MUSA 106 Tunes in 'toons: Classical Music in Cartoons and Animation

Previously MUSC 138. Open to all interested students, this course provides an introduction to classical music through cartoons. Emphasis will be given to specific genres of classical music, musical historical periods, the connection of classical music to other arts, and aesthetics. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to identify specific classical composers and explain their importance from a global and historical perspective, recognize and define specific genres of classical music, and write and speak clearly about the aesthetics and humanism of classical music. This course will enhance the students' appreciation of classical music in a unique and memorable way.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify basic music terminology and organize the associated information and ideas participating in class discussions, presentations, and written reviews.
2. Identify techniques for recognition of stylistic traits and characteristics of each historical music period.
3. Classify specific classical music by historical music period.
4. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives through an examination of specific classical composers’ importance and influence from global, creative, cultural, and historical perspectives.
5. Recognize and define specific genres of classical music.
6. Examine composers’ motivations and inspirations for composing the works studied in class, and explain their creative process.
7. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes of how classical music affects setting, action, and overall atmosphere in cartoons and animations.
8. Compare and relate examples of classical music in cartoons or animations to classical performances of the same works.
9. Apply critical theories and concepts of classical music found in cartoons to classical music, in general, and to other arts.
10. Analyze and interpret a piece of classical music, creating an aural and visual presentation using Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, and/or Prezi.
11. Consider the role of classical music as interpreted through cartoons by assessing, reflecting on, and critically analyzing one’s own creative process, as well as that of others.

Course Objectives

1. Identify basic music terminology and organize the associated information and ideas participating in class discussions, presentations, and written reviews.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • quiz, or part of another quiz or project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Identify techniques for recognition of stylistic traits and characteristics of each historical music period.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Classify specific classical music by historical music period.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives through an examination of specific classical composers’ importance and influence from global, creative, cultural, and historical perspectives.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Graded oral presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
5. Recognize and define specific genres of classical music.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Examine composers’ motivations and inspirations for composing the works studied in class, and explain their creative process.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

7. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes of how classical music affects setting, action, and overall atmosphere in cartoons and animations.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
8. Compare and relate examples of classical music in cartoons or animations to classical performances of the same works.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

9. Apply critical theories and concepts of classical music found in cartoons to classical music, in general, and to other arts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Graded oral presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
10. Analyze and interpret a piece of classical music, creating an aural and visual presentation using Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, and/or Prezi.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • An audio and visual presentation that "interprets" a classical piece of music in a creative and professional way

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
11. Consider the role of classical music as interpreted through cartoons by assessing, reflecting on, and critically analyzing one’s own creative process, as well as that of others.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Individual and peer assessment of the assigned projects in objective #10

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric