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| Online Music Study About Online Music Courses Mason Gross School of the Arts is pleased to offer a program of selected online music courses. The courses to be offered are credit courses that can be used to fulfill the Humanities requirement of the baccalaureate degree or the requirements for a music minor. Online courses are ideal for self-motivated working students, non-resident students, resident students with schedule conflicts, students who wish to continue their studies during summer and other breaks, potential students who are considering Rutgers as their four-year university, including qualified high-school seniors, and individuals who have degrees but wish to study music in greater depth than non-credit adult learning. Mason Gross’s online courses are structured to permit twenty-four hour, seven-day-per-week access to course materials, with frequent input by the instructors. All course work is paced by periodic reading and listening assignments. Because students may work in the course at any time, they may participate as their schedules permit. Discussion forums include both other students and the instructor and furnish the opportunity for interaction and guidance. Class size is limited, so students have direct contact with the instructor in the discussion forums as well as the option of direct contact via email. Technical Information Rutgers University and Mason Gross online music use eCollege for their distance-learning courses. eCollege is a powerful, easy-to-use, interactive platform that requires no special computer skills from the user but permits a full media experience. Course Offerings The Music Department of Mason Gross currently offers Introduction to Music (07:700:101) and American Popular Song (07:700:295) online each semester. In addition, we offer at least one non-major course at the 200-level including to date and in rotation, Music of the Renaissance, Music of the Baroque, and Music of the Classic and Romantic Periods. Introduction to Music 101 and American Popular Song have no prerequisites. The other courses at the 200-level normally have either 07:700:101 or 07:700:103 (or their equivalents) as a prerequisite. The department is also pleased to announce the addition of Introduction to Music Theory (07:700:103) to its online course offerings beginning in Spring semester 2009. Introduction to Music Theory is a course intended for students with little or no musical background. The course covers the rudiments of music, from simple note-reading, rhythm, scales and keys to harmonization and simple analysis concepts. Introduction to Music Theory has no prerequisites. You can register for these courses online. You will find them in the Schedule of Classes by selecting "Internet Courses (New Brunswick)" under Campus Location. Information for Potential and Current Students Mason Gross welcomes questions regarding registration; current course offerings and content, prerequisites (if any), and operation; technical requirements or issues; or any other information you might need. The link may also be used for direct contact with the instructor, help in navigating the Rutgers website with regard to music online, instructor notification for late adds, information on where to purchase texts, or for assistance with course access for new students. Outlook Express email users can use the links below. If Outlook Express is not your default email account, you will have to "cut and paste" the specific address into the address window of the "compose" feature of your email program. onlinemusic@masongross.rutgers.edu If you have already registered and need direction to the course portal, follow the link below. The RutgersOnline access page lists, at the bottom, contact information (links and telephone number) if you need technical support with access or any other feature of eCollege. |
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