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MUSC 209 Critical Issues in Contemporary Popular Music Units: 3.00
An introduction to the relationship between popular music (local and global) and contemporary political and social issues. Through critical, interdisciplinary readings, we will explore the role of music in various contexts, including gender, race, poverty, climate change, war and conflict, activism, displacement, ableism, and consumerism. Students will strengthen their critical listening, reading, research and writing skills.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 12 Online Activity, 72 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite MUSC 103/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify how contemporary popular music intersects with a range of social and political topics cross-culturally.
- Apply interdisciplinary perspectives and theories to examine how music shapes and is shaped by politics and society.
- Identify and use key terminology to describe, analyze, and interpret popular music cross-culturally.
- Discover how music is culturally and sub-culturally situated and understand how this shapes individual and collective listening experiences.
- Strengthen research skills by learning how to find sources and evaluate their relevance and validity.
- Become more confident communicating with their peers in small and large group discussions and presentations.
- Convey well-supported ideas and arguments effectively in a variety of formats (abstracts, short responses, scaffolded papers, podcasts, videos).