THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Musical genres -- songs, opera and musical theater, chamber and orchestral music, and jazz -- in the context of social and cultural history.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe what they hear in music using basic technical terminology. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize and contextualize several genres of music. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Reflect on personal daily relationship to music and sound in general. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore the ways that music, sound, and society interact in our daily lives. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe what they hear in music using basic technical terminology. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize and contextualize several genres of music. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Reflect on personal daily relationship to music and sound in general. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore the ways that music, sound, and society interact in our daily lives. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027