MUS 125

COURSE SYLLABUS

3.	RESOURCES NEEDED:
	TEXT:	Jazz, Paul Tanner, David Megill and Maurice Gerow, Current Edition. Dubuque, IA, William C. Brown, 1992
	SUPPLIES:
4.	COURSE DESCRIPTION:	This course covers the basic materials of Jazz, with its forms, styles, composers, and musical periods. Emphasis is on the development of tools for intelligent listening and appreciation.
5.	COURSE GOAL:	The student completing this course will gain a deeper appreciation of how the United States’ first own important musical genre came into being, how it exists today, and how it also influences other styles of music.

6.	COURSE OBJECTIVES:
	By the end of the course, students will
	(A)	Aurally identify major jazz styles.
	(B)	Describe the major styles of jazz, their chronological placement, and their importance.
	(C)	Identify major jazz artists, jazz’s influence on other styles of music, and current trends in jazz itself.

7.	EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
		Attendance and Class Participation	10%
		Final Exam	20%
		Mid-term Exam	20%
		Assignments and other Exams	50%
		Grading Scale Raw 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.
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
	Tentative Schedule
	I.	Jazz Defined
	II.	How to listen to jazz
	III.	Jazz Heritages
	IV.	The Blues
	V.	Jazz Singers
	VI.	Early New Orleans Dixieland
	VII.	Ragtime
	VIII	Chicago Style Dixieland
	IX.	Boogie-Woogie
	X.	Swing
	XI.	Bop
	XII.	Cool
	XIII.	Hard Bop, Funky/Straight-Ahead Jazz
	XIV.	Free Form & Avant Garde
	XV.	Crossover, Third Stream, Early Jazz/Rock
	XVI.	Jazz/Rock/Pop Fusion
	XVII.	Big Band Legacy
	XVIII	Jazz in Television and Motion Pictures
	XIX.	Jazz and the New Technology
	XX.	Jazz Esthetics and Criticism
	XXI.	Studies of Important Jazz Performers

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.