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Academic Year 2001/2002

Practicing Ethnomusicology
MUSC 507 FA

The nature of the skills and approaches associated with the field known as ethnomusicology. Limitations of traditional methodology and sources are stressed. Students build up skills in observation, field methods (interviewing, taping, etc.), preliminary introduction to hardware, transcription, analysis, and the writing up of research findings in the form of reviews and a final research paper delivered as an oral "convention" paper.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GRAD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Zheng,Su   

Times: ...W... 07:10PM-10:00PM;     Location: MST301

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 8)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

Permission:    Permission of Instructor Required

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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