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MUS 431

Exploring World Music

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Music and human culture focusing on non-Core Humanities. Representative societies explored. Field study, music-making projects, performance analysis required.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
  • at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
  • Junior or Senior standing
MUS 121MUS 342
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; MUS 121 or MUS 342.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Core

CO11, CO13

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • analyze the cultural contexts of specific musical pieces and traditions.
  • apply their historical and cultural knowledge of the music of various non-western cultures to the analysis of specific pieces of music.
  • demonstrate the aural and visual skills necessary to achieve an analytical perspective on unfamiliar musical forms.
  • demonstrate skills related to empathy and cultural sensitivity, via the study of global musical cultures.
  • discuss music as an activity that shapes the images and ideals through which individuals understand themselves and their relationship to the global community.
  • synthesize complex arguments in written form.