Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form
For Courses Numbered 6000 and Higher
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.
1. Course prefix and number:
MUSC 6658
2. Date:
10/19/2009
3. Requested action:
X
New Course
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from
to
#
#
4. Method(s) of delivery (check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected
future delivery methods within the next three years):
Current or
Proposed Delivery
Method(s):
X
Expected
Future Delivery
Method(s):
On-campus (face to face)
X
Distance Course (face to face off campus)
Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online)
5. Justification (must cite accreditation and/or assessment by the graduate faculty) for new course
or course revision or course renumbering:
On the basis of ongoing curricular evaluation prompted by our recent re-accreditation
report and review of expected learning outcomes proposed by the National
Association of Schools of Music, the Graduate faculty of the Department of Theory,
Composition, and Musicology view the proposed course as filling a critical need in the
area of musical aesthetics and criticism. Such a course would provide a thorough
introduction for students in any of the School of Music Graduate curricula in Music
Performance, Theory and Composition, or Music Education.
6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:
6658. Musical Aesthetics and Criticism (3) Examination of the nature and value of
music through the discipline of aesthetics, as exemplified by such figures as Aristotle,
Kant and Adorno, through various modes of music criticism.
7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:
8. Graduate catalog page number from current (.pdf) graduate catalog:
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207
9. Course credit:
Lecture Hours
3
3
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Lab
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Studio
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Practicum
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Internship
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
3
Total Credit Hours
10. Anticipated annual student enrollment:
s.h.
8
11. Affected degrees or academic programs:
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Current Catalog Page
Changes in Degree Hours
12. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs:
X Not applicable
Notification & response from affected units is attached
13. Council for Teacher Education (CTE) approval (for courses affecting teacher education):
X Not applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.
14. Service-Learning Advisory Committee (SLAC) approval
X
Not applicable
Applicable and SLAC has given their approval.
15. Statements of support:
a. Staff
X Current staff is adequate
Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
b. Facilities
X Current facilities are adequate
Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
c. Library
X
Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an
estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
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d. Unit computer resources
X
Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief
explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
e. ITCS resources
X
ITCS resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Software
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
16. Course information (see: Graduate Curriculum and Program Development Manual for
instructions):
a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and
city/state/country
Cooper, David. Aesthetics: The Classic Readings. (Blackwell: London,
1997.)
Extensive additional readings from the current literature
b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus)
This course is designed to give the student a basic orientation to the issues of
aesthetics and value judgment in the field of music, and to develop general skills
of critical reading and writing. In the first half of the course, the material will focus
on the historical unfolding of theories of beauty and art in general, but also with
particular reference to music. The second half of the course will concentrate on
seminal writings devoted to the more specialized fields of musical aesthetics and
criticism. In addition to various writing assignments, the proseminar format
requires the student to deliver one or more class presentations on specific
readings, and to contribute through participation in weekly discussions.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Summarize and synthesize important course content, including reading synopses,
through a course journal
• Design and deliver an effective oral presentation on a relevant topic from the course,
integrating assigned readings
• Develop and Write effective essays, with appropriate documentation, summarizing
results of research on a relevant topic
• Revise above essays, incorporating instructor comments and improving concept and
realization
• Synthesize knowledge gained in the course through essays on exams
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c. Course topic outline
PART I HISTORICAL SKETCH OF VIEWS ON ART, AESTHETICS, and
CRITICISM
1 Introduction to Main Concepts of the Course
2 Dichotom ies of Art/Beaut y, Poetics/Herm eneut ics,
etc.
3
4
5
6
7
Foundational Views of Plato and Aristot le
Present ations and discussion
Medieval Concepts of Art, Aesthetics, and Crit icism
Present ations and discussion
Renaissance/Ear ly Modern Concepts of Art,
Aesthetics, and Cr iticism
8 Present ations and discussion
9 Hume/Kant on Taste and Aesthetic Apprehension
10 Present ations and discussion
11 Hegel: the Hist oricizing of Art V aluat ion
12 Present ations and discussion
13 Views of the Formalists and Anti -Formalists
14
15
16
17
PART II
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Present ations and discussion
Moral and Institut ional Views of Art
Present ations and discussion
Mid-Term Exam
TOPICS IN MUSICAL AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM
18 Goals of Musical Aesthetics and Crit icism
19 Plat o: Republic, Aristotle: Poetics
20 Present ations and discussion
21 Kant: Cr itique of Judgement
22 Present ations and discussion
23 Hanslick: On the Musically Beaut iful
24 Present atio ns and discussion
25 Ives: Essays before a Sonata
26 Present ations and discussion
27 Dahlhaus: Analysis and Value Judgment
28 Present ations and discussion
— Final Exam
d. List of course assignment, weighting of each assignment, and grading/evaluation system
for determining a grade
Writing Assignments (60% of final grade) Assessment based on content,
organization, documentation
20% = Course Journal: incorporating synopses and critical responses to readings
10% = Essay A (6-8 pp.): expansion and formalization of class presentation (10%)
05% = Essay B prospectus (2-4 pp.): on relevant topic of student’s choice (5%)
15% = Essay B (6-8 pp.): main effort of this essay assignment (15%)
10% = Essay B Revision (8-12 pp.): incorporating instructor suggestions (Essay B
resubmitted) (10%)
Oral Presentations (15% of final grade) Assessment based on content, delivery,
conciseness, handout
15% = 1 or 2 oral presentations on specific issues/readings, with 2-4 pp. handout
Exams (25% of final grade) including 6-10 short ID, 3-5 short essay quests, 1-2
extended essay quests
10% = Mid-Term Exam
15% = End-Term Exam
Evaluation Scale:
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90-100
80-89
70-79
< 70
=
=
=
=
A
B
C
F