MUS 152

Music Theory II
Spring 2017
Room 103
Keene Music Building

Monday & Wednesday 5:15 – 6:30 p.m.

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Jamey Ray

OFFICE: Room 221, Keene Hall

OFFICE HRS: MW: 10:00 – 10:50 am

TR: 4:00 – 4:50 pm

PHONE: (407) 646-2285

EMAIL: JRay@rollins.edu

PURPOSE
Music is a craft that requires skills beyond performance abilities. These skills
include, but are not limited to writing, reading, performing, hearing and teaching
music in any capacity. The knowledge of these skills is vital to the life of a
working musician. The acquisition of these skills begin with a basic knowledge
of music theory, sight singing, dictation and keyboard harmony. In this course,
students will build on their knowledge from MUS 151. This course will be taught
parallel to the MUS 154 piano/keyboard harmony lab. This is due to the fact that
this approach has proven to be the single most effective starting point for
developing musicianship and musical skills. This class will introduce concepts
such as part-writing and dictation which gives students techniques necessary for
continuing the theory progression as well as work in the industry.

OBJECTIVES
• Giving students a knowledge of theory techniques such as analysis, part
writing, melodic and harmonic dictation
• Teach students the importance of and techniques used in sight-singing

STUDENTS CAN EXPECT TO KNOW UPON COMPLETION

• Be able to analyze all diatonic chords, as well as secondary dominants and all
non-chord tones
• Develop the critical skills to sight-sing
• Be able to dictate single line melodies as well as 4-part musical lines
• Be able to recognize and utilize correct part-writing techniques
TEXT
Benward, Bruce & Saker, Marilyn. Music in Theory and Practice. Vol. 1. 8th
edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 2009.
Retail: Approx. $75
(Book is continued from MUS 151)

Music manuscript paper and sharp pencils.

EVALUATION
Homework Assignments (30%)
Students are required to complete and hand in their weekly written
assignments to the instructor on time. All assignments are due on the Monday
of each week and must be completed and corrected by the instructor to receive
maximum homework credit. 10 points will be taken from each assignment
that is handed in late.

Midterm (25%)
The midterm is used to assess the student's understanding of music notation,
intervals note value, time signatures, major and minor (all three forms),
intervals, simple transposition, chords, cadences and non-harmonic tones.

Final Examination (35%)

The final examination is used to assess the student's understanding of the
course materials covered during the entire semester.

Class Participation and Attendance (10%)

A student's participation grade will be determined by the instructor's
evaluation of his/her class attendance (please refer to music department
attendance policy) and class participation during the semester.

GRADE SUMMARY
Homework Assignment 30%
Midterm 25%
Final 35%
Class Participation 10%
Total 100%

Grading scale used in this course

A = 93-100 B+ = 87-89 C+ = 77-79 D+ = 67-69
A- = 90-92 B = 83-86 C = 73-78 D = 63-68
B- = 80-82 C- = 70-72 D- = 60-62
 F = 59 and below

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY

For classroom courses meeting 150 minutes a week, students may miss 150
minutes of class; i.e., three classes when the class meets three times a week, and
two classes when the class meets twice a week. The Department does not
distinguish between unexcused and excused absences. Students are advised to
save missed classes for genuine emergency situations and to notify the office of
the Dean of Student Affairs, which will in turn notify the students’ professors.
The final grade in the course will drop five percentage points for each absence
beyond the allowed number.

The Department views arriving late for a class as a disruption. Three late arrivals
up to ten minutes count as one absence. Arrivals after ten minutes count as an
absence.

CREDIT HOUR STATEMENT

This course is a four-credit-hour course that meets three hours per week. The
value of four credit hours results from work expected of enrolled students both
inside and outside the classroom. Rollins faculty require that students average at
least three hours of outside work for every hour of scheduled class time. In this
course, the additional outside-of-class expectations are regular time spent on
homework assignments in addition to sight-singing exercises through all non-
chromatic examples and compound rhythm examples (for first-year students) in
the Ottman sight-singing book.

THE ACADEMIC HONOR CODE

Membership in the student body of Rollins College carries with it an obligation,
and requires a commitment, to act with honor in all things. Because academic
integrity is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge and truth and is the heart of
the academic life of Rollins College, it is the responsibility of all members of the
College community to practice it and to report apparent violations.

The following pledge is a binding commitment by the students of Rollins College:

The development of the virtues of Honor and Integrity are integral to a Rollins
College education and to membership in the Rollins College community.
Therefore, I, a student of Rollins College, pledge to show my commitment to
these virtues by abstaining from any lying, cheating, or plagiarism in my
academic endeavors and by behaving responsibly, respectfully and honorably in
my social life and in my relationships with others.

This pledge is reinforced every time a student submits work for academic credit
as his/her own. Students shall add to all papers, quizzes, tests, lab reports, etc.,
the following handwritten abbreviated pledge followed by their signature:
 “On my honor, I have not given, nor received, nor witnessed any
unauthorized assistance on this work.”

Material submitted electronically should contain the pledge; submission implies

signing the pledge.

COURSE CALENDAR AND OUTLINE

Date Topic
Week 1 Review

Week 2 Nondominant 7th chords

Week 3 Part-writing with all 7th chords

Week 4 Analysis

Week 5 Secondary Dominant & Leading-tone Chords

Week 6 Analysis & Review

Week 7 Midterm

Week 8 Spring Break

Week 9 Modulation

Week 10 Modulation

Week 11 Neapolitan 6 chords

Week 12 Augmented 6th chords

Week 13 Modal Borrowing

Week 14 Review

Week 15 Analysis & Review

Monday, May 1 Final

ROLLINS DISABILITY STATEMENT

Rollins College is committed to equal access and inclusion for all students, faculty
and staff. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 create a foundation of legal obligations to provide an accessible
 educational environment that does not discriminate against persons with
disabilities. It is the spirit of these laws which guides the college toward
expanding access in all courses and programs, utilizing innovative instructional
design, and identifying and removing barriers whenever possible. If you are a
person with a disability and anticipate needing any type of academic
accommodations in order to fully participate in your classes, please contact the
Disability Services Office, located in the Mills Memorial Building, Room 217, as
soon as possible. You are encouraged to schedule a Welcome Meeting by filling
out the “First Time Users” form on the website:
http://www.rollins.edu/disabilityservices/ and/or reach out by phone or email:
407-975-6463 or Access@Rollins.edu.
All test-taking accommodations requested for this course must first be approved
through the Disability Services Office (DSO) and scheduled online through
Accommodate at least 72 hours before the exam. Official accommodation letters
must be received by and discussed with the faculty in advance. There will be no
exceptions given unless previously approved by the DSO with documentation of
the emergency situation. We highly recommend making all testing
accommodations at the beginning of the semester. DSO staff are available to
assist with this process.

CREDIT HOUR STATEMENT

Rollins College offers four-credit-hour courses that provide three (50-minute)
hours of direct or indirect instructional contact. The value of four credit hours
reflects the substantial individual attention each student receives from instructors
as well as additional out-of-class activities. Faculty require that students
undertake at least 7.5 (60-minute) hours of outside work per week, averaged over
the course’s duration and equaling two and one-half (2.5) 60-minute hours of
outside work for every one (50 minute) hour of scheduled class time. In this
course, the additional outside-of class expectations will vary weekly, but will
average between 2-6 hours weekly.

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION

At the end of each semester, students are asked to evaluate the course and
instructor. These evaluations are extremely valuable in the teaching and learning
process on our campus. Student evaluations help assess student perceptions of
classroom learning and often lead to improved teaching. Your feedback is
important and Rollins students are encouraged to be honest, fair, and reflective in
the evaluation process.
The online evaluative survey is anonymous. Students are never identified as the
respondent. Instead, each student’s comments are assigned a random number.
You will be asked to rate your course and instructor on a numerical scale and
through narrative comments.

The online Course and Instructor Evaluation (CIE) process opens at 8:00 a.m. on
the first scheduled date. It remains open for a period of 14 days (2 weeks) until
 12:00 a.m. (midnight) on the final scheduled date. The evaluation period ends
prior to the start of final examinations and faculty cannot access completed
evaluations until 10 days after the end of final exams.
Students will receive one email at the start of the CIE period, one after the 15th
day, and a final reminder the day before the CIE period ends. Students who
complete evaluations for all classes will be able to view grades ten-days before
students who do not complete an evaluation form.

TITLE IX
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you tell any of your faculty about sexual misconduct involving members of the
campus community, your professors are required to report this information to the
Title IX Coordinator. Your faculty member can help connect you with the
Coordinator, Oriana Jiménez (TitleIX@rollins.edu or 407.691.1773). She will
provide you with information, resources and support.

Sexual misconduct includes sexual harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence

(such as dating or domestic abuse), sexual assault, and any discrimination based
on your sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation that
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