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.
Course Content
A. Music fundamentals (e.g., instrumentation, rhythm, harmony, melody, tempo, meter);
B. Musical antecedents to rock and roll;
C. Rock and roll in each decade: 1950-to the present;
D. Social issues, attitudes, and technological developments relevant to each decade mentioned above;
E. Rock personalities, and;
F. Nonmusical components of rock and roll (e.g., theatricality, lyrics, fashion).
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.
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
Potential Methods
A. Listening quizzes
B. Written analysis
C. Small group work
D. In-class discussion
E. Short answer test
F. Written quizzes
G. Small group presentations
H. Oral presentations
I. Multiple-choice objective examination
J. Listening quizzes
K. Essay Test
L. Research Paper
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