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Examines the history of three of America’s great musical contributions to world culture via detailed study of several masterpieces in each genre. Students will explore the fundamental musical elements, the historical roots, and the development of musical traditions of each style. Various listening and vocal music guides will facilitate the student’s knowledge and awareness.

Through the exploration of soundscapes, or music within a cultural setting, students will learn sound characteristics and instrument classification that can be used for any type of music. Students will come to understand the significance of world music and music within a culture. Students will develop critical listening skills and the vocabulary necessary to understand and evaluate music. No musical background is necessary.

Offers a fundamental approach to learning the guitar for beginning students with varied levels of experience. Students will be involved with and exposed to performance situations, some practical applications of music theory, and different playing styles and techniques. Students must provide their own acoustic instruments.

Offers an opportunity to study various aspects of vocal production and performance, which will include vocal process from theory to application. The vocal process will focus on optimizing one’s vocal understanding through performance techniques and musicianship.

Introduces drama as a performing art, with emphasis on physical movement and the use of voice in the development of characterization. Students will learn to use improvisation and theatre games to make feelings accessible to the student actor for the purpose of performance. The class will take a functional approach to the basic techniques of acting with an in-class performance final. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of acting that include action, relaxation, objective, spontaneity, emotion, monologues, texts, projection, presence, substitution, referential movement, character analyses, and heightened diction. It will include ideas about the rehearsal process, play scripts, scenes, staging, and performance.

Introduces students to the foundations of college success and to the academic environment of NHTI. Academic advising, self-assessment and the development of a career portfolio help students to identify and achieve academic and professional goals and support lifelong learning. This course is required for all General Studies majors except for those enrolled in GST102C: Study Strategies. Please see the General Studies department head for the Waiver Policy for this course.

Required for all General Studies majors who wish to apply for experiential learning credit. It will assist students in defining career objectives and preparing proposals for experiential learning credit. It will include advising and in-class writing sessions.

Through the presentation of topics ranging from reading and study strategies to stress management, students become better equipped to adjust to the college experience and increase their chances of academic success. Individual periodic conferencing is also a key element of the course. It is open to all students and required for some AGS students. Waivers from this course can be granted for students transferring two or more college-level classes with grades of B- or better. This course fulfills the GST 100C course requirement for all General Studies and Associate in Arts majors. This course may not be taken as an elective to meet graduation requirements.

Focuses on economic, social, and cultural geography to study the relationships between humans and their natural environment. Students will review the basic physical geography concepts as well as ideas for reviewing and comparing cultural traditions, resources, globalization, and interaction of countries and regions. This class introduces students to the study of people, culture, arts, tourism, regions, and issues facing humanity.

Introduces students to the basic geological principles, including minerals, rock formation, volcanism, weathering, external and internal processes in sculpting and modifying landscapes, geologic time and history, global cycles, and human impacts on geological processes. Environmental resource use and conservation issues are also addressed. Required field trips.