Music in World Culture (Diversity)
General
Prefix
MUSM
Course Number
125
Course Level
Undergraduate
Instruction Mode
Lecture
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Music and its function non-Western countries and various Western folk traditions. Listener's point of view. Oceania, East and Southeast Asia, India, Africa (and some American folk traditions). No previous musical experience required.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
06, 08
Cultural Diversity
Yes
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Provide basic terminology of musical terms appropriate to the music studied.
Outcome
Provide students with listening skills of basic musical structure, thus enabling these students to perceive and identify basic characteristics of the music.
Outcome
Introduce to students the basic principles and techniques used in the field of study of Ethnomusicology.
Outcome
Expose students to cultural perceptions outside of their immediate realm of experience, thus creating a greater international awareness of music throughout the world.
Outcome
Examine each musical system in its cultural context, including carious musical ensembles, instruments used, ceremony, and ritual attached to the music itself.