Lecturer: Robert Willey (willey@louisiana.edu)

Prerequisities: None. See the equipment requirements for hardware and software requirements.

Homework: An assignment will be given out each week and is due at the end of the following week. Homework must be emailed to the instructor on time to receive credit. Keep copies of all your work in case material needs to be retransmitted.

Grading: There are a total of 100 possible points in the class, consisting of four assignments worth 25 points each. There will be no final exam.

Grading scale:

TOTAL POINTS	PERCENTAGE	LETTER GRADE
90 - 100	90%	A
89 - 89	80%	B
70 - 79	70%	C
60 - 69	60%	D
less than 60	less than 60%	F

See the following class schedule for lecture topics, readings, and assignments. The detailed syllabus for registered students will have links to topics and assignments.

Class schedule ( four weeks during Spring Quarter)

DATE	ACTIVITY
week 1	Topics: The Consumer / Client Side Searching the world wide web for music Servers and clients Plug-ins Multimedia Copyright issues Do: Assignment #1 - web search
week 2	Topics: Desktop Publishing MIDI standards Notation and score files Hypertext HTML: under the hood Constructing and linking web pages Do: Assignment #2 - make your own website
week 3	Topics: Digital Audio Multimedia at home Sound basics and audio theory Digital audio File formats Downloading static files Graphics Do: Assignment #3 - add audio to your site
week 4	Topics: The Producer / Provider Side Streaming technologies Background sound Content providers Distribution architectures Net broadcasting Java applets The future of network music Do: Assignment #4 - develop a plan for your site

See the course outline for more information.

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