MUSA 203 Music of East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea
Previously MUSC 235. Open to all interested students, this course is an introductory course to the music of East Asia with focus on the music of China, Japan, and Korea. The course will emphasize traditional music and its relations to dance and theatre, and to its social, religious, and historical contexts. Surveying of contemporary musical landscapes in these three countries, including popular and popularized traditional music, will also be included. Students will learn through lectures, guided viewing and listening to selected video and music examples, readings, and in-class discussion.
Prerequisite
Eligible to enroll in ENGL-121
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts to classify instruments of the world using the Sachs/Hornbostel Classification System.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Asian musical terms, forms, and pitch organization.
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creativity, describing musical development in China, Japan, and Korea within the historical, political, and cultural contexts, specifically its relationship to philosophy, dance, theatre, and religious ceremonies.
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into comparing and contrasting Asian music and Western music with respect to tonal structure, historical development, and aesthetic values.
- Describe major trends and developments as seen in the contemporary musical landscape of China, Japan, and Korea.
- Identify representative East Asian composers and their major contributions.
- Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of music of West and East Asia, and how they have influenced each other in their developments.
- Apply correct musical terms in oral and written discussion on topics in Asian music.
- Discuss a current East Asian music event/development and relate what kind of impact this event/development will have on the lives of people it touches.
Course Objectives
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts to classify instruments of the world using the Sachs/Hornbostel Classification System.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Demonstrate knowledge of Asian musical terms, forms, and pitch organization.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creativity, describing musical development in China, Japan, and Korea within the historical, political, and cultural contexts, specifically its relationship to philosophy, dance, theatre, and religious ceremonies.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into comparing and contrasting Asian music and Western music with respect to tonal structure, historical development, and aesthetic values.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Describe major trends and developments as seen in the contemporary musical landscape of China, Japan, and Korea.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Identify representative East Asian composers and their major contributions.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of music of West and East Asia, and how they have influenced each other in their developments.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Apply correct musical terms in oral and written discussion on topics in Asian music.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Discuss a current East Asian music event/development and relate what kind of impact this event/development will have on the lives of people it touches.
This objective is a course Goal Only