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Spring 2019 | AFRO 3108 Section 301: Black Music: A History of Jazz (67033)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
College of Continuing Education
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The development of jazz in America and in the world, with special emphasis given to the roots or jazz in the African American experience.
- Class Notes:
- Requirements include attending live music performances. See syllabus and more course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/black-music-history-jazz
- Class Description:
- This is a fully online section offered through Online and Distance Learning (ODL), College of Continuing Education. Visit "Class URL" for ODL policies, including fee and financial aid restrictions. The History of Jazz course looks at the development of America's true "classical" musical form. We will trace the roots of Jazz from West Africa to the spirituals and work songs of the African in the United States through Blues to the first form of Jazz in New Orleans. We will continues with Swing and the Modern Forms of Bebop, and Cool, Neo-Classicism and Jazz Hip Hop. Because the course focuses primarily on the social, economic, and political impact on jazz, and vice versa, it is a perfect course for the musician and the non-musician. Musicians and non-musicians will appreciate the developmental aspects of this once brand-new musical form and the ways these musical elements evolve when music and culture interact.. Students will finally gain an appreciation of Jazz as a musical representation of the social history of the United States.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: See attached syllabus
- Class Format:
- Online
- Workload:
- Other Workload: See attached syllabus
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67033/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 September 2015
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