Researach Paper

Subject:

• should be appropriate for our Music 109 class
• should be interesting to you
• should be well thought out and not general in nature
• should be researchable
• must be approved by the instructor

Research Paper:

• should contain title page
• should contain a minimum of 5-8 pages in the body
• should contain appropriate documentation: footnotes or endnotes, as well as bibliography/discography using APA guidelines

Informational Links:

• Research Paper
• Academic Papers
• The Research Paper and the World Wide Web

Grading:

• Content 60%
• Documentation 20%
• Writing style, correct spelling, grammar etc. 20%

You must research and write the paper yourself to receive a grade. The last day to turn in the paper is the last regular day of class before final exams.

Webpage Project

If you choose to create a web page as a project the information below should give you information that you will need. To turn in the project you can either give me the URL for your page or give me a disk with the HTML. The last day to turn in the project is the last regular day of class before final exams.

Subject:

• must be appropriate for our Music 109 class
• must be interesting to you
• must be well thought out so the webpage will cover more than just general information
• must be researchable

Webpage(s):

• must contain text with information that is subject specific
• must contain links to excellent pages with similar subjects
• may contain sound (information on how to put sound on a webpage)
• must contain graphics

Webpage tutorials and help:

• Web Page Tutorial
• Guidelines to HTML
• HyperText Markup Language
• HTML Teaching Tool
• Creating Web Pages
• Adding MIDI Music Files
• Web Monkey

Guidelines for Evaluation:

• Evaluating Website

Grading:

• Content 50%,
• Presentation (Graphics, Sound, Links etc) 30%
• Organization 20%

Samples of Cal Poly Student Project Web Pages

Harry's Jazz Bar	Kenny G	The Music Room
Louis Armstrong	Gheorghe Zamfir	Phantom of the Opera