Seward County Community College/Area Technical School
Course Syllabus

1. TITLE OF COURSE: MU1412 - Sight Singing and Ear Training II
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION:Two credit hours. (One hour lab/one hour lecture.)  Harmonic and melodic dictation, applying principles and techniques presented in Theory II.  For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.  Prerequisite: MU1303 Theory I and MU1402 Sight Singing and Ear Training I.
3. DIVISION/DEPT/PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT:
   • Division Statement: The mission of the Humanities and Social Sciences is to foster an appreciation of the role that the humanities and social sciences has played in the evolution of civilized society and to explore the ways that an understanding of theory and practice in philosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, the fine arts, and written and oral expression will enable students to participate thoughtfully in a global society.
   • Fine Arts Program Mission Statement: The SCCC/ATS Fine Arts Program provides arts courses and community events that incorporate the areas of aesthetics, critical reflection, a historical and global overview of the arts, and opportunities for creative expression through the arts.
4. TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS:
   • Benward, Bruce and J. Timothy Kolosick. Ear Training, A Technique for Listening. 6th edition., Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
   • Robert W. Ottman, Music for Sight Singing. 5th edition., Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2001.
5. SCCC/ATS OUTCOMES:
   • Graduates of Seward County Community College/Area Technical School should demonstrate the ability to:
     • Outcome 4: Demonstrate mathematical skills using a variety of techniques and technologies.
     • Outcome 5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information. 
   • Mastery of these outcomes will be demonstrated by the following competencies:
     • Students are required to use mathematical skills in determining specific properties of music along with developing rhythmic patterns and identifying specific rhythmic values.
     • Students are required to analyze and listen to different chords and chord structures and based on that analyzation name the chords.  This knowledge is tested by oral, aural, and written examinations.
     • Students are required to identify, analyze and sign basic musical passages and patterns.
     • Mastery of these outcomes will be substantiated by successful completion of the course with a grade of C (70%) or better.
6. FINE ARTS PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES:
   • The student will define and apply discipline specific vocabulary in course assignments.
   • The student will identify basic historical/cultural characteristics of a work and be able to compare and contrast diverse artistic endeavors.
   • The student will apply critical thinking in the formulation of an aesthetic response to a work of art.
   • The student will demonstrate appropriate studio/performance skills in the making or performance of a work of art and thoughtfully reflect on their own artistic development in written or oral critique.
   • The student will recognize and use safe practices where applicable.
7. GENERAL COURSE OUTCOMES:
   • This course is designed to introduce students to the necessary products of aural and ear training in the field of music:
     • Students will learn how to use the ear as well as the voice to learn basic necessities of musical training.
     • Students will learn how sight singing and ear training are an integral part of the practice of musical analysis.
     • Students will be able to hone their musical abilities through sight singing and ear training practice lessons.
     • By the end of the semester the afore mentioned outcomes will have been tested through the use of seven exams.
8. COURSE COMPETENCIES:
   • Students will use appropriate musical notation in their ear training assignments and examinations.
   • Students will demonstrate their understanding of harmonic structure through the use of chordal recognition.
   • Students will demonstrate their understanding of the correct sight singing practice through the use of individual work and individual examination.
   • If a student scores 70% (C) or higher on each of the seven exams, he/she will have proven mastery of the afore mentioned outcomes.
9. TOPICAL COURSE OUTLINE: The level of difficulty in exercises in Sight Singing and Ear Training from the items below:
   • Rest and active tones - identification and recognition of both
   • Melodies combined with rhythms - this will be utilized both orally and through dictation.
   • Intervals of the complete major scale with Kodály method - use of m2 through M7 and the recognition of all intervals.
10. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:
    • Lecture
    • Class discussion and questions
    • Written examples
    • Individual sight-singing
    • Melodic dictation
    • Intervalic dictation
    • Combined melodic and harmonic dictation
11. INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESOURCE MATERIALS:
    • Text
    • Recordings
    • Musical examples
    • Practice exercises
    • Teacher-prepared exercises
12. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT:
    • Tests: Midterm and final
      • Individual sigh-singing of simple melodies
      • Writing intervals from dictation
      • Writing melodies from dictation
      • Identifying authentic and plagal cadences from dictation
    • Lecture material
    • Daily singing exercises
      • Individual sight-singing of simple melodies
      • Writing intervals from dictation
      • Writing melodies from dictation
      • Identifying authentic and plagal cadences from dictation  
13. ADA STATEMENT:
    • If you believe that you are entitled to special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Dean of Student Services at 620-417-1016 or visit the office located in the Hobble Academic Building.
      
     
    (Revised 5/2013)