SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MUSIC 122 and 172 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe important styles and features of music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque era. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how musickers in previous centuries participated in the various forms of musicking through cultural context and technology. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how major cultural events impacted historical musicking. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize the ways in which historical musicking is similar and dissimilar to modern musicking. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe important styles and features of music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque era. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how musickers in previous centuries participated in the various forms of musicking through cultural context and technology. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how major cultural events impacted historical musicking. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize the ways in which historical musicking is similar and dissimilar to modern musicking. Audience: Undergraduate