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MUSIC 150
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SURVEY OF U. S. MUSIC
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TuTh 4:00-5:15
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Ives 119
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INSTRUCTOR
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Will Johnson
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OFFICE
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Ives 17
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TELEPHONE
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(707) 664-2631
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e-mail
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wj1707@aol.com
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OFFICE HOURS: M 4:00-5:00; Tu
2:30-3:30, Th 1:00-2:00 or by appointment
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If you are having difficulty with the material, or with any aspect of
the class, or just want to speak with me for any reason, please come in and
discuss the situation. I also urge you to connect with me via e-mail; I
check the above address daily and respond immediately. If you must see me
in person and cannot come to one of the assigned times, see me before
class, call me or (best) send an e-mail to arrange another time.
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COURSE INFORMATION
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Music 150 satisfies 3 units of lower division General Education in
category C1 (Fine Arts); it is also a required course for the Applied Music
Concentration the Liberal Arts Music Major and the Music Education
Concentration, and may be counted as part of the Jazz Studies
Concentration. Music majors must take the course for a grade; non-majors
may take the course CR/NC.
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TEXT
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Kingman, Daniel, American Music, A Panorama (Concise Edition.), Schirmer Books, N.Y. 1998.
Accompanying three CD's of American Music. Both text and CD's are required;
they are available in the campus bookstore. Supplementary listening
resources and videos are housed in the Multimedia Center on the second
floor of the Schultz Technology Center.
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Attendance
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This class does NOT exist in a textbook! In-class listening to and
discussion of heard music, and discussion of ideas about music and its role
in society, are a crucial part of this class. If you are not here, you
neither contribute to that part of the class nor derive the benefit from
it. For that reason, I take attendance using a sign-in sheet every day.
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Reading
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Assigned portions of the text exploring aspects of specific types of
music are the principal source of information for the class. (See Schedule of Reading and Listening page for
specific assignments.) Questions highlighting important points in each
chapter of the text are provided on the Study
Questions page; these questions serve as the basis for exams.
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Listening
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Listening to music, in a variety of settings--in-class, on recordings or
videos outside class, in live performances--is the heart of this class. The
three CD's which accompany the text are the core of your listening; but you
are expected to complete a minimum of three additional hours engaged
in non-performance music listening activities--listening to recordings,
watching vidoes about music--each week. .
See the Multimedia Resources page
for a chapter by chapter list of recordings and videos available to you on
reserve at the Multi-media section of the Schulz Tech Center. NOTE: These
are to be used in the Tech Center; they may not be checked out. You may also use your own listening materials,
the Internet or live concerts for your listening; but make sure that
your listening for the class each week is to music appropriate to what we
are studying in class that week. Use the Multimedia Resources list and the
text as sources for suitable outside listening.
On Thursday of each week, you turn in a Listening Report on that week's
listening activities . See Listening
Reports page for more detailed information.
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Live Performances
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As part of your work for the class, you are to attend ten concerts of U.
S. music; for each concert you are to write a brief response paper. See Event Responses page for more
information. See SSU Concerts of U. S.
Music for a list of on-campus concerts; as a student, you can attend most
of these concerts free.
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Exams
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Three exams, each covering approximately one third of the semester's
work. See Exams and
Class Records page for more information about exams and for review
sheets for each exam.
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Final Project (optional)
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A five page paper on some aspect of U. S. Music. See Final Project page for more information.
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GRADING
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attendance
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11%
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listening reports (12 @ 2 % each)
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24%
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event response papers (10 @ 2 % each)
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20%
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Midterm Exam
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15%
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Final Exam
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30%
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optional final project
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up to 15% extra credit
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EXAM REVIEW SHEETS AND CLASS RECORDS
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Exam material is taken primarily from the text and the class CD's. For
each exam, I provide a review sheet.
I keep a copy of the class attendance sheet and grade book on-line..
Exam Review Sheets, Attendance Roster and Gradebook are linked to the .Exams and Class
Records page.
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ATTENDANCE POLICY
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If you must be absent, send me an e-mail
before the class. If you let me know by e-mail before your absence,
you wil always be excused from the class. I treat attendance in class like
coming to work; if you aren't going to be at work, you call in before
your absence. Of course, like work, if you miss a lot of classes, I will be
contacting you to find out what is happening. If I do not hear from you
before a class, your absence is unexcused. Unexcused absences will result
in a lower final grade.
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LATE WORK/GRADING CRITERIA
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Listening Reports must be turned
in on time to receive full credit. Reports turned in more than one class
day late will receive only half credit. Incomplete Listening Reports will
lose credit; make sure you follow the format described on the Listening
Reports page.
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Event Response Papers may be
turned in at any time; but no Event Responses will be accepted after the
last day of classes. These papers must follow the format described in Event
Responses to receive full credit.
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Optional Term Projects are due
at the beginning of class Thursday, December 5.
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Exams may be made up only by
prior arrangement.
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