MUS 104 — Popular Music
This course allows students to explore the history, development, and cultural influence of popular music, musicians, and the music industry. Particular emphasis is placed on: the relationship between popular music of the past 90 years and the cultures from which it came including the social, economic, and political forces that have influenced it; the evolution and roots of American popular music; and the study of music, musicians, and the popular styles of the past 90 years and those of greatest interest to the individual student.