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This page contains the basic information you will need in order to understand the teaching philosophies employed by the instructors, expectations of student performance, and materials to be covered. You may simply scroll through the page as you wish or you may quickly move to any part of the page by clicking on a topic listed below.
COURSE
INFORMATION:
CREDIT:
2
HOURS:
Solfege:7:55-8:45- a.m. T-Th;
Eurhythmics 1:00-1:50 p.m. T
CLASSROOMS: Solfege = KULAS 112; Eurhythmics
= Gamble Auditorium
PREREQUISITE: MUS 116
INSTRUCTORS: Solfege = Dr.
Lawrence W. Hartzell, Ph.D. Eurhythmics
= Ms. Mary Dobrea-Grindahl, M.M., D., J-D.
OFFICES: Dr. Hartzell,
M-P 309 & Ms. Dobrea, Kulas 303
OFFICE PHONES: Dr. Hartzell, 826-2089 & Ms. Dobrea-Grindahl,
826-2042
EMAIL: lhartzel@bw.edu
and mdobrea@bw.edu
OFFICE HOURS: See posted hours on your teacher's door.
AVAILABILITY OF INSTRUCTORS:
It is
our policy to be available to students as much as is humanly possible.
Please check the respective office doors for office hours, or
make an appointment.
SPECIAL NEEDS:Any
student with a documented disability (e.g., mobility, learning,
psychological, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange
accommodations
must contact both myself and Disability Services at the beginning
of the term.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will concern itself with the development of those pitch and rhythm aural and performance skills one needs to become a first class musician.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES: In this course students
will learn:
COURSE
CALENDER: Since this is a progressive
course involving the development of musical skills no set calender
of subject material introduction can be given. However, the student
can assume that every skill required in the course will be covered
every week. It is also to be expected that the student will spend,
at least, two hours outside of class for every hour spent in
class. Some students may find that it necessary to spend more
time. This is normal in the beginning of the course.
PLEASE NOTE: As you should be aware this is a very
special spring semester. Although I do not officially retire
until July 31st, my last day on the job at Baldwin-Wallace College will
be Wednesday, May 10th. This means some very important
things to students in my classes.
| 1. |
All back assignments from the first 8 weeks of the semester must be in by Friday, March 17th. |
| 2. |
All homework assignments and other graded items (such as keyboard) given after spring break must be completed by Friday, April 28th. |
| 3. | Any term papers and/or final projects must be completed by the assigned times. |
| 4. | I will turn in my final grades during the morning of Wednesday, May 10th. |
| 5. | Because I will not be back in the fall, there will be NO incompletes given at the end of this spring semester. |
COURSE GRADING: Within
the Solfege/Eurhythmics program there are various skill-areas
in which each student must develop competency. Since competency
in each of these skill-areas is absolutely essential for one to
operate as a musician, students must achieve a passing grade in
each skill-area as well as compile a passing grade as a total
score in order to successfully complete this course.
The skill-areas in which these passing grades must be achieved
are:
| SOLFEGE | EURHYTHMICS | |
| Performance Skills | Performance Skills | |
| Dictation Skills | Dictation Skills |
N.B.: Separate grades are maintained for Solfege Performance and Dictation Skills, and Eurhythmics Performance and Dictation Skills. These grades are maintained so that the student and teacher may monitor the student's progress in each of these areas. At the end of the semester each of these grades must be passing for a student to pass the course. Even if the average of these grades represents a passing score for the course, the student will not be passed on to the next course if any one of the skill grades is not passing. The reason for this is that the Solfege/Eurhythmics courses are competency-based and you must be competent in each of the skill areas.
Grading Scale: This course uses the grading scale
established
by the Music Theory Department and follows the College +/- grading
system.
| A+ = 100 | B+ = 91 | C+ = 82 | D+ = 73 | F+ = 64 |
| A = 99-93 | B = 90-84 | C = 83-75 | D = 72-66 | F = 63-60 |
| A- = 92 | B- = 83 | C- = 74 | D- = 65 | F- = 59 & below |
Grading Procedure:
1. Separate class and examination grades will be maintained
for each of the skill areas.
2. The class grade will consist of an average of all in-class
quizzes.
3. The examination grade will be an average of the Individual,
Mid-term, and Final Examinations.
4. At the end of the semester the final grades in each
of the skill-areas will be achieved by averaging the class/homework
and examination grades on a 50%/50% basis. If this grade falls
below 65 for any skill-area the student will receive a failing
grade for the course.
5. If all the skill-area grades are 65 or better they will
average to a final grade of at least 65, meaning the student will
pass the course. The only exception would be the need to invoke
procedures outlined below under "Additional grading information"
listed below.
6. The student should understand that the final class grade
is a result of the 50%/50% averaging of the final Solfege and
Eurhythmics grades.
Additional grading information:
1. You are permitted 2 absences (excused or unexcused) in
this course.
2.Absences over two (=one week) will be calculated against
the final grade as follows. Each absence will equal half a letter
grade.
3. Attendance will be taken during the first minute
of each class period. Any students who enter class after attendance
has been taken will be counted tardy and will receive 1/2 a cut
for the day.
4. A Solfege Journal will be kept for this course. A
success Jurnal will add a "+" to the final grade of the course.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: "Academic dishonesty refers not simply to dishonesty in examinations, but to any behavior, such as plagiarism, which violates academic standards. Matters of dishonesty may be handled by the professor and student involved, and may be appealed to the Student-Faculty Problems Committee." Baldwin-Wallace College STUDENT HANDBOOK, p 17.
FINAL CAVEAT: The above schedule and procedures in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances. It should also be noted that the requirements stated above under COURSE OBJECTS represent minimum expectations, students in Section 1 are to assume that they will be required to go beyond the stated minimum.