Eng375

ENG 375: Syllabus
Titans of Business: Independent Labels: Little Labels Big Sound
Five week course, 1 credit: October 29- December 5, 2014

Instructor: Charlene Heldt
ASU Polytechnic
School of Letters and Science
E-mail: Charlene.Heldt@asu.edu or cdheldt@gmail.com

Titans of Business, Independent Labels will explore the significance of the Independent Record labels. We will study the impact on the Music Industry made by the founders, artists and the musical genres.

Required Text:   Little Labels Big Sound Rick Kennedy and Randy McNutt, Indiana University Press, copyright 1999. ISBN: 0-253-21434-3
Available at the Downtown Bookstore; you may call and they should send it to you: 602-496-0347

Questions to Explore: Some of the questions and issues we will explore in this course include:

1. Were the founders insightful or greedy?
2. Did the label make the artist or did the artist make the label?
3. Why is the independent Record Label business important?
4. Technological advances and the Music Industry, how are they related?
5. Good management qualities.

Course Schedule:

Week 1: October 29-November 4, 2014 | Learning Unit 1Post your introduction in the Cyber Café on Day 1 of class.   Discussion Question 1 |
Week 2:   November 5-12, 2014 |   Learning Unit 2: DQ 2 |
Week 3:   November 13-19, 2014 | Learning Unit 3: DQ 3 and AbstractAbstract Due Tuesday, November 18th |
Week 4:   November 20-26, 2014 | Learning Unit 4: DQ 4 |
Week 5:   November 29-December 5, 2014 | Learning Unit 5: DQ 5 Final Paper due Friday, December 5th at 11:59 p.m. MST Attach to appropriate drop-box and submit to SafeAssign.Multiple Choice Assignment on Blackboard due Friday, December 6th at 11:59 p.m. MST |

Grades and point structure is as follows:

Cyber Cafe | 2 points |
Discussion Questions (five at 6 points each) | 30   points |
Assignment (multiple choice) | 20 points |
Abstract | 5 points |
Assignment: Final Paper | 43 points |
Total points |...