TOPICS IN MUSIC AND ETHNICITY IN THE UNITED STATES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and analyze how music contributes to the construction of ethnic identity. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Collaborate with others to analyze complex texts dealing with social and cultural theory. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the different historical experiences and social forces that contribute to the social construction of ethnicity, and how these forces change over time. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Integrate insights from academic discourse with personal observations or lived experience. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Distinguish different perspectives and methods of academic inquiry regarding culture and music. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Conduct creative research that integrates insights gained through critical engagement with course material. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and analyze how music contributes to the construction of ethnic identity. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Collaborate with others to analyze complex texts dealing with social and cultural theory. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the different historical experiences and social forces that contribute to the social construction of ethnicity, and how these forces change over time. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Integrate insights from academic discourse with personal observations or lived experience. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Distinguish different perspectives and methods of academic inquiry regarding culture and music. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Conduct creative research that integrates insights gained through critical engagement with course material. Audience: Undergraduate