Taking Introduction to Music for Honors Credit
Please note: Course
green sheets and other materials may not be updated fully until the first class meeting. Web site registration for students enrolled in these classes will be activated at that time.
Please note: The course number for these sections of Introduction to Music was recently changed from Music
1 to Music
1A. As I work to update the online course materials the old course number may continue to appear in some places even though the information does refer to Music 1A.
Students who have been admitted to the
De Anza College Honors Program may enroll in my Introduction to Music classes for honors credit. Successful completion of a Music 1 honors project leads to a notation in your transcript that you completed the course for honors.
Earning honors credit from me indicates that you have achieved several important goals which may include:
- Your work on regular class work is excellent and worthy of special note.
- You have demonstrated the initiative to propose, research, and present to the class a relevant topic that I approve.
- Your commitment to learning more about topics related to this course has led you to engage in substantial work beyond that completed by non-honors students.
- You have worked as part of a team of other honors students.
- You have completed an approved project that demonstrates your engagement with the discipline of music.
- Your project has demonstrated substantial engagement with the San Francisco Bay Area arts community.
- Your project demonstrates significant personal growth and learning.
- Your presentation to the class is well-organized and informative.
- Your project meets other requirements that we mutually agree to.
I do not have a predetermined list of specific projects that you may do for honors credit. One requirement for earning honors credit in Introduction to Music is that you, working with a team of other honors students, must research and propose an appropriate project for my approval, and that your proposal must include specific details concerning how you plan to complete the project and how you will present the results of your research/learning.
Collaborative work with other honors students in your section or one of my other sections is normally a requirement for earning honors credit in my Music 1 classes. I generally do not approve individual projects except in very unusual situations and only with specific advance agreement.
A typical timeline (subject to change) for an honors project includes:
- You and your fellow honors students arrange meetings among yourselves to forumlate a project proposal.
- You provide me with a detailed written proposal by the third of fourth week of the term, including the topic to be researched, the methods of research, the form of presentation.
- The members of the group meet with me no later than week four to discuss the proposal. If necessary, an additional week may be used after meeting with me to discuss the original proposal if I determine that additional work needs to be done on the proposal.
- Once I approve the focus, content, and other aspects of the project including methods of presentation, we will establish a presentation date. The presentation is typically during the final two weeks of the term prior to final exam week.
- Groups that do not follow through on their plans will not earn honors credit.
Because there is a certain amount of flexibility in the design of honors projects, I may establish alternative requirements different than those above.
