MUS 1030 Introduction to Music

3 (3 lecture hours) Credit Hour(s)

General Education Learning Outcomes (TBR Approved)

• Explain artistic, literary, or philosophical works within the context of the discipline.
• Analyze the ways that various artistic, literary, or philosophical works reflect their cultural and historical context or contribute to the present (contemporary) world.
• Identify cultural differences and commonalities through examining a diverse selection of artistic, literary, or philosophical works.
• Create or interpret artifacts of expression, as performer or as critic, through the development of skills of performance or skills of analysis and criticism.
• Employ critical and analytical methodologies of the Humanities or Fine Arts, which may include direct observation, reflection, and ethical research.
• Effectively convey ideas and arguments with attention to several of the following: relevance, completeness, clarity, coherence, consistency, or persuasiveness.

• Identify historical periods of music by listening to musical elements inherent in that period.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of comparing a new work or a specific selection of music to previously learned works in a chronological time period.
• Students should come away with a basic knowledge of the evolution of music and with the aural ability to recognize specific forms, musical techniques, and historical styles.
• The student demonstrates the ability to identify music in non-Western cultures. Instruction will be aimed at how music reflects the diversity of the world’s social and economic systems, languages, religions, geographical conditions, and traditions.
• The students will be able to draw distinctions between improvisational traditions and vocal techniques and various instrumental classifications.
• The student will demonstrate the knowledge through comparative writing to clarify various music elements from one period to the previous period.