Music

• MUS 101: Music Appreciation
• MUS 304: Jazz Appreciation

MUS 101: Music Appreciation

Self-paced Online

This course is temporarily closed to new enrollments. Through a chronological exploration of style periods in Western music, this course will increase students' appreciation for the music they already know and love. Students learn to aurally recognize and comprehend the various elements of music that define style, genre, and period, and develop the vocabulary to discuss them. The course also gives an overview of some popular and traditional world music.

• Instructor: Robert Kehrberg, DA
• Credit-granting Institution: Western Carolina University
• Credit Hours: 3
• Submitted Assignments: 10
• A sample course syllabus is not available at this time.

Required Texts

• Kamien, Music: An Appreciation, with CD-ROM, 4th brief edition (2001)
• Kamien, Brief Set of Four Compact Discs to Accompany Music: An Appreciation, 7th edition (2002)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirement

• a computer with a CD-ROM drive; a portable CD or cassette tape player

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MUS 304: Jazz Appreciation

Self-paced Online

Jazz is an art form that is uniquely tied to social issues in the United States. This course covers the roots and evolution of jazz, the musical elements that set jazz apart from classical and popular music, and the great musicians that created this unique art form. The study of jazz hones one's listening skills, increases social and historical awareness, and provides a foundation for the appreciation of diverse musical styles.

• Instructor: Steve Wohlrab, MM
• Credit-granting Institution: Western Carolina University
• Credit Hours: 3
• Submitted Assignments: 7
• View a sample course syllabus.

Required Materials

• Tanner, Megill, and Gerow, Jazz, with CD-ROM, 10th edition (2005)
• 2 Compact Discs to Accompany Jazz, 10th edition
• Additional Compact Disc to Accompany Jazz, 10th edition

You may purchase the materials at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirements

• CD player
• The course utilizes many sound files that will require you to download and install free player software from the Web.
• For the final exam, you must bring either a portable CD player or a portable cassette tape player to the test site.

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