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Academic Year 2000/2001


How Ethnomusicology Works
MUSC 206 SP

The course provides an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology, offering an overview of its development and concentrating on methods, from fieldwork and interviewing through researching and writing. Weekly focused projects, a short midterm paper, and a substantial final project will offer orientation to a field that has been central to Wesleyan's approach to music for 40 years and to the development of global music studies.

MAJOR READINGS

Cooley and Banz, SHADOWS ON THE FIELD
Mark Slobin, SUBCULTURAL SOUNDS: MICROMUSICS OF THE WEST
Selected articles

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly exercises in methods of research, five-page midterm paper, 10-15 page final paper

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Some basic experience with music, e.g. music lessons, MUSC103

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: MUSC103

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Slobin,Mark   
Times: ..T.T.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: MST301
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 30)
SR. major: 2   Jr. major: 2
SR. non-major: 2   Jr. non-major: 2   SO: 5   FR: 2

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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