Tentative schedule of offerings, beginning fall, 1997
Portfolio requirements for minor field evaluation
Timeline for portfolio preparation
Introduction to information distribution as it relates to the library applications, including hardware platforms, operating systems, networks and network servers, database structure and the organization of audio-, score-, and textfile objects, analog and digital data standards and processing, and multimedia resources for library use. Offered in the Spring semester of odd-numbered years.
P: Demonstrable skill with at least one computing application (e.g., a programming language or a word processing, database, or spreadsheet application).
U521 is designed to teach musicians about the basics of the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) system, its software, and the instruments commonly used with desktop MIDI workstations, such as synthesizers and digital samplers. The course includes in-depth study of MIDI sequencing, principles of digital audio and editing, as well as hands-on experience exploring the architecture of state-of-the art electronic instruments. A final project comprised of a MIDI sequence and final paper on a computer music topic are required. Offered in the fall semester of odd-numbered years.
P: Demonstrable skill with at least one computing application (e.g., a programming language or a wordprocessing, database, or spreadsheet application).
Introduction to issues and processes in the electronic manipulation of text and graphics, including hardware and software, electronic journals, full- and partial-text databases, optical character recognition, copyright, network distribution, page layout and conventional publication, and financial support (publishers, academic, and commercial institutions, and federal agencies). Offered in the fall semester of even-numbered years.
P: Demonstrable skill with at least one computing application (e.g., a programming language or a wordprocessing, database, or spreadsheet application). M539 strongly recommended.
Multimedia hardware and software and their integration, tools
for music research, authoring languages, hypertext and hypermedia
issues in instructional software design and development,
electronic classroom design and use. Offered in the spring
semester of even-numbered years.
P: U521 or equivalent experience and permission of the chair.
U523 Course Home Page (Spring 1998)
Independent research in one or more of the topic areas of each of U520, U521, U522, and U523. Enrollment determined in consultation with the individual.
Taught by faculty members of the minor program.
- Fall 1997: U521 MIDI and Computer Music (Prof. Hass)
- Spring 1998: U523 Multimedia Applications in Music Research and Instruction (Prof. Wittlich)
- Fall 1998: U522 Electronic Text Processing and Distribution (Prof. Mathiesen)
- Spring 1999: U520 Music Library Information Processing (Prof. Fenske)
Portfolio Requirement for Music Information Technology minors
1) Students will submit the project completed in U520 focusing on the distribution of information over a network using Web-based browsers or applications and on the use of audio or video. In this project, the student must demonstrate an understanding of music information use and distribution, particularly continuous, real-time data, over networks. The project may be revised from its original form, but the student must in the following paper make clear these revisions.
2) Students will submit a paper (approximately 10 pages in length) based on the project documenting the resolution of problems encountered particularly with reference to servers, networks, searching, security and copyright issues and any revisions from the original project as submitted during the course.
Students will submit 1) a MIDI sequence using the current high-level MIDI sequencing software used in U521 (currently MOTU Performer) and a synthesizer/sampling instrument covered in the course (currently a Kurzweil K2000/K2500). The sequence will demonstrate a mastery of all aspects of the software, including the use of tempo maps, controller information such as volume and pan, as well as the ability to control aspects of timbre. The specific Programs for the instrument will also need to be submitted, demonstrating a thorough understanding of its architecture. Programs should include control parameters for altering timbre (through digital filtering), pitch modification and effects modification. The submitted sequence should make musical use of these control parameters. A short written description should accompany the project. The musical style of the example should be appropriate to the student's major discipline or agreed to in advance between student and instructor.
Students should also submit 2) a written paper of approximately 10 pages in length on an advanced topic of computer music to be agreed upon between student and instructor. The paper may be one written during the semester in which U523 was taken, a revision of that paper, or an original paper, so long as the student makes clear its origin.
1. A finished set of camera-ready pages for some type of publication (e.g., a newsletter, a small booklet, a brochure of some complexity, etc.). The publication must involve text and graphics, all of which must be printed in a single output (i.e., there must be no manual work on the camera-ready pages), and it must be of sufficient length and complexity to present unusual challenges that have been resolved. The camera-ready pages must be accompanied by a description of the processes used in their creation, the various problems that arose, and their solution.
2. An Internet site for the distribution of text and graphics. This may exist either as an actual site (in which case the URL would be provided) or as a print of all the component parts. The site must involve both text and graphics and must be structured in such a way as to be retrievable (i.e., it must either be able to be viewed on a computer screen or printed or both) on a wide variety of platforms and by more than a single application (i.e., it cannot require a particular application such as Netscape or Explorer). A description must be provided of the various factors that affected decisions about the form of delivery and the actual creation of the site, including comment on problems that arose and their solution.
1. Students will submit the paper or the computer-aided project representing the work done for the research computing portion of U523. The paper may be revised from its original form, but the student must make clear just what is revised. 2. Students will submit the instructional project completed for the instructional portion of U523. The project may be revised from its original form, but the student must make clear just what is revised.
For projects involving a computer application, it is the student's responsibility to assure that 1) the project will run on one of the Music Library computers or on another computer with approval of the instructor of the course at the time it was taken, and 2) there is sufficient documentation (narrative) to describe the project and its operational details.
Timeline for Portfolio preparation