Bulletin--Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts Program

Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts

College of Creative Arts
Dean: Keith Morrison

Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts Program
CA 362
(415) 338-1705
Director: Sharon Girard

Faculty

Professors--Cayou, Duke, Girard, Kemnitzer, McGee

Program

Minor in Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts

Program Scope

The Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts Minor is an exciting field of scholarly and creative inquiry which includes musical, artistic, cultural, historical, geographical, political, humanistic, and social aspects. The minor provides educational resources for those students interested in understanding global music and culture for varying careers or for enrichment. The subject is interdisciplinary and offers selected departmental courses organized into a cohesive program. Students will be introduced to a variety of perspectives within the disciplines of music, dance, ethnic studies, anthropology, as well as to a synthesis of knowledge drawn from other relevant disciplines.

The minor provides students with the background to apply Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts to knowledge acquired in any major program. Skills in understanding culturally diverse expressions of global musical arts increase the graduate's career opportunities in a variety of ways. Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts offers an educational base for those students interested in teaching, media, theatre, literature, business, travel industries, health professions, bilingual studies, social and cultural programming, research, graduate study and understanding of global musical perspectives. Creativity is a central focus of the minor.

The Non-Western/Cross-Cultural Musical Arts Minor has the following general objectives:

To provide a background for knowledge and inquiry into the musical arts of other cultures.
To develop awareness, appreciation of, and participation in non-western music and dance.
To develop consciousness of American ethnic/ musical resources placed in a global context.
To develop understanding of one's individual musical and ethnic resources within a social context.
To encourage creativity in the design of academic projects.

The minor program is enhanced by an academically substantive and attractive series of co-curricular activities including non-western concerts, lecture/demonstrations of instruments, colloquia and dialogues, and field trips. These activities vary from semester to semester.

MINOR IN NON-WESTERN/ CROSS-CULTURAL MUSICAL ARTS

This program consists of 24 units. Each student's course of study will be individualized according to his/her intellectual, creative, and career goals. All students interested in the minor should see a designated faculty adviser for information, selection and sequencing of courses as well as for written approval of transfer equivalents and course substitutions. Contact the appropriate faculty member or departmental office for faculty office hours.

Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (see course discipline listing in the Announcement of Courses section).

Introductory Course				Units
MUS 505	Music of the World's Peoples		 3
	(Core courses may be taken concurrently 
	with MUS 505, but not before the intro-
	ductory course)
Core Courses
Students are expected to complete three units 
in each of the study areas listed.
Dance—one of the following three-unit groups	 3
DANC 160	Afro-Haitian Dance (1) and
	DANC 207	Dance in Cultural 
			Context (2) or
DANC 168	Folk Dance (1) and
	DANC 235	 Folklore of Dance (2)
Ethnic Studies—one of the following:		 3
AIS 220		American Indian Music
LARA 425	Comparative Music Folklore
ETHS 291	Contemporary Practices of Third 
		World Performing Artists in 
		America
Anthropology—one of the following:		 3
ANTH 550	Culture and Personality
ANTH 569	Cross-Cultural Aspects of Sex 
		and Gender
ANTH 580	Anthropology and the Arts
ANTH 581	Anthropology and Folklore
Concluding Requirement
Music/Dance/Anthropology/Ethnic Studies		 3
Senior Seminar	Non-Western/Cross-Cultural 
		Musical Arts
Electives
Units which must be selected in consultation 
with an adviser					 9
		Minimum total			24

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