2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

CoursesMU 4510 Voice PerformanceStudies1 creditIndividual and/or group study to promotedevelopment of technique, repertoire and musicianship.Required attendance at Departmentrecitals. Each course may be repeated.Enrollment in Performance Studies requiresthe payment of a Performance Studies fee.Falls and Springs. Corequisite(s): MU 3420.MU 4520 Voice PerformanceStudies2 creditsIndividual and/or group study to promotedevelopment of technique, repertoire andmusicianship. Required attendance atDepartment recitals. Each course may berepeated. Enrollment in Performance Studiesrequires the payment of a Performance Studiesfee. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): MU 3520.Corequisite(s): MU 3420.MU 4540 Piano PerformanceStudies2 creditsIndividual and/or group study to promotedevelopment of technique, repertoire andmusicianship. Required attendance atDepartment recitals. Each course may berepeated. Enrollment in Performance Studiesrequires the payment of a Performance Studiesfee. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): MU 3540.Corequisite(s): MU 2140.MU 4910 Independent Study 1–3 creditsAdvanced work in specialized area of interest,selected and pursued in consultation with a facultyadvisor. Consent required of the instructorwho will supervise the independent study andthe Department Chair. With permission.MU 4990 Music Technology SeniorProject1 creditBA Music/Music Technology majors mayfulfill the Senior Music Technology Projectrequirement by submitting a multi-trackrecording of 45 minutes of music that is mixed,mastered and printed to CD or DVD, or by submittinga multimedia project 45 minutes inlength that includes music and multimediathat is mixed, mastered and printed to CDor DVD. All projects are subject to approvalby the advising professor. Falls and Springs.Prerequisite(s): MU 4150. Corequisite(s): 4000level Performance Studies.NS – Natural ScienceNS 2010 Introduction to ScienceEducation3 creditsFocuses on educational foundations and theplace of science education as a discipline inthe larger framework of education. Topicsinclude historical, philosophical, sociological,economical, ethical, multicultural and otherfoundational aspects of American science educationin public schools. Includes 20 hours ofschool-based experiences. Falls.NS 2100 Winter Ecology 4 creditsThis field-oriented course provides the studentwith basic information about snow, snow pack,cold temperatures, plant and animal mechanismsof winter survival on land and in freshwater,plant/animal interactions in the coldand human physiological reactions to the cold.Students are required to maintain a journal ofsite, classroom and field trip observations. Fieldtrips include alpine zone, mountain ponds,hemlock spruce forest and northern hardwoodforest. Warm boots and wool or synthetic winterclothing required. Division of ContinuingEducation only. Winterim. (SCLB)NS 2410 Nutrition3 creditsAn introduction to the field of nutrition beginningwith a discussion of the various groups ofnutrients and their role and culminating in adiscussion of nutrition and disease. Coverageis balanced to include both sexes and all agegroups. Spring of odd years. (SCIE)NSDI 2500 Environmental Science 4 creditsDeals with environmental science as an interdisciplinarystudy, combining content fromthe natural sciences and social sciences topresent an understanding of environmentaland resource issues and possible solutions.Gives students the skills necessary to ask intelligentquestions about environmental issues,how to collect and analyze data and use thisinformation to make informed decisions.Field work and Internet web sites are used tocollect quantitative and qualitative data. Falls.(SCLB)(SIDI)NS 3480 History of Science 3 creditsHistorical development of scientific understandingtraced from earliest records to moderntimes revealing the nature of scientificinquiry, the methods of scientific inquiry, themethods of scientific creativity and the implicationsof enlightenment in science for society.Science in representative periods of humandevelopment and interactions between scienceand human progress are considered. May betaken as SS 3480. Perspectives integrated:HIST, SCIE. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s):junior status. (INTG)(INCO)NS 3710 Philosophy, Science, andSuperstition 3 creditsSee PY 3710 for course description. Falls.Prerequisite(s): junior status. (PHIL)(INCO)NS 4100 Natural Science LaboratoryTechniques2 creditsFor prospective natural science instructors.Techniques useful in the laboratory phaseof secondary school science instruction.Directed by the staff members of two or morespecialized natural science fields. Designing,fabricating, arranging and using apparatusin classroom situations. Skills in correlatinglaboratory experience with other instructionalprocedures. Selection and maintenance of laboratoryequipment and ordering equipment andsupplies. Enrollment only through DepartmentChair. Pass/No Pass. Prerequisite(s): permissionof the instructor.NS 4200 Geographic Information Systemsand Remote Sensing in theSciences4 creditsA study of the applications of GeographicInformation Systems and Remote Sensingin the Natural Sciences. Students learn thebasics of both topics and then via a case studyapproach analyze how GIS and remote sensinghave been used in Conservation, Biology,Ecology, Geology and Meteorology. Laboratoryexercises complement lecture topics. Spring ofodd years. Prerequisite(s): upper-level standingwith at least 12 credits of science courses.(INTG)(INCO)NS 4340 Science in the SecondarySchool3 creditsThe science programs, methods and materialsused in the secondary school. Required observationand participation in secondary schools.Falls. (WRIT)(TECO)NS 4600 Internship 1–4 creditsStudents engage in a work program to apply, ina practical manner, knowledge gained in majoror minor coursework, under the supervisionof a faculty sponsor, Department Chair andsupervising agency. Students must obtain afaculty sponsor and submit a detailed writtenproposal prior to undertaking the internship.Students must also submit a written reportto their faculty sponsor when the internshipis complete. Final approval of the internshipwill come from the Department Chair. Withpermission.NS 4910 Independent Study 1–4 creditsOrdinarily for natural science majors. Studiesundertaken are defined by the students concerned,subject to approval by appropriate staffmembers. Work may involve reading, conferences,historical, experimental or theoreticalprojects, field investigations, statistical surveys,or combinations of the foregoing. Students maywork in Chemistry or the Physical or BiologicalSciences or in interdisciplinary areas involvingone or all of these. Consent required of theinstructor who will supervise the independentstudy and the Department Chair. Withpermission.290 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008