Music Appreciation Course Syllabus & Calendar

South Georgia State College
MUSI 1100 Music Appreciation (Hybrid)
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Class Hours: Tues. 2:00-3:15pm (University Center #2032)
Required Materials: 
Text: The Enjoyment of Music (12th edition, shorter) by Forney, Dell’Antonio, Machlis.  Published by W.W. Norton, 2015.  ISBN: 978-0-393-93638-
https://digital.wwnorton.com/enjmusic3ess  Student Set ID # 47470
Course Description: 
MUSI 1100 is a hybrid course.  As such, technology will be used to deliver 50% or less of the course information.  One class session per week is replaced by technology.  The major focus of this introductory course is to acquaint the student with a chronological view of Western (also known as ”Classical”) music traditions and to provide knowledge about sounds, terminology, structures, purposes, evolution, and aesthetic appreciation of music as an art form.
Objectives: 
1.  Upon completion of the course students will:

2.  Understand important music traditions which have developed in Western and non-Western cultures, including folk, jazz, and concert music.
3.  Make historical and artistic connections among musical styles, innovative composers, performers, and world events.
4.  Develop knowledge of common terminology and musical structure through readings, lectures, listening examples, and live performance.
5.  Effectively communicate about technical and expressive elements in music verbally and in writing.
Course Requirements and Student Expectations: 
Unit Examinations 3 X 20% = 60%
Recital Attendance with Written Critique 15%
Class Presentation 1 X 15% = 15%
Participation & Class Attendance 10%
Attendance and Class Involvement Policies: 
Student attendance and involvement are essential components in the format of MUSI 1100. Numerous listening examples and technical knowledge is provided during each class session. The expressive structural elements of music can only be learned through direct hearing and guided assistance. Students who experience difficulty with the attendance policy in this or any class should meet with the instructor to discuss these difficulties as soon as they occur. Absences for official school activities, a death in the family, and illness may be excused, however, it is the student's responsibility to make the instructor appropriately and officially aware of the conflict in writing.  As a hybrid, this course meets for in-class instruction only fifteen times for the entire semester.  After three unexcused absences a penalty of 3% will be applied to the final grade for each absence. Five or more unexcused absences constitute an automatic failure of the course.  An attendance sheet will be passed around at the beginning of each class period.  It is the student’s responsibility to sign it within the first ten minutes of class time.  Students who arrive more than ten minutes late to any class period will receive an unexcused absence for that class period. 
All assigned work is due on time. Late work is not accepted. There will be no "extra credit" awarded in this class. Attendance on test days is mandatory. Absence from class on designated test days (without prior written notice to the instructor) will result in the failure of that test - without exception.
*Remember - If you have any type of problem speak to the instructor. Things can be worked out but only if the instructor is made aware.
Honesty and Integrity of Submitted Work: 
There are established rules concerning academic honesty. Forbidden activities include, but are not limited to: cheating at examinations; submitting work that is not your own work but is copied from someone else; submitting as your work the work of others from books, from the web and from elsewhere that has not been properly accredited (plagiarism). Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and will result in the failure of the section of the course where it appears and it may also result in further action on the part of South Georgia State College.
SGSC Entry Program at VSU Access Statement:
If you have a disability and require reasonable classroom accommodations, please see me after class or make an appointment during my office hours.  If you plan to request accommodations for a disability, please see Valerie Webster (
Valerie.Webster@sgsc) in the SGSC Entry Program office, Entrance #9 of the University Center or contact the SGSC Disability Services Coordinator, Annette Nation (Annette.Nation@sgsc) on the Douglas Campus at 912-260-4435.  If you find that any content in this course is inaccessible because of your disability, please see me at your earliest convenience. 
Grades:

A  90% - 100%
B  80% - 89%
C  70% - 79%
D  60% - 69%
Below 60%  

Course Calendar (subject to revision)  [@ refers to your hybrid day work]
Tuesday Hybrid Schedule 2:00-3:15pm

Course Calendar (subject to revision)
Tuesday Hybrid Schedule 2:00-3:15pm

Course Calendar (subject to revision)
Tuesday Hybrid Schedule 2:00-3:15pm

Jan.       09          Introduction to Music Appreciation & Part 1: Materials of Music
               @          Part 1: Materials of Music & LG1: Britten’s guide to the orchestra (p.52)

              16        Part 2: The Middle Ages & Renaissance & LG2: Bingen’s “Alleluia” (p.67);                                               LG4: Machaut’s “Ma fin…” (p.77); LG6: Farmer’s “Fair Phyllis” (p.84)
 @         Part 3: The Baroque Era & LG11: Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas” Lament (p.116);                                        LG12: Bach’s “Wachet auf” (p.120)

30         Part 3 continued & LG13: Handel’s “Messiah” (p.126); LG15: Handel’s “Water                                      Music” (p.137); LG16: Vivaldi’s “Spring” (p.141); LG17: Bach’s “Contrapunctus”                                  (p.146)
              @          Part 3 continued & extra listening

Feb.      06         Part 4: Eighteenth Century Classicism & LG18: Haydn’s “String Quartet” (p.160);                               LG20: Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (p.170);                                                                                         LG21: Mozart’s “Piano Concerto” (p.174); Mozart’s life & musical style
              @          Part 4 continued & LG22: Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” (p.178); LG23:
                            Beethoven’s “Symphony No.5” (p.183)

13          Part 4 continued & Beethoven’s life, tragedy, & musical style
 @          Part 4 continued & assigned listening

              20          Test #1
 @          Part 5: The Nineteenth Century & LG26: Schubert’s “Erlkӧnig” (p.209); LG27:
               Schumann’s “In the lovely…” (p.212); LG28: Foster’s “Jeanie…” (p.216)

              27         Part 5 continued [LG29: Chopin’s “Mazurka” (p.220); LG30: Hensel’s                                                      “September” (p.226); LG32: Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique” (p.235);  LG34:                                   Brahms’ “Symphony No.3” (p.245)  
               @          Part 5 continued & assigned listening

   Mar.   06          Part 5 continued & LG35: Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (p.250); LG36: Wagner’s “Die
                             Walküre” (p.259); Romantic opera & ballet; LG37: Tchaikovsky’s                                                             “The Nutcracker” (p.264); LG38: Puccini’s “Madame Butterly” (p.269);
                          LG40: Debussy’s “Prelude to…” (p.280)
           @           Part 5 continued & LG41: “Swing low…” (p.285); LG42: Joplin’s “Maple Leaf                                       Rag” (p.290)           

              13         NO CLASS:  Spring Break Week
@           NO CLASS:  Spring Break Week

             20           Test #2             
@           TBA                   
     
27          TBA
@           Part 6: Twentieth Century Modernism & LG43: Schoenberg’s “Pierrot                                       Lunaire” (p.302); LG44: Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (p.307);                                             LG46: Berg’s “Wozzeck” (p.318)

Apr.       03         Part 6 continued & LG47: Holiday’s “Billie’s Blues” (p.324); LG48: Strayhorn’s                                     “Take the A Train” (p.327); LG50: Gershwin’s “Summertime” (p.336)
              @           Part 6 continued & LG51: Ive’s “Country Band March” (p.339); LG52:
                              Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” (p.345)

Apr.      10          Class Presentations
              @           Assigned Listening

17          Class Presentations
@           Assigned Listening

24          Class Presentations
              26         Last Day of Class: Take Home Final Test Due.

Student Set ID # 47470

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