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Senior ResearchMUC 4910 U02 Spring 2012
Location: WPAC 169Time: Tuesdays 6:00 7:30 PM and private
meetings
Instructor: Jacob David SudolContact:
[email protected]/Hours: WPAC 169B Mondays 3 - 5 PM or by
appointment
General
Course Description
This course will focus on developing and/or finishing your final
Senior Research project for the BMor BA in Music Technology. We
will meet in a group to discuss our projects, progress, and
presentour work as well as one-on-one. Your work will culminate in
both a Midterm and FinalPresentation/paper to the rest of your
advisory committee and me.
Teacher Assumptions
I assume that you are competent in a board field of computer
music and music technology and arefamiliar with many of the
significant technologies, aesthetics, and critical traditions. I
expect thatyou are willing to engage in serious discussion with
your colleagues and pursue significantprofessional-quality
research. The results of your work in this course should be of the
caliber ofsomething that would be presented in a national or
international conference or journal.
Grading and Policies
Participation
As I will focus on developing your critical engagement with the
subject material, you are expected toactively engage in both group
and private discussions. In determining you participation grade I
willconsider both the quality and quantity of your
participation.
Assignments
As stated above, each of you are required to produce
professional-quality research over the courseof the semester. I
will evaluate and guide your progress mostly through private
meetings. Inaddition, you will present your research to your
committee during the Midterm and Finals period. A
5- 10 page paper, depending on the project, accompanying your
presentation will also be duringthese presentations.
Final Grade Calculation
I will tally all the assignments participation scores to
calculate the final grade. Below I indicate howmuch each of these
individual components counts toward your final grade:
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Participation: 10%Research Assignment 90%
Grading Policy
The following is a breakdown of how letter grades will be
determined. (In the final calculations,grades will be rounded to
the nearest integer.)
97% - 100% = A+93% - 97% = A90% - 92% = A-87% - 89% = B+84% -
87% = B80% - 83% = B-77% - 79% = C+74% - 76% = C70% - 73% = C-
67% - 79% = D+64% - 76% = D60% - 73% = D-0% - 59% = F
Attendance and Tardiness:
You are required to come to group and private meetings unless I
grant you an exception at least oneday in advance. The only
exceptions to this are when you can provide legitimate excuse (here
andbelow) is either a severe medical emergency or sickness (in
which case I need a doctors note) or agenuine family emergency. I
reserve the right to define what significant, severe, and
genuine
mean in terms of the circumstances.
Every time you miss a class or meeting without an excuse I will
deduct 10 % from your final grade. Idont tolerate tardiness either.
If you arrive more than 15 minutes late without a legitimate
excuseyou will receive the same grade reductions as if you were to
miss the class. If you between 1 and 15minutes late I will deduct
5% from your final grade.
Cheating, Plagiarism, and Academic Integrity
Cheating and plagiarism are not just serious offenses they are
legal crimes. I will not tolerate anycheating or plagiarism in my
class. Following the FIU Code of Academic Integrity (see
http://www2.fiu.edu/~oabp/misconductweb/1acmisconductproc.htm)
both offenses are groundsfor expulsion from the University. If you
cheat or plagiarize in any of your work for this class, I
willfollow through with the all the appropriate disciplinary
actions.
Schedule:(Last Update January 7, 2011)
(Note the following schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Updates will be sent by e-mail.)
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Week 1: Introductions, discussion of research plans,
schedulingWeek 2: Private and group meetingsWeek 3: Private and
group meetingsWeek 4: Private and group meetingsWeek 5: Private and
group meetings
Week 6: Private and group meetingsWeek 7: Private and group
meetingsWeek 8: Private and group meetings + Midterm presentations
(TBD)Week 9:Private and group meetingsWeek 10: Private and group
meetingsWeek 11: Private and group meetingsWeek 12: Private and
group meetingsWeek 13: Private and group meetingsWeek 14: Private
meeting an final presentations dry-runFinal Class (Time to be
determined)
Final presentations during Electro-Bonanza
