To realize these promises you must take responsibility for your own education and actively participate as a learner. There are important in-class lectures and demonstrations that help you learn the course content but—frankly—the best way to learn the material presented in the course is to spend significant additional time reading, as well as applying the techniques discussed during your lab time.
To fully take charge of your own learning, you must be willing to read. This is particularly important for music technologists, as those who practice must constantly adapt to new technology. You will read passages from course textbooks as well as additional materials provided via this website, Mercy Connect or class handouts. These readings allow you to analyze and think about the course topics in greater detail between each class.
You will also research topics of interest to you and write short papers about them. These writing assignments help refine and demonstrate your thinking and understanding. If you do not learn to communicate effectively with your words, you cannot formulate fully-developed thoughts. The writing assignments will help you get more out of the course, help your instructor evaluate your learning, and provide you with valuable feedback.
Of all of the Music Technology courses taught at Mercy College, MTEC-101 is the most important because it is the foundation upon which all the other technology courses are built; it is critically important to do well in it. As with every course you take, what you get out of it is proportional to what you put into it, however, this is particularly true of MTEC-101. There will be significant work in this course, but because the work involves listening to sound & music, developing a deeper understanding of the behavior of sound, and thinking critically about the tools & techniques used in the studio, I think you will find this work relevant and enjoyable. >> Course goals and objectives