Belmont University – MBU 4560.01 – Advanced Sound Reinforcement Technology

Syllabus – Fall 2004

 

 

Sound Reinforcement

Course #: MBU 4560.01 (CRN 12798)

Instructor:  David Henson          email:  hensond@mail.belmont.edu

Office Phone: # 460-6144

Home Phone:  # 371-3292

Credit: 3 hours

Class Location: B25 – Massey Business Center

Meeting Time: Section 01, Thursday 3:30 pm-6 pm

 

MBU 4560. Advanced Sound Reinforcement Techniques (3). Prerequisite: MBU 3560. The objective of this course will be to enhance the technical communication and understanding of sound-related topics and environment. Students will be required to think critically and make enlightened judgments about their acoustical environment. Students will have hands-on experience with different sound systems, live mixing, monitor equalization, and areas related to management of a live sound system in a professional concert situation. ($30.00 course fee)

Course Description:  The objective of this course will be to enhance the technical communication and understanding of sound-related topics and environment. Students will be required to think critically and make enlightened judgments about their acoustical environment. Students will have hands-on experience with different sound systems, live mixing, monitor equalization, and areas related to management of a live sound system in a professional concert situation. A great deal of emphasis will be placed on the student’s leadership abilities and working together as a team on the sound reinforcement crew.   

Course Objective:  To expand on the skills and knowledge covered in previous sound reinforcement classes and lab events (MBU 3560, Showcases, etc.).

The student is required to attend and assist in Belmont University Music Business Showcases and other relevant assigned live sound events, as well as participate in the classroom/lab environment with the Instructor, gaining “hands-on” experience with the equipment and tools necessary for effective sound reinforcement.  Students from 3560.01 and 4560.01 will work together to assist the school at campus events where sound reinforcement is necessary.  The Instructor will also attempt to provide off-campus sound reinforcement or related activities and/or observations.

 

Objectives of the Undergraduate School of Business:

 

·        To provide a personalized career-oriented and practical educational program in Business Administration, which emphasizes the four themes of: leadership, innovation, private enterprise, and entrepreneurship.

·        To equip students with the ability to (1) communicate effectively, (2) think critically, (3) make enlightened judgments about their environments.

·        To emphasize quality classroom instruction within the parameters of Christian principles

           

 

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.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance: The attendance policies will be the same as in the current catalog. The Music Business Showcases are required “labs” for this course as listed below.  Your grade is dependent upon your presence and participation at showcases.

 

Participation: Class and event participation are essential to the students’ success in this class.

 

Materials:

TEXT NOT REQUIRED:  S. H. Stark:  Live Sound Reinforcement

 

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.

           

Testing:  There will be one written final exam given.  Absolutely NO “MAKE-UP” TESTS ARE ALLOWED.  The final exam will be comprehensive.

(written essay)

 

Basis of grade evaluation:

 

A+ = 97-100     B = 83-86                  C- = 70-72                  F = 50-0

A  =  93-96        B- = 80-82                D+ = 67-69

A-    = 90-92       C+ = 77-79                D   = 63-66

B+ = 87-89       C   = 73-76                D-  = 60-62

 

Item:                                                                 Percentage of Grade

1. Attendance:                                                              20%

2. Class Participation (Labs-Required S.R. Shows) 60%

3. Final Exam                                                               20%

 

Final Exam:  2:00 pm, Thursday, May 6th, 2004