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We will be using two digital books(open educational resources) with free access through the blackboard. 1. Understanding Music: Past and Present by N. Alan Clark (Author), Thomas Heflin (Author), Jeffrey Kluball (Author) 2. Music: Its Language, History, and Culture by Ray Allen, Douglas Cohen and others. ISBN: 978-0-9913887-0-7

Communication Skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication.

Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions.

Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view.

Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.

Course Introduction

Module 1: Music Fundamentals

Module 2: Music of the Middle Ages Era

Module 3: Music of the Renaissance Era

Module 4: Music of the Baroque Era

Module 5: Music of the Classical Era

Module 6: Music of the Romantic Era

Module 7: Music of the 20th Century and Present Time

Module 8: Popular Music in the United States.

Lecture topics outline

Each Module will consist of listening assignments, active class discussions, lecture, defining terms and individuals assignments, and culminate in an examination.

Module 1: Music Fundamentals (weeks 1 & 2)

Module 2: Music of the Middle Ages Era (week 3)

Module 3: Music of the Renaissance Era (weeks 4 & 5)

Module 4: Music of the Baroque Era (weeks 6 & 7)

Module 5: Music of the Classical Era (weeks 8 & 9)

Module 6: Music of the Romantic Era (weeks 10 & 11)

Module 7: Music of the 20th Century and Present (weeks 12 & 13)

Module 8: Popular Music of the United States of America and FINAL EXAM(weeks 14 & 15)

Final Exam 35%

Quizzes 25%

Class Participation and assignments 40%

Attendance and Participation

This is an online course and you are required to attend and actively participate in every week. Active participation is graded. Active participation means that you have to actively write on the discussion board, do your listening exercise,  and tests and follow up on a WEEKLY basis..

What counts as an absence?

This is an online course. Not submitting your assignments on time counts as an absence. More than 5 unexcused absences will make you fail this course. Attendance is tracked every week.

Academic honesty is expected

Artificial Intelligence are tools to support student work not to replace student’s original ideas and efforts. Assignments should have citations of where the information is found. If it proven that a student submits AI generated work for designated student generated assignments, the academic honesty policy will be followed.

Attendance and Participation

This is an online course and you are required to attend and actively participate in every week. Active participation is graded. Active participation means that you have to actively write on the discussion board, do your listening exercise,  and tests and follow up on a WEEKLY basis..

What counts as an absence?

This is an online course. Not submitting your assignments on time counts as an absence. More than 5 unexcused absences will make you fail this course. Attendance is tracked every week.

Academic honesty is expected

Artificial Intelligence are tools to support student work not to replace student’s original ideas and efforts. Assignments should have citations of where the information is found. If it proven that a student submits AI generated work for designated student generated assignments, the academic honesty policy will be followed.