2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
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MUSC 100 Introduction to Rock and Roll (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 100

Course Description
Rock and roll as a language of music from a listener’s perspective. Listening skills are exercised and become the vehicle through which specific music concepts are examined. Some social, biographical, and historical data covered.

Student Outcomes
1. Analyze and aurally recognize rock and roll compositions known to represent specific rock and roll styles.
2. Trace relevant aspects of the sociological, historical, and economic development of America between 1950-1999.
3. Assess the development of America between 1950-1999 and determine its effect on the evolution of rock music.
4. Identify the elements of rock music.
5. Give examples of the nonmusical features of rock music that make such music an expressive art form and contribute to elements of style.
6. Through an aural analysis identify the instrumentation of select rock recordings
7. Recall specific biographical and historical information of select rock personalities.
8. Based on a musical, historical and sociological study of the evolution of rock, predict future events in its developmental course.



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