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.