MUSI 1306 – Listening to Music



MUSI 1306 – Music Appreciation

Course Syllabus

Spring ‘11

COURSE NUMBER: MUSI 1306

COURSE NAME: Music Appreciation

CREDIT: 3 hours

INSTRUCTOR: Edgar Moore

OFFICE NUMBER: 713.718.6600

E-MAIL: edgar.moore@hccs.edu

SECTION I – OVERVIEW

A. PURPOSE

The purpose of Listening to Music is to develop skills necessary for intelligent listening and appreciation of music. The development of these skills is achieved with proper attitude, a basic understanding of the basic elements of music, and strengthened through an analytical survey of music through its historical development.

B. COURSE DESCRIPTION

Listening to Music is a non-technical approach to the enjoyment of music. Emphasis is on an intelligent listening procedure of materials from the standard vocal, instrumental and keyboard literature.

This course meets the basic intellectual competencies for core courses including reading, writing, speaking, listening, critical thinking, and computer literacy.

C. TEXTBOOK

Music, An Appreciation 6th Edition, Roger Kamien

CDs for Music, An Appreciation

SECTION II – LEARNING ASSESSMENT

A. EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

1. Unit quizzes over notes, readings and listening

2. Written critiques (2) of an attended concerts

3. Two (2) oral reports on assigned music topics

4. Mid-term and Final exams in two areas: written & listening

B. GRADE DETERMINATION

1. Unit quizzes 20%

2. Oral Report 15%

3. Concert report 15%

4. Mid-term exam 25%

5. Final exam 25%

SECTION III – INSTRUCTOR POLICIES

1. There will be NO make-up exams during the semester. Exception: School sponsored activities. If you are involved in a school sponsored activity (baseball team, volleyball team, etc.) and will be absent on an exam day, you have two (2) choices: 1. Take the exam at any time before you are scheduled to be away or 2. Take the exam before the end of the next class following your return.

2. Late work (oral reports & concert reports) will be accepted only once: before the end of the next class after the work was due. After that, it’s a letter grade off per class that the work is not turned in.

3. Absolutely NO cell phones or beepers are to be turned on during class. Put them on silent mode.

4. I WILL drop you because of absences! At such time that excessive absences has put your grade in jeopardy, I will inform you that it may be in your best interests to drop. If I drop you, you will receive a “W” for the course. A grade of “I” at the end of the semester is reserved for the student who has an emergency the LAST WEEK OF CLASS or misses the Final Exam with EXTENUATING circumstances. It is NOT for the student who was absent and has to make up 6 weeks of assignments!

5. Attendance: Students are expected to attend every class. Role will be checked. If you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to acquire any missed work, ie, class notes or assignments.

If, at any time during the course of the semester, consistent or rampant tardiness is deemed by the instructor to create a disruption, the instructor may, at his sole discretion, lock the classroom door at 5 min. after class begins. At that time any student NOT in class will be considered absent. In these circumstances, students arriving after the door has been locked may be admitted at the discretion of the instructor.

6. At the sole discretion of the professor, on exam days ALL cell phones will be checked at a table in the front of the class, to be returned AFTER the exam is completed. NO EXCEPTIONS.

7. NO guests and/or children in class!

8. See SECTION IV, number 2.

SECTION IV – COLLEGE POLICIES

1. The Fine Arts Dept. of HCC Central strongly recommends that all HCCS students carry some form of medical insurance to cover illness and injury, both on and off campus. Info regarding low-cost health insurance for students is available in the Fine Arts office. Under Texas state statute, HCCS is immune to liability in the event of accident or injury.

2. Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated. HCC defines “scholastic dishonesty” cheating on a test, plagiarism, or collusion. If you are caught cheating on an exam (looking on someone else’s paper, texting answers or verbally giving answers, etc.) or plagiarizing written work the penalties include, but are not limited to, a “0” on a test or assignment in question, a “W” or “F” in the course.

FINAL DAY TO DROP: Thursday, April 21

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