MUSC101 Introduction to Music

Department of The Arts: Music

  1. Course Number and Title

    MUSC101 Introduction to Music

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    None

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    This course fulfills Core Category I - Cultural Perspectives

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course is a listening-based survey of Western art music from Gregorian chant to the present, including a study of basic acoustics and musical notation. Subject matter includes representative composers, their lives, times, and works, as well as musical instruments, styles, genres, and forms presented in an historical context.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. articulate a lexicon of music fundamentals, including familiarity with basic acoustics as represented in musical notation;
        2. identify the respective composers, instruments, musical styles, genres, and forms of the Medevil, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras; and
        3. develop critical listening skills.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. Category I
        Cultural Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. demonstrate knowledge and awareness of some components of our society's cultural heritage such as artistic, historical, linguistic, literary, and philosophical foundations; (1,2) and
        2. compare, contrast, analyze and/or defend differing world views and practices (1,2).

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. definitions and associated terminology pertaining to pitch, duration, intensity and timbre
      2. musical notation of pitch, duration, intensity and timbre
      3. historical survey of the music of the Medevil, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. Topics include composers, instruments, styles,genres, and forms
      4. introduction to the methodology of critical listening
      5. application of critical listening skills to representative musical repertoire.

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students satisfy the Course Learning Goals via quizzes, examinations, critical listening assignments, and class participation.
      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. Students satisfy the Core Learning Goals by completing written assignments that may take the form of quizzes, examinations, term papers, and/or departmentally developed projects.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      This course requires textbook and related audio recordings. See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 3/07; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2010