4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath IC
Introduces students to select musical practices from around the world, with some semesters focusing on a geographic region (i.e., music of Asia) or topic (i.e., music and politics) addressed from a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective. Presents the field of ethnomusicology—“the study of people making music”—and explores musical practices in relation to their sociocultural context and other intersections of the human experience, such as religion, economics, identity, gender, social justice, and politics. Offers students an opportunity to obtain an appreciation of a diverse array of musical traditions and aesthetics and a critical understanding of music as a meaningful form of human expression.