COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GUIDED WRITING IN MUSIC TEHNOLOGY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZT 5011 GUIDED WRITING IN MUSIC TEHNOLOGY I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Music Technology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR CIHAN IŞIKHAN

Offered to

Music Technology

Course Objective

The objective of this course for students to be able to learn basic rules on writing, practicing writing about music technology, solving the problems of defining and description with different types of music technology text.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the general rules of spelling
2   To use generally writing techniques
3   To explain concepts and terms about music technology
4   To access to information of the written and visual sources by scanning
5   To prepare an articles of all contents

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Terms and Concepts: Acoustic
2 Terms and Concepts: Electric - Psychoacoustic
3 Terms and Concepts: Electroacoustic
4 Popular Issues: Volume, Sound
5 Popular Issues:: SoundonSound
6 Analysis of paper: Abstract
7 Analysis of paper: Content I
8 Analysis of paper: Content II
9 Paper Producing: Topics
10 Paper Producing: Data Collection I
11 Paper Producing: Data Collection II
12 Paper Producing: Evaluation of Collected Data
13 Paper Producing: Evaluation of Collected Data
14 Analysis of Guided Writing

Recomended or Required Reading

Glen Ballou, Handbook for Sound Engineers, 3th Edition, Focal Press, 2005
Cihan Isikhan, Adil Alpkocak, Yetkin Ozer, Interval Distinction on Melody Perception for Music Information Retrieval, Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval, Genesis of Meaning in Sound and Music, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 5493, p.196-206, 2009.
Cihan Işıkhan, "Müzik Teknolojisinde Ilk Olmak", Sound Dergisi, Istanbul, Sayı 1, s. 46 48, 2009
Cihan Işıkhan, "Müzikte Insan Sesi Üretim Modelleri ve Işleme Teknolojileri Üzerine Bir Inceleme: Tını Üretim Modellerinden Müziksel Doğrulamaya Geçiş", Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 1, 145-164, (2008).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explore and discuss the terms and concepts about music technology

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/cihan.isikhan
cihan.isikhan@deu.edu.tr
0232 4129201

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Case study 5 2 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 5 2 10
Design Project 12 3 36
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Preparation for tutorial exam 5 2 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.111121114132333
LO.211131115123221
LO.352515115251222
LO.454545555451223
LO.555155115452433