MUSC 102 American Popular Music (5 credits)

2. Examine the sources of popular music: European American, African American, and Latin American.

3. Identify and evaluate the socioeconomic, political, historical, and cultural events that affected the creation and development of popular music in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

4. Trace the advancements of music technology and the evolution of the entertainment business and their influences on popular music.

5. Recall and compare various elements of 19th and early 20th century American popular song including minstrel shows, vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, dance music, and ragtime.

6. Define and aurally distinguish between the different styles, songs, and artists of the Classic, Country, Delta, and Chicago blues traditions.

7. Relate social and musical elements of the Jazz Age and Swing Era to specific historical events.

8. Trace the origins of country music, and its emergence into popular culture.

9. Identify the origins of early rock and interpret their influence on the development of future musical styles.

10. Recall, analyze, and compare specific musical styles, artists, and songs from the Rock and Roll decades from 1950-to the present.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50