2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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MU 121 GP Introduction to Music (1)
An introductory-level survey of music literature intended for non-majors. This course
introduces fundamental musical concepts and offers a survey of American vernacular
music, music of selected world cultures, and standard repertory of western art music.
Development of listening skills is emphasized. A Global Perspectives designated course.
Fall, Spring.
MU 122 ES Music in Film (1)
An exploration of music in film using narrative, historical, cognitive, and aesthetic
analysis. The course includes study of diegetic and non-diegetic music as well as how
music creates affect and signification. An Explorations in Scholarship designated course.
MU 124 Emotion and Meaning in Music (1)
An exploration of the perception and meaning of music from the perspective of the
musician and the listener, with specific emphasis on the social and aesthetic signification
of musical experiences as they pertain to cognitive musicology. (Also listed as HON
124.)
MU 126 GP Music of the World’s People (1)
An introductory-level survey of cultures and music outside the tradition of Western
European art music. A Global Perspectives designated course. Fall, Spring.
MU 127 GP Social Identity in Popular Music (1)
An examination of the history of popular music since the 1940s and its role in shaping
personal identity, especially in regard to race and gender roles. A Global Perspectives
designated course.
MU 128 GP History of Jazz and Blues I (1)
A study of the origins of jazz and blues and their development to the present day.
Emphasis will be placed on how these genres of music have helped to shape American
music, the American South, the Civil Rights Movement, and various facets of American
identity. A Global Perspectives and Black Studies designated course.
MU 149 Class Guitar (½)
An introductory course to playing guitar in which students learn to read standard
notation, chord charts, and tablature in a variety of styles. The course is taught in a group
setting in which students learn how to play solo as well as within an ensemble.
MU 150 CE Fundamentals of Music (1)
An introduction to the fundamentals of music, including the identification and
construction of scales, intervals, chords, rhythms, and song forms used in classical and
popular styles. Students will learn how to sight sing and write basic musical compositions
using tools introduced in the course. Suitable for non-majors or music majors with no
previous experience in music theory or notation. A Creative Expression designated
course.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024