Arts Division
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Ryerson University
SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE
CMUS 201: Introduction to Classical Music
Availability:
Summer: Jun 25 – Aug 13
Course Information:
This course examines Western music from the Classical, Romantic, and Modern
periods (approx. 1750 to the present day). Survey of the development of major
styles, genres, and forms of European music including symphony, concerto, and
sonata. Lives and works of the great composers including Mozart, Beethoven,
and Stravinsky.
Accreditation:
(LL) Lower Level Liberal Studies
Second half of Introduction to Music History (MUS 021)
Note: Students registered in a Ryerson program or intending to register in a
program should examine their program’s curriculum and the Ryerson calendar
carefully. To graduate from a program, students require a number of liberal
studies credits as well as professional and professionally related credits. Ryerson
courses are correspondingly designated professional, professionally-related or
liberal studies. The liberal studies courses are further divided into lower-level
(normally for first and second year credit) and upper-level (normally for third and
fourth year credit) courses. You may not use a professionally-related course for a
liberal studies credit or vice versa, nor may you use a lower-level liberal studies
course for upper-level liberal studies credit.
For more information contact the Department of Philosophy and Music. It is the
student’s responsibility to know and adhere to all departmental and university
policies, and also to make all arrangements for maintaining proper registration in
this course. Please read the Ryerson calendar carefully.
Course Instructor(s)
Academic Coordinator:
Required Reading:
(Available in Ryerson Bookstore or Used book store)
Yudkin, Jeremy, Understanding Music – 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2001
Course Goals:
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To increase your understanding of music through active listening
To develop a music vocabulary that will help you understand and
express musical concepts.
To survey the music and composers from the Classical, Romantic and
Modern periods.
Teaching will be done through lectures, listening examples, video excerpts and
discussion.
Assignments & Exams Short report – 15%; Mid-term test – 25%; Essay – 35%; Final Test – 25%
NOTE: Planned alterations in the list of course assignments, tests, approximate
deadlines and in the marking or evaluation scheme, as they appear in the course
outline shall be discussed in class prior to being implemented.
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