Daniel Lipori, Instructor
Fall 2007 Quarter
MWF 11am, Music Library Conference Room

1. OFFICE HOURS: TBA

Office Phone: 963-1242

Email: liporid@cwu.edu

Web Page: http://www.cwu.edu/~liporid

Also whenever my office door is open, feel free to come in if you have any questions or problems concerning this course.

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS:

Music 521 is an introduction to scholarly research in the music discipline. The objectives for the semester are:

1. To provide students skills for graduate-level music research including:

(a) knowledge and familiarity with the library;

(b) understanding of standard reference and research tools;

(c) familiarity with specific research sources in the student’s own discipline; and

(d) appropriate research techniques.

2. To give students the skills necessary for presentation of music research in proper scholarly written form.

3. To prepare students for the written requirements of their graduate degree program.

3. TEXTS AND RESERVE ITEMS:

a. Required Text:

Wingell, Richard J., and Silvia Herzog. Introduction to Research in Music. Upple Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2001.

b. Other Items of Use:

Duckles, Vincent H. and Ida Reed. Music Reference and Research Materials. 5th ed. New York: Schirmer, 1997.(Music Library Reference: ML 113 D83)

Crabtree, Phillip D. and Donald H. Foster. Sourcebook for Research in Music. Bloomingtin, IN: Indiana University Press, 1993.
(Music Library Reference: ML 113 C68)

Holoman, D. Kern. Writing About Music: A Style Sheet From the Editors of 19th Century Music. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988. (Library stacks: ML 63 W68)

Wingell, Richard. Writing About Music: An Introductary Guide. 3rd. ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. (Music Library Reserve: ML 3797 W54)

Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. (1st Floor Reference: Z253 U69 2003)

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. (1st Floor Reference: LB 2369 T8 2007)

Strunk, William, and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.. (1st Floor Reference PE 1408 S772 2000) (Online version available at: http://www.bartleby.com/141)

Walters, Darrel. The Readable Thesis. Gilsum, NH: Avocus Publishing, 1999. (I have copy)

4. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:

a. Evaluation:

(1) Biography Assignment 25 points.
(2) Library Assignment 50 points.
(3) Internet Assignment 50 points.
(4) Footnote Project 1 25 points.
(5) Footnote Project 2 25 points.
(6) Prospectus 25 points.
(7) Rough Draft 50 points.
(8) Final Paper 100 points.
(9) Midterm Exam 100 points.
(10) Final Exam 100 points.

b. Grading:

550 total points possible

500-550 points = A
495-499 points = A-
490-494 points = B+
445-489 points = B
440-444 points = B-
435-439 points = C+
390-434 points = C
385-389 points = C-
380-384 points = D+
325-379 points = D
0-324 points = F

c. Absences:

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. If you know prior to a class meeting that you will be absent, please let me know beforehand so we are not waiting for someone to start a lecture. You are responsible for obtaining all materials covered during missed classes.

Verbal Changes to assignments, due dates, etc. given in class will always take precedence over what is written in the syllabus.

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