MUSIC 161/VOCAL DICTION

2 credit hours

FALL 2003

INSTRUCTOR: Carol Joy Sparkman

Aven 321; ext. 3449

Office Hours : check office door

TEXT: IPA for SINGERS- Joan Wall

DICTION for SINGERS - Joan Wall

SUPPLEMENTARY: PRONUNCIATION GUIDE to AMERICAN ENGLISH; Kenyon and Knott ITALIAN DICTIONARY; New Webster's

Utilization of the International Phonetic Alphabet in English, Latin and Italian dictions will be studied. Applications to the standard repertoire in each of these languages will be made.

OBJECTIVES:

1) To learn the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet and their sounds;

2) To develop skill in transcribing the written language of the course;

3) To refine the skill of correctly pronouncing these symbols;

4) To apply these skills in the singing of these languages.

GRADE AVERAGES:

Classwork/homework

Only credit or non-credit will be given for assignments. Partial credit IS NOT GIVEN. The semester grade will be based on the percentages of credits you receive for the assignment.

Daily quizzes

These will be averaged with the homework grade and will represent 2/3 of the semester grade.

Unit Tests 1/3

The Final Exam is averaged with the semester average.

Grading Scale:

90 – 100 A
83 – 89 B
76 – 82 C
70 – 75 D
0 – 69 F

FINAL DROP DATE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3

FINAL EXAM: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 , 8:00 A.M.

Assignments

It is the responsibility of the student for an assignment made during an absence. Homework will be checked periodically. No partial credit will be given for these assignments.

Classwork assignments are the responsibility of the student. Any assignment made during an absence is due at the next class meeting. It will not be accepted after class is dismissed.

Daily quizzes and pop quizzes may not be made up. If a student is absent for a major test or does not take the test for any reason, excused or unexcused, that test will be a zero. Students may make up the test only if a doctor's excuse is presented to the instructor.

The student will have one week to make up the test.

A notebook containing all worksheets, assignments, daily tests, pop quizzes, and major tests from the unit, can be handed into the instructor on the day of the unit exam for a daily grade of 100. All papers should be dated and placed in a binder in chronological order. Assignments should be complete and tests corrected. No credit will be given for incomplete binders. This is not a mandatory assignment. This is the only reminder you will receive.

Class Guidelines

Bring text, pencil, and paper to class. Use of any writing utensil other than pencil will result in the grade for that assignment being lowered by one letter grade.

In transcription, the text should be written in ink, a line skipped, then the transcription in pencil. Skip a line and begin again.

Writing on the board, reading transcriptions, and lecture are the components of the class. Participation, preparation, and success are considered in the factoring of daily grades.

Absolutely NO EATING is allowed in class unless the entire class is eating with the professor's permission.

Absentee Policy

There are approximately 40 class meeting times. To receive a passing grade, students must attend 75% of classes. After seven absences, the student's grade will be dropped one letter. There is no way a student can assimilate the material with frequent absences. Class attendance is essential. Credit WILL NOT be given for class attendance if the student arrives after 8:15 a.m. Three tardies (arriving between 8:00 and 8:15 AM) will result in an absence.

Participation in class is essential to the success of the student.

Academic Integrity

As stated in the 2000-2001 Mississippi College Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 49: "Mississippi College students are expected to be scrupulously honest. Dishonesty, such as cheating or plagiarism, or furnishing false information, including forgery, alteration or misuse of University documents, records or information will be regarded as a serious offense subject to severe penalty, including, but not limited to loss of credit and possible dismissal."