Upper-division Writing Requirement Review Form (12/1/08)
I. General Education Review – Upper-division Writing Requirement
Dept/Program
Course # (i.e. ANTH MUS 424
Music
Subject
455) or sequence
th
Course(s) Title
Music of the 20 Century to the Present
Description of the requirement if it is not a single course
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office.
Please type / print name Signature
Instructor
James Randall
Phone / Email
243-6892
Program Chair
Maxine Ramey
III Overview of the Course Purpose/ Description
Date
Course Description:
This course examines the development of musical styles, genres, forms and aesthetic movements important to
Western art music of the 20th century to the present.
Learning Outcomes:
1) Knowledge of current musicological research pertaining to music of the 20th century to the present
2) Improved Active listening Skills: a better understanding of how musical sounds can communicate cultural
meaning.
3) Improved skills in writing and research in the discipline of music history:
·
Identify and pursue more sophisticated questions for academic inquiry
·
Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information effectively from diverse sources
·
Recognize the purposes and needs of music-specific audiences and adopt the academic voice necessary
·
Use multiple drafts, revision, and editing in conducting inquiry and preparing written work
·
Follow the conventions of citation, documentation, and formal presentation appropriate to musicology
·
Develop competence in information technology and digital literacy
IV Learning Outcomes: Explain how each of the following learning outcomes will be achieved.
Weekly readings consist of the latest scholarly
Student learning outcomes :
research on music of the 20th century. Students
Identify and pursue more sophisticated
are encouraged to use these as methodological
questions for academic inquiry
models for their own work.
The assigned papers require students to
Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize
independently analyze primary sources and to
information effectively from diverse sources
(see http://www.lib.umt.edu/informationliteracy/) incorporate relevant secondary sources into
their arguments. Our supplementary text,
Writing about Music, deals with evaluating
different kinds of sources, and introduces
standard reference works and journal databases
important to the discipline (links to these
resources at the Mansfield Library are provided
through our Blackboard supplement).
In our weekly discussion forums on
Manage multiple perspectives as appropriate
Blackboard, students are often asked to speak
from a specific perspective, imagining
historical points of view apart from their own.
Through our weekly readings and in the text,
Wingell’s Writing about Music, students
become acquainted with standard practice
within the discipline.
Students turn in a rough draft for their research
paper. They also receive feedback in the form
of peer review (I provide a rubric).
This is covered in our text, Wingell’s Writing
about Music. I also provide links to relevant
online sources through our Blackboard
supplement.
Written assignments, particularly the final
essay, require students to cite and incorporate
the latest applicable research within their
particular topic.
Recognize the purposes and needs of
discipline-specific audiences and adopt the
academic voice necessary for the chosen
discipline
Use multiple drafts, revision, and editing in
conducting inquiry and preparing written work
Follow the conventions of citation,
documentation, and formal presentation
appropriate to that discipline
Develop competence in information
technology and digital literacy
V. Writing Course Requirements Check list
Is enrollment capped at 25 students?
If not, list maximum course enrollment.
Explain how outcomes will be adequately met
for this number of students. Justify the request
for variance.
Are outcomes listed in the course syllabus? If
not, how will students be informed of course
expectations?
Are detailed requirements for all written
assignments including criteria for evaluation in the
course syllabus? If not how and when will students
be informed of written assignments?
Briefly explain how students are provided with
tools and strategies for effective writing and editing
in the major.
x† Yes † No
x† Yes † No
† Yes x † No
I distribute detailed requirements for each written
assignment as supplementary handouts in class.
These are also available through our Blackboard
supplement.
Students are instructed in standard style and
usage for writing about music. A required text
for the course is Richard Wingell’s Writing
about Music, which provides a ready reference
for standard practice in writing about music.
x† Yes † No
Will written assignments include an opportunity for
revision? If not, then explain how students will
receive and use feedback to improve their writing
ability.
Are expectations for Information Literacy listed in
x† Yes † No
the course syllabus? If not, how will students be
informed of course expectations?
VI. Writing Assignments: Please describe course assignments. Students should be required to
individually compose at least 20 pages of writing for assessment. At least 50% of the course grade
should be based on students’ performance on writing assignments. Clear expression, quality, and
accuracy of content are considered an integral part of the grade on any writing assignment.
Formal Graded Assignments
Essay 1: 4 pages (15%) Program Notes
Essay 2: 4 pages (15%) Critical Review
Essay 3: 8 pp. (20%) Research original thesis
Informal Ungraded Assignments
Rough draft of Essay 3: 8 pages
Weekly postings in discussion forum: about a
page per week
VII. Syllabus: Paste syllabus below or attach and send digital copy with form. ⇓ The syllabus
should clearly describe how the above criteria are satisfied. For assistance on syllabus preparation
see: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/syllabus.html
Music 424W: Section 01
Music of the 20th Century to the Present
Upper-Division Writing Course: 3Credits
Music Building 205
TR 5:10-6:30
Instructor: James Randall
Office/phone: 209 Music Bldg. ext. 6892
E-mail: james.randall@umontana.edu
Office Hrs: Wed 9:30-11:30, or by appt.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Pre-requisites:
Students must have completed both their upper-division recital program and piano proficiency degree
requirements, or have the consent of the instructor to enroll in this course.
Course Description:
This course examines the development of musical styles, genres, forms and aesthetic movements
important to Western art music of the 20th century to the present.
Learning Outcomes:
1) Knowledge of current musicological research pertaining to music of the 20th century to the present
2) Improved Active listening Skills: an understanding of how musical sounds can communicate cultural
meaning.
3) Improved skills in writing and research in the discipline of music history:
·
Identify and pursue more sophisticated questions for academic inquiry
·
Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information effectively from diverse sources
·
Recognize the purposes and needs of music-specific audiences and adopt the academic voice
necessary
·
Use multiple drafts, revision, and editing in conducting inquiry and preparing written work
·
Follow the conventions of citation, documentation, and formal presentation appropriate to
musicology
·
Develop competence in information technology and digital literacy
Required Texts
You have three required texts for this course: 20th-Century Music, by Robert Morgan; Strunk’s Source
Readings in Music History: The Twentieth Century, vol., 7, edited by Robert Morgan, and Writing about
Music, by Richard Wingell. All three texts are available at the campus bookstore. Additional assigned
readings will be posted online in PDF format as part of the Blackboard course supplement.
Listening Materials
Listening examples for the course will be available with a $25 subscription to Naxos Music Library
offered through our textbook publisher, W.W. Norton. All examples are available in streaming audio
format, meaning that you can listen to them on your computer as if tuned in to a digital radio station.
Unfortunately you will not be able to download or ‘record’ these selections, so you must be online in
order to access the music. For details about how to subscribe to this service, see the NAXOS MUSIC
LIBRARY handout
Required Computer Software
To access course materials through Blackboard and Naxos you will need the following software
programs: Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Windows Media and Power Point. Many of you
will already have this software installed on your computer. If not, and you experience difficulties
opening up files posted on Blackboard, there are ‘reader’ versions of these programs available as free
downloads online. See the following links:
Adobe Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
MS Word, Power Point, and Windows Media: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
Evaluation:
Grades will be based upon the following:
Essay I (program notes)
Essay II (critical review)
Midterm I
Midterm II
Paper III (research paper)
Homework and Attendance
15%
15%
15%
15%
20%
20%
• Paper extensions will only be permitted with a valid excuse—illness, death in the family, etc.
• Students with special needs should consult with the instructor for accommodations.
Grading scale is as follows
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
93-100%
90-92%
88-89%
83-87%
80-82%
78-79%
73-77%
70-72%
68-69%
63-67%
60-62%
59% and below
Academic Misconduct and the Student Conduct Code
All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an
academic penalty by the course instructor and/or disciplinary sanction by the University. All
students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code. The Code is available for
review online at www.umt.edu/SA/VPSA/Index.cfm/page/1321.
SCHEDULE
Weekly reading and listening assignments, as well as other homework will be posted in
the Weekly Assignments folder on Blackboard. The following schedule provides weekly
topics of study, dates for exams, and due dates for your essays.
Week 1: Aug 27-31
Illegal Harmonies: Why does 20th-century music sound so different?
Week 2: Sept. 3-7
Schoenberg and the Boys: Expressionism and the Atonal Revolution
Week 3: Sept. 10-14
Schoenberg and the Boys II: Music in 12 tones (more or less)
Week 4: Sept. 17-21
Back to their roots: Stravinsky, Bartok, and the influence of folk music
Week 5: Sept. 24-28
The Italians get Futuristic and Everyone else gets Nationalistic
*TURN IN ESSAY 1
Week 6: Oct. 1-5
Neo-Classicism: Out of the Past, Into the Future
Week 7: Oct. 8-12
It’s all Political: Music and Propaganda
*MIDTERM I EXAM
Week 8: Oct. 15-19
The United States: Experimentalism and Populism go hand in hand
Week 9: Oct. 22-2
Other Nationalisms: Britain loves Britten; Art music goes to Latin America
*TURN IN ESSAY II
Week 10: Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Total Control Freaks: Integral Serialism
*RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS DUE
Week 11 Nov. 5-9
Leaving it up to Chance: Cage and Eastern Philosphy
Week 12 Nov. 12-16
Minimalism
*MIDTERM 2 EXAM
Week 13: Nov. 19-21 (Thanksgiving break)
The New Pluralism and Multiculturalism
*TURN IN RESEARCH PAPER ROUGH DRAFT
Week 14: Nov. 26-30
Electronica (Not the club scene, but the art music)
Week 15: Dec. 3-7
The Gender Gap: Why aren’t there more Women Composers?
Week 16: FINAL PAPER (DUE DEC. 10, BY 5:00 PM)