MUS 234

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Introduction to Ethnomusicology

School of Music Undergraduate PUGET - Puget Sound

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Course Description

This course will introduce students to methods and issues in the discipline of ethnomusicology, wherein music is studied among its complex intersections with daily life. The course introduces pathways for studying music ethnographically, rendering transparent how music can be explored as culture. Students will approach the study of ethnomusicology through a variety of world music case studies, and will have the opportunity to conduct their own ethnographic fieldwork.

Course Typically Offered

Offered spring semester

Career

Undergraduate

Catalog Course Attributes

CO24 - ARTHUM (Artistic and Humanistic), CO24 - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), CORE - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), INTD - HUM-ARTIST (Intd Humanities-Artist IHE), INTD - HUM-GENDER (Intd Humanities-Gender IHE), INTD - HUM-RACETH (Intd Humanities-Race IHE), INTD - SOAN (Sociology & Anthropology SOAN)

Min Units

1

Max Units

1

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Lecture

Optional Component

No

Final Exam Type

Yes