I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Musicology

2. Course Prefix & Number:
MUSC 1459

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

This course covers the basics of music theory, aural perception, and sight singing all in the context of primarily western music history. Emphasis is placed on rhythmic exercises, notation, tonality, phrase structure, simple form, fundamental harmony, and basic keyboard facility.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

U of MN, Duluth - MU1001 Introduction to Music, 3 credits
St. Cloud State University - MUSM 100 Introduction to Music Theory, 3 credits

III. Course Purpose

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate written communication skills	Define musical terms in clear, well-constructed sentences.
Apply ethical principles in decision-making	Analyze composers' reactions to violence, inequality and social unrest as well as the development of international and American Copyright law.
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Evaluate the difference and common elements in world and cultural music.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate the ability to read and write basic music notation (MnTC Goal 6);
• Explain what each of the elements of that notation represent (MnTC Goal 6);
• Demonstrate through musical performance an awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Engage in the creative process in interpretive performance (MnTC Goal 6);
• Analyze written music in terms of key signatures and scales (MnTC Goal 6);
• Define and build chords (MnTC Goal 6);
• Define and recognize intervals (MnTC Goal 6);
• Define and utilize basic rhythms (MnTC Goal 6);
• Analyze western music as compared to world music (MnTC Goal 6); and
• Compare and contrast the stylistic periods of Western Classical Music (MnTC Goal 6).

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. The Origins of Western Music
• The first notated music
• The first notated secular music
• The first music ‘gigs’
2. Rhythm
• Key signatures and scales
• Classical antiquity
3. Beliefs of the Power of Music
• The Catholic Mass
• Chant
• Homophony
• Polyphony
• Troubadours
4. The Difference in Meter Between Secular and Sacred Music
• Court music
• Church music
• Dance music
• Military music
• Note values
• Meter
• Simple puple
• Simple triple
• Compound duple
• Compound triple
• Irregular
• Time signatures
5. The First ‘Scalular’ Instruments
• Modes
• Major
• Minor
• Chords
• Key signatures
• Intervals
• Chords
6. Scale Application
• Choirs
• Pope Gregory
• Beethoven
• The Blues
• Chamber
• Chorus
• Voicing
7. Performance, practice, and tradition
8. Keyboard Instruments
• Pitch
• Middle C
• The octave
• Musical notation
• The staff
• The treble clef
• The bass clef
• Ledger lines
• The grand staff
9. Playing melodies on a keyboard instrument
• Drawing musical symbols
• Treble clef
• Bass clef
• Alto clef
• Tenor clef
• Bass clef
• Note heads
10. Dynamics
• Historical application
• From ppp to FFF
11. Style Markings
• From Accent to Zitterndt
12. Musical Styles by Time Period
• Renaissance
• Baroque
• Classical
• Romantic
• Twentieth Century
• Jazz, Blues and Rock ‘n Roll
• Popular music
13. World Musical Styles by Continent/World Populations: Indigenous and Current
• Eastern Europe
• Middle East
• Africa
• Pacific Island Nations
• Asia
• Latin and South America
• Native America