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Apr 19, 2024
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MUS 109 - Ragtime to rock: American Popular Music
A survey of American popular music including folk songs, musical theater, jazz, country, rock, rhythm and blues, and bluegrass. This course will familiarize the student with popular music which helped shape the American culture and reflect important social, historical and political events.
Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of popular music.
- Recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on text, visual images, or artifacts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of popular music and the creative process inherent therein.
- Identify the origins and explain development of all major genres of popular music.
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