Mar 13, 2025  
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUSIC 268 - Popular Music in America


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090  and ENGL 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C5 General Education Human Experience Satisfier Y
MTA Humanities/Fine Arts Satisifer Y
Session Cycle: FW

The emphasis of MUSIC 268 is upon the various styles of music that have been popular throughout America’s history from the colonial period to the present. This will include folk, blues, jazz, country and rock. This course will also examine these musical styles from a sociological and historical perspective. The purpose of this course is to expand students’ knowledge of styles of music that have been an integral part of America’s cultural history.