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.

Open to
Grades 11 and 12
Length
One semester
Credits
0.5 credit
Department
Music
Course number
334
Prerequisite
None
When offered
Available every year
Also counts for
College credit available.

Pathways that include this course

Careers this course can support

Performing Arts

Media / Production