CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MUSIC 212 or declared in Music MA, Music MM, Music PhD, Music: Performance DMA, or Doctoral Minor in Music Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the literature and conceptual repertoire of popular music studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Interpret and apply difficult texts in conversation and writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Integrate contemporary academic conversations with personal research interests. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Pose a research question, identify relevant resources, and make evidence-based arguments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Set discussion goals, manage time, and ask good questions to facilitate discussion effectively. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Track key terms across several bodies of academic literatures and across geographic and temporal contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Demonstrate advanced research, analysis, and writing skills to a rigorous standard appropriate to graduate-level work. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the literature and conceptual repertoire of popular music studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Interpret and apply difficult texts in conversation and writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Integrate contemporary academic conversations with personal research interests. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Pose a research question, identify relevant resources, and make evidence-based arguments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Set discussion goals, manage time, and ask good questions to facilitate discussion effectively. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Track key terms across several bodies of academic literatures and across geographic and temporal contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Demonstrate advanced research, analysis, and writing skills to a rigorous standard appropriate to graduate-level work. Audience: Graduate