Important Dates
- 3/7/2024- Last day to add/drop courses using Schedule Builder in CUNYfirst. Drops will delete the course from the transcript
- 3/17/2024 – Verification of Attendance Rosters are Due. If you haven’t participated in class by this point, you will receive a WN on your transcript.
- 4/22 through 4/30/2024 – Spring Break, no classes
- 6/5/2024 – Last regular meeting day for MUS 2700
- 6/5/2024 – Last Day to Withdraw online to receive a “W” grade.
- 6/10 or 6/12 (TBD) – Final Presentations
Course Description
This course offers a listening survey of folk and ethnic music forms performed and practiced worldwide by various social groups. Songs and dances associated with love, war, and rites of passage, evocative forms, drumming, chanting, instruments and languages as related to the musical forms, social, geographic, historical elements and their musical relevance.
Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
Course Learning Outcomes
World Music Terminology: Identify and apply the fundamental terms and concepts of world music, both generally and in relationship to specific cultures, countries, and instruments (i.e. culturally specific instruments such as the kora, didgeridoo, sitar, bodhràn, and taiko drums, as well as techniques such as throat singing and microtonal scales)
Music, History & World Cultures: Analyze and assess music as an artform that reflects human experiences across global cultures, both currently and within significant historical periods.
Musical Evolution in Society: Evaluate and articulate, both verbally and in writing, how music has changed and developed over time in order to create meaning and foster discussion, debate, and community within a given culture.
Music-Making Across the Globe: Identify, analyze, and define the considerations and skills specific to a given culture’s music-making practices, and how they are similar and/or different to those of another culture (i.e. various non-western tonalities and modes, improvisational techniques, complex rhythmic patterns and absence of the more constricting forms that can be found in western art music)
Critical Listening: Examine and compare the major characteristics of music compositions that are representative of distinct genres and cultures through the engagement with numerous music-listening experiences.
Textbook
The textbook for this class is: Music in World Cultures. <— click on the title to access this book, which is available in several formats. And best of all, it’s free!
Required Hardware
Computer/laptop or smartphone
Ideally, you should have access to a laptop or desktop computer to complete this course. However, I have taken care to design a course that can also be completed from a smartphone. If you intend to complete this course on a phone, please let me know and inform me if there are any problems that arise. Your feedback will help me improve our learning environment to support more students.
Did you know that Kingsborough has a laptop and tablet lending program? Click here to find out more information!
Required Software
We will use Blackboard for this course. You can access our class Blackboard shell here. Be sure to check there often for grades and assignments!
Blackboard Student App (recommended for all, required for those who use a phone)
I strongly recommend that you download the free Blackboard Student App before course starts you can stay more connected with our course!
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