Course Syllabus

Course: MUSC 1576

Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Music
Title: Class Guitar

Semester Approved: Fall 2022
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2027
End Semester: Summer 2028

Catalog Description: This course provides group instruction in the fundamentals of guitar. Students will learn basic chords, strumming and fingerpicking patterns, standard notation and tabliture. Additional Fee Required. Repeatable for credit.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 1; Lab: 0
Repeatable: Yes.


Justification: There is great demand for guitar instruction among the general student population. Courses such as this are common at four-year institutions in the state. This course provides a low-cost introduction to a musical skill that will serve the student for a lifetime.


Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will demonstrate the ability to form basic chords.  This outcome will be assessed via regular class participation, and mid-term and final playing exams.

Students will be able to execute basic strumming and fingerpicking patterns.  This outcome will be assessed via regular class participation, and mid-term and final playing exams.

Students will demonstrate an ability to read basic standard notation and tablature.  This outcome will be assessed via regular class participation, and mid-term and final playing exams.


Content:
The content of this course will include: basic chords, fingerpicking and strumming patterns, standard notation and tablature.

While teaching in a diverse environment, as a group, we will work hard toward a common goal with people that look, speak, and act very differently from ourselves but will interact on an equal and inclusive plane.

Key Performance Indicators:
Students will receive feedback from the instructor each day.

Student proficiency will be demonstrated through:

Mid-term playing exam. 20 to 30%

Final playing examination 30 to 40%

Regular attendance is critical to student success in this course (30%-40%) 25 to 35%


Pedagogy Statement:
This course will feature musical materials from a variety of styles.

While teaching in a diverse environment, as a group, we will work hard toward a common goal with people that look, speak, and act very differently from ourselves but will interact on an equal and inclusive plane.

Instructional Mediums:
Lecture

Maximum Class Size: 20
Optimum Class Size: 15