MUS 108 - The Language of Music

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
An introduction to the materials and structure of Western tonal art music, including notation, pitch, rhythm, meter, scales and keys, intervals, chords, harmonic progressions and voice-leading, and form.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Communicate in some basic technical aspects of the art;
Demonstrate the value of theory and listening as a form of self expression;
Identify the importance of design and form in music;
Increase student’s listening ability and sensitivity to various musical styles

C1. Arts Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.