HONR 293 Syllabus

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MERCY COLLEGE School of Liberal Arts HONR 293: Honors – Music & Culture Course Description HONR 293 is an Honors level introductory survey course that examines music from stylistic, aesthetic, historical and cultural perspectives. Using recordings, videos, live performances, lectures and discussion, students will learn the fundamental language and structures inherent in music and explore its heritage across different cultures and genres. Text & Materials Given the breadth of musical styles explored in the course a custom “loose leaf” has been created using various chapters from three different text books published by McGraw Hill education. In addition, an online “Spotify” listening playlist and faculty website with performance videos • Music: An Appreciation. 12 th Edition. Roger Kamien • Jazz. Paul Tanner. 13 th edition. • The World of Music. David Willoughby. 8 th edition Classroom The course Learning Outcomes • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of music (Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Form, Instrumentation) and how they combine to form style and mood. • Recognize and distinguish the sound characteristics of common instruments. • Recognize and distinguish the characteristics of music from various cultures, genres and historical periods. • Identify notable performers, composers and compositions of the Classical, Popular, Jazz & Blues traditions. • Demonstrate an understanding of the many ways music is connected to culture: art, literature, philosophy, religion, race, socio-economics, geography, gender, race, politics, sexuality, technology etc. • Demonstrate an increased ability to listen, think and write about music.

Attendance A large portion the course includes in-class listening, viewing of performances (live and video) and discussion that cannot be fully replicated outside of the classroom. For this reason, attendance and participation is mandatory. Students are allowed one absence before their attendance impacts their class participation grade. Assignments and expectations of students Each subject area will include a distributed reference sheet of musical terms, specific pieces of music, composers, performers and historical and cultural facts. Exams will be based on these reference sheets. A sample Midterm and final will be distributed prior to the actual exams. Important dates: 2/15 Quiz #1 3/15 Midterm Exam 4/12 Quiz #2 5/3 Final Exam Grading Criteria Class Participation 10% Homework 20% Quiz 1 5% Quiz 2 5% Midterm Exam 10% Final Exam 50%

Topic Outline & Text book Assignments Elements & Instruments Functions & Psychology of Music .5 Elements, Form & Notation . 1 Instruments .5 2 classes Demonstration American Traditions Jazz, Blues & Gospel American Popular & Folk Broadway Recording & Production Review Performance Mid Term Exam European Classical Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque Classical, Romantic, Modern Film music Review Performance World Traditions Latin America & The Caribbean Africa, the Middle East and Asia European Folk & Other Review Performance Review Final Exam .5 2.5 2.5 .5 .5 .5 6-7 classes .5 .5 .5 1.5 .5 3 Classes .5 .5 .5 .5 2 classes .5 .5 .5 1 Week 1 9/6 What is Music? Functions of Music in Society The Elements of Music and Notation The Musician Week 2 9/13 Jazz: the Great American Art Form Week 3 9/20 American Popular Music before 1950 Week 4 9/27 American Popular Music after 1950 Blues & Gospel Week 5 10/4 American Music continued…. Review Writing about Music

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Week 6 10/11 ( Quiz #1 Jazz & American Music) Middle Ages - Renaissance Week 7 10/18 Guest Presentation Baroque (Ch 8-9). Broadway & Musical Theatre (Ch 27) Week 8 10/25 Classical Period (Ch 10-11). (Written Critique Due) Musical Instruments (Ch 5) Week 9 11/1 ***(Mid-term Exam) Romantic Classical Period (Ch 13-16) World Music: Spain, Latin America & The Caribbean Week 10 11/8 Impressionism (Ch 18). World Music : The Middle East & Africa Week 11 11/15 Modernism & 20 th Century Classical (Ch 19-23) World music pt 3: India & Asia Week 12 11/29 **** ( Quiz #2 ) Film Music. Music Recording and Technology Week 13 12/6 Music & The Brain Lyrics Week 14 12/13 Review Week 15 12/20 (Final Exam) Academic Integrity Policy Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an honest, truthful and responsible manner. Students are required to be honest and ethical in carrying out all aspects of their academic work and responsibilities. Dishonest acts in a student’s academic pursuits will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty undermines the College’s educational mission as well as the student’s personal and intellectual growth. In cases where ac ademic dishonesty is uncovered, the College imposes sanctions that range from failure of an assignment to suspension and expulsion from the College, depending on the severity and reoccurrence of the case(s). Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents. Cheating is the unauthorized use or attempted use of material, information, notes, study aids, devices, or communication during an academic exercise. Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to:

• Copying from another student during an examination or allowing another to copy your work • Providing assistance to acts of academic misconduct • Unauthorized collaboration on a take-home assignment or examination • Using notes during a closed book examination • Submitting another’s work as your own • Unauthorized use during an examination of any electronic device, such as cell phones, computers, or internet access to retrieve or send information • Allowing others to research or write assigned papers for you or to complete your assigned projects Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person’s idea, research or writings as your own. Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to: Copying another person's actual words or images without the use of quotation marks and citations attributing the words to their source Presenting another person's ideas or theories in your own words without acknowledging the source Engaging in plagiarism, via the Internet or other web-based or electronic sources, which includes (but is not limited to) downloading term papers or other assignments and then submitting that work as one’s own, or copying or extracting information and then pasting that information into an assignment without citing the source, or without providing proper attribution. Obtaining unfair advantage is any action taken by a student that gives that student an unfair advantage, or through which the students attempts to gain an unfair advantage in his/her academic work over another student. Examples of obtaining an unfair advantage include, but are not limited to: Gaining advance access to examination materials by stealing or reproducing those materials Retaining or using examination materials which clearly indicate the need to return such materials at the end of the examination Intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student’s work Falsification of Records and Official Documents include, but are not limited to, acts of forging authorized signatures, or falsifying information on an official academic record. Consequences for Policy Violation A student who is found to be dishonest in submission of his or her academic assignments or other work, or in carrying out his or her academic responsibilities may, at minimum, receive a zero for the submitted assignment, may receive a failing grade for the course, or may be subject to further suspension or expulsion from the College depending on the severity of the offense(s). Regardless, all incidents of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Academic Unit Head and School Dean, and may be retained by the College in the student’s records.

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A faculty member who suspects that a student has committed a violation of the Academic Integrity Policy shall review with the student the facts and circumstances of the suspected violation whenever feasible. Thereafter, a faculty member who concludes that there has been an incident of academic dishonesty sufficient to affect the student's final course grade shall report such incident on the Student Violation of the Academic Integrity Policy Form (located on Mercy Connect under the faculty tab) and submit it to the Dean of the appropriate School. The Dean shall update the Student Violation of the Academic Integrity Policy Form after a suspected incident has been resolved to reflect that resolution. Unless the resolution exonerates the student, the Student Violation of the Academic Integrity Policy Form shall be placed in a confidential academic integrity file created for the purposes of identifying repeat violations, gathering data, and assessing and reviewing policies. Academic Sanctions If a faculty member believes that the appropriate sanction is academic in nature (e.g., a reduced grade) and the student does not contest either his/her guilt or the particular reduced grade that the faculty member has chosen, then the student shall be given the reduced grade, unless the Dean decides to seek a disciplinary sanction. The reduced grade may apply to the particular assignment where the violation occurred or to the course grade, at the faculty member's discretion. A reduced grade may be an "F", or another grade that is lower than the grade that the student would have earned but for the violation. If a faculty member determines that a student has committed an act of cheating or plagiarism, and the student withdraws f rom the course, that student will receive an “FW” for the course regard less of the time of withdrawal. The faculty member shall inform the Dean of the resolution via email and the Dean shall update the applicable Student Violation of the Academic Integrity Policy Form to reflect that resolution. In a case where a student admits to the alleged academic dishonesty but contests the academic sanction imposed by the faculty member, or in a case where a student denies the academic dishonesty, the student may appeal t o the College’s Undergraduate Academic Appeals Committee. Judicial Sanctions In a case where the allegation of cheating or plagiarism is severe, or where the student has a history of violations of the Academic Integrity Policy which conduct warrants suspension or expulsion from the College, the school Dean shall impose a sanction in addition to or in lieu of academic sanctions, as he/she deems is warranted under the circumstances. If the student contests the judicial sanction imposed, he/she may appeal to the Undergraduate Academic Appeals Committee. Appeals Appeals to the Undergraduate Academic Appeals Committee shall be made within 7 business days of receipt of notice of the academic or judicial sanction. All parties will be permitted to participate and arepermitted to submit any documentation they believe is necessary including written statements and documentary evidence. The Undergraduate Academic Appeals Committee shall convene within two weeks of the filing of the appeal submission. The Undergraduate Academic Appeals Committee shall issue a written decision of its finding within 7 business days of convening and shall send copies of its decision to the accused student, the faculty member and the appropriate Dean for archiving in the student’s confidential academic integrity file. If the Academic Appeals Committee finds that no violation occurred, the Dean shall remove all material relating to that incident from the student's confidential academic integrity file and destroy the material.