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2012-2013 Official General Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

MUS 109 - Ragtime to rock: American Popular Music


A survey of American popular music including folk songs, musical theater, jazz, country, rock, 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:

1.  Demonstrate a clear grasp of the basic categories of American popular music styles.  This includes the phrases and development, and essential stylistic characteristics of each, their chronology, some representative performers and/or composers, as well as any cross-influences between them, along with terminology for understanding and discussing other forms of music.