MUSC 2051 - World Music

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Course Description: This course provides a basic overview of music traditions around the world. The course covers the historical, social, and aesthetic development of music from a variety of cultures. There is particular focus on cultivating critical listening skills while developing a familiarity with the customs and traditions of different peoples.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Introduction to Ethnomusicology
2. Survey of music from regions around the world, including some or all of the following:
   1. South Asia
   2. East Asia
   3. Indonesia and the Pacific Islands
   4. Middle East
   5. Russia and Central Asia
   6. West Africa
   7. Central Africa
   8. North Africa
   9. South Africa
   10. Europe
   11. British Isles
   12. North America
   13. Central America
   14. South America
3. Other Possible Topics:
   1. The Blues and Jazz
   2. The Diaspora of Pop Music
   3. Technology and Music
4. Structural elements of music
5. The function of music as it relates to its societal and cultural contexts
6. The study of traditional and popular music and how they interrelate

1. Describe the interrelationships between music and society
2. Describe and identify the structural elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, etc.)
3. Identify musical styles and characteristics of selected cultures
4. Describe how traditional music and popular music coexist

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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