MASTER COURSE OUTLINE
Big Bend Community College
Date: March 2008
DEPT: MUSC&
NO:
141
(Formerly: MUS 101)
COURSE TITLE: Music Theory I
CIP Code:
Intent Code:
Program Code: N/A
50.0903
11
Distribution Desig.:
Humanities
PREPARED BY:
Pat Patterson
CREDITS:
Total Contact Hours Per Qtr:
Lecture Hours Per Qtr:
Lab Hours Per Qtr:
Other Hours Per Qtr:
5
55
55
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A foundation course for all prospective music and music education majors. Material of sound, notation, time
classification, scales, intervals and triads. Keyboard harmony. Offered as a sequence in odd numbered
years.
PREREQUISITE(S):
Instructor's permission
TEXT: Intervals, Scales, Keys, Triads, Rhythm and Meter, third edition by Clough/Conley
Music for Study, Third Edition, by Melcher Warch, Masf
Shoreline Community College Music Theory Syllabus by Swisher etal.
COURSE GOALS:
The ability to see with your ears and hear with your eyes. Musical literacy. To develop comprehensive
musicianship skills: Musical literacy, eartraining, sightsinging; dictation; analysis.
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE:
Rudiments through four part writing
1.
Structure of tonality
2.
Triads in Root Position
3.
Voice Leading
4.
Four part harmonization
Ear Training
1.
Sight Singing
2.
Dictation
EVALUATION METHODS/GRADING PROCEDURES:
Daily assignments, quizzes, mid-term, final exam, creative project.
PLANNED TEACHING METHODS/LEARNING STRATEGIES:
X Lecture
X Laboratory
Supervised Clinical
Small Group Discussion
Audiovisual
X Individualized Instruction
Special Project
Other (List)
Division Chair Approval