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MUSC 491 Music and Mass Media Units: 3.00
In this course we explore both how we consume sound and music within a range of media (film, television, radio), and where we consume it (homes, elevators, gyms, grocery stores) in order to help educators think critically about the functions and effects of sound and music in everyday environments.
NOTE Not open to students who previously have taken Music and Mass Media as a special topics course (MUSC 470, Topics in Music Education I).
NOTE Not open to students who previously have taken Music and Mass Media as a special topics course (MUSC 470, Topics in Music Education I).
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Seminar, 12 Online Activity, 72 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 3 or above.
Exclusion MUSC 470 (Topic Title: Music and Mass Media - 2011/12 to 2014/15).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze how sound and music are used to shape our ideological perspectives at both the individual and societal level.
- Evaluate informational sources and question these sources and their validity.
- Explore how, through contemporary media, sound and music shape our experience of everyday life within Western culture.
- Identify the functions of sound and music within contemporary media.
- Learn to analyze information and concepts, formulate strong questions and propose compelling arguments in a research-based paper.
- Learn to lead discussions on assigned readings and support students as they analyze and synthesize concepts within small group work.