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Spring 2019  |  CSCL 3250 Section 001: Music as Discourse (55671)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 30 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Close examination of widely varying musical forms and styles, "classical" and "popular," in relation to human subjectivity and configurations of culture, ideology, and power.
Class Notes:
This course was previously listed as CSCL 3172 under the same title. CSCL 3172 and CSCL 3250 are equivalent.
Class Description:

This course is based on the premise that music means something, that it is a discourse. We will listen to how and why music makes us understand, know, feel, and be in the world. Music shapes and is shaped by social formations, human consciousness, identities, and attitudes towards the self and others; it institutes, reinforces, sculpts, and challenges relations of power; its produces affects, emotions, desires, erotics, and intoxications. For this reason, the course is not a course in music appreciation, or a survey of any particular period or genre. Instead, the course is organized around a series of interlocking themes and questions: What is the nature of music? What counts as music (vs. "noise")? What function does music have in our lives? What is the relation between music and the institutions within which it is produced, distributed, and received? How and it what forms does music's "message" come to us? What is music's relation to language and images? Is music an art, a product (a commodity), or both? Is there good and bad music? Why is some music considered socially beneficial and some socially dangerous?

Through the semester we will listen to, read about, discuss, think, and interpret music from a wide range of periods, areas, artists, and genres. The overarching themes include: capitalism and commodification, representation, difference, and appropriation, subjectivity and identity, gender, race, and cultural hierarchy, judgement and taste. Periods, genres, and artists include: country music, Beethoven, Dolly Parton, Beyoncé, jazz, renaissance music, hip hop, world music, castratos, auto-tune, Tanya Tagaq, narcocorridos... Topics include: music videos, censorship of music, music and the environment, music and authenticity, music technology. Readings include: Pauline Oliveros, Jacques Attali, Theodor Adorno, Richard Leppert, Rob Wegman, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Steven Feld, Alexander Rehding, Martha Feldman, Susan McClary.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone interested in the critical study of music. While we will be using musicological literature students need no prior knowledge of specific areas of music history or training in music theory.
Class Format:
Lecture by instructor; in-class presentation and discussion-lead by students; loads of listening to music!
Workload:
Reading: 2 - 5 academic articles/chapters per week.
Participation: Active participation in all class discussions
1 in-class presentation/discussion-lead during the semester.
2 exams (midterm and final).
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55671/1193
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/vadxx003_CSCL3250_Spring2019.docx
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/vadxx003_CSCL3250_Spring2018.docx (Spring 2018)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 December 2018

Fall 2018  |  CSCL 3250 Section 001: Music as Discourse (21393)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 50 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Close examination of widely varying musical forms and styles, "classical" and "popular," in relation to human subjectivity and configurations of culture, ideology, and power.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21393/1189

Spring 2018  |  CSCL 3250 Section 001: Music as Discourse (67569)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (21 of 30 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Close examination of widely varying musical forms and styles, "classical" and "popular," in relation to human subjectivity and configurations of culture, ideology, and power.
Class Notes:
This course was previously listed as CSCL 3172 under the same title. CSCL 3172 and CSCL 3250 are equivalent.
Class Description:

This course is based on the premise that music means something, that it is a discourse. We will listen to how and why music makes us understand, know, feel, and be in the world. Music shapes and is shaped by social formations, human consciousness, identities, and attitudes towards the self and others; it institutes, reinforces, sculpts, and challenges relations of power; its produces affects, emotions, desires, erotics, and intoxications. For this reason, the course is not a course in music appreciation, or a survey of any particular period or genre. Instead, the course is organized around a series of interlocking themes and questions: What is the nature of music? What counts as music (vs. "noise")? What function does music have in our lives? What is the relation between music and the institutions within which it is produced, distributed, and received? How and it what forms does music's "message" come to us? What is music's relation to language and images? Is music an art, a product (a commodity), or both? Is there good and bad music? Why is some music considered socially beneficial and some socially dangerous?

Through the semester we will listen to, read about, discuss, think, and interpret music from a wide range of periods, areas, artists, and genres. The overarching themes include: capitalism and commodification, representation, difference, and appropriation, subjectivity and identity, gender, race, and cultural hierarchy, judgement and taste. Periods, genres, and artists include: country music, Beethoven, Jimi Hendrix, Beyoncé, jazz, renaissance music, hip hop, Whitney Houston, world music. Topics include: music in torture and warfare, music videos, censorship of music, music and the environment, nationalism and music, music and authenticity. Readings include: Jacques Attali, Theodor Adorno, W.E.B. Du Bois, Suzanne Cusick, Richard Leppert, Steve Waksman, Rob Wegman, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Tricia Rose, Steven Feld.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone interested in the critical study of music. While using musicological literature students need no prior knowledge of specific areas of music history or training in music theory.
Class Format:
Lecture by instructor; in-class presentation and discussion-lead by students; loads of listening to music!
Workload:
Reading: 2 - 5 academic articles/chapters per week.
Participation: Active participation in all class discussions: 1 in-class presentation/discussion-lead during the semester.
Written assignments: Either 4 short response essays or a longer final paper (alternative: final creative project).
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67569/1183
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/vadxx003_CSCL3250_Spring2018.docx
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/vadxx003_CSCL3250_Spring2019.docx (Spring 2019)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 December 2017

Fall 2017  |  CSCL 3250 Section 001: Music as Discourse (36430)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 125
Course Catalog Description:
Close examination of widely varying musical forms and styles, "classical" and "popular," in relation to human subjectivity and configurations of culture, ideology, and power.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36430/1179

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