Curriculum realignment for an entry-level music appreciation course as part of the degree requirements for an Associate of Arts degree at a vocational college

Project (M.M., Music (Music Education)) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011.The purpose of this project is to evaluate and restructure an entry-level music history course offered in accordance with the degree requirements for an Associate of Arts degree at a vocational college. This new curriculum will provide students with a comprehensive look at music history as well as fulfilling the requirements set forth by the college. This curriculum will also satisfy a portion of the humanities requirement for the Associate of Arts degree. Finally, this class provide students with a competitive education should they decide to further their education by attending a four-year university.\ud Prior to the realignment process the author must first take into consideration the existing course materials provided by the college such as the course plan, assignment suggestions, course objectives and benchmarks. The author should also compare the course curriculum to other Music Appreciation courses, focusing on those courses offered at other vocational colleges and two-year colleges. Also important to consider are national and state education standards. Once it is understood what is and should be required of any student taking the course, the author can then begin to amend the course around this basic skeletal structure. Using current pedagogical ideas, multimedia resources, Internet resources and available course materials the curriculum can be restructured in a way more fitting to the students of the college. The successful reevaluation and restructuring of this curriculum will require evaluation of the existing course materials, current musical education practices and pedagogical ideas, literature, various multimedia course material, Internet based material, and other technological resources.\ud Delimitations\ud Although this project has universal applications, the course materials that will be, developed, and restructured, the author created them specifically for use in an accelerated program at a vocational college in Stockton, California.Music (Music Education