In this class, students will acquire hands-on experience in diverse aspects of the research process in any field of Biology, from familiarizing themselves with a research topic, generating interesting questions, designing experiments, acquiring technical skills, collecting and analyzing data, to writing and/or presenting their results. To inquire about enrollment, students should fill out the application survey available on the departmental website or on my.mtholyoke.

Advanced study of jazz non-functional and chromatic harmony and beyond through harmonization and re-harmonization exercises; development of non-functional and chromatic harmonic vocabulary; analysis of complex chord progressions based upon post-1960 harmonic techniques; the study of non- functional, modal, and chromatic harmonies and their relationship to jazz improvisation; arranging and composition; and the study and Analysis of 20th century classical and jazz repertoire.

In this course we will explore the art and science of voice production and vocal instruction. The human anatomy and physiology as it relates to singing will be addressed. Other topics will include: Posture, Breath Management, Phonation, Registers, Voice Classification, Resonance and Projection, Vocal Health and Disorders and other related topics. Open to voice majors with a minimum of four semesters of voice study at the University or by consent of the instructor.

The American Physical Society describes soft matter as "one of the fastest growing areas of physics research, uniting a broad class of physical states ranging from colloids and micelles to biological and granular matter that are easily deformed by external stresses. The common feature of these materials is that the predominant physical behaviors occur at energy scales comparable with thermal energy.