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HUM 220
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Title: | History of Rock & Roll |
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Long Title: | The Cultural History of Rock and Roll |
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Course Description: | Teaches students to read about, write about, and discuss the social history of that very broad term, ¿rock and roll.¿ We explore important themes in American (and British) social and cultural history through the study of popular music, as well as to examine how popular and critical tastes are reflections of artistic, cultural, sexual, economic and ideological sensibilities at the time of its production. In order to fully understand what the culture of ¿rock¿ is all about, we critically analyze the influence of technology, ideology, class, gender, and race on various genres of music ¿ jazz, country, rhythm and blues, techno, heavy metal, and hip hop. We also examine how rock and roll influenced (and is influenced by) other arts, particularly literature and film. Emphasis is placed on understanding the social and cultural contexts of the various music forms rather than on a rigorous understanding of the musical forms themselves. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Status Notes: | New course 4/7/05 |
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Origin Notes: | ACC |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. To understand the history of popular music, 1950 to the present.
II. To connect popular music and culture to the history of post-World-War-II America.
III. To listen to music critically and learn to identify certain stylistic features of different genres of rock music
IV. To read literature and to analyze film critically.
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VI. To compose a research paper(s) in the area of popular music and culture.
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VIII. To write clearly, coherently, and correctly.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Blues, Hillbilly, and Tin Pan Alley
II. The 1950s
III. The 1960s
IV. The 1970s
V. The 1980s
VI. The 1990s-Present
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Arapahoe Community College |
ACC |
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Community College of Denver |
CCD |
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