Music Appreciation (MUSC/HUM-2573 - Honors)
Fall 2006 MW (2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.) 3 Credit Hours
Rogers State University Baird Hall
Professor: Dr. Hugh Foley Office Phone: 918-343-7566 e-mail:
hfoley@rsu.edu
REQUIRED TEXT AND CDs:
1. Willoughby, David. The
World of Music. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
The book should be packaged with either a set of three compact discs with the same title as the book.
2. Foley, Hugh W., Jr. Oklahoma Route 66 Music Guide. 2nd ed. Stillwater: New Forums, 2005.
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND
OBJECTIVES: Music
Appreciation seeks to inform the student about the indigenous beginnings of
North American music, to explain 20th Century music in terms of the
origins of the popular styles of blues, jazz, country, rock, and pop, and survey
the Western "Classical" tradition from the middle ages to the 20th
century. The class concludes with lectures on the significant music produced by
Oklahomans. Goals for the class range from raising awareness of the
various elements, origins, and developments in music, as well as enhancing
critical thinking skills of evaluating music and then putting a cognitive
critique in writing. By the end of the course, the student should have the
background for appreciating the major genres of music with which they are most
likely to come into contact in the United States.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Listening
Journal: After clicking on the link at the left, students will see the
listening assignments to which they will be required to listen. The music is
provided on the student CDs or cassettes.
Students will use the terminology they have developed over the course of the
semester in their analysis of the music.
2.
Each student will
write two essays. The first essay will be a 1,000 word essay about a
musical experience the student will attend. The student will describe the music
in detail with regard to instrumentation, setting and staging, number of
performers on what instruments, style of music played, musical arrangement,
musicians’ playing styles, and audience response. Within the essay, students
should incorporate at least twenty-five of the musical terms from Chapter 3 of The
World of Music (pages 28 through 42). The terms used should be indicated in the essay by putting
the terms in boldface type. The first essay is due Monday, October 16th.
3. The second essay should be a 750-word essay taken from an interview with a musician, or someone involved in music. The interview may be a transcription of a recorded interview, or written in prose from notes taken during the interview. Included in the interview should be the person’s name, as well as place and date of birth. Also, the interviewer should find out the person’s first musical experience, whether or not family members played music, what started the person in music, what styles of music they prefer, what they do contemporarily in music, and how they feel about music being produced today. The second essay is due Monday, November 13th. If students wish for the essay to become part of a permanent archive of oral history about music in Oklahoma, please provide a separate sheet of paper that authorizes the interview to be used for educational purposes. See me for further details. Students may opt to switch the order of these essays but must adhere to the due dates.
4. Each student must create an original work related to music and present it to the class in the context of its use for explaining an aspect of music covered in the course. Projects might include publicity for a musical event, an edited documentary video of a musical performance or interview - to include titles and credits, an original work of music such as a song or instrumental composition, or a performance of a non-original work with an explanation of how the work fits into the context of the course. Projects must be pre-approved by the professor. Presentations will be scheduled according to project topics.
5. Each student will take a mid-term and final exam.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1 Chapter 1
Introduction to The World of Music
Week 2 Chapters 2 & 3
Listening and Understanding: The Nature and Elements of Music
Week 3 Chapter 8 Music of
the Americas
Week 4 Chapter 8 Music of the Americas
Week 5
Chapters 4 & 5 Folk Music, the Blues, and American Religious Music
Week 6
Chapter 7 Country and Western Music
Week 7
Chapter 6 Jazz in America
Week 8
Week 9 MID-TERM EXAM
Week 10 Chapter 10 Music to
1600
Week 11 Chapter 11 Music of
the Baroque (1600-1750)
Week 12 Chapter 12 Music of
the Classical Period (1750-1820)
Week 13 Chapter 13 Music of
the Romantic Period (19th Century)
Week 14 Chapters 14&15
Music of the 20th Century I & II
Week 15 Music of Oklahoma
Week 16 Review for Final
Exam
GRADING PROCEDURES:
Mid-term Exam and Final Exam
Average: 25%
Essay 1 and 2 Average: 25%
Original Music Project: 25%
Listening Journal: 25%
A=90-100 B=80-89 C=70-79
D=60-69 F=Below 60
Absentee Policy: I do not have an absentee policy.
Late Work Policy: I will accept late work up to one calendar week after the listed due date. After that, work will still be accepted but lose 10 points per calendar week that it is late after the grace period has elapsed.
Academic Misconduct:
Students are expected to follow university policies as put forth in the
institution’s Student Code of Responsibilities and Conduct. See the
code in its entirety at www.rsu.edu/scode.
Plagiarism Policy:
Plagiarism is representing someone else’s ideas or work as your own. To avoid
plagiarism when you use someone else’s data, arguments, designs, words, ideas,
project, etc., you must make it clear that the work originated with someone else
by citing the source. Suspected plagiarism cases enact a nasty administrative
process that no one will enjoy, and you
can find out more about it in the student code www.rsu.edu/scode.
Please avoid this hassle and do your own work.
Non-Academic Misconduct: In order to maintain an effective learning environment, students are expected to fully comply with The Student Code.
ADA Statement: If you
have special physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities, please let me know
as soon as possible so that your learning needs may be met. You will need to
provide documentation of your disability to the Office of Student Affairs in
the Student Union.