Rotating subjects in popular music that circulate globally, drawing upon a wide variety of styles and genres. Course content will be drawn from such topics as media industries, fandom, global jazz, third cinema music, festivals, electronica, and digital cultures. Students will discuss the ethical and political impacts of these musical expressions, and evaluate consumer practices as American and global citizens.
Athena Title
Global-Popular Music
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion, the successful student will be able to assess popular music from different parts of the world.
Upon completion, the successful student will be able to evaluate the impact and role of popular music in identity, history, and society within localized and globalized contexts.
Upon completion, the successful student will be able to adapt methods for analyzing socio-cultural issues in case studies that have ethical and political implications for individuals and communities.
Upon completion, the successful student will be able to analyze the multicultural roots of popular music in America.
Topical Outline
Intersections of the popular and the global in expressive culture
Early sound recording technology, listening, and place-making in America and global contexts
Popular music in global circuits of technology, media, and industry
Multicultural roots of popular music in America
African-American and Latin-American jazz in global perspectives
