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ent. Records, tapes, and audio-visual material that include music from the early New Orleans period to present-day jazz/rock and music videos will be used throughout the course. Hubert Walters MU 322 Jazz in America (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with BK 285 Cross-Cultural Course This course provides a thorough and detailed study and examination of the Black music that has come to be known as jazz. The socio-political nature of Black music in America, Black music in education, and the relations of Black music and the mass media are considered. Students will have the opportunity to experience live performances of jazz and will be asked to do a general analysis of at least one recording (LP) of a jazz performance. Hubert Walters MU 330 Introduction to Irish Folk Music (Fall: 3) Cross-Cultural Course An introduction to Irish music including: a historical examination of the music and its indigenous instruments, and a close study of contemporary developments arising from the folk music revival of the 1960s, particularly in relation to ensemble performance. Both dance music and the vocal tradition will be surveyed, with an emphasis on the former. Ann Morrison Spinney MU 400 Readings and Research (Fall/Spring: 3) Thomas Oboe Lee Jeremiah McGrann Ann Morrison Spinney MU 403 Honors Thesis Preparation (Fall/Spring: 3) Jeremiah McGrann MU 405 Senior Seminar (Fall: 3) For music majors in their senior year (exception only by special permission). Through supervised reading, research, writing, discussion and performance, this seminar will help majors develop a framework for synthesizing their various courses into a coherent whole, with special emphasis in the area of strongest interest. It will also help prepare students for examinations in listening repertoire and ear-training. The Department Philosophy Faculty Richard Murphy, Professor Emeritus; A.B., A.M., Boston College; S.T.L., Weston College; Ph.D., Fordham University Jacques M. Taminiaux, Professor Emeritus; Doctor Juris, Ph.D., Maitre-Agrege, University of Louvain Norman J. Wells, Professor Emeritus; A.B., Boston College; L.M.S., Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies; A.M., Ph.D., University of Toronto James Bernauer, S.J., Professor; A.B., Fordham University; A.M., St. Louis University; M.Div., Woodstock College; S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., State University of New York Oliva Blanchette, Professor; A.B., A.M., Boston College; S.T.L., Weston College; Ph.D., Universit Laval; Ph.L., College St. Albert de Louvain Patrick Byrne, Professor; Chairperson of the Department; B.S., A.M., Boston College; Ph.D., New York State University John J. Cleary, Professor; A.M., University College, Dublin; Ph.D., Boston University Richard Cobb-Stevens, Professor; A.B., A.M., Boston College; Ph.D., University of Paris Joseph F. X. Flanagan, S.J., Professor; A.B., A.M., Boston College; S.T.L., Weston College; D.D.S., Washington University; Ph.D., Fordham University Jorge Garcia, Professor; B.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., Yale University Richard Kearney, Seelig Professor; B.A., University of Dublin; M.A., McGill University; Ph.D., University of Paris Peter J. Kreeft, Professor; A.B., Calvin College; A.M., Ph.D., Fordham University Arthur R. Madigan, S.J., Professor; A.B., Fordham University; A.M., Ph.D., University of Toronto; M.Div., S.T.B., Regis College, Toronto Thomas J. Owens, Professor; A.B., A.M., Boston College; Ph.D., Fordham University David M. Rasmussen, Professor; A.B., University of Minnesota; B.D., A.M., Ph.D., University of Chicago William J. Richardson, S.J., Professor; Ph.L., Woodstock College; Th.L., Ph.D., Maitre-Agrege, University of Louvain John Sallis, Adelmann Professor; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University Jean Greisch, Visiting Professor; Ph.D., Faculty of Philosophy of the Institut Catholique, Paris Jean-Luc Solere, Visiting Professor; M.A. University of Paris Sorbonne; Ph.D., University of Poitier Ronald Anderson, S.J., Associate Professor; B.Sc., University of Canterbury; Ph.D., University of Melbourne; M.Div., Weston School of Theology; Ph.D., Boston University Gary Gurtler, S.J., Associate Professor; B.A., St. John Fisher College; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University; M.Div., Weston School of Theology Stuart B. Martin, Associate Professor; A.B., Sacred Heart College; L.M.H., Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies; A.M., Ph.D., Fordham University Vanessa P. Rumble, Associate Professor; B.A., Mercer University; Ph.D., Emory University Francis Soo, Associate Professor; A.B., Berchmans College; A.M., University of Philippines; B.S.T., Fu-Jen University; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., Boston College Eileen C. Sweeney, Associate Professor; B.A., University of Dallas; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Ronald K. Tacelli, S.J., Associate Professor; A.B., Boston College; M.Div., Weston College; Ph.D., University of Toronto Marina B. McCoy, Assistant Professor; B.A., Earlham College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University Gerard C. OBrien, S.J., Assistant Professor; A.B., A.M., Boston College; Ph.D., Fordham University Brian J. Braman, Adjunct Associate Professor; B.S., Central Michigan University; St.B., Gregorian University, Rome; M.A., Gonzaga University; Ph.D., Boston College David McMenamin, Adjunct Associate Professor; Director of PULSE Program; B.A., Fordham University; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Boston College Gretchen M. Gusich, Adjunct Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Notre Dame, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America Jeffrey A. Hanson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Dallas; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University 182 The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 ARTS AND SCIENCES

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