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MUS 107 (Group Guitar Class)

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MUS 107 (Guitar Class-Non Majors)

Syllabus: MUS 107
Instructor: Dr. Dennis Davis
Course Location: Campbell Building, Room 327
Course Time: T/R 12:30PM-1:45PM
Fall 2023

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Catalog Description * Course Description * Assumptions * Learning Objectives * Student Assessment * Required Materials * Required Concerts * Course Schedule * Reserve Material * University Policies
 

 

Catalog Description:

  • Class Guitar I (Non-Music Majors). Two classes per week. May be retaken to a maximum of 4 hours. Music minors may also enroll into private lessons (MUS132F) for one credit hour. Non-music majors/minors may enroll into private lessons (MUS 132F) after 4 semesters of MUS 107. Students who declare a music minor in guitar are required to complete one semester of MUS 107.

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Course Description:

  • Provides basic instruction in the essential elements of guitar playing in a format accessible to all students. The ability to play guitar and a prerequisite knowledge of music is NOT required (or expected) for this course. Consider declaring a music minor if you are an experienced guitarist who is already familiar with music notation and want to take private lessons (MUS132F). 

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Assumptions:

  • All students must have an acoustic guitar for this course. This course requires five hours of practice time each week (minimum). Exercises, songs, and assignments are cumulative and should be practiced every week without reiteration. The weekly submission of practice journal entries will begin on the third class. 
  • Required Concerts: You are required to attend (or view online, depending upon Covid policies) EKU Guitar Area Concerts and our class will perform during the opening segment of the EKU Guitar Studio Concert. Please resolve any conflicts with me during the first week of class. Note: an unexcused absence from a required concert, whether online or in-person, will lower your semester grade by one letter. Please look at your schedule before the second class and discuss any conflicts to me. Be sure to place these events in your electronic calendar. 

Required Concerts:

  • Please note that Covid-19 no longer affects our concert activities. Students are expected to attend the two required EKU Guitar Area Concerts. 

  • The EKU Ensemble Concert, Brock Auditorium, October 24, 2023, 7:30PM

  • The EKU Guitar Studio Concert, O'Donnell Theater, November 21, 2023, 7:30PM

Optional and Extra-Credit concerts and opportunities:

  • The EKU Guitar Ensemble, Laurel County Public Library, October 20, 2023, 6PM
  • Extra Credit Concerts and Opportunities (5 final grade points: attending two extra-credit concerts raise the final grade by one letter): Other extra credit opportunities (see Blackboard activities and deadlines) may arise serendipitously during the semester. There are also guitar instructional DVDs that may be reviewed for extra credit. A list is available upon request.

Learning Objectives Include:

  • Students will learn how to read music notation using the guitar.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate proper posture, hand position, and technique.
  • Students will learn how to practice music effectively.
  • Students will gain the ability to perform solo and ensemble works for guitar.
  • Students will learn music theory and the history of the instrument.
  • Students will learn the basics of improvisation.

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Student Assessment:

  • This is a beginning guitar class, so students are not expected to know anything about the guitar or be able to play the guitar. For most, it is not really possible to play the guitar well after just one semester of study. That is why students are advised to repeat this course and improve each semester. Students interested in more advanced classes need to meet with me and discuss how to minor or major in guitar at EKU. This course is designed to fun, but it does take work and effort to progress on this instrument.
  • Students are graded according to how well they progress from whatever point they are at when they begin this class. Attendance, per the revised schedule mandated by EKU due to Covid-19, is critical for satisfactory progress and students should make every effort to attend every class, whether online or in person. An acceptable excuse is a reported illness (including self-isolation or quarantine), a University provided excuse, or an emergency resulting in unavoidable absence. Students will not receive a grade penalty for missing class due to illness or quarantine, but should notify the instructor as soon as they are aware of their need to miss class. Students are expected to make up missed work and should establish friends in the class to get their notes on what was covered. Course class recordings will be available when the material deems it necessary, but students need to realize that the recordings cannot film the entire room or all of the whiteboards. It is also not possible to teach this course from one static location in the room, so there will be times when I am not visible in the recording. Therefore, establishing a study partner will be very helpful.
  • Attendance will be taken and students are expected to attend class in person, or if required, online in staggered groups. Please note that five unexcused absences will result in a failing grade for this course. Each unexcused absence will result in a 3% reduction of your final grade and each late arrival will result in a 1% deduction of your final grade. The total for these deductions will show up in your attendance gradebook column in Blackboard (-3 equals one absence and -1 equals one late arrival and these numbers are totaled throughout the semester in the Attendance column). These deductions are not added to your final grade until grades are tallied at the midterm and final. You may view "grade details" for more information about the entries in this column. Unexcused absences occurring for emergencies and exceptional and non-repetitive reasons (with written explanation and/or documentation) will also be considered and likely excused, but only on a case-by-case basis at the end of the semester. The attendance column in your Blackboard Gradebook keeps a record of absences and lateness. If you need to be late, please come to class anyway and let me know what happened after class. I will excuse it if your reason is unavoidable.
  • There is a total of 680 points possible in this class.
  • Weekly Participation: 22% of your grade (150 points). Class participation is the primary method for assessing student progress. Class participation is also the best way to learn how to play guitar. So again, attendance, whether in person, or if required, online, is mandatory. Students will suffer point deductions for not doing their homework, failing to bring the required materials, or not adequately practicing the assignments. Even if you are unprepared and have not had time to practice, it is crucial for you to still attend this class. 
  • Practice Recordings: 22% of your grade (150 Points). Practice recordings are the primary method for assessing student progress. You should make them every week and upload them to our shared Google Drive folder by Sunday at 11 PM. Be sure to record your technical exercises every week after we cover them (Shifting, Pull-Offs, Hammers, and Coordination). Whenever we cover a new item, you should add it to your recording assignments until perfected or otherwise assigned (i.e. Blues in A, Chords, Ensemble literature, and Songs). Recordings should improve weekly in terms of speed, accuracy, coordination, and quality. However, your first few weeks of recordings will probably sound horrible, and that is fantastic! Make them anyway, embrace the suckage and trust that they will improve (gradually) throughout the semester.
  • Practice Synopsis: 4% of your grade (30 points). 
  • Blackboard Assignments, Musictheory.net and other announced or unannounced Quizzes and Assignments: 22% of your grade (150 points, as assigned). 
  • Mid-Term Exam: 15% of your final grade (100 points).
  • Final: 15% of your final grade (100 points).
  • Missing a required guitar concert will lower your final grade by one letter (per event). Missing your own concert at the end of the semester (see schedule below) will result in a failing grade for this class. Be sure to add the required events listed above to your personal calendar and discuss any conflicts with me during the FIRST WEEK of classes. 
  • 100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, 79-70=C, 69-60=D, 59-0=F
  • Student Progress: The instructor will provide students with information on their progress in the course at least once prior to midterm and grades will be posted on Blackboard.
  • The last day to drop this course or to withdraw from the University may be found in the Colonel Compass.

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Required Materials:

  • You MUST have your own acoustic guitar for this course and you must bring it to every class, along with your course materials. Please not "borrow" the guitars hanging on the wall. They are for music education majors. You also need to own some picks for learning contemporary music.
  • Students are required to purchase a footstool for this course. It is approximately $10-12 at Sweetwater Music (sweetwater.com) with free shipping (use the "footstool" link above). Curriers Music store also sells them and they do a fine job adjusting and restringing guitars (https://www.curriersmusicworld.net/)
  • I am editing a new text for this course. Students will not be charged for this text, but they will need to print it, punch holes in it, and organize it in a binder. BE SURE TO TURN OFF "MARKUP" UNDER THE VIEW DROPDOWN MENU BEFORE YOU PRINT IT. Leaving "Markup" on will waste space and money. Please purchase or recycle a Black Binder for this course and put my text in it. Please go to Blackboard and print the free text before our second class on Thursday. AGAIN, BE ABSOLUTELY SURE TO TURN OFF "MARKUP" VIEW IN THE WORD VIEW MENU SETTINGS BEFORE YOU PRINT IT, OTHERWISE, IT WILL WASTE A PAGE SPACE AND MONEY. You might test print a few pages to make sure that it is printing properly. Other supplementary materials will be copied and provided for free, as needed, and should also be organized into your course binder.
  • Metronome (approx. $10 or use a free smartphone app). It is typically not possible to make practice recordings with your smartphone while you are using your smartphone as a metronome. 
  • A BandLab account may be required for this course if Covid forces us to work remotely. If so, students will be expected to use it for our ensemble rehearsals (our "band"). If required, go to https://www.bandlab.com/ and make your personal BandLab account and then add me as a collaborator (https://www.bandlab.com/dennis_davis)

Optional Books & Materials

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Other Course Materials (Music Library - Foster Basement):

  • Music Library (Special section of Main Library): Articles and videos explaining guitar technique, along with videos and CD recordings.
  • Blackboard: Various instruction materials, videos of the exercises, practice recordings, and other items of interest.
  • Google Drive: You will find that you now have a shared EKU Google Drive folder for MUS107. This folder is for your practice assignments and other submissions. The advantage of using Google Drive (by logging in with your EKU credentials), is unlimited storage space and files are easy share. Remember, you must first logout of Google Drive with your personal GMAIL account and then log back in with your EKU credentials to access our EKU shared folders.

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 Course Schedule & Assessment Dates:

Week 1
8/15-8/17
BB Activities:
1) Ice Breaker
2) Guitar Parts Quiz
(Both due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
3) Begin reviewing the Smoke on the Water Music Symbols Quiz.
4) Begin reading the assigned practice articles.

Week 2
8/22-8/24
BB Activities:
1) Complete Sitting Position, Right- Hand Positioning, and Pick Positioning Quiz.
2) Complete Open Strings Quiz
3) Complete the Smoke on the Water Music Symbols Quiz.
4) Practice taking the Basic Chords Quiz (due the weekend before Midterm exam and needs to be memorized by the Midterm exam)
5) Submit Practice Recordings
(All due Sunday by 11:00 PM)

 
  • Review Questions: Guitar Parts, Sitting Position, Right-Hand Positioning, and Pick Positioning.
  1. In class quiz on "Parts of the Guitar."
  2. Are you able to correctly label all of the parts of an acoustic and an electric guitar?
  3. Can you explain and demonstrate a proper sitting position and its triangle?
  4. Can you explain and demonstrate a proper finger-style playing position and its triangle?
  5. Can you explain and demonstrate the proper way to drive the string with the fingers by using a “rest stroke” (hint: back-flexing)?
  6. Can you explain and demonstrate how the top of the guitar vibrates (as shown in class demonstrations)?
  7. Can you explain and demonstrate the three different positions for playing with a pick, including the pick grip, pick angle, and lengths of pick for single string, multi-string (comping), and strumming?
  8. Have you memorized the symbols for the down stroke and the up stroke?
  • Review Questions: Left-Hand Finger Numbering and Positioning and Three Technical Exercises.
  1. Are you able to correctly label the left-hand fingers?
  2. Can you explain and demonstrate the four main points of left-hand positioning?
  3. Can you explain and demonstrate the two different technical exercises covered so far:  Shifting (Chromatic Scale) and Pull-Offs?
  • If you have not memorized these concepts, please study them and quickly memorize them. Learning the guitar is a cumulative process and students need to be sure of these basic concepts and procedures before continuing.

Week 3
8/29-8/31
BB Activities:
1) Complete Staff Lines-Spaces, Tuning, & Rhythm Vocables Quiz
2) Begin the Practice Article Synopsis
3) Practice taking the Basic Chords Quiz (due the weekend before Midterm exam and needs to be memorized by the Midterm exam)
4) Submit Practice Recordings
(All due Sunday by 11:00 PM)

 

 

Continue  E Form Am Pentatonic scale and Blues in A.

The Written Language of Music (through notes on the first string)-Use Lessons at MusicTheory.net. This is another (more advanced) Theory site.

Review Questions: Tuning.

1.    Be sure to memorize that A=440 did not become standardized until 1939 and that Equal Tempered Tuning did not become established until the early 1800s (J.S. Bach). It is also important to remember that earlier tuning methods, such as Meantone and Pythagorean, made it impossible to play music in all twelve keys.

2.    Be able to tune your guitar using any method of your choice. 

3.    Be able to set the high string of your guitar to the proper pitch with the device of your choice and then use the Stopped Unison Method to tune the other strings in their proper order.

4.    The harmonic tuning method is not required until the final exam.

Review Questions: Tablature & Notation.

1.     What are the primary letters in the musical alphabet?

2.     What are the pitches of the A minor scale (hint: what are the letters of the musical alphabet)?

3.     Besides those primary letters, what other symbols are needed to complete the twelve notes of the Chromatic Scale.

4.     Be able to supply the missing pitch names and fret numbers on a notation and tablature diagram.

5.     What pitch names correspond to the open six strings of the guitar? (hint: Easter... or do you prefer Ernie?)

6.     Memorize the notes in first position by working from the open strings to the other pitches.

  • If you have not memorized these concepts, please study them and quickly memorize them. Learning the guitar is a cumulative process and students need to be sure of these basic concepts and procedures before continuing.

 

Week 4
9/5-9/7
BB Activities:
1) Complete the Notes in First Position Quiz (Notes must be memorized
by Midterm exam)
2) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
3) Practice taking the Basic Chords Quiz (due the weekend before Midterm exam and needs to be memorized by the Midterm exam)
  • Performance test: Blues in A
  • Ensemble Session: Chanson Russe (all parts).
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the second string). 
  • The A Minor Pentatonic Scale and Basic Improvisation: Time to add some Licks.

Week 5
9/12-9/14
1) Practice taking the Basic Chords Quiz (due the weekend before Midterm exam and needs to be memorized by the Midterm exam) 
2) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the third string).
  • Introduce Come Together by the Beatles.
  • Continue Chanson Russe.
  • Continue the Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, and Basic Improvisation.

Week 6
9/19-9/21
1) Submit Practice Recordings
2) Submit Practice Articles Synopsis
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)

3) Practice taking the Basic Chords Quiz (due the weekend before Midterm exam and needs to be memorized by the Midterm exam)
  • Performance test: Chanson Russe.
  • Continue Come Together by the Beatles. 
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the fourth string).
  • Power Chords: Introduction and assignment of two of the several Power Chord Riffs listed in this section.
  • Introduce Strumming Pattern for 12 Basic Chords.
  • Continue the Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, and Basic Improvisation.

Week 7
9/26-9/28
1) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
2) Practice taking the Basic Chords Quiz (due the weekend before Midterm exam and needs to be memorized by the Midterm exam)
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the fifth string).
  • Regular class activities and reviews for the Mid-Term:
  1. Study the prior review questions, know the terminology, and be able to demonstrate important concepts.
  2. Be able to label the parts of the guitar.
  3. Be able to perform the three Technical Exercises.
  4. Be able to tune your guitar and know the important points discussed in that section.
  5. Be able to identify and perform the rhythm and notation elements covered to this point.
  6. Be able to perform the Blues in A.
  7. Be able to perform the Chromatic and A Minor Pentatonic Scale (E form and G form).
  8. Be able to play Chanson Russe.
  9. Be able to play the assigned sections of Come Together.
  10. Know all of the pitches on the guitar in the first position.
  11. Be able to play the exercises for the notes on strings 1-3.
  12. Perform one Power Chord Riff.
  13. Be able to write and perform the 12 basic chords and the strumming pattern.
  • Distribute post Midterm supplements, if not yet already received: Take it Easy, Allemande, and Balletto.

Week 7
9/28

  Midterm Examination (Performance and Written)

Week 8
10/3-10/5
 
  • Review and Discuss Mid-Term Exam Scores. 
  • Continue the Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, and Power Chord riffs.
  • Rehearse the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the fifth string).
  • Ensemble Session & Assignment: Smoke on the Water (study the new notes and rhythms and practice part 3).
  • Introduce Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Introduce the C major two octave scale.

Week 9
10/9-10/10
(Fall Break)

 

10/12
  • Fall Break! Yea!

 

 

  • Continue the Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, and Power Chord riffs.
  • Rehearse the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the fifth string).
  • Ensemble Session & Assignment: Smoke on the Water (study the new notes and rhythms and practice part 3).
  • Introduce Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Introduce the C major two octave scale.
  • Optional Extra Credit Paper Due: William Kanengiser, Effortless Classical Guitar DVD(Music Library Reserve).

Week 10
10/17-10/19
1) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
  • Continue the Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, and Power Chord riffs.
  • Rehearse the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the fifth string).
  • Ensemble Session & Assignment: Smoke on the Water (study the new notes and rhythms and practice part 3).
  • Introduce Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Introduce the C major two octave scale.
  • Optional Extra Credit Paper Due: William Kanengiser, Effortless Classical Guitar DVD(Music Library Reserve).
 
Week 11
10/24-10/26
1) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
Require Concert: 3/28 in Gifford Theater
at 7:30PM
  
  • Be sure to attend the required EKU Guitar Ensemble Concert.
  • Continue the Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, and Power Chord riffs.
  • Rehearse the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the fifth string).
  • Ensemble Session & Assignment: Smoke on the Water (study the new notes and rhythms and practice part 3).
  • Continue Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Play the C major two octave scale.
  • Continue all prior activities, including the single string exercises, Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, Power Chord riffs, and the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • The Written Language of Music (through notes on the sixth string).
  • Introduce the CAGED system and discuss how to create Barre Chords.
  • Continue Smoke on the Water and Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).

Week 12
10/31-11/2
1) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
  • Guitar Ensemble Concert Quiz. This quiz will cover specific aspects of the concert and it will be easy for anyone who watched the concert to complete it.
  • Continue all prior activities, including the single string exercises, Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, Power Chord riffs, and the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • Continue Smoke on the Water and Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Continue CAGED system, review Barre Chords, and pass out the other Pentatonic Scale Forms.
  • Introduce Estudio in A Minor by Dionisio Aguado (Planting and Block Chord Practicing).

Week 13
11/7-11/9
1) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)
  • Continue all prior activities, including the single string exercises, Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, Power Chord riffs, and the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • Continue Smoke on the Water and Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Continue CAGED system and review Barre Chords and other Pentatonic Scale Forms.
  • Continue all prior work. Perform prior technical exercises, scales, songs, and ensemble works in class.
  • Rehearse and Analyze Estudio in A Minor by Dionisio Aguado (Planting and Block Chord Practicing) and use it and the C major scale to explain the construction of chords and basic music theory.
  • EKU Guitar Ensemble Concert (Extra-Credit Opportunity).

Week 14
11/14-11/16
1) Submit Practice Recordings
(Due Sunday by 11:00 PM)

 
  • Review and rehearse for the Final Exam and Concert.
  • Continue all prior activities, including the single string exercises, Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, Power Chord riffs, and the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • Continue Smoke on the Water and Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Continue CAGED system and review Barre Chords and other Pentatonic Scale Forms.
  • Continue all prior work. Perform prior technical exercises, scales, songs, and ensemble works in class.
  • Continue to Rehearse and Analyze Estudio in A Minor by Dionisio Aguado (Planting and Block Chord Practicing) and use it and the C major scale to explain the construction of chords and basic music theory.
  • Continue Elderly Woman by Pearl Jam and strumming in triple meter.
  • Extra Credit Topic: Introduce Bob's Blues and the Dead Thumb Style.

Week 15
11/21

 
  • Review and rehearse for the Final Exam and Concert-OUR CONCERT IS TONIGHT! 

  • Reminder: (7:30 PM, O'Donnell Theater): Perform ensemble selections during the EKU Guitar Studio Concert.
 Arrive 1 hour before the concert to practice stage entrances and exits. Wear black pants, dress shoes, socks, and a long-sleeved shirt. Have your ensemble music in concert order in a black three-ring binder. 

  • Continue all prior activities, including the single string exercises, Blues in A, the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Improvisation, Chanson Russe, Come Together, Power Chord riffs, and the Strumming Pattern assignment for the 12 Basic Chords.
  • Continue Smoke on the Water and Take It Easy by the Eagles (chord Strumming).
  • Continue CAGED system and review Barre Chords and other Pentatonic Scale Forms.
  • Continue all prior work. Perform prior technical exercises, scales, songs, and ensemble works in class.
  • Continue to Rehearse and Analyze Estudio in A Minor by Dionisio Aguado (Planting and Block Chord Practicing) and use it and the C major scale to explain the construction of chords and basic music theory.
  • Continue Elderly Woman by Pearl Jam and strumming in triple meter.
  • Extra Credit Topic: Introduce Bob's Blues and the Dead Thumb Style.
  • Eat Turkey on Thursday!!!

 
 

Week 17
11/30
(Thursday)

Final Exam is from 10:30-12:30PM in Campbell 327. Students will take a short written segment and submit the recordings that are required. After that, we eat pizza and watch our concert :)

Future Studies

 

 

Remember: you can retake this course as often as you want and if you really enjoy guitar, you may want to become a music minor or major and study privately with me for credit (MUS132F).

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The EKU Syllabus Disability Accommodation Statement, Academic Integrity Statement, & Discrimination and Harassment, Title IX, and Prevention Statement.

Official Email & Email Correspondence: 

According to the EKU registrar: "Students who have not yet activated their EKU email account should do so ASAP and monitor that account regularly as it is an official means of communication between students and the university." 

Smart Devices, Recording Devices, & Computer Etiquette in the Classroom:

Please power down your personal devices before class. Using an electronic device or allowing one to cause a class disruption will lower your final grade by one percentage point for each occurrence. Please warn me ahead of time if you think that you may need to take an urgent call. Please ask my permission if you wish to record my class. You may leave the class any time that you need to use the lavatory.

Accessibility Accommodation Statement

Eastern Kentucky University strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. Students registered with the Center for Student Accessibility (CSA) should request accommodation letters from the CSA office. The Center for Student Accessibility will email your academic adjustment letter to you, or you may stop by the office for a hard copy. You will provide your letter to the course instructor(s) immediately. We strongly recommend that you discuss the accommodations needed with your instructor(s). Students who need an accommodation for a documented medical, mental health, or learning difference may register online at accessibility.eku.edu/applying-services. If you have questions, you may email the CSA office at accessibility@eku.edu or telephone at (859) 622-2933. The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) does not consider pregnancy a disability.​ Students needing accommodations due to pregnancy should contact John Dixon, Executive Director of Human Resources and Institutional Equity, at john.dixon@eku.edu or contact the Office of Institutional Equity at 859-622-8020.

Mental/Physical Wellness Resources

Eastern Kentucky University is committed to the wellbeing of all students.

Students dealing with feelings of sadness or hopelessness, thoughts of harm or suicide, or increased anxiety may utilize the resources below or, for after-hours assistance contact:

EKU Counseling Center After Hours Urgent support line: (859) 622-1303
National Suicide Hotline:

(800) 273-8255

or dial 988

We encourage students to contact the following on-campus services for assistance regarding emotional and physical needs:

EKU Student Health Services: (859) 622-1761
EKU Psychology Clinic: (859) 622 2356
EKU Counseling Center: (859) 622-1303
EKU Women’s Health Clinic: (859) 622-1761
 
Academic Integrity Statement

EKU is committed to the Academic Integrity policy in this course.  Students can find this policy at https://policies.eku.edu/sites/policies.eku.edu/files/policies/4.1.3acr_academic_integrity_0.pdf.  For help with understanding how this policy works, contact the Office of Student Conduct at https://studentconduct.eku.edu/.

 
Discrimination and Harassment, Title IX, and Prevention Statement

EKU is committed to maintaining a respectful and inclusive environment for students, faculty, administrators, staff, and visitors that is free of all forms of discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct.  The University supports and promotes a safe, violence-free campus through Green Dot Prevention and Education programming.  To learn more about Green Dot, request a presentation, or get involved, go to http://greendot.eku.edu/.

EKU's commitment also requires those deemed to be mandated reporters to report any incident that has affected any member of the University Community that might implicate the University's Policy on Discrimination and Harassment to the University's Title IX Coordinator and/or the Office of Institutional Equity.

If you would like to obtain confidential help from someone who does not have to report the information, please go to http://titleix.eku.edu/resources for resources. The Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is available here.

Academic Integrity Statement: Students are advised the EKU’s Academic Integrity policy will strictly be enforced in this course. The Academic Integrity policy is available at www.academicintegrity.eku.edu. Question regarding the policy may be directed to the Office of Academic Integrity. 

 

 

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