Course Syllabus

Course: MUSC 2006

Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Music
Title: Concert Attendance, Second Year

Semester Approved: Spring 2024
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2028
End Semester: Fall 2029

Catalog Description: This course provides students with the opportunity to watch other students, faculty and visiting artists in concert performance. Students learn elements of technique, stage deportment and stylistic interpretation by watching other performers. This course meets the concert attendance requirement of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and is required concert attendance for all music majors. This course is repeatable for credit.

Semesters Offered: TBA
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 0; Lecture: 0; Lab: 1
Repeatable: Yes.


Prerequisites: MUSC 1006

Justification: Courses of this type are offered at other campuses with NASM accredited programs. Typically, four semesters of concert attendance grades are required by NASM for undergraduate degree programs. No credit hours are granted for this course because no formal instruction takes place - proof of attendance at the concert is the sole requirement.


Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will document attendance at 12 concerts each semester.  Students will submit stamped concert programs at the end of each semester. For concerts where no program is provided, students will submit a paragraph summarizing the event.


Content:
Students will attend twelve (12) concerts and recitals of various artists, students, and ensembles. Performances offered will cover many styles, historical periods, and cultures.

Key Performance Indicators:
This course is pass/fail. If students document their attendance at 12 concerts, the pass the course.

Submission of 12 stamped concert programs: 100%


Representative Text and/or Supplies:
None


Pedagogy Statement:
Students will attend 12 concerts per semester.

Instructional Mediums:
Lab

Maximum Class Size: 100
Optimum Class Size: 80