Online Orientation - Music 1510

Music 1510-40 Music Appreciation

This course provides a general survey of music literature, emphasizing, in order of priority, the following: (1) graded listening techniques enabling students to hear music intelligently; (2) music development in the great style periods; (3) music in historical-cultural perspective; (4) music as related to art, religion, and science, including relevant information about its leading figures and their world; (5) elements of music form, and (6) technical elements of which a musical work is fashioned.

Prerequisite: None

Course Details

Instructor: Lee Smith

E-mail: lsmith@taftcollege.edu or ssprint@bak.rr.com
Telephone: (661) 765-5678
Office Hours: The instructor can be reached Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 606 Center Street in Taft, CA.

Units: 3

Class Meets: June 9 - July 30, 2009

Textbook & Estimated Costs:

Music An Appreciate by Roger Kamien

Estimated Time per week: Plan on three hours a week reading and writing and two hours a week listening to C.D.'s

Assignments: Assignments will include concert reports, assigned reading and listening, and tests on assigned reading and listening.

Concerts: Students will be required to attend three concerts and submit a written report. Concerts are offered each semester by Cal State Bakersfield, Bakersfield Symphony, Santa Maria Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Fox Theater (Bakersfield), as well as many others locations. Most good concerts are acceptable. At least one concert report must be a traditional classic symphony concert.

Tests: All tests will be taken from material from out text and listening assignments.

Grading: Grading will be based on written and listening assignments, concert reports and tests given during the semester.

Special Requirements: None

New to ETUDES: Be sure to check System Requirements before getting started with ETUDES. You need to do this on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES-NG.

ETUDES Course: You will log into the Etudes classroom with log-in information provided below:

New Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of your Student ID

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
ID: A000123456

Username = joga23456

MonthDay of birth in school records

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)

Password = 0411

Previous Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of Student ID

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
ID: A000123456

Username = joga23456

Enter the password YOU set in a previous term

If you cannot remember your password, go to the ETUDES login screen and reset the password. Be sure to use the email address you used in on your application.

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Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.