MUSIC 100   Syllabus


Instructor: Dr. Martha Farahat
Office: Loop Campus, Lewis 1507 A  ext. 8777 or 8870 (LAS secretary)
Office Hours: By appointment  9:00-10:00 T-Th; 11:45-1:00 Th
email: mfarahat@aol.com
 
Required Materials Text and recordings, Music, An Appreciation,3rd. Brief Edition, by Roger Kamien
(Optional Imtermuse CD: an interactive aid to study and assignments)

Loose-leaf notebook and pen or pencil

Computer disk and web access
Course Description This course is an introductory music listening course, designed for students who are not majoring in music. The course covers a wide variety of music including folk, religious, jazz, and popular and world music, but has strongest emphasis on Western European classical music. In addition to studying the text and completing homework assignments, students taking this course must attend classes, live concerts, and listen regularly to the required musical examples. Some activities require use of a computer and the internet.
Course Objectives
  • the development of listening skills, including the ability to describe and comment on music heard, both orally and in writing
  • the development of familiarity with the music of many cultures and time periods
  • an exposure to different performance mediums, and to live concerts

    • some experience of  personal musical expression

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    Course Requirements
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  • Study Guides
    		•  Music Activities
    Concert Reports Study Guide Part 2 E-mail Dr. Farahat