Seminar in Music Research and Writing

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Identify sources suitable to music research and performance projects

• Distinguish from among primary, secondary, and tertiary sources

• Differentiate from among critical editions, performing editions, facsimiles, and manuscripts

• Evaluate the quality and utility of print and electronic sources

• Locate appropriate scores, books, articles, and other sources by browsing, catalog and database searching, and following a bibliographic trail

• Apply information in written and spoken communication

• Write drafts, develop and refine concepts, and revise documents

• Recognize and explain plagiarism

• Create an original research project with appropriate documentation

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Written and Oral Assignments	35%
Class Participation and Attendance	15%
Seminar Paper (final draft: 25%; proposal, bibliography, first draft 15%)	40%
Oral Presentation	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93–100	A
90–92	A-
87–89	B+
83–86	B
80–82	B-
75–79	C+
70–74	C
69 or below	F

Attendance/Participation:

Class participation and attendance percentage is divided in half, with one half consisting of weekly attendance and the other half of evaluation of contributions to the class outside of the required presentations/assignments, i.e., contributing regularly to class discussion without being called upon.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Paper, Theses, and Dissertations. 9th Edition. Revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018.