History of Rock Music

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts, or information.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Examination (six quizzes, one for each unit)	75%
Discussion Participation (two assignments per unit, total twelve responses)	25%

The conversion scale for letter grades to number grades is as follows: A = 94-100%, A- = 90-93.9%, B+ = 87-89.9%, B = 84-86.9%, B- = 80-83.9%, C+ = 77-79.9%, C = 74-76.9%, C- = 70-73.9%, D+ = 67-69.9%, D = 64-66.9%, D- = 60-63.9%, F = 0-59.9%.

Note: Final grades that mathematically fall just below the next highest letter grade percentage will not be rounded up or curved. Ex. 93.99999 = A-

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
94-100%	A
90-93.9%	A-
87-89.9%	B+
84-86.9%	B
80-83.9%	B-
77-79.9%	C+
74-76.9%	C
70-73.9%	C-
67-69.9%	D+
64-66.9%	D
60-63.9%	D-
0-59.9%	F

Attendance/Participation:

All work each unit must be completed by the unit deadline. Any work not completed by this date will receive a grade of zero.

As this is an online, asynchronous course, there is no attendance policy.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Reebee Garofalo and Steve Waksman, Rockin’ Out: Popular Music in the U.S.A., Updated 6th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, 2017. [ISBN: 9780135255223] – Online eText edition (This textbook is required and will be used extensively.)