MUSC 241 - Worlds of Music

Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, COLL 300
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI

This course introduces students to musical cultures of the non-Western world. Topics include: native concepts about music, instruments, aesthetics, genres, relationship to community life, religion, music institutions, and patronage. Course goals will be to develop skills useful for a cross-cultural appreciation and analysis of music, and to bring questions about music into the domain of the humanities and social sciences.