2008-2009
U.S.A.D. Study Guide Outline

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Mathematics: Gateways to Logical Thinking

I. Logic and Set Theory  … 24%

    A. Formal Logic and Proof

    B. Set Theory

        1. The algebra of sets and applications

        2. Sets and functions

        3. Cardinality

            a. Countable sets

            b. Uncountable sets

II. Numbers … 40%

    A. Natural Numbers and Divisibility

    B. Fractions

    C. Rational and Irrational Numbers

    D. Complex Numbers and Quaternions

    E. Number Systems with Different Bases

III. Combinatorics and Probability … 24%

    A. Combinatorics

        1. Formal Identities

        2. Applications

    B. Probability

IV. Applications … 12%

    A. Quadratic Equations and Applications

    B. Inequalities

Economics: The Economics of Entrepreneurship

I. Fundamentals of Economics … 38%

    A. Fundamental Concepts

    B. Terms

    C. Fundamentals of Macroeconomics

    D. Fundamentals of Microeconomics

II. Business Organizations … 38%

    A. Types and Markets

    B. Business Financing

III. Profiles in Individual Enterprise … 24%

    A. Characteristics of an Entrepreneur

    B. Biographical Profiles

Art: Images of the Self

I. Fundamentals of Art … 20%

    A. Elements of Composition and Design

    B. Techniques and Processes

    C. Historical Periods

II. Artists, Backgrounds, and Selected Works … 80%

    A. Paintings

        1. Fray Hortensio Felix Paravicino. El Greco, 1609

        2. Artist in His Studio. Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629

        3. Pat Lyon at the Forge. John Neagle, 1826­27

        4. Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli. Edgar Degas, c. 1867

        5. La Japonaise. Claude Monet, 1876

        6. Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair. Paul Cézanne, c. 1877

        7. In the Loge. Mary Cassatt, 1879

        8. The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. John Singer Sargent, 1882

        9. Self-Portrait. Ellen Day Hale, 1885

        10. Postman Joseph Roulin. Vincent van Gogh, 1888

        11. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin, 1897

12. Portrait of a Woman. Pablo Picasso, 1910

13. Schiele's Wife with Her Little Nephew. Egon Schiele, 1915

    B. Sculptures

1. Portrait of a Man. Rome, c. 50 B.C.E.

2. Guanyin. China, c. 580 C.E.

3. Walking Woman. (Femme qui Marche). Alberto Giacometti, 1933­34

4. Annette. Alberto Giacometti, 1953

    C. Masks

        1. Mask (deangle). Dan people, Côte d'Ivoire, 19th­20th centuries

        2. Mask (kifwebe). Songye people, Democratic Republic of Congo, 19^th & ­20th centuries

Music: World Sacred Music: Sounds of the Soul

I. Fundamentals of Music … 20%

    A. Terms

    B. Spaces and States

    C. Performance and Transmission

II. Selected Works, Artists, and Backgrounds … 80%

    A. "Bluebird Song" performed by Lena Clark

    B. "Quen a Virgen ben servirá" performed by the Ensemble Alcatraz

    C. "Nyamaropa yeVana Vava Mushonga" performed by Muchatera Mujuru

    D. "Arrullo San Antonio"

    E. "Ngoma ra mrongo"

    F. "Kecak"

    G. "El Mélej" performed by Musica Alia

    H. "O Magnum Mysterium," by Tomás Luis de Victoria, performed by the Westminster Cathedral Choir, directed by David Hill

    I. "Al-'Âda' performed by the Sulâmiyya Ensemble

    J. "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder," by J.S. Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society, conducted by Jos Van Veldhoven

    K. "Ninnadanela," by Tyagaraja, performed by Ramnad Krishnan

    L. "Move On Up a Little Higher" by Herbert Brewster, performed by Mahalia Jackson

Language & Literature: Reflection of the Self

I. Critical Reading … 20%

II. Novel … 50%

    Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

III. Poetry … 30%

    A. John Donne: "Sonnet 14"

    B. Robert Browning: "Andrea del Sarto"

    C. Walt Whitman: "There Was a Child Went Forth"

    D. Robert Graves: "My Name and I"

    E. Langston Hughes: "Theme for English B"

    F. Sylvia Plath: "Mirror"

Science: The Biological Self

I. Biology of the Cell  (Building Blocks of the Self) … 33%

    A. Cell Structure

    B. Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids

    C. Nucleic Acids

II. Molecular Genetics  (Defining/Creating the Self) … 34%

    A. DNA

    B. Genetic Code

    C. Genetic Technology (Cloning)

III. The Immune System (Protecting the Self) … 33%

    A. Defense Mechanisms

    B. Immune Response

    C. Disorders of the Immune System

Super Quiz: Concepts of the Self: Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion

I. Philosophy … 33%

    A. Western Philosophy

        1. Plato

        2. René Descartes

        3. Søren Kierkegaard

        4. Jean-Paul Sartre

        5. Ayn Rand

    B. Eastern Philosophy

        1. Chinese Philosophy

            a. Confucianism

            b. Taoism

        2. Kashmir Shaivism

II. Psychology … 34%

    A. Sigmund Freud

    B. Carl Jung

    C. Karen Horney

    D. Erik Erikson

    E. B. F. Skinner

    F. Abraham Maslow

III. Religion … 33%

    A. Traditional African Religions

    B. Native American Religions

    C. Hinduism

    D. Buddhism

    E. Judaism

    F. Christianity

    G. Islam