Get a Start on Your Westmont College Classes - Mayterm Courses Available

Mayterm 2021: May 10 - June 11

Welcome to Westmont! We are excited that you are joining our academic community. Mayterm is a great way to get a headstart on your college career. Only a few places are open for the classes below, and the spaces are first come, first served. 

These courses are open to confirmed students. Each class costs $1,380.

Contact admissions@westmont.edu or the Student Records Office at 805-565-6060 or registrar@westmont.edu to register or ask questions.

MU 020 - Survey of Western Music (4 units)

A historical survey of the music of European culture.

Dr. Matthew Roy received his Ph.D. in Music from the University of California in Santa Barbara, his M.A. in Music from Eastern Washington University, Spokane, and his B.A. in Piano Performance magna cum laude from Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California and is a member of the national music honor society Pi Kappa Lambda. His primary research focus at this time is music and childhood. His dissertation, The Musicalization of Romantic Childhood: Genre, Power, Paradox (2018), explores the nineteenth-century development of “children’s music” as a complex musical reification of various pedagogical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives; in so doing, he draws together the disciplines of musicology and children's studies in ways that have not been pursued before. He is passionate about using this research to engage in large discussions of music's role in the history and sociology of childhood.

PHS 114 - Earth Science (4 units)

An introduction to astronomy, geology, meteorology, and oceanography.

After graduating from UC Berkeley, Dr. Allan Nishimura earned his doctorate at UC Davis and did postdoctoral work at Berkeley. He has mentored student researchers for more than 40 years, involving them in his work. The first recipient of Westmont’s Faculty Research Award in 1984, he was named a Professor of the Year in 1998 and a Distinguished Professor in 2003. He held Westmont’s first endowed faculty chair in the sciences. Specializing in physical chemistry and molecular spectroscopy, he has received more than 15 external grants from such sources as the American Chemical Society, the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health.

SOC 001 - Introduction to Sociology (4 units)

The analysis of patterned social relationships in modern societies and a survey of the major concepts and methods of sociology. Prerequisite to most upper-division courses in sociology.

Dr. Blake Victor Kent is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Westmont College, as well as Research Associate at the Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities and Non-Resident Scholar at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion. He currently serves on the boards of Review of Religious Research and the Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network. His research is centered on associations between religion/spirituality and mental and physical health, with particular attention given to subjective religious and spiritual experiences, particularly attachment to God.