MUSC 135 — Jazz Appreciation MUSC 135 3 Credits/Units
Jazz Appreciation is intended to provide students with relevant and compelling facts about jazz that illustrate its colorful history, its mixture of ethnic diversity, and the impact the music has had on American popular culture. The class utilizes multimedia presentations and music examples to guide students through an interactive process of learning how to listen to jazz, a chronology of significant jazz periods, the societal events that impact each period, and the biographies and significance of key musicians. [GE, HA, SE]