Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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MUS 4620 - Music in the Multicultural United States
This course is intended to give students an overview of the two contributing cultures and their musics found in this country, from the songs of rural Appalachia and New England to the African music brought by the slaves; to the musics that grew out of those traditions, from the popular musics of the cities to the songs of Latin Americans and European minorities. We will trace the way these musics live in the modern city, in the academic world and in contemporary music society. (Nettl, 1976) The student will be introduced to the study of music as a manifestation of human need and a representation of culture. The course uses music as an index to understand American culture while it introduces the student to various concepts in the field of ethnomusicology. (Nettl, 1976)
Requisites: ANTH 1010 and Sr
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will investigate the current status and possible new directions of contemporary musical styles and genres.
- Students will develop knowledge of the vocabulary used by music and musicians.
- Students will investigate changing philosophical foundations for music in culture.
- Students will investigate sociological and political factors influencing music in culture today.
- Students will investigate the development of contemporary musics from cultures within the United States.
- Students will investigate the purpose and function of music in culture.
- Students will understand how new directions of contemporary musical styles and genres might be implemented.
- Students will understand the concept of combining the elements to create music.
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