Global Arc

Within a broader context of historical, social, and ethical concerns, a survey of normal childhood development and selected disorders from the perspectives of the physician and the scientist. Emphasis on the complex relationship between genetic and acquired causes of disease, medical practice, social conditions, and cultural values. The course features visits from children with some of the conditions discussed, site visits, and readings from the original medical and scientific literature. Prerequisite: MOL 214. Two 80-minute classes and an evening 80-minute precept.

The course will be a detailed overview of the practice of light microscopy as applied to scientific investigation. The emphasis of the course will be on the use of the light microscope by biological scientists, however students of other disciplines are welcome. We will cover optical microscope theory, microscope components and mechanics, and all modern optical techniques from brightfield through super-resolution and lightsheet microscopies. Instruction will consist of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experience using the light microscopes in the Molecular Biology Confocal Imaging Facility (CIF) and others provided by vendors.

The course is intended for students interested in biological applications of mathematics and modeling in biology, aiming at demonstrating how relatively simple mathematics can be applied to a variety of models to draw interesting conclusions. Connections will be made between diverse biological examples linked by common mathematical themes. A variety of discrete and continuous ordinary and partial differential equation models will be explored.

An introduction to the fundamental materials of a variety of music, including Western concert music, jazz, and popular music. Course activities center around interrelated theoretical, compositional, and analytical projects that serve to explore issues of music theory, style, and creativity.

A rigorous but fun introduction to music theory, covering the deep principles underlying a wide range of styles, including classical, jazz, pop, electronic, and music from around the world. The emphasis is on learning by creating, performing, listening, and analyzing. Topics to be covered include acoustics, scales, chords, repetition, and rhythm. We will find that even very simple-sounding music can often be fascinatingly complex.

How do we use chords to shape music? How do composers play with expectation and predictability? And how do we use these devices to create drama in music -- to express conflict or resolution -- to tell a story? We will consider these questions by examining examples from the 18th to the 21st centuries and across multiple genres. The course is designed to enhance your skills in recognizing and understanding processes in tonal and post-tonal music and in composing harmonically-based music.

This course will present an overview of the great conductors of the recorded age, conducting the iconic symphonic repertory for which, in each case, they were most admired. Performance practice style, and its evolution throughout the 20th century will be investigated in detail. The impact of these conductors' out-sized gifts on the musical culture of their time will also be a focal point of the course. Issues of tempo, phrasing, color and handling of structural matters all bear on the larger concerns of the development of musical style. The course will be run as a seminar, with students making presentations each week.

An introduction to the principles of voice leading and linear construction through a series of systematic compositional exercises. Prerequisite: 106 or equivalent.

An introduction to the syntactic structure of the music of the 18th and 19th centuries through exercises in analysis and composition.

An exploration of music for large chamber ensemble from periods rarely addressed by Princeton performing ensembles, such as Baroque, Early Classical, and recent music by Princeton undergraduates.