FSSO 114 - Music in Our Lives

Institution:

Case Western Reserve University

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Description:

This seminar will examine the role, meaning, power, and influence of music in our lives. Readings, writing assignments, and fourth-hour events will focus on the following three themes: music is important, everyone is musical, and there are many uses of music and ways to be musical. Topics include the Cleveland music scene, the use of music in political movements, music in today's media, and the use of music to heal. This course will be characterized by intense yet open-ended intellectual inquiry, guided by reading from primary as well as secondary sources. It will also include practice in written and oral communication in small groups. The goals are to enhance basic intellectual skills of academic inquiry, such as critical reading, thoughtful analysis, and written and oral communication; to introduce basic information literacy skills; to provide a foundation for ethical decision-making; to encourage a global and multidisciplinary perspective on the learning process; to facilitate faculty-student interactions; and, in the most general sense, to provide a supportive common intellectual experience for first-year students at Case.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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