MUL 2010

Music and Culture

This course is intended to expose students to a variety of music and musical experiences through lecture, discussion, and direct experience involving critical listening. Students will enhance their awareness of the various elements, origins, and developments in music, as well as enrich critical thinking skills related to evaluating music. Students will prepare critiques of music performances in writing. By the end of the course, the student should have the background for appreciating the major genres of music, as well as having an enhanced ability to appreciate the various primary elements of any musical creation and /or performance.

Units: 3.0