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IAH 208 - Music and Culture (I)

Relationships between music and culture. Organized historically, geographically, or thematically, through study of written texts, music, the visual arts, and other forms of expression. Selected topics, variable by term in content and approach.

Average Grade - 3.294
Median Grade - 3.5
1035 total students

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IAH 241A - Creative Arts and Humanities: Music and Society in the Modern World (D)

The arts and humanities of the modern world through the prism of music. Music traditions and methodologies in their historic context. Relationship of music creativity to societies in which it has been produced.

Average Grade - 3.230
Median Grade - 3.5
574 total students

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MUS 409 - American Music

Music in American life with an emphasis on historical, folk music, art music, sacred music, and popular genres.

Average Grade - 3.258
Median Grade - 3.5
180 total students

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MUS 410 - Jazz History

Survey of jazz from its beginnings in African American aural traditions to the present.

Average Grade - 3.152
Median Grade - 3.5
341 total students

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MUS 436 - Popular Music of Black America

Black popular music from 1945 to the present. Influence on American popular music. Rhythm and blues, soul, funk, disco, rap, and their derivative forms. Role of African-American performers, songwriters, and producers in the development of a multibillion-dollar music industry.

Average Grade - 3.022
Median Grade - 3.5
23 total students

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MUS 491 - Special Topics in Music

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings proposed by faculty for group study.

Average Grade - 3.786
Median Grade - 4.0
21 total students

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MUS 810 - Graduate Jazz History

Study of the written and recorded history of jazz as a musical art form. Examination of the role of race, culture, and politics in the development and dissemination of jazz.

Average Grade - 3.573
Median Grade - 3.5
123 total students

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MUS 892A - Seminar in Music History

Various areas of music history, such as major composers, development of genres, criticism, or cultural context.

Average Grade - 3.760
Median Grade - 4.0
585 total students

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MUS 937 - Seminar in 20th-Century Music

Selected topics in 20th-century music.

Average Grade - 3.469
Median Grade - 3.5
16 total students

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MUS 992 - Seminar in Musicology

Advanced study of the history and culture of music in Western and/or world traditions. Specific topics vary by semester.

Average Grade - 3.815
Median Grade - 4.0
56 total students

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