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COURSE SYLLABUS 1. TITLE OF COURSE: Music Appreciation PREFIX/NUMBER: MUS 120 CREDIT HOURS: 3 2. PREREQUISITE: 3. RESOURCES NEEDED: TEXT: Music- an Appreciation, Kamien, current ed. SUPPLIES: 4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Course covers the basic materials of music, musical forms, media, genres and musical periods. Emphasizes the development of tools for intelligent listening and appreciation. 5. COURSE GOAL: 6. COURSE OBJECTIVES: The Student Should Be Able To: 1. Define the following basic elements of music and demonstrate the ability to recognize their use in a musical composition: melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, mete, dynamics, and timbre. 2. Identify most musical instruments by sight and sound. 3. Define and demonstrate their ability to identify the various genres of musical composition. 4. Illustrate a knowledge of various musical forms that are applied to both instrumental and vocal composition. 5. Characterize music of the following periods in music history: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century. 6. Compare and contrast various attitudes towards music and musical composition in various periods. 7. Identify representative compositions as to period, genre, instrumentation, and possible composer 8. Recall important composers from various historical periods and list their most important achievements 7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Tests: Should combine objectives types of questions in the form of short answer, multiple choice, matching, etc., with essay and listening sections. Projects: Could include concert attendance or reviews, individual or group presentations which amplify through additional research concepts, terms, periods, or composers in the text, or performances in class which illustrate particular concepts, periods, or composers. Related areas: Research of other arts of various periods or relationships among music and other art forms. Grading ScaleRaw Score Range Letter Grade 90 to 100 A 80 to 89 B 70 to 79 C 60 to 69 D 0 to 59 F Special Remarks: 1. Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog. Students will be given 2 excused absences for the duration of the course. After the second absence, students will have 3 points subtracted from the final grade for each day missed. Students will be able to "turn in" unused excused absences at the end of the term and be given 5 bonus points for each unused absence. 2. Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies. 3. Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion. 8. COURSE OUTLINE: 1.0 Learning About Music 1.1 Things to be Learned in Music 1.2 Aesthetic Responses 1.3 Receptive Mind Development 2.0 Learning to Listen 2.1 Attitudinal Adjustment 2.2 Listening Levels 3.0 The Materials of Music 3.1 Melody 3.2 Harmony 3.3 Texture 4.0 The Materials of Music 4.1 Rhythm 4.2 Dynamics 4.3 Timbre 5.0 Musical Instruments 5.1 Orchestral Instruments 5.2 Band Instruments 5.3 Folk Instruments 5.4 Popular Instruments 6.0 Form in Music 6.1 Sectional Forms (sonata, rondo) 6.2 Variation Forms 6.3 Contrapuntal Forms (fugue) 7.0 Songs and Singing 7.1 Folk Songs 7.2 Strophic Songs 7.3 Through Composed Songs 8.0 Choral Music 8.1 Oratorio, Mass, Cantata 8.2 Motet, Madrigal 9.0 Orchestral Music 9.1 Concerto Grosso and Concertos 9.2 Symphonies 10.0 Chamber Music 10.1 Small Groups 10.2 The Sonata 11.0 Keyboard Music 11.1 The Suite 11.2 The Fugue 11.3 The Sonata 12.0 Opera 12.1 The Components 12.2 The Plots 13.0 Music for the Ballet 13.1 The Choreography 13.2 The Graphic Enhancement 13.3 The Suite 14.0 Musical Periods 14.1 Medieval 14.2 Renaissance 14.3 Baroque 14.4 Classical 14.5 Romantic 14.6 20th Century 15.0 Music of Different Cultures 15.1 Far East 15.2 South America 15.3 Africa 9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities. 10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor. 11. ADA NOTICE: Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
COURSE SYLLABUS
1.
TITLE OF COURSE:
Music Appreciation
PREFIX/NUMBER:
MUS 120
CREDIT HOURS:
3
2.
PREREQUISITE:
3.
RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT:
SUPPLIES:
4.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Course covers the basic materials of music, musical forms, media, genres and musical periods. Emphasizes the development of tools for intelligent listening and appreciation.
5.
COURSE GOAL:
6.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
7.
EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
Grading ScaleRaw Score Range
Letter Grade
90 to 100
A
80 to 89
B
70 to 79
C
60 to 69
D
0 to 59
F
Special Remarks:
Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog. Students will be given 2 excused absences for the duration of the course. After the second absence, students will have 3 points subtracted from the final grade for each day missed. Students will be able to "turn in" unused excused absences at the end of the term and be given 5 bonus points for each unused absence.
Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.
Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.
8.
COURSE OUTLINE:
1.0
Learning About Music
1.1
Things to be Learned in Music
1.2
Aesthetic Responses
1.3
Receptive Mind Development
2.0
Learning to Listen
2.1
Attitudinal Adjustment
2.2
Listening Levels
3.0
The Materials of Music
3.1
Melody
3.2
Harmony
3.3
Texture
4.0
4.1
Rhythm
4.2
Dynamics
4.3
Timbre
5.0
Musical Instruments
5.1
Orchestral Instruments
5.2
Band Instruments
5.3
Folk Instruments
5.4
Popular Instruments
6.0
Form in Music
6.1
Sectional Forms (sonata, rondo)
6.2
Variation Forms
6.3
Contrapuntal Forms (fugue)
7.0
Songs and Singing
7.1
Folk Songs
7.2
Strophic Songs
7.3
Through Composed Songs
8.0
Choral Music
8.1
Oratorio, Mass, Cantata
8.2
Motet, Madrigal
9.0
Orchestral Music
9.1
Concerto Grosso and Concertos
9.2
Symphonies
10.0
Chamber Music
10.1
Small Groups
10.2
The Sonata
11.0
Keyboard Music
11.1
The Suite
11.2
The Fugue
11.3
12.0
Opera
12.1
The Components
12.2
The Plots
13.0
Music for the Ballet
13.1
The Choreography
13.2
The Graphic Enhancement
13.3
14.0
Musical Periods
14.1
Medieval
14.2
Renaissance
14.3
Baroque
14.4
Classical
14.5
Romantic
14.6
20th Century
15.0
Music of Different Cultures
15.1
Far East
15.2
South America
15.3
Africa
9.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11.
ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.