May 09, 2025  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog

MUH 2501  - Introduction to World Music

Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Introduction to World Music introduces students to various musical cultures throughout the world presented in comparison to works from the Western canon. This course focuses on the folk, popular, and art music of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Japan, China, North and South India, Europe, North America, South America, and the Caribbean. It will also highlight the different musical ideologies of these cultures and introduce students to the field of Ethnomusicology.
Parallel: College Transfer (A.A. and A.S)