MUS 3308 Study Guide - Final Guide: Blackboard Learn, Commodification, Subculture
Document Summary
This course is designed to teach students to think critically about popular music in its social context. Throughout the semester, students will gain important interpretive skills for the study of popular music, with a strong emphasis on concepts and modes of thought. Issues discussed include: ideology, commodification, politics, technology, race, gender and sexuality, subcultures, production and consumption, geography, and globalization. Available at benjamin books, 122 osgoode st. (at the corner of. Available at the docucentre, university centre; room 0024. (available on saturday september 12th): additional readings will be posted on blackboard learn (as a web link) Blackboard learn: a course page has been created on blackboard learn. Please check the web page regularly for announcements, required listening/viewing, and information about exams and assignments. Evaluation: the course consists of a midterm examination (30%), final examination (30%), final paper (30%), and you will have the choice of completing either a blog entry or a reading response (10%).
