Queen's University at Kingston

Assignments

Assignments should be submitted in a format appropriate to the assignment. Submitting assignments electronically as an email attachment or on disk or constructing a web page or CD-ROM are all valid options. Additional details about electronic submissions will follow. Format, traditional or alternative must be agreed upon, in writing, with the professor prior to the due date.

1. Participation:

   Class discussions are extremely important to the quality of your experience in this course. In general, assigned readings will be discussed on Tuesday, with video extensions of the material on Thursday. Since this course is compressed into 6 weeks, participation over those short 6 weeks becomes important.

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2. Project: You will complete a major project on a topic of your choosing that connects in a meaningful way to women, gender and music. Choose an area within this field that is of particular interest to you.

   Possible areas include: cross-cultural issues of gender and women in/and music; women musicians or women in music in a non-western culture; Canadian women in/and music; "women's music;" gender and women in performance art (musical); women blues singers; gender in jazz, country, rock or rap; women, gender and music during a particular historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc.) or social institution (schools, churches, etc.); status of women musicians; biographical studies of particular women composers, performers, conductors, teachers, etc.; gender and music in theatre.

   The project should be developed into a format that becomes a resource for you. It can be a traditional paper, but this is not required. Consider notebooks, web pages, card files, a performance and extended program notes. In any case, the project must include a bibliography, references or documentation. Use a style manual (Turabian, MLA, APA, etc. or one of the ones specific to music) for your citations.

   Additional details of this assignment will be discussed in class and then posted on this page.

   Due dates:

   1. Project proposal or description of your project is due by the end of Week 3. This can be done through email or in person in a scheduled meeting.
      • Topic
      • A research question or statement
      • Method
      • Format
      • Minimum of 3-5 sources to begin project
      • Anticipated schedule for completion
   2. Project final due date to be agreed upon individually, in writing, with professor.
   3. In order to meet the due date for marks, I need all projects by June 21.

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3. Final Exam will address required readings, but insights gained in class lectures/discussions will increase the quality of your exam. It will include a music listening component. Exam questions will be linked from this web page in advance of the exam date. You may take a page of notes into the exam. The exam is written within a 3-hour exam slot.

   Go to Musc 286 Exam to see the questions from the previous courses (Autumn 2001; Spring 2000; Autumn 1997). Exam for this term is being added throughout the course.

   Date to be determined by Exam Schedule: Thursday, 17 June 2004; Room 124 Harrison-LeCaine Hall (lower level).

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Do not hesitate to contact the professor with any questions you may have. Dr. Roberta Lamb. Send email to: lambr@post.queensu.ca. Telephone: 533-2065.