Basic course in music, designed especially for liberal arts students. Study of musical forms, style, media and materials, coupled with the development of intelligent listening habits. Fulfills Foundations - Arts. Offered fall and winter semesters.
Winter 2025 - Online Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
Study of basic performance skills on ukulele and percussion designed for the general student. Students will engage in discussion about the role of community music making in today's society. Requires students to have a soprano or concert ukulele and a hand drum or five gallon bucket with drumsticks. Fulfills Foundations - Arts. Offered spring/summer semester.
Winter 2025 - Hybrid Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
An exploration of non-Western music and western folk music. Develops listening skills and ability to describe musical sounds and structures. Introduces an ethnomusicological perspective that considers music in relation to other aspects of society and culture. Fulfills Foundations - Arts. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Offered fall and winter semesters.
Survey of jazz from 1900 to present; including Dixieland, blues, swing, be-bop, cool jazz, jazz fusion, free jazz and the avant garde, and the so-called ``third stream.'' Music background is helpful but not mandatory. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Offered fall semester.
Winter 2025 - Online
Instruction in basic playing skills on the trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium and tuba. Offered winter semester.
Winter 2025 - Hybrid
Introduction to a variety of American musical styles drawn from many cultures, including Native American, African American, Latino, and European American traditions. Topics may include folk music, religious music, Broadway, country, jazz, rock, and American classical music. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Part of the Identity Issues. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
This course presents an overview of how rock music has evolved from the latter half of the 20th century through current musical representations. Additionally, it is expected that students will learn the ways in which rock music of the past and present represents social commentary and has influenced societal change. Part of the Human Rights Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
A survey of the development of the new and unique forms of expressive and intellectual 20th century musical style from circa 1900 to 1960, including the exploration of impressionism, atonality, serialism, neo-classicism, and other innovations of 20th century master composers. Offered fall or winter semester. Prerequisite: MUS 120.
