of observation, hypothesis formation, and experimentation to Earth's four physical spheres: the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere. IAI P1 909L Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in GEG 111 with a grade of C or better. Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 2 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHY 100	Basic Concepts in Physics	3
Description: Examines basic topics in physics including motion, force, energy, electricity and magnetism, waves and particles, and atomic structure. Course is intended for non-science majors fulfilling non-laboratory science requirements. IAI P9 900L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHY 110	Introduction to Physics ¹	4
Description: Examines topics from physics including motion, structure of matter, electricity and magnetism, waves and particles, and atomic structure. This course is intended for non-science majors fulfilling laboratory science requirements. IAI P1 900L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHY 121	Introductory Physics I ¹	5
Description: Covers mechanics, heat, fluids, and sound. Intended for students in life science, architecture, and technology. Students pursuing degrees in engineering, physics or chemistry should enroll in PHY 201. Knowledge of high school trigonometry assumed. IAI P1 900L Prerequisite: MTH 140 with a grade of C or better, or placement options into MTH 200 (Calculus 1, IAI M1 900-1, IAI MTH 901). Click here for Math placement information: https://www.harpercollege.edu/testing/mathplacement.php Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 7 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHY 201	General Physics I-Mechanics ¹	5
Description: Introduces mechanics using calculus. Topics include force and motion, work and energy, rotation, oscillations, and fluids. For students in chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. IAI P2 900L, IA PHY 911 Prerequisite: MTH 200 (Calculus I, IAI M1 900-1, IAI MTH 901) with a grade of C or better. Recommend concurrent enrollment in MTH 201 (Calculus II, IAI M1 900-2, IAI MTH 902). Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 6 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

¹: Lab science course

Humanities and Fine Arts

Number	Course Title	Credits
MUS 104	Introduction to American Music ⁺	3
Description: Surveys the early history of popular music in the United States of America including rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country, hip-hop, disco and more. Students are introduced to the concepts and categories that cultural theorists and musicologists use to study music. By the end of this class, students will have developed an understanding of how music fits within histories of racism, sexism, classism and homophobia. IAI F1 904 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 110	Div Traditions in American Music: Hip-Hop	3
Description: Presents a broadly chronological overview of the development of Hip-Hop from the late 1970s through to the present. In addition to exploring Hip-Hop's unique challenge to Western ideas of musicality and intellectual authorship, we will be attending to economics and urban geography, legislating white supremacy, and the various social locations from which people interact with Blackness. IAI F1 905D Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

+: This course meets the World Cultures and Diversity graduation requirement.

Humanities and Fine Arts

Number	Course Title	Credits
FRN 202	Intermediate French II	4
Description: Provides a crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced language courses. Focuses on a more in-depth study of history, geography, literature and culture of French-speaking people. Includes analysis of daily life and current events. Students practice more complex structures of French grammar, fine-tune pronunciation, gain more advanced skills in composition, and continue to expand their vocabulary. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with or have taken classes in French, should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: FRN 201 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
FRN 210	Introduction to French Literature	3
Description: Provides an introduction to literature from the French-speaking world and exposes students to a variety of literary genres and eras. Focuses on the development of more complex use of the language and addresses speaking, listening, writing and reading. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. IAI H3 917 Prerequisite: FRN 202 or equivalent with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GER 202	Intermediate German II	4
Description: Provides a crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced language courses. Focuses on a more in-depth study of history, geography, literature and culture of German-speaking people. Includes analysis of daily life and current events. Students practice more complex structures of German grammar, fine-tune pronunciation, gain more advanced skills in composition and continue to expand their vocabulary. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. All new students who have priori experience with or have taken classes in German, should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: GER 201 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GER 210	Introduction to German Literature	3
Description: Provides an introduction to literature from the German-speaking world and exposes students to a variety of literary genres and eras. Focuses on the development of more complex use of the language and addresses speaking, listening, writing and reading. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. IAI H3 917 Prerequisite: GER 202 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 105	Great Ideas of World Civilizations	3
Description: Introduces students to a selection of formative historical and contemporary texts in a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, the social sciences, literature, gender/multi-cultural studies, and the history of science. (Also listed as HUM 105. Credit will be given for either HST 105 or HUM 105, but not both.) IAI H9 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 101	Ancient through the Medieval West	3
Description: Explores architecture, art, history, literature, music, philosophy and the theatre affiliated with the Western tradition from Prehisty through the Medieval Era. May include a special focus; consult the course schedule for specific topics. NOTE HUM 101 and HUM 102 need not be taken in sequence. IAI HF 902 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 102	Renaissance through the Modern West	3
Description: Explores architecture, art, history, literature, music, philosophy, and the theatre of the Western world from the Renaissance to the present. May include a special focus; consult the course schedule. IAI HF 903 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 104	Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilizations	3
Description: Examines the cultural structures and the literary, visual, and performing arts of the various societies of the Middle East. Examines and compares the great contributions these cultures have made in the various arts as living artifacts to both the present day Middle East and to other cultures including those of the West. IAI HF 904N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 106	The Cultures of Asia	3
Description: Examines the arts of Asian cultures from ancient times to the present. Studies examples of the visual arts, music, dance, literature, world views, and religious traditions from selected civilizations in Asia, south of Russia, excluding the countries of the Middle East. IAI HF 904N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 107	The Cultures of Africa	3
Description: Examines the arts of African cultures from ancient times to the present. Studies examples of the visual arts, music, dance, literature, world views, and religious traditions from selected civilizations in North Africa, the Sahel, South Africa, Central and East Africa, and West Africa, excluding countries associated with the Middle East. IAI HF 904N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 110	Women and Creativity	3
Description: Explores the nature of female creativeness, focusing on women in the traditionally male arenas of art and literature and on areas in which the female creative impulse manifests itself under other names: the shaping of social attitudes, domestic arts and religious experiences. IAI HF 907D Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 120	Classical Mythology	3
Description: Studies the myths of Greece and Rome. Focuses on the stories of gods and heroes in classical literature and art. Considers the influence of classical mythology on later Western culture. IAI H9 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HUM 125	World Mythology	3
Description: Studies world mythic themes and patterns, excluding those of Greece and Rome. Focuses on archetypal figures/situations, symbolism, and figurative language found in creation stories, heroic legends and/or other traditional narratives. May include a special focus; consult the course schedule. IAI H9 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
JPN 202	Intermediate Japanese II	4
Description: Continues JPN 201. Accuracy and ease in more complex conversation; advanced study of reading and writing. Study of more complex syntax and composition. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: JPN 201 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 105	Poetry	3
Description: Facilitates the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of poetry. Presents poetry of American, European and other literary philosophies and movements. Challenges students to develop skills in responding personally to poetry and in developing literary analyses. Reveals the link between the whole poem and particular literary qualities such as imagery, figurative language, allusion, connotation and the music of poetry¿sound and rhythm. Offers a forum for exchanging ideas about poetry in guided conversation and writing. IAI H3 903 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 112	Literature and Film	3
Description: Introduces methods of reading, interpreting and analyzing literary works as well as examining methods used in translating those works to the medium of film. Presents the short story, novel and the drama in conjunction with their cinematic counterparts. Relates the development of film to such schools as German expressionism, film verite, etc. Focuses on analysis of each form both on its own and in relation to the others through reading, viewing and writing. IAI HF 908 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 115	Fiction	3
Description: Presents short stories and novels of high interest level. The selections typify authors and styles representative of major American and European literary movements and philosophies. Challenges the student to develop skills in literary analysis. Students will study characterization, narration, dialogue, plot and various other techniques of fiction. Individual sections may concentrate on particular periods, authors or topics. IAI H3 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 208	Non-Western Literature	3
Description: Studies selected works from non-western civilizations, such as Africa, China, India, Japan and the Middle East. Fiction, poetry and drama will be included. IAI H3 908N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 210	Introduction to Shakespeare	3
Description: Introduces Shakespeare¿s acting company, theater and audience. Discusses his techniques in building scenes, developing characters, handling dialogue. Readings and interpretations will consist of representative comedies, tragedies, histories and problem plays. IAI H3 905 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 219	Children's Literature	3
Description: Introduces the various types of children's literature. Includes the history of children's literature, as well as the classic and current authors and illustrators. Covers such areas as picture and concept books, myths, poetry, fantasy and realism. IAI H3 918 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 220	Japanese Literature in Translation	3
Description: Surveys English-language translations of Japanese poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Reviews Noh and Kabuki drama and selections from Japanese cinema. Works will be studied in the context of Japanese history, but each work will be studied also as athe product of its author¿s creative self-expression. No speaking or reading knowledge of Japanese is required; no background knowledge of Japan is required. IAI H3 909 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 221	American Literature, Colonial Days to Civil War	3
Description: Presents American literature as an expression of American life through early social and political documents, novels, short stories and poems. IAI H3 914 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 222	American Literature: Civil War to Present	3
Description: Explores American prose, drama and poetry, Civil War to present, including minority literature, regional literature, literary journalism, criticism, and social and historical novels in their historical, social and cultural context to reflect current controversies and social changes. IAI H3 915 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 223	Multicultural American Literature	3
Description: Investigates what it means to be a minority in the United States. Examines the ways in which minority writers, through fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, question the quality of American life and the authenticity of American democracy, thus helping students appreciate more fully the range of American cultures and subcultures. May include such writers as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Amiri Baraka, Rudolfo Anaya, Leslie Marmom Silko, Toni Morrison, Rita Dove, Leslea Newman, Li-Young Lee, Vassar Miller, Vivienne Finch. IAI H3 910D Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 224	Women in Literature	3
Description: Examines the evolving portrayal of women¿the many images, impressions and stereotypes¿in literature. Includes literature written about women by women. Selections reflect a diversity of cultures, eras, authors and genres. The student will read selections from such authors as Bronte, Chekhov, Chopin, Hardy, Morrison and Woolf. IAI H3 911D Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 231	English Literature to 1800	3
Description: Surveys English writers from beginning English literature to 1800. Reading and interpretation of writers such as Boswell, Chaucer, Congreve, Donne, Dryden, Johnson, Jonson, Malory, Milton, Pope and Swift. IAI H3 912 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
LIT 232	English Literature 1800-1914	3
Description: Surveys English writers from Romantic Period to World War I. Reading and interpretation of such writers as Austen, Browning, Byron, Conrad, Dickens, Hardy, Keats, Shaw, Tennyson and Wordsworth. IAI H3 913 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 101	Critical Thinking	3
Description: Introduces the student to reasoning in a language-centered context. Students will learn how to identify arguments and distinguish them from other types of discourse. Some topics covered will be: evaluating claims, recognizing informal fallacies, problem solving, evaluating media. Students will also learn how to cast issues in a neutral manner to recognize and appreciate a variety of perspectives, and to argue for and against more than one perspective on an issue. The focus of this course is on everyday practical reasoning. IAI H4 906 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 105	Introduction to Philosophy	3
Description: Principles and problems of philosophy as seen in different schools of thought. Topics: validity of human knowledge; nature of reality; mind and body; free will and determinism; moral and aesthetic values; and religious belief. IAI H4 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 115	Ethics	3
Description: Consideration of problems of value and conduct, including the question of the "good life" or happiness; and contemporary moral issues such as war, violence, drugs, racism, crime and punishment. IAI H4 904 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 120	Social and Political Philosophy	3
Description: Focuses on the ideas of justice, liberty, equality, law and order, rights and privileges. This includes discussion of such issues as democracy, communism, nuclear war, capital punishment, sexual equality, hunger and drugs. IAI H4907 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 160	Non-Western Philosophy	3
Description: Introduces selected philosophical concepts and value systems of several non-Western cultures. Gives attention to the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta and other Hindu texts, Confucius, the Tao Te Ching and other Chinese classics and key texts from at least two other traditions. IAI H4 903N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 205	Religions of the World	3
Description: Introduces the teachings, practices, social structures and histories of the religions of India (mainly Buddhism and Hinduism), and China and Japan (mainly Confucianism, Shinto and Taoism), and of the Middle East (mainly Christianity, Islam and Judaism). IAI H5 904N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 215	Religion in America	3
Description: Surveys the contribution of religion to American culture including the differences between rural and urban society, the development of religious freedom and the rise of a "secular religion." Examines the emergence of new forms of belief and practice and the variety of religious issues confronting American society today. IAI H5 905 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 220	Philosophy of Religion	3
Description: Examines the nature and presuppositions of Western religions, especially the reasons which can be given for and against the existence of God. Selected further topics: the problem of evil, life after death, the nature of religious experience, language, knowledge, and authority, religion and science, major philosophical theories on the nature of religion. IAI H4 905 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 231	History of Philosophy--Ancient and Medieval	3
Description: Surveys the major figures and schools in Western philosophical tradition from the pre-Socratic Greeks through the 14th century. Emphasis on interpreting philosophical reflection in light of the social, political, religious and cultural context from which it arises. IAI H4 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PHI 232	History of Philosophy-Modern	3
Description: Surveys the major figures and schools in Western philosophical tradition from the 15th to the 20th century. Emphasizes interpreting philosophical reflection in light of the social, political, religious and cultural context from which it arises. IAI H4 902 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SGN 202	American Sign Language IV	3
Description: Reviews American Sign Language grammatical structures and lexical items presented in SGN 201. Focuses on conversational practice to develop expressive and receptive facility with the language. Includes culturally significant topics and interaction with members of the deaf community. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: SGN 201 with a grade of C or better, or consent of department chair. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SGN 210	American Sign Language: Cultural Perspective	4
Description: Examines the history of American Sign Language, the emergence of the deaf community as a linguistic and cultural group, the cultural norms, values, traditions and rules of social behavior of the deaf community, minority dynamics and cross cultural interactions. No knowledge of American SIgn Language is required for this course; it is taught in ASL with an interpreter. Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SPA 202	Intermediate Spanish II	4
Description: Provides a crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced language courses. Focuses on a more in-depth study of history, geography, literature and culture of Spanish-speaking people. Includes analysis of daily life and current events. Students practice more complex structures of Spanish grammar, fine-tune pronunciation, gain more advanced skills in composition, and continue to expand their vocabulary. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: SPA 201 with a grade of C or better or required placement exam scores. All new students who have prior experiecne with or have taken classes in Spanish should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SPA 210	Introduction to Spanish Literature	3
Description: Provides an introduction to literature from the Spanish-speaking world and exposes students to a variety of literary genres and eras. Focuses on the development of more complex use of the language and addresses speaking, listening, writing and reading. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. IAI H3 917 Prerequisite: SPA 202 with a grade of C or better or required placement exam scores. All new students who have prior experience with, or have taken classes in Spanish should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
THE 121	Ethnic Traditions in American Theatre	3
Description: Examines how cultural perspective and minority expression shape theatre in the United States by exploring the roots of change in traditional theatre and the role of community in the formation of theatre companies. Specific focus will be give to African American theatre, Asian American theatre, Latino theatre, Native American theatre, feminist theatre, gay and lesbian theatre, political theatre, performance art and post-modernism as well as international trends. IAI F1 909D (formerly SPE 121) Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Number	Course Title	Credits
ANT 101	Introduction to Anthropology	3
Description: Addresses such central questions as 'What does it mean to be human?" and "How did we get to be the way we are?" Among the topics to be examined will be human, physical and cultural evolution, the origin of culture, language, religion, kinship, economics and the impact of contemporary life on the world's populations. IAI S1 900N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ANT 202	Cultural Anthropology	3
Description: Describes and analyzes how people throughout the world define and resolve the problems of life that are found everywhere. Some of the specific topics studied will be religion, social structure, law, "the unknown," economics and the formation of behavior within particular groups. IAI S1 901N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ANT 205	Physical Anthropology	3
Description: Studies the origins and evolution of humans as physical and cultural beings. Includes origin, history and behavior of primates, fossil records and the principles of population genetics and their application to study of human variation. IAI S1 902 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ANT 206	Archeology	3
Description: Surveys archeological concepts, research and methods for the study of prehistoric cultures. Includes rise and development of modern civilization, land and land use, agriculture, current archeological investigations, interpretations of finds and introduction to field work techniques. IAI S1 903 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ECO 200	Introduction to Economics	3
Description: Covers descriptive rather than a quantitative approach to the study of economics. Major topics cover economic history, the elements of macroeconomics, microeconomics and a comparative look at other economic systems. Specifically designed for students in career-vocational curricula. IAI S3 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ECO 211	Microeconomics	3
Description: Covers economic problems faced by the individual and the firm. Examination of market structures, price and output determination. The microeconomic approach. IAI S3 902 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
ECO 212	Macroeconomics	3
Description: Covers economic problems faced by our society. Examination of resource allocation, national income and economic development, from a macroeconomic approach. IAI S3 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 100	Cultural Geography	3
Description: Provides a systematic or regional introduction to the basic concepts of human geography using spatial analysis/awareness with both traditional and digital map analysis. Examines the causes and consequences of the uneven distribution of human activity, covering themes such as population, culture, economic activity, development, and urban patterns. IAI S4 900N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 101	World Regional Geography	3
Description: Provides a thematic or regional introduction to the basic concepts of how world regions are constructed or classified. Using spatial analysis of both traditional and digital maps, factors will be explored to assess how regions evolve and are classified. Concepts will explore both developed and undeveloped regions connecting both human and physical geographical factors shaping and defining the classification of regions and interrelationships between them. IAI S4 906 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 103	The Developing World	3
Description: Examines the regions of the world conventionally called "developing" or emerging," including the spatial patterns of physical and cultural elements that impart unique identities within these regions using both digital and traditional maps to explore complex geopolitical relations and/or international conflicts among developing regions of the world. IAI S4 902N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 104	The Developed World	3
Description: Examines the regions of the world conventionally called "industrialized" or developed," including the spatial patterns of physical, cultural elements, and/or international conflicts that impart unique identities within these regions. Uses spatial analysis of both digital and traditional maps to promote critical thinking of complex geographic relationships among regions of the world. IAI S4 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
GEG 150		3
HED 202	Human Sexuality	3
Description: Introduces students to the sociological, psychological, biological and emotional implications of human sexuality. Includes sexual orientation, gender identity, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and reproductive anatomy as well as other topics related to the field of human sexuality. Emphasizes exploring attitudes regarding sexual issues, clarifications of personal beliefs and development of healthy sexual behavior. IAI S9 903 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 111	American Experience to 1877	3
Description: Surveys the American experience through the pre-revolutionary period, the expansion westward and the Civil War. Special stress is placed upon the social, economic, cultural, political and constitutional development of the United States. IAI S2 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 112	American Experience Since 1877	3
Description: Surveys the end of Reconstruction to the present, with primary stress on political and economic development. Also includes social, intellectual and cultural phases, expanded role of government in national affairs and the participation of the United States in international relations. IAI S2 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 121	History of Mexico, Central and South America	3
Description: Surveys the political and constitutional history of the principal Latin American nations. The course will cover movements leading to independence and social and economic events which are pertinent to relationships with the United States. IAI S2 920N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 141	History of Western Civilization to 1650	4
Description: Stresses political, social, cultural, economic and technological developments from prehistoric times and concludes with the last manifestation of essentially medieval ideology; i.e., the Protestant Reformation. IAI S2 902 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 142	History of Western Civilization Since 1650	4
Description: Continues HST 141. Commences with the emergence of modern times, i.e., the development of royal absolutism and the beginnings of the modern nation state and concludes with the 20th century and the modern world. IAI S2 903 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 212	Recent American History, 1945-Present	3
Description: Provides students with a comprehensive analysis of the critical period, 1945 to the present in American history. Incorporates politics and culture of the Cold War, the revival of liberalism, the Civil Rights movement, the rise of the New Left in the 60s, the Vietnam War, the counterculture, Watergate, the personalization of political activism in the 70s, the women's movement, the resurgence of conservatism, the Reagan presidency, the Bush era, the Clinton years, return of the Republicans, 9/11 war in the Middle East, the economic downturn, Obama 2008 and the 2012 election. Emphasizes social history and cultural trends as well as political and economic history. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 231	History of the Middle East to 1453	3
Description: Surveys the Ancient Near East and Middle East from its origins in Ancient Summer up to 1453. Emphasis will be placed on social, political, economic, religious and military institutions. The process of change and broad continuities will be examined in relationship to the historical evolution and growth of the region. IAI S2 920N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 232	History of the Middle East 1453 to Present	3
Description: Surveys the history of the Middle East from 1453 to the present. Emphasis is placed on social, political, economic, religious and military institutions that shape the region. The establishment of colonial rule is highlighted along with the struggle for independence, modernization and development. IAI S2 920N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 241	History of China: Earliest Time through Ming Dynasty	3
Description: Surveys the history of China from prehistory to the end of the Ming Dynasty. Major emphasis is placed on the evolution and growth of the Imperial system and forces that shaped its continuation and growth. IAI S2 920N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 242	History of China: From the Ching Dynasty to Present	3
Description: Surveys the history of China from 1644, the Ching Dynasty, to the present. The content will stress the evolution of China from a period of strength and unity to one of disunity and change during the revolutionary times of 1911-1949. Special emphasis will be placed on the establishment of the Communist government in 1949 to the present. Economic modernization, role of foreigners and cultural advancements will also be highlighted. IAI S2 920N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 243	Far East in the Modern World	3
Description: Studies history of East Asia since 1800. The traditional cultures of China and Japan, the Western impact and the Asian response will be covered. IAI S2 920N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
HST 245	The World Since 1945	3
Description: Surveys the history of the world from 1945 to the present with major emphasis on historical issues and events that have global impact. IAI S2 913N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSC 101	American Politics and Government	3
Description: Focuses on political involvement, elections, campaigns, interest groups, Congress, courts, the presidency and the constitution. Discusses how our government runs, as well as current political controversies. Utilizes political figures as guest speakers and offers opportunities for political participation, especially in election year. IAI S5 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSC 220	State and Local Government in the U.S.	3
Description: Examines state and local governments including their powers, organization, functions, development, politics and contemporary issues/problems. IAI S5 902 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSC 250	Comparative Politics	3
Description: Explores the politics of selected countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and/or the Middle East. Examines economic, social and political patterns and problems in different nations. IAI S5 905 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSC 270	Global Politics	3
Description: Uses role playing to study how foreign policy is made. Explores human problems such as populations, food and energy on a global dimension. Examines international bodies, including the United Nations, and explores how nations interact. IAI S5 904 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSC 280	Non-Western Comparative Politics	3
Description: Examines the political systems of selected non-Western countries, including common governmental problems, causes of political instability and revolution and techniques of political analysis. IAI S5 906N Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology	3
Description: Investigates human and animal behavior with an emphasis on the scientific nature of contemporary and classic psychological investigation. Emphasizes psychological theories, principles, and research applications. Introduces the divisions of the American Psychological Association. References biological processes, sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, emotional life, mental disorders, intelligence, aptitude, personality, development daily life and everyday problems. IAI S6 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSY 216	Child Psychology I	3
Description: Investigates the psychological development of the child from conception through pubescence. Emphasizes the theories, principles and empirically derived findings of Child Psychology. Explores cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality during childhood. Integrates the various child psychopathologies. IAI S6 903 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSY 217	Adolescent Psychology	3
Description: Investigates the psychological development of humans from late childhood through adolescence and young adulthood. Emphasizes the theories, principles and empirically derived findings of Adolescence Psychology. Explores cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality during adolescence. Integrates the study of adolescent psychopathologies. IAI S6 904 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSY 218	Adult Psychology	3
Description: Investigates the biological, physical, social and psychological development of humans from young adulthood to death and through grief and bereavement. Emphasizes theories, principles and empirically derived findings of Adult Psychology. Addresses cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality throughout adulthood and adult psychopathologies. IAI S6 905 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
PSY 228	Psychology of Human Development	3
Description: Investigates the psychological development of humans from conception to death, through grief and bereavement. Investigates the theories, empirically derived science and principles of developmental researchers and developmental psychologists. Emphasizes cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality throughout the life-span. Integrates developmental psychopathologies. IAI S6 902 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
Description: Analysis and description of the structure and dynamics of human society. Application of scientific methods to the observation and analysis of social norms, groups, intergroup relations, social change, social stratification and institutions. IAI S7 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SOC 120	Family in Contemporary Society	3
Description: Examines the family as a social institution and as a dynamic interactive system. Topics include courtship, marriage, family systems, parenting, non-traditional forms of the family. IAI S7 902 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SOC 205	Social Problems	3
Description: Analysis of contemporary social problems. Investigation of theories dealing with conformity and deviance, racial and minority group prejudice, crime and delinquency, personality problems, urbanization and fundamental institutional problems due to social change. IAI S7 901 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SOC 215	Introduction to Social Psychology	3
Description: Introduces the methods used to understand, explain and predict how the thoughts, feelings and actions of individuals are influenced by the thoughts and actions of social groups. Investigates how attitudes, beliefs and behaviors are influenced by others within society and how society is influenced by the individual. IAI S8 900 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SOC 230	Sociology of Sex and Gender	3
Description: Examines the social processes in society which translate biological differences (sex) between men and women into social and psychological categories or gender roles. Various theories will be considered in an attempt to understand the existence of gender inequality and how the process of socialization influences the proper "place" for men and women in society. Gender roles and power are considered when analyzing the marketplace, politics, marriage and family, or in considering issues such as the feminization of poverty, violence in the home, and male sensitivity. IAI S7 904D Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
SOC 235	Race and Ethnicity	3
Description: Examines differential power relations between racial and ethnic groups. Analyzes the economic, political and cultural structures that produce and reproduce these power differences. Focuses on cultural diversity and various dimensions of prejudice and discrimination including an analysis of racial and ethnic inequality and its origins, conditions under which these forms of inequalities are (re)produced. IAI S7 903D Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

Core Courses

Number	Course Title	Credits
MUS 100	Introduction to Music Careers	1
Description: Explores issues relating to the successful pursuit of a career in music. Recommended for anyone pursuing a professional music career. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 1 Contact Hours: 2 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 102	Introduction to Electronic/Computer Music	3
Description: Introduces basic concepts of electronic music production utilizing digital audio workstations and 3rd party plugins. Students will learn MIDI sequencing, beat production, synthesis, editing, and mixing to create multi-instrumental electronic music projects. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 201	Fundamentals of Audio Technology	3
Description: Introduces students to concepts in sound physics, psychoacoustics, room acoustics, signal flow and gain staging in both analog and digital domains, microphone specifications, microphone placement techniques, analog to digital conversion as well as ear training skills to be utilized in audio production applications. Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 202	Recording Techniques	3
Description: Teaches recording skills in studio and live sound environments. By conducting multi-track recording sessions, Also covers spectral, dynamic and time-based processing techniques, complex signal flow, parallel processing, live and overdub recording, comping, subgroups and bussing. Working within a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), Includes more complex routing in the digital realm along with proper archiving techniques. Live sound techniques will be demonstrated in our theaters and performances spaces giving students first-hand experience with design, setup and tear down of PA systems, location recording, microphone placement techniques, feedback treatment, room acoustics, live manipulation of a console, fold back, lighting and organization/management of a live event. Prerequisite: MUS 201 with a grade of C or better. Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 203	Mixing and Mastering Techniques	3
Description: Teaches proper mixing and mastering techniques in both the digital and analog domains. Prioritizes a thorough knowledge of digital processing via plugins while also conducting sessions in an analog studio. Explores proper spectral, spatial and dynamic mastering techniques with both digital and analog mastering chains with a focus on metering and loudness for various mediums, inter-sample peaks, SRC, dithering and creating a DDP image. Prerequisite: MUS 201 with a grade of C or better. Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 4 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 275	Audio/Visual Arts Technology Internship	1-3
Description: Provides work experience in the audio or video arts technology fields. Credit is given for participation in a supervised work experience wherein an organized training plan will be followed. Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 15 Contact Hours: 15 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

Core Courses

Number	Course Title	Credits
MUS 111	Theory of Music I	3
Description: Begins the study of functional tonal harmony to be utilized in composition, songwriting, analysis and musicianship. Topics include pitch identification, triads and seventh chords, inversions, Roman Numeral analysis, chord symbols, note-to-note counterpoint, part writing, and basic chord progressions. Students will demonstrate comprehension through analysis as well as creating rudimentary projects using music notation software and digital audio workstations. Corequisite: MUS 115. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 112	Theory of Music II	3
Description: Explores concepts of diatonic harmony and the study of Baroque-era counterpoint to be utilized in composition, songwriting, analysis and musicianship. Topics include secondary dominants, secondary leading-tone chords, sequences, tonicization, modulation types, invention and fugue forms. Students will demonstrate comprehension through analysis as well as creating multi-instrumental projects using music notation software and digital audio workstations. Prerequisite: MUS 111 with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: MUS 116. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 115	Aural Skills I	1
Description: Develops skills in melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, and sight singing. The following concepts will be covered and explored using the solfeggio system to sing/hear: major and minor tonalities, simple intervals, and diatonic triads of major and minor keys. Melodic dictation examples will include melodies in both major and minor keys; harmonic dictation will be introduced using 2-voice examples. Corequisite: MUS 111. Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 2 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 116	Aural Skills II	1
Description: Develops skills in melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, and sight singing. The following concepts will be covered and explored using the solfeggio system to sing/hear: major and minor tonalities, simple intervals, diatonic triads of major and minor keys, diatonic seventh chords of major and minor keys. Dictation will introduce tonicization of the dominant key and modulation to relative keys. Corequisite: MUS 112. Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 2 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 165	Class Piano I ¹	2
Description: Develops introductory level digital keyboard skills for students, including music majors whose principal instrument is not the piano. Includes study of music notation, development of basic keyboard playing technique, introduction to sight reading, harmonization, transposition and improvisation. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 166	Class Piano II ¹	2
Description: Develops additional skills from MUS 165 using digital keyboards. Content includes increased focus on playing technique, music reading, simply accompanying and repertoire. Prerequisite: MUS 165 with a grade of C or better or proficiency examination. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 211	Theory of Music III	3
Description: Explores concepts of chromatic harmony with an in-depth look into Binary, Ternary and Sonata forms to be utilized in composition, songwriting, analysis and musicianship. Topics include modal mixture, Neapolitan sixth and Augmented-sixth chords, modulation to remote keys and Sonata form. Students will demonstrate comprehension through analysis as well as creating multi-instrumental projects using music notation software, digital audio workstations, and various 3rd party plugins. Prerequisite: MUS 112 with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: MUS 215. Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 215	Aural Skills III	1
Description: Develops skills in melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation and sight singing. The following concepts will be covered and explored using the solfeggio system to sing/hear: major and minor tonalities, simple and compound intervals, diatonic triads of major and minor keys, diatonic seventh chords of major and minor keys, and modes. Dictation will introduce tonicization and modulation to any closely related key, and modes. Corequisite: MUS 211. Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 2 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 265	Class Piano III ¹	2
Description: Continues development of skills learned in MUS 166. Third of four courses using digital keyboards. Content includes greater emphasis on harmonization, improvisation, sight reading, score reading, musical forms, transposition, modulation and intermediate level repertoire. Prerequisite: MUS 166 with a grade of C or better or proficiency examination. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2 Contact Hours: 3 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

`: All music majors must demonstrate piano proficiency: MUS 165, 166, and 265 may be passed by proficiency exam.

Core Courses

Number	Course Title	Credits
MUS 180	Flute and Piccolo	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 181	Oboe and English Horn	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 182	Clarinet	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 183	Bassoon and Contra Bassoon	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 184	Saxophone	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 185	French Horn	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 186	Trumpet	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 187	Trombone	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 188	Baritone	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 189	Tuba	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 190	Drum Set	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 191	Violin	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 192	Viola	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 193	Cello	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 194	String Bass	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 195	Harp	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 196	Piano	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 198	Voice	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 199	Guitar	1
Description: Provides individual study for students desiring to improve their music performing skills. One half-hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of four elective credit hours. Does not meet the requirements of the Associate of Fine Arts degree or pursuit of a major or minor in music at the baccalaureate level. Lecture Hours: 5 Lab Hours: 6 Contact Hours: 5 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 279	Private Lessons in Composition	2
Description: Provides individual instruction for students wishing to improve their composition and songwriting skills. During one-hour weekly lessons, both acoustic and electronic composition may be covered in topics ranging from orchestration, arranging, music application, software, production, film scoring and other formats of composition. Students will create and present a completed work during a final listening critique amongst their peers. This course is repeatable twice for a total of 6 credit hours. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 280	Flute and Piccolo	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 281	Oboe and English Horn	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 282	Clarinet	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 283	Bassoon and Contra Bassoon	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 284	Saxophone	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 285	French Horn	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 286	Trumpet	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 287	Trombone	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 288	Baritone	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 289	Tuba	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 290	Drum Set	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 291	Violin	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 292	Viola	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 293	Cello	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 294	String Bass	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 295	Harp	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 296	Piano	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 298	Voice	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 275	Audio/Visual Arts Technology Internship	1-3
Description: Provides work experience in the audio or video arts technology fields. Credit is given for participation in a supervised work experience wherein an organized training plan will be followed. Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 15 Contact Hours: 15 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025
MUS 299	Guitar	2
Description: Provides individual study at a more advanced level, especially for students pursuing a degree or career in music. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credit hours. Prerequisite: Successful audition or permission of instructor. Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 12 Contact Hours: 13 Class Schedule: Spring 2025 \| Summer 2025 \| Fall 2025

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