Courses
Health and Wellness
This course is designed to provide a scientific approach to issues of health and wellness necessary for the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle.
Data Management and Statistics
In this course, students develop quantitative, graphic and verbal skills as they analyze data.
The Body, Sound, and Inspiration in Performance and Beyond
In this course, students explore wellness practices that help nurture the potential for inspiration in performance.
Logic and Programming
In this course, students are introduced to logic as a philosophical concept and as a theory with practical computer programming application.
Principles of Physics
This course is an introduction to the world of physical phenomena, including the following topics: mechanics, heat, electricity, and sound.
Environmental Science
This course explores the relationship between society and the environment.
Human Anatomy and Physiology
This course covers basic knowledge of the structure and function of the human body. Each of the bodily systems will be dealt with as a separate entity, and then as an integrated part of the whole.
Oceanography
In this course, students examine the interdisciplinary nature of the Earth's oceans. Students learn about the biological, chemical, physical, and geological aspects of the ocean.
Natural Disasters
In this course, students explore the major natural disasters seen on the Earth.
Concepts in Contemporary Science
In this course, students explore topics of current scientific interest through a series of lectures/discussions with experts in their respective fields.
Technology, Self, and Society
This course explores the relationship among technology, the self, and society.
Biodiversity and the Sounds of Nature
This course introduces biodiversity and its sounds by exploring a variety of topics through lectures, texts, documentaries, music, and visits to museums and natural areas of interest.
Introduction to Psychoacoustics
This course examines human auditory processing from the eardrum to the auditory cortex.
Mathematics of Musical Signals 1: Signals and Filters
This course introduces students to the mathematics behind musical signals.
Mathematics of Musical Signals 2: The Wave Equation
In this course, students explore the ways that symbolizing musical signals contributes to the design and development of sound.
Philosophy of Religion
This course is an examination of the philosophical arguments for the existence of God-cosmological, ontological, teleological, moral, and experiential or mystical-as found in the work of such philo
Ethics
In this course, students explore the ethical questions that have engaged humankind from antiquity to the present. Such questions focus on life's ideals: How should I live?
Western Philosophy
In this course, students make connections among the ideas of different philosophers.
Eastern Philosophy
In this course, students explore the ideas and traditions of the philosophical thinking and spiritual experience of the East, with special emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and
History of Western Music 1
A survey of the major styles in Western music from about A.D. 600 to the conclusion of the baroque. This includes a summary of ancient music.