MUS 5885 - Global Music Cultures

“World music” has alternately been used to describe the diversity of global music cultures; traditional musics of non-Western cultures; and commercial recordings of popular musics from around the globe. In this course, we will interrogate these definitions and the term’s use from both a historical and contemporary perspective. This course will also serve as an introduction to the main music academic discipline related to studying global music cultures: ethnomusicology.

Note: Repeatable for credit. Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing

Credits: 3 hours

Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Music, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Multi media Arts Technology - Music, Music Composition, Music Education major: Choral/General Emphasis, Music Education major: Instrumental Emphasis, Music Performance: Instrumental, Music Performance: Jazz Studies, Music Performance: Keyboard, Music Performance: Vocal, Music Therapy, and minors in Music.