MUS 3000 - Musics of America

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 and ENG 1020, MUS 1000, or permission of instructor

Description: This course explores American music and its unique blend of African, Native American, Hispanic, Asian, and European colonial musical styles and genres. Students develop an understanding of the musical style, aesthetic viewpoints, and function of the folk, religious, classical, popular, and commercial music of these groups. The course materials also consider the interaction of these musical styles and genres within the context of sociocultural dynamics of the United States. The student encounter new musical expressions and their history.

General Studies: Arts and Humanities

University Requirement(s): Multicultural