Description:
This course looks at the invisible power of music over lives, exploring how music can influence how people feel, what they think and how they think. Exploration of music's social power, delving into its rich history at the center of politics, religion and a multibillion dollar global industry. Consideration of music's relationship to technology and how changes in the media landscape are altering the role music plays in human life.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Examine music's role as a major communicative form in human history.
- Discuss music as an expression of a diverse range of cultures.
- Utilize an analytical language for discussing musical communication.
- Describe major elements of the economics and politics of musical industries.