Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music 10 Tentative Course Outline: Note : The course outline may be subject to some occasional changes or modifications. Be sure to check Blackboard each week for the latest details on what we will be doing in each class period. Introduction Week 1: Introduction to the Course & Doing Music History Tuesday, August 21 – Course Overview Required Course Materials: • Reading (32 pages): o Syllabus • Listening (13 minutes) o Celeste Headlee , “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation,” TEDxCreativeCoast . New York: TED Conferences LLC, May 2015. ▪ https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation Lecture : • Boone, Paul. “Course Overview,” MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music . Bottineau, ND: Dakota College at Bottineau, August 21, 2018. In Class Evaluation (ICE): • Group Activity: Making the Rules Tuesday, August 23 – Doing Music History Required Course Materials: • Reading (31 pages) o Covach, John and Andrew Flory. “Introduction: Studying Rock,” in What’s that Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History , 3 rd Edition , 2-33. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. • Listening (6 minutes) o Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. “Hey Caledonia,” Single . London, UK: Decca Records, 1945. (2:54) ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6pHtiNT_k o Jackie Brensten and His Delta Cats. “Rocket 88,” Single . Chicago, IL: Chess Records, 1951. (2:47) ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0mhgyTgxtw ▪ http://wwnorton.com/college/music/whats-that-sound4/ Lecture : • Boone, Paul. “Doing Music History,” MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music . Bottineau, ND: Dakota College at Bottineau, August 23, 2018. In Class Evaluation (ICE): • Music History Quiz