Instructor:                    Mr. Dan Wujcik

Contact:                            Phone: 460-5625 / Office # 245 BMH / E-Mail: wujcikd@mail.belmont.edu

Credit/Class location:         1 Hour/Center for Music Business, Massey B07

Class/Lab time(s):              CRN# 45841 - 3050.02, 4:00-5:15pm TR, Aug 23rd – Sept 27th, 2007                       

Class Website:                  Blackboard via your BIC account.

 

 

 

Educational Objectives of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music 1) To provide a personalized career-oriented and practical educational program in Music Business administration emphasizing the four themes of leadership, innovation, private enterprise, and entrepreneurship.  2) To equip students with the ability to communicate effectively, think critically, and make enlightened judgments about their environment. 3) To emphasize quality classroom instruction within the parameters of caring, Christian principles.

 

 

Course Description   Prerequisites: AET 1380.  The study and practice of ear training as it relates to the identification, manipulation, and perception of sound.  This course provides a concentrated in-depth study utilizing exercises designed to develop specific listening skills in audio production.

 

 

Learning Outcomes 

·         To equip students with an understanding of the parameters of critical listening

·         To provide students with listening exercises that stimulate, accelerate, and formulate the judgment of acceptable sound quality

·         To recognize sensitive training of the ear requires individual practice

 

The student will demonstrate:

·         an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of the discipline of audio engineering

·         an ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology

·         an ability to function effectively on teams

·         an ability to identify, analyze and solve technical problems

·         an ability to communicate effectively

·         a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning

·         a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement

 

 

Performance Criteria  

Students will:

·         identify the parameters of critical listening and explain their implication

·         define, interpret, and apply a technical language associated with the quality of sound

·         compare parameters in sound, speech, and music by intently listening to exercises that establish a reference by which quality can be determined

·         maintain an individual practice log demonstrating a perpetual effort

·         demonstrate an improved psychophysical, subjective aural acuity

 

 

Accommodation of Disabilities   In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Belmont University will provide reasonable accommodation of all medically documented disabilities.  If you have a disability and would like the university to provide reasonable accommodations of the disability during this course, please notify Tammye Tanksley, Director of Counseling & Developmental Support in the Office of the Dean of Students (460-6407) as soon as possible.

 

Course Requirements

Text & Materials   Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals, F. Alton Everest, Thomson Course Technology.  A class notebook/binder, several blank CD-R’s, pair of quality circumaural headphones.

 

Attendance   As per current Undergraduate Bulletin at:

http://www.belmont.edu/catalog/undergrad2006jun/apolicy/index.html

 

Participation   All students are expected to prepare and contribute to class discussions and listening exercises.  Specific class activities, topics, additional notes, reminders, and reviews will be updated using Blackboard.  Additional class readings and website links will also be made available as the course progresses. 

 

Required Assignments   Reading and listening of textbook chapter assignments as noted in the daily class schedule.  Additional material given via handouts and class lectures.  Students will be expected to complete of practice log demonstrating a commitment to repetitive training of required listening exercises.

 

Testing & Quizzes  Quizzes are announced.  No makeup quizzes will be given.  The final exam is comprehensive.  Quiz dates maybe subject to change with exception of the final exam.  No electronic devices of any kind maybe used during exams.

 

Honor Code   It is the responsibility of each student to abide by the Belmont University Honor Code.  As members of the Belmont community, students, faculty, staff, and administrators are all responsible for ensuring that their experiences will be free of behaviors, which compromise value.  In order to uphold academic integrity, the University has adopted an Honor System.  Students and faculty will work together to establish the optimal conditions for honorable academic work.  Following is the Student Honor Pledge that guides academic behavior:

 

 

“I will not give or receive aid during examinations; I will not give or receive false or impermissible aid in course work, in the preparation of reports, or in any other type of work that is to be used by the instructor as the basis of my grade; I will not engage in any form of academic fraud. Furthermore, I will uphold my responsibility to see to it that others abide by the spirit and letter of this Honor Pledge.”

 

 

Evaluation              

                               Quizzes 3 @ 40 points each                        =    120 Points   40%

                               Attendance                                                 =      60 Points  20%

                               Final Exam                                                 =    120 Points   40%     

                                               

                                                                                                TOTAL  =    300 Points  100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grading Scale

Grading scale as per the current Undergraduate Bulletin located at:

http://www.belmont.edu/catalog/undergrad2006jun/apolicy/ap_as.html

A   = 970-1000        B+ = 870-928          C+ = 770-799          D+ = 670-699               F = BELOW 600                                               

A   = 930-969          B  =  830-869         C  = 730-769            D   = 630-669

A-  = 900-929          B- =  800-829         C- = 700-729            D-  = 600-629                                         

 

 

 

 

Key Dates

Activity

Aug 23 – Thurs

Orientation & Introduction

Sept 4 – Tues

Quiz #1

Sept 13 – Thurs

Quiz #2

Sept 25 - Tues

Quiz #3

Sept 27 - Thurs

Final Exam