MUT 313-101 Integrated Analytical Techniques II – Spring 2016
Course Information
Spring 2016
MUT 313 – Section 101 (CRN 20440) – Integrated Analytical Techniques II
Web-Enhanced Course Instructional Method
Monday and Wednesday, 10:10 AM – 11:00 AM
Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Room 1106
Instructor Information
Dr. David Durant
(251) 460-6695 (office) or (251) 802-7905 (cell)
ddurant@southalabama.edu
My office hours are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, 3:30 PM to 5:00
PM, and by appointment. My office is Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Room 1151.
Please make sure I can identify you in your email. Put your full name in the body of your email.
Course Description
This is the second semester of a two semester sequence designed to familiarize students with the
rudiments of formal analysis, counterpoint, and practical orchestration for 18th, 19th, and 20th
century musics–particularly emphasizing classical, jazz, pop, and selected world-music styles.
Course Topical Outline
The following topics will be covered in MUT 313:
Principles of Two-Voice Counterpoint
Principles of Species Counterpoint
Invention
Sinfonia
Prelude
Fugue
Principles of Three-Voice Counterpoint
Elements of Form
Late 19th Century Harmony
The 20th Century and Beyond
Analysis
Orchestration and Arranging
Course Goals and Objectives
• To understand and establish the discipline required of a professional musician
• To obtain the common vocabulary of the community of professional musicians
• To establish a thorough competence in music skills
• To establish advanced skills in four-part writing in chorale and keyboard style
• To establish advanced skills in musical analysis
• To understand the principles of counterpoint
• To establish advanced skills in arranging and orchestration
• To incorporate the piano as a tool for musical study
• To incorporate technology as a tool for musical study
• To understand the disciplines of and become proficient in composition and
improvisation
Course Pre-requisites / Co-requisites
A grade of “C” or better in MUT 312.
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Course Materials
Workbook Counterpoint, Fourth Edition. Kent Kennan. 1999.
Class Attendance Policy
The most important component of a student’s success in MUT 313 is attendance. A significant
amount of your training will be done in class. You are expected and required to attend each class
meeting, be on time, be prepared, and to participate. Class starts promptly at 10:10 AM
Monday and Wednesday. If you are tardy, it is your responsibility to get your name on the roll
sheet immediately after that day’s class is over. You will be counted tardy for that class. Two
tardies will be counted as one absence. If you have a written excuse for an absence or a tardy,
please attend to it immediately after class on your first class back with the instructor of the class
that you missed. You may email your instructor in advance if you are going to miss a class. That
email does not count as your excuse. Please bring your written excuse on your first class back
with the instructor of the class that you missed. If you miss 20% of the classes (6), regardless
of whether they are excused or not, you will automatically fail. If you reach this number
before Friday, April 1 at 4:59 PM (last day to withdraw from a course) you will be advised to
drop the course. If you do not drop the course you will automatically fail. For each class that
you have an unexcused absence, the following deductions will occur from your final
average: 1 class = 1, 2 = 2, 3 = 3, 4 = 4, 5 = 5, 6 = automatic failure.
Absences and tardies will be excused for the following reasons:
• A death in the immediate family
• A documented family emergency
• A documented personal emergency
• A documented illness
• A documented University or Department function
Assessment
The final grade for this course will be determined using the following percentages:
*** Attendance (See class attendance policy above)
100% Six Projects
Late Work Penalty
Written homework assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of class on the Wednesdays
they are due. Late written homework assignments will not be accepted. If you are going to be
absent you may turn your work in early, OR scan the work and email it to Dr. Durant before the
start of class of the scheduled due date, OR take a digital photograph(s) of the complete
assignment and email it to Dr. Durant before the start of class of the scheduled due date.
Course Assignments
Assignments are due at the start of class on the following Wednesdays: 1/27, 2/17, 3/2, 3/23,
4/6, and 4/27.
January 27: Counterpoint and Binary Forms
February 17: Chopin Analysis
March 2: Brahms Analysis
March 23: Counterpoint
April 6: Original Composition in Romantic or Later Style
April 27: Arrangement and Orchestration of an Original Composition or a Mutually Agreed
Upon Work
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Changes in Course Requirements
Not all classes progress at the same rate thus course requirements might have to be modified as
circumstances dictate. You will be given written notice if the course requirements need to be
changed.
Academic Disruption Policy
The University of South Alabama’s policy regarding Academic Disruption is found in The
Lowdown, the student handbook.
http://www.southalabama.edu/lowdown/academicdisruption.shtml: Disruptive academic
behavior is defined as individual or group conduct that interrupts or interferes with any
educational activity or environment, infringes upon the rights and privileges of others, results in
or threatens the destruction of property and/or is otherwise prejudicial to the maintenance of
order in an academic environment.
The use of cell phones, laptops, or any other electronic device is not permitted in MUT 313
without prior permission from Dr. Durant.
Student Academic Conduct Policy
The University of South Alabama’s policy regarding Student Academic Conduct Policy is found
in The Lowdown http://www.southalabama.edu/lowdown/academicconductpolicy.shtml: The
University of South Alabama is a community of scholars in which the ideals of freedom of
inquiry, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of the individual are sustained.
The University is committed to supporting the exercise of any right guaranteed to individuals by
the Constitution and the Code of Alabama and to educating students relative to their
responsibilities.
Students with Disabilities
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, students with bona fide disabilities will
be afforded reasonable accommodation. The Office of Special Student Services will certify a
disability and advise faculty members of reasonable accommodations. If you have a specific
disability that qualifies you for academic accommodations, please notify me and provide
certification from the Special Student Services (Office of Special Students Services). Effective
January 12, 2015, the Office of Student Disability Services will be located at 320 Alumni Circle,
Faculty Court West. The entrance, Suite 19, is on the west side of the building, near the parking
area. It is building 40 on USA’s campus map.
Online Writing Support
The University of South Alabama provides online writing tutoring services through
SMARTHINKING, an online tutoring service. SMARTHINKING is available at
http://services.smarthinking.com.
Information about the University Writing Center and Online Writing Lab can be found online at
www.southalabama.edu/univlib/instruction/antiplagiarism/writinghelp.html.
Counseling and Testing Services
Counseling and Testing Services provides a variety of free and confidential services for students.
For further information regarding this resource go to www.southalabama.edu/counseling or call
the office at 460-7051.
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