Examples of Class Syllabi

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(Music Appreciation)

Music of Western Heritage
Introduction to Music (including World Music and Jazz)

These were GenEd Music Appreciation courses for non-majors. I taught these courses eleven times at Towson University, and twice at Denison University, in class sizes ranging from twenty to eighty students.

Click for my 2003 Denison University Syllabus

Click for my 1999 Towson University Syllabus


Music Fundamentals

This was a course primarily for future classroom teachers of lower grades (non-music-majors) designed to enable them to use the Silver Burdett and other standard classroom music books in their teaching, with a focus on practical skills in reading notation, playing rudimentary piano, singing and drumming, and composing simple songs to reinforce lessons in math, social studies, and other classroom subjects. I taught this course twice at Towson University.

Click for my 1999 Towson University Syllabus


Women in Music

Women in Western Music

These were GenEd courses for both majors and non-majors, presenting both historical overview and feminist theory related to women in music, currently and across the past millenium. I created and taught this course eight times at Towson University in class sizes ranging from 40 to 80 students, and twice at Denison University in classes ranging from 16 to 30 students.

Click for my 2003 Denison University Syllabus

Click for my 2002 Denison University Syllabus


Exploring New Media

This was a new First-Year Seminar at Denison University, designed to encourage students to make use of the new Mulberry Multimedia Lab (Flash, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Digital Performer, etc.), and to encourage students to build their skills in critical thinking and writing through readings, viewings, discussions, and writing assignments related to arts in a digital context.

Click for my 2004 Denison University Syllabus


Music For Dance

This is a course for dance majors addressing the choreographic and performance issues related to music for dance. I have taught it twice at Towson University, once at Goucher College, and once at Kent State University.

Click for my 1999 Goucher College Syllabus


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