MUSI 3101

Exclusion(s): Unavailable to students with credit for MUSI205, MUSI305, ETHM205, or ETHM305. This course provides in-depth study of a small number of non-Western musics, each studied during its own module. Music offers, in many ways, a window on society, giving us the opportunity to see how music is defined, how it is evaluated, how it is made and performed and its role within a given community. Music can be studied as a reflection of society, mirroring social and political structures, gender relations, cultural values, religious beliefs and other aspects. However, music is also an active force in the creation of society, as when it is used for protest purposes or to call upon a deity to change the community's circumstances. Students will discover how music is more than entertainment in many cultures and is instead a form of human expression that is a meaningful aspect of daily life.