ABC-T29 - Leopoldo 04A - 2022
University of the Potomac Syllabus 2022 Course Number: ABC-T29 Using Music for Learning Course Title: Credits: 32 Clock Hours Instructor Name: Professor Geraldine Leopoldo, M.A. Instructor Email Address: geraldine.leopoldo@potomac.edu Instructor Phone Number: (312) 956-9489 voice/text Mondays - Thursdays 8 am or by appointment Office Hours: Campus: Chicago Loop - ONLINE Term / Dates: Term 04A: 3/7/22 - 4/28/22 Class Day / Time: Thursdays 8:40 am - 12:40 pm Course Description: Music and language in film, art, advertising, play an important role in our daily lives and are woven into the fabric of society. We listen to music while alone or in company, in a dance club or at home, through simple headphones or via high-end speakers, as background or as foreground, after we get up or before we go to bed. Music accompanies us when we are traveling, doing sports, shopping, working, or relaxing. This omnipresence of music raises several questions: how does music affect our lives? What is the relation between the society we live in and the role, function, and position of music within that society? How is music influenced by and does music influence social, political, economic, technological, and multiple other developments? Do these questions trigger you? Using Music for Learning will introduce to the various ways in which music and society are connected. Humans need to communicate, and the brain is “wired” for it. What is language? What is music? What properties do they share? What functions do language and music share in everyday communication? The course aims to look at those questions along with new insights on where, how, and why we listen to music, how music contributes to shaping our identity, how music forms, expresses, and subverts political ideas, and how music affects our norms and values. Students will be expected to collaborate, write, record, and present assignment and a final project that incorporate music. Course Learning Outcomes: • To apply attentive listening skills to music and examine the poetic and lyrical meaning of the texts. • To broaden the understanding of musical expression, cultural and personal identities. • To explore the historical events that led to music of dissent and struggle. • To demonstrate an understanding of the power of music in society. • To deepen their understanding the role of music and culture. • To deepen their understanding of popular music, political movements. • To demonstrate an understanding of music as an integral dimension to human behavior and storytelling.
Updated 3/2022
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