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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MZS 4003	TRENDS AND GENRES IN JAZZ MUSIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYKUT BARIŞ ÇEREZCIOĞLU

Offered to

Graphic
Accessory Design
Music Sciences
Musicology
Illustration and Printmaking
Textile Design
Textile
Graphic Design
Fashion Clothing Design
Music Technology
Graphic Arts

Course Objective

Getting historical information about cultural, stylistic and technical features of Popular Music genres and subgenres.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Define the important moments of Jazz history,
2	Decribe the styles and performance tecniques in Jazz,
3	Describe the performance tecniques and harmonic features of Jazz music as part of periodic characteristics of Jazz history
4	Describe the concepts of Jazz music (groove, laid-back, blue note, chorus, poliritim, senkop, turn arround etc.),
5	Describe the contributions of important musicians to the Jazz .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: origins of Jazz.
2	Black orchestras, minstrels and Blues
3	Blues and Boogieler.
4	New Orleans in early 1900s.
5	Dixieland and Chicago in 1910s and 1920s.
6	Swing in 1930s (terms and characteristics).
7	Bebop in 1940s.
8	Cool ve Hard Bop (terms and characteristics) in 1950s.
9	Free (term and characteristics) in 1950s.
10	Midterm exam.
11	1960s and 1970s; Latin Jazz and Post Bop (terms and characteristics).
12	1960s and 1970s; Funk and Soul influence in Jazz.
13	European Jazz in 1970s and ECM sound.
14	Traditional styles in 1980s and Experimental streams. 1990s; Smooth Jazz, Acid Jazz and Nu-Jazz.

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Berendt, Joachim E. (2003). Caz Kitabı: Ragtime'dan Fusion ve Sonrasına, (çev: Neşe Ozan), Istanbul: Ayrıntı yayınları

Additional Sources:
Bellest Christian&Malcon, Lucien (2005). Caz, (çev: Esra Okutan), Istanbul: Dost Kitabevi.
Bergerot, Franck (2004). Tarih Boyunca Caz: Gelenek, Stiller, Sahne Arkası, Kişiler, (çev: Ismail Yerguz), Istanbul: Dost yayınları.
Finkelstein, Sidney (2009). Bir Halkın Müziği Caz, (çev: M. Halim Spatar), Istanbul: Bilim ve Gelecek Kitaplığı.
Sermet, Cüneyt (1999). Cazın Içinden, Istanbul: Pan Yayıncılık.
Complementary Materials:
Audio samples.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses:
Instructor tells the historical and musical information about popular music genres and represents to audio samples about them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ATT	ATTENDANCE
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students must be attend the lessons seventy percent.
2. Every kind of attend of copy to be puneshed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 232 - 412 92 08
e-mail: ali.gedik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13.30-16.00
Friday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	2	26
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.14	PO.15	PO.16
LO.1				1		2
LO.2	1	1		1		2
LO.3	1		1	1	1	1		1
LO.4				3		1	1
LO.5				3		1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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