MUSA 140 Introduction to Music Technology and Entrepreneurship

Previously MUSC 139. This course is an introduction to the terminology, concepts, and basic skills needed to work with computer-based music applications and basic MIDI (synthesizer) technology used in core music courses. The order in which these projects are presented is intended to correspond to curricula in the music department, although non-music major students may enroll in this course. The course is designed to give students a background that will allow them to more easily incorporate additional technology which they will find in the world of music and music education. The course also introduces the basic technology that students need to pursue a career in music. Students will study diverse ways of creating income through musical projects.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information for music software applications; select appropriate music software for a specific task, and demonstrate its effective use.
2. Create computer-generated notation using desktop publishing music software.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic techniques of music file management and editing on the computer.
4. Generate new ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives by arranging and composing music using available music software.
5. Use the sound synthesis technologies of commonly available commercial synthesizers.
6. Communicate and collaborate through the use of technology by creating an effective internet presence for promotion in the field of music.
7. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes from technology found in the world of music and music education, and apply to other contexts.
8. Write a professional music resume.
9. Demonstrate basic principles of search engine optimization.
10. Discuss diverse methods of creating revenue with music in digital and non-digital environments.
11. Recognize the ethical concerns relating to a specific issue or issues in the music world.
12. Identify one’s core belief(s) in relation to an ethical issue or issues in the music world.
13. Apply alternative ethical perspectives to one’s own, in relation to an ethical issue or issues in the music world.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information for music software applications; select appropriate music software for a specific task, and demonstrate its effective use.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • quiz or demonstration of skill to professor or class

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Technological Literacy Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1

   Technological Literacy

   • TL1
   • TL2
2. Create computer-generated notation using desktop publishing music software.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic techniques of music file management and editing on the computer.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Generate new ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives by arranging and composing music using available music software.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Music tech project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
5. Use the sound synthesis technologies of commonly available commercial synthesizers.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Music tech project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
6. Communicate and collaborate through the use of technology by creating an effective internet presence for promotion in the field of music.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Website/social media project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Technological Literacy Rubric

   Technological Literacy

   • TL3
7. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes from technology found in the world of music and music education, and apply to other contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Music tech project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
   • CT4
8. Write a professional music resume.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

9. Demonstrate basic principles of search engine optimization.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

10. Discuss diverse methods of creating revenue with music in digital and non-digital environments.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

11. Recognize the ethical concerns relating to a specific issue or issues in the music world.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Ethics Rubric
12. Identify one’s core belief(s) in relation to an ethical issue or issues in the music world.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Ethics Rubric
13. Apply alternative ethical perspectives to one’s own, in relation to an ethical issue or issues in the music world.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Ethics Rubric