Summer Session

MUS 320: U.S. Popular Music

Undergraduate 3 credits

Advisory Prerequisite: MUS 101, 103, 105, 109, 119, 130, or equivalent musical experience

DEC: G SBC: HFA+; USA

The study of popular music in the United States. Topics may include popular music in the U.S. since 1945; American popular music of colonial times; and American musical theatre. The course explores such aspects as musical structure and form, the nature of the commercial music industry, and how issues of gender, race, geography, economics, and technology affect the creation, performance, and reception of popular music. Not for music major credit.