ETHNMUS 30
Music and Media
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of ways music is mediated to people by industry, technologies, and corporations. Survey of leading theorists of media and exploration of case studies. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2024 - If you are considering taking this class as a GE please DO NOT. Professor Taylor's lectures are not easy to follow and he projects slides with nearly nothing but pictures so it's nearly impossible to decipher what information is relevant. Your class grade is determined by four assignments: the midterm, final, and two papers (discussion attendance and participation also plays a minor role). The midterm and final were both extremely harshly graded (unfairly in my opinion), and the midterm consisted of a "listening exam" where you have to memorize over 30 songs (which all sound nearly identical) and be able to identify the year released, artist, and name of the song from a 15 second snippet. The course material is slightly interesting if you are able to follow along the lectures but the class is overall extremely poorly structured.
Winter 2024 - If you are considering taking this class as a GE please DO NOT. Professor Taylor's lectures are not easy to follow and he projects slides with nearly nothing but pictures so it's nearly impossible to decipher what information is relevant. Your class grade is determined by four assignments: the midterm, final, and two papers (discussion attendance and participation also plays a minor role). The midterm and final were both extremely harshly graded (unfairly in my opinion), and the midterm consisted of a "listening exam" where you have to memorize over 30 songs (which all sound nearly identical) and be able to identify the year released, artist, and name of the song from a 15 second snippet. The course material is slightly interesting if you are able to follow along the lectures but the class is overall extremely poorly structured.
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