MUSC106 History of Jazz

Department of The Arts: Music

  1. Course Number and Title

    MUSC106 History of Jazz

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250 minutes

  4. Prerequisites

    None

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    This course fulfills the Cultural Perspectives requirement of Category I: Essential Skills and Perspectives. (C or better)

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course surveys the development of jazz from its origins to the present time, investigates representative composers, and examines the musical characteristics, compositional practices, and instrumental/vocal techniques associated with ragtime, blues, bebop, swing, progressive, and other styles.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course Learning Goals

        2. Students will be able to
        1. demonstrate familiarity with the historical development of jazz;
        2. demonstrate familiarity with the lives, works, and stylistic influences of representative jazz composers; and
        3. define, examine, and recognize representative jazz styles.

      2. Core Learning Goals

        3. Category I: Cultural Perspectives
        Learning Goals
        Students will be able to
        1. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices. (1, 2)

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. Examination of the development of jazz in an historical context.
      2. General survey of representative jazz composers in terms of their lives, compositions, and influences on relevant jazz styles and their subsequent developments.
      3. Study of representative jazz styles (such as ragtime, blues, bebop, swing, progressive, etc. and their associated characteristics, compositional practices, and instrumental/vocal techniques.
      4. Examination of the jazz traditions of the Euro-American, Afro-American, and Latin-American cultures.
      5. Attendance at a live jazz event or concert.

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals

        2. Students will satisfy the Course Learning Goals by participation and discussion, and by performance on quizzes and tests.

      2. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals


        3. Students will satisfy the Core Learning Goal of Cultural Perspectives by completing an analysis paper that critically examines two jazz styles from diverse cultures to be selected from the following: Euro-American, Afro-American, or Latin-American.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      A departmentally selected textbook is required for this course. (See course format.)

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Teaching methods employed may include, but are not limited to, specific topics, projects, assignments, approaches, time frames, A-V, etc.

    Lecture
    Discussion
    Critical Listening
    Demonstration and live performance
    Reading assignments
    Homework assignments
    Analysis term paper
    Quizzes and exams

Review/Approval Date - 4/08