| Course ID: | MUSI 2040. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | History of Popular Music |
Course
Description: | Rotating subjects in popular music, drawing upon a wide variety of influences and ethnicities. Course content will be drawn from such topics as jazz, Hispanic styles and influences, folksong, and American musical theatre. |
| Oasis Title: | History of Popular Music |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2040E, MUSI 2040H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Upon completion, the successful student will be able to:
*Assess the commonality and diversity of the various cultures
from different parts of the world that have contributed to
American popular music;
*Evaluate the impact and role of popular music in American
history and society and its effect and influence in the larger
global soundscape;
*Analyze the multicultural/multicontinental roots of popular
music in America;
*Compare the music of other cultures to their own by tracing
the world and ethnic roots and contemporary influences on
American popular music(s). |
| Topical Outline: | Main topics:
*Multicultural/multicontinental roots of popular music in
America;
*Diverse religious traditions in American popular music;
*Popular music in American history and society from the
revolutionary war period to mid-twentieth century. |
| Honor Code Reference: | * All outside sources must be thoroughly documented.
* Analyses and critical comments must be prepared without access to outside sources. |