Course Syllabus

MUSIC 210 – Second Year Music Theory I (item # 1767)

Downloadable syllabus: MUSIC_210_Syllabus_F2015.pdf

Credits: 5

Location: Building/Room-E102

Instructor: Dr. Brian Cobb       Office: A156   email: brian.cobb@bellevuecollege.edu           

Office Hour: Thursday, 11:30a-12:20pm or by appointment

Class meetings: Monday-Thursday/Friday online /Section HYA-9:30-10:20am

Class website: accessible through your MYBC page

MUSIC 210—Second Year Music Theory I:

Fourth in a six-quarter sequence in Music Theory. Topics include diatonic materials, basic chromatic chords, counterpoint, Baroque-era compositional techniques, music score analysis, composition, sight singing, and ear training. Prerequisite: MUSC 112 (prev. MUSIC 112) or permission of instructor.

Required Textsbooks:

1. Tonality and Design in Music Theory, Volume 2 (with CDs), Earl Henry & Michael Rogers, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, Isbn: 9780134043296 (BC custom bundle, do not order online)

2. Progressive Sight Singing by Patricia Krueger (Purchased last year), Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780195386042

3. Auralia & Musition Cloud Bundle (Click here for information about renewing your subscription)

Important Dates:

• Fall Quarter Starts – 9/21
• Non-Contract Day Day - 10/20 (No daytime or evening credit classes.)
• Veteran’s Day – 11/11 (No daytime or evening credit classes.)
• Thanksgiving Break - 11/26-11/27 (No daytime or evening credit classes.)
• Fall Quarter Ends - 12/10
• Final Exam - 12/10, 9:30am-11:20am

Grading Criteria: (Class attendance is required for a passing grade)

• Homework assignments, aural skills work, & class participation–65%
• Midterm and Final Exams –30%
• Mandatory Concert Attendances—5%

**Class participation requires that each student come prepared to class with their books & writing supplies, ready to engage in class discussions, activities & collaborative work, and, most importantly, to be up-to-date with all assigned content.     

Projects (Due Dates to be Announced):

• Art Song Composition
• Variation Composition

Weekly plan (open to change):

• Monday: Music Theory
• Tuesday: Aural Skills (sight-singing emphasis)
• Wednesday: Music Theory
• Thursday: Music Theory
• Friday: Online (online work must be completed on this day)

 

MUSIC 210 Fall Quarter Plan (this plan is subject to change)

PART 1: Chromaticism

Week 1—9/21-9/25: Ch.3 Borrowed and Augmented Sixth Chords

Week 2—9/28-10/2: Ch.3 Borrowed and Augmented Sixth Chords

Week 3 —10/5-10/9: Jazz Tritone Substitions

Week 4—10/12-10/16: Ch.4 Neapolitan and Other Chromatic Resources

Week 5—10/19-10/23: Ch.4 Neapolitan and Other Chromatic Resources

• Non-contract Day - 10/21 (No daytime or evening credit classes.)

Week 6—10/26-10/30: Ch.4 Neapolitan and Other Chromatic Resources

• [Midterm Exam: Friday, 10/30]

Week 7—11/2-11/6: Ch.7 Dissolution of the Common Practice Style

Week 8—11/9-11/13: Ch.7 Dissolution of the Common Practice Style

• Veteran’s Day – 11/11 (No daytime or evening credit classes.)

PART 2: Introduction to Form & Technique

Week 9—11/16-11/20: Ch. 1 Variations Form

Week 10—11/23-11/25: Ch. 1 Variations Form

• Thanksgiving Break - 11/26-11/27 (No daytime or evening credit classes.)

Week 11—11/30-12/4: Ch.2 (Canon)

Final Exam Period (12/8-12/10):         

• Section HYA: December 10, 2015, 9:30am-11:20am                                                           

Students with disabilities who have accommodation needs are required to meet with the Director of Disability Resource Center located in the BC Library Media Center to establish their eligibility for accommodation. www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc

CONCERT ATTENDANCE POLICY

Students enrolled in Music courses are required to attend a minimum of Three Bellevue College Music Concerts each quarter. Students participating in a performance ensemble may count those performances toward Concert Attendance.

BC Concert Attendance will comprise 5% of your grade. Dates for each quarters’ approved performances will be made available to students and an official check in table will utilized at each concert

MUSIC 110 Online Responsibility (Fridays):

On Fridays the MUSC 110 coursework will move online to do a wide array of activities. The online activities will revolve around the use of the Cloud Software Auralia and Musition, as well as other activities to described at a later date. IMPORTANT: the Friday online work is to done on Friday by 11:59pm.

MUSIC 110-112 Late Assignment Policy:

Any student who is late turning in their homework or doing online assignments will have one grade point deducted for each day the assignment is late. For example, one day late = -1.0, two days late = -2.0. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to be diligent about the coursework in this class. It is too easy to fall behind fast.

Copyright and Plagiarism

If you are found to have cheated or copied for any assignment or exam you will forfeit your grade for this course and will receive a failing grade. Cheating includes copying other people's work, with or without their permission, and using content from a Web site, book, or other source without quoting or citing it.

Student Responsibility & Conduct:

Instructors may, at their discretion, agree to accept student work that is submitted in various ways, including in person, to the division office, or via e-mail.  It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all assignments are actually received by the instructor, whether they are submitted in person or electronically.

It is the student's responsibility, not the instructor's, to initiate communication about progress or concerns with the course.  Instructors are under no obligation to inform students that work is overdue, to nag students to complete assignments, or to call students who fail to attend class.  Similarly, students need to keep themselves informed about syllabus changes that may have been made in class.  We suggest finding a partner the first week of classes and keeping each other up to date if one is absent.

Politeness and professional behavior are expected in class. All students are expected to conduct themselves with honor and integrity.

MU210 Attendance Policy:

Since this course covers several musical subjects (music theory, sight-sing, & dictation), it is in your best interest not to miss class. If you are sick or have a family emergency it is your responsibility to inform me via e-mail before class time begins.  Any student that misses an in-class quiz, without prior notification, will not be given a make-up opportunity. If a student is given a make-up opportunity, the make-up quiz/exam must occur within 7 days. Keep in mind that all sight-singing and dictation quizzes will take place during class time.

Bellevue College Attendance policy:

Attendance at all scheduled class meetings is mandatory.  This requirement is particularly meant to apply to courses that are designated for classroom delivery, although distance education courses may also have certain attendance requirements. This requirement is intended 1) to prevent instructors from having to adjudicate individual excuses, and 2) to recognize that excuses are ultimately irrelevant both here at BC and in the workplace.

While specific attendance requirements are up to individual faculty members, the Arts and Humanities Division recognizes that attending class and participating actively are perhaps the most important way in which students can set themselves up for success.  Conversely, not attending class almost certainly leads to failure.

Students in performance courses (Drama, Music, etc.) are reminded that attendance builds the professional relationship necessary between partners or in working groups.

In order for students to be eligible for a grade in a course, they must not miss more than ten classes, or 20% of the total class time scheduled, for any reason.  When absences go beyond ten, instructors may a) give a grade of "F" for the course, or b) lower the final grade as much as they see fit.  This does not imply that you may be absent fewer than ten times or 20% without seeing an effect on your grade; indeed, we wish to emphasize that any absence undermines your progress and will result in your having to work harder to catch up.  Ten absences or 20% is merely the figure beyond which you cannot go without risking your eligibility for a course grade.  In cases of legitimate hardship, students may also request that instructors grant a “HW” (hardship withdrawal), which is a non-credit grade. 

In summary, when you are absent from a class more than ten times or 20% in any given quarter, you may receive a failing grade.  Whatever written policy an instructor has in the syllabus will be upheld by the Arts and Humanities Division in any grievance process.