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Dec 04, 2025
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MUS 121 - Music Through the Ages
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3A
This course explores the music of the United States, including folk, religious, jazz and pop music, world music, and European art music. You will improve your ability to listen to music intelligently and deepen your understanding of musical context.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3A - Arts
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Apply a range of general and specialized terms relating to the study of music;
- demonstrate an in-depth familiarity with several major musical traditions in the Western world and beyond;
- explain ways in which musical expressions relate to the value systems and thought processes of the cultures that create and sustain them; and
- describe one’s aesthetic experience of music in ways that capture one’s imagination, sensitivity, and emotional responses to the sounds heard.
GE-3A. Arts Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate the impact of the arts on their life.
- Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the arts.
- Describe the ways that diverse identities influence the creation and experience of art.
- Identify the role of art in diverse settings.
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