This course examines evolutionary biology with an emphasis on the scientific basis of evolution, and attention to the implications of evolutionary thought in contemporary society. Not intended for life-science majors. (Gen.Ed. BS)

Massive political protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen, commonly dubbed as the ?Arab Spring,? have gripped the world?s attention since December 2010, especially when they succeeded in overthrowing three of the most enduring Arab dictators. Since then, academics, news commentators, and lay people alike have offered various explanations for this seemingly unexpected turn of events by focusing mainly on contemporary socioeconomic, political and cultural causes.

This course is designed primarily for MM Jazz Composition and Arranging students. It is open as an elective to graduate students in other areas who possess a thorough knowledge of composition and orchestration, and software notation skills. This is a project based course on writing music for visual media. It involves the study of the work of industry standard compositions in three visual media areas, TV commercials, cartoons, and film.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) computer graphics. It covers the basic methods needed to model, render, and animate 3D objects. Topics include raster displays, line drawing, affine and perspective transformations, windows and viewpoints, clipping, visibility, illumination models, reflectance models, radiometry, curves and surfaces, shading, texture mapping, ray tracing, graphic toolkits, animation, and 3D printing.

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Writing and analysis of invertible counterpoint, various canonic devices, and fugue.

Focuses on application of specialized instructional, curricular, and behavioral intervention strategies for students with autism. Includes planning and monitoring instruction in language, social, adaptive daily living, and academic domains.

Introduction to MIDI and computer music synthesis. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

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