Syllabus for MUS-221

MUSIC HISTORY II

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Music History II examines the history of Western music from the Classical Period through the present day, stressing the origin and evolution of musical forms, musical styles, and the important composers since 1750. The student will also be placing this knowledge in the broader cultural context of each period.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After completing this course, you should be able to:

CO1        Identify and discuss stylistic features, function, and practice of Western music from circa 1750 to the present day.

CO2        Chronicle stylistic trends through discussion activities and well-written essays.

CO3        Discuss the impact of important cultural and political events in world history on the development of artistic style and music in particular.

CO4        Define (and use appropriately) terminology pertaining to the development of musical forms, styles, and compositional procedures.

CO5        Analyze important musical compositions through score study and active listening, assessing stylistic features that identify their historical placement.

COURSE MATERIALS

You will need the following materials to do the work of the course. The required textbook is also used for MUS-220, Music History I. Students who have taken that course will need to purchase only the two anthology volumes, which are available as a specially priced package from the University’s textbook supplier, MBS Direct. The ISBN for the bundled anthologies is 978-0-393-26203-2. Listed below are the individual ISBNs for each item if purchased separately.

Required Textbook and Score Anthologies

  • Barbara Russano Hanning, Concise History of Western Music, 5th ed. (New York: W. W. Norton, 2014). [Hereafter abbreviated CHWM]
    ISBN-13: 978-0393920666

    Note:     Every new copy of the textbook includes Total Access, a digital product license key program that gives students premium streaming recordings of all 220 selections in the Norton Anthology of Western Music, an ebook, video excerpts from the Metropolitan Opera, and a suite of tools for study and assessment—all included at no extra cost with the purchase of a new book. The access code, once activated, is valid for two years.

  • Norton Anthology of Western Music, vol. 2, Classic to Romantic, ed. J. Peter Burkholder and Claude V. Palisca (New York: W. W. Norton, 2014). [Hereafter abbreviated NAWM]
    ISBN-13: 978-0393921625

  • Norton Anthology of Western Music, vol. 3, The Twentieth Century and After, ed. J. Peter Burkholder and Claude V. Palisca (New York: W. W. Norton, 2014). [Hereafter abbreviated NAWM]
    ISBN-13: 978-0393921632

Anthologies of Recordings (Optional)

  • Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, vol. 2, Classic to Romantic. MP3 DVD
    ISBN-13: 978-0393936889

  • Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, vol. 1, The Twentieth Century and After. MP3 DVD
    ISBN-13: 978-0393936896

    Note:     You would only need to purchase the DVD recordings accompanying NAWM, vols. 2 and 3, if you do not wish to or are unable to use the streaming recordings provided in the Total Access program that comes with the purchase of a new CHWM textbook.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Music History II is a three-credit online course, consisting of eight modules. Modules include an overview, list of topics, learning objectives, study materials, and activities. Module titles are listed below, along with the course objectives and topics covered.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in online discussion forums, complete written assignments, take module quizzes, and complete a final project. See below for details.

Consult the Course Calendar for due dates.

Promoting Originality

One or more of your course activities may utilize a tool designed to promote original work and evaluate your submissions for plagiarism. More information about this tool is available in this document.

Discussion Forums

You are required to participate in eight graded discussion forums as well as an ungraded Introductions Forum. The online discussions are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules.

Written Assignments

You are required to complete seven written assignments (Modules 1–7). The written assignments are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules.

Modules Quizzes

Each module in the course concludes with a module quiz, eight quizzes in all. The quizzes draw not only on your readings in the textbook but also on your score study in the Norton Anthology of Western Music, vols. 2 and 3, and on listening selections from the Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, vols. 2 and 3.

Module quizzes are open book but time restricted (30 minutes). To maximize your learning experience, we recommend that you take each quiz as a pretest before reading the assigned chapter(s) and then retake the quiz as a posttest after you have read the chapter(s), reviewed the music scores in the Norton Anthology of Western Music, and listened to the assigned pieces from the Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, all listed in the Study Materials section above.

You may continue to take the quiz as often as you want until the due date. Just be aware that the grade of your most recent attempt will be the one entered into the gradebook. The launch link for the quiz is available within the course Web site.

Final Project

Music History II culminates in a Final Project that collectively is worth 30% of your course grade. This project takes the place of and is equivalent to a final exam. It consists of two parts:

Please note that you will receive separate grades (on a scale of 0–100) for your paper outline, final paper, and listening examples. Your choice of a paper topic in Week 7 will be marked Complete/Incomplete.

GRADING AND EVALUATION

Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:

All activities will receive a numerical grade of 0–100. You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Your final grade in the course will be a letter grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:

A

=

93–100

C+

=

78–79

A–

=

90–92

C

=

73–77

B+

=

88–89

C–

=

70–72

B

=

83–87

D

=

60–69

B–

=

80–82

F

=

Below 60

To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or better (for an area of study course) or D or better (for a course not in your area of study), based on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., exams, assignments, discussion postings, etc.).

STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

First Steps to Success

To succeed in this course, take the following first steps:

Study Tips

Consider the following study tips for success:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Thomas Edison State University is committed to maintaining academic quality, excellence, and honesty. The University expects all members of its community to share the commitment to academic integrity, an essential component of a quality academic experience.

Students at Thomas Edison State University are expected to exhibit the highest level of academic citizenship. In particular, students are expected to read and follow all policies, procedures, and program information guidelines contained in publications; pursue their learning goals with honesty and integrity; demonstrate that they are progressing satisfactorily and in a timely fashion by meeting course deadlines and following outlined procedures; observe a code of mutual respect in dealing with mentors, staff, and other students; behave in a manner consistent with the standards and codes of the profession in which they are practicing; keep official records updated regarding changes in name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address; and meet financial obligations in a timely manner. Students not practicing good academic citizenship may be subject to disciplinary action including suspension, dismissal, or financial holds on records.

All members of the University community are responsible for reviewing the Academic Code of Conduct Policy in the University Catalog and online at www.tesu.edu.

Academic Dishonesty

Thomas Edison State University expects all of its students to approach their education with academic integrity—the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception. All mentors and administrative staff members at the University insist on strict standards of academic honesty in all courses. Academic dishonesty undermines this objective. Academic dishonesty can take the following forms:

Plagiarism

Thomas Edison State University is committed to helping students understand the seriousness of plagiarism, which is defined as using the work and ideas of others without proper citation. The University takes a strong stance against plagiarism, and students found to be plagiarizing are subject to discipline under the academic code of conduct policy.

If you copy phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or whole documents word-for-word—or if you paraphrase by changing a word here and there—without identifying the author, or without identifying it as a direct quote, then you are plagiarizing. Please keep in mind that this type of identification applies to Internet sources as well as to print-based sources. Copying and pasting from the Internet, without using quotation marks and without acknowledging sources, constitutes plagiarism. (For information about how to cite Internet sources, see Online Student Handbook > Academic Standards > “Citing Sources.”)

Accidentally copying the words and ideas of another writer does not excuse the charge of plagiarism. It is easy to jot down notes and ideas from many sources and then write your own paper without knowing which words are your own and which are someone else’s. It is more difficult to keep track of each and every source. However, the conscientious writer who wishes to avoid plagiarizing never fails to keep careful track of sources.

Always be aware that if you write without acknowledging the sources of your ideas, you run the risk of being charged with plagiarism.

Clearly, plagiarism, no matter the degree of intent to deceive, defeats the purpose of education. If you plagiarize deliberately, you are not educating yourself, and you are wasting your time on courses meant to improve your skills. If you plagiarize through carelessness, you are deceiving yourself.

For examples of unintentional plagiarism, advice on when to quote and when to paraphrase, and information about writing assistance, click the links provided below.

Examples of Unintentional Plagiarism

When to Quote and When to Paraphrase

Writing Assistance at Smarthinking

Disciplinary Process for Plagiarism

Acts of both intentional and unintentional plagiarism violate the Academic Code of Conduct.

If an incident of plagiarism is an isolated minor oversight or an obvious result of ignorance of proper citation requirements, the mentor may handle the matter as a learning exercise. Appropriate consequences may include the completion of tutorials, assignment rewrites, or any other reasonable learning tool in addition to a lower grade for the assignment or course. The mentor will notify the student and appropriate dean of the consequence by e-mail.

If the plagiarism appears intentional and/or is more than an isolated incident, the mentor will refer the matter to the appropriate dean, who will gather information about the violation(s) from the mentor and student, as necessary. The dean will review the matter and notify the student in writing of the specifics of the charge and the sanction to be imposed.

Possible sanctions include:

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