I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Music in World Cultures
2. Course Prefix & Number:
MUSC 1450
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This class is the study of music of different cultures in the context of human life. Students will be introduced to the music of such cultures as: Africa/Ewe, India/South India, Ireland, Scotland, North America/Native America, Latin America/Ecuador and many others. Class activities will include music listening, making and playing of multicultural music instruments, guest speakers and performers, field trips, and other projects that enhance ethnomusicological awareness of the many differences as well as similarities of non-Western and Western hemisphere indigenous cultures.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
MUSC 1450 - Music in World Cultures
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
MUSC 1450 - Music in World Cultures
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
|
St. Cloud State Univ.
|
Music In world Culture MUSM +125
|
3
|
|
Bemidji State Univ.
|
World Music MUS 3110
|
2
|
III. Course Purpose
MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
- Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts
- Goal 8 – Global Perspective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze assigned pieces of music by listening to, reading, and performing multi cultural music. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will demonstrate knowledge by analyzing the cultural, musical and human life differences of diverse cultures. |
| Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Students will be able to identify the social, musical, and cultural differences between diverse ethnic groups such as Native American and African American cultures. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Students will be able to identify the social and cultural differences between different ethnic groups of non western civilizations such as African and Japanese cultures as introduced throughout the study of their musical styles and daily customs.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to participate and demonstrate music-making activities of other cultures such as Afro Agbekor drumming styles.
|
8
|
|
Students will be able to compare and identify the differences and similarities between non western and western musical genres such as African poly- rhythms and American jazz scats.
|
8
|
|
Students will be able to analyze various styles of multi cultural music and understand musical notational differences of cultures through performance of these styles of music.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to write and speak with knowledge on the global differences of a variety of music cultures such as Native American chanting and African rainforest tribal vocal polyphony.
|
8
|
|
Students will be able to identify a variety of multi cultural instruments.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to document and analyze their listening experiences by writing with understanding of the various types of instruments and rhythms from one particular culture to the next.
|
8
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
|
I. The Music Culture as a World of Music
A. The Soundscape
B. The Music-Culture
C. What is Music?
|
|
II. India/ South India
A. History, Culture, And Music
B. Classical Music
C. Many Musics
|
|
III. North America/Black America
A. Music of Worship
B. Music of Play
C. Blues
D. Music of Work
|
|
IV. Latin America/Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
A .Chilean Nueva Cancion
B. Bolivian Kantu
C. Wawa Velorio
D. .Afro-Peruvian music
E. The Andean Folk Music
|
|
V. North America and/Native America
A .Three Different Styles
B. Music of the Navajos
C. Native American Flute Revival
|
|
VI. Discovering and Documenting a World Music
A. Music in our Own Backyards
B. Doing a Music Ethnography
|
|
VII. Music of Asia/Indonesia
A. Central Java
B. Bali
C. North Sumatra
D. Indonesian Popular Music
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Music in World Cultures
2. Course Prefix & Number:
MUSC 1450
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This class is the study of music of different cultures in the context of human life. Students will be introduced to the music of such cultures as: Africa/Ewe, India/South India, Ireland, Scotland, North America/Native America, Latin America/Ecuador and many others. Class activities will include music listening, making and playing of multicultural music instruments, guest speakers and performers, field trips, and other projects that enhance ethnomusicological awareness of the many differences as well as similarities of non-Western and Western hemisphere indigenous cultures.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
MUSC 1450 - Music in World Cultures
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
MUSC 1450 - Music in World Cultures
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
|
St. Cloud State Univ.
|
Music In world Culture MUSM +125
|
3
|
|
Bemidji State Univ.
|
World Music MUS 3110
|
2
|
III. Course Purpose
2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
- Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts
- Goal 8 – Global Perspective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze assigned pieces of music by listening to, reading, and performing multi cultural music. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will demonstrate knowledge by analyzing the cultural, musical and human life differences of diverse cultures. |
| Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Students will be able to identify the social, musical, and cultural differences between diverse ethnic groups such as Native American and African American cultures. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Students will be able to identify the social and cultural differences between different ethnic groups of non western civilizations such as African and Japanese cultures as introduced throughout the study of their musical styles and daily customs.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to participate and demonstrate music-making activities of other cultures such as Afro Agbekor drumming styles.
|
8
|
|
Students will be able to compare and identify the differences and similarities between non western and western musical genres such as African poly- rhythms and American jazz scats.
|
8
|
|
Students will be able to analyze various styles of multi cultural music and understand musical notational differences of cultures through performance of these styles of music.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to write and speak with knowledge on the global differences of a variety of music cultures such as Native American chanting and African rainforest tribal vocal polyphony.
|
8
|
|
Students will be able to identify a variety of multi cultural instruments.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to document and analyze their listening experiences by writing with understanding of the various types of instruments and rhythms from one particular culture to the next.
|
8
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
|
I. The Music Culture as a World of Music
A. The Soundscape
B. The Music-Culture
C. What is Music?
|
|
II. India/ South India
A. History, Culture, And Music
B. Classical Music
C. Many Musics
|
|
III. North America/Black America
A. Music of Worship
B. Music of Play
C. Blues
D. Music of Work
|
|
IV. Latin America/Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
A .Chilean Nueva Cancion
B. Bolivian Kantu
C. Wawa Velorio
D. .Afro-Peruvian music
E. The Andean Folk Music
|
|
V. North America and/Native America
A .Three Different Styles
B. Music of the Navajos
C. Native American Flute Revival
|
|
VI. Discovering and Documenting a World Music
A. Music in our Own Backyards
B. Doing a Music Ethnography
|
|
VII. Music of Asia/Indonesia
A. Central Java
B. Bali
C. North Sumatra
D. Indonesian Popular Music
|