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Dec 22, 2024
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MUS 100 - Music Appreciation
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course is designed for all students interested in exploring music. This course helps students understand historical and cultural considerations through the development of music over the course of human existence. Through active listening and awareness of the social conditions, students must consider the viewpoints of others and effectively express themselves, developing empathy and awareness to their fellow human beings, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce. No formal music training/background is necessary to be successful in this course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face and online
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Analyze and categorize the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century eras.
- Determine and compare the various genres of music through history.
- Examine and discuss the role of the musician throughout the various eras.
- Articulate the uniquely personal aspect of the listening experience.
Course Objectives:
- Learn and use terminology specific to music.
- Understand the importance of listening by identifying how specific elements of music are utilized in selected listening examples used throughout the course.
- Understand and identify the elements of musical form and style.
- Develop an awareness of the social conditions affecting the
- composers/performers/consumers throughout history.
- Identify, through listening, the principal genres, musical forms and compositional techniques of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic Periods as well as the 20th Century, including film scores.
- Experience team-approach learning through collaborative review gaming opportunities and group discussions.
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