Topics in Popular Music

Topics in Popular Music introduces various themes and theoretical frameworks with which to approach the study of popular music. With American popular music of the late 19th and 20th centuries acting as something of a case study, students will be encouraged to consider issues related to technology, genre, race, gender, capitalism, and colonialism. The course looks beyond canonical artists, genres, and events to consider the ways in which popular music comes to have meaning and has changed across the decades. NOTE: This course requires no prior experience with music theory or notation, and is open to all students across the university.   Credit level: 8 Year level: Year 1 Undergraduate SCQF level: 20