Music for Film

Course Description

Familiarizes students with how music operates in films from the major film industries of the world, and introduces and engages musical-cinematic trends over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Syllabus

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

Participation/Attendance

10 points

Examination

50 points

Written Assignments

40 points

Grading Scale:

Percentage

Letter Grade

93-100

A

90-92

A-

87-89

B+

83-86

B

80-82

B-

77-79

C+

73-76

C

70-72

C-

66-69

D+

63-65

D

60-62

D-

59 or below

F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is a graded component included in the student’s final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Buhler, James and David Neumeyer. Hearing the Movies, Music and Sound in Film History, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. [ISBN 978-0-19-998771-9]

Scholarly Perspectives

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.