81 courses with the subject HOM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HOM 100Selected Topic1-6
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Elementary note reading, meter, intervals; diatonic harmony including key signatures, major & minor scales, triads, 7th chords and accompanying chord symbols. For non-music majors only.
A cross-cultural exploration of dance cultures of the world. The structure, organization, meaning, and expressive power of dance and its connection to belief systems, politics, social organization, and aesthetic ideas.
Introduction to the art of music from a global perspective. A survey of musical practices around the world, including epic recitation, music and dance, music drama, and musical forms. Assumes no prior musical knowledge.
Introduction to the art of music from a global perspective. Topics covered include song cycles, public concerts, national representation in music, and the American musical. Assumes no prior musical knowledge.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
The art and meaning of music/dance performance through dialogue with performers in the classroom and experience of performances in local settings, emphasizing both western and non-western traditions. No musical experience necessary.
Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in Florence. Specific topics determined each semester.
Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in Strasbourg. Specific topics determined each semester.
Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in London. Specific topics determined each semester.
Introduction to the art, architecture, music, and dance of Spain. Museum, gallery, and site visits. Concert, dance, and other performances. Topics vary. Offered only in Madrid.
European music before 1800 in its cultural and philosophical contexts. Extensive listening. Analytical focus on selected composers and works. Presupposes familiarity with musical notation, terms, and contexts.
Major trends and figures in art music in the United States and Europe since 1800. Topics include nationalism, neoclassicism, serialism, indeterminacy, and minimalism. Assumes basic knowledge of music.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Introduction to world music in its social, political, and cultural contexts, with an emphasis on building listening and analytic skills. Intended primarily for music and music history and culture majors.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Music of Latin America in its cultural, historical, and political contexts. The course uses instruments, rhythms, and movements as starting points to explore issues of migration, urbanization, nationalism, race and ethnicity in Latin America.
Music of the Caribbean region in its cultural, historical, and political contexts. The course uses instruments, rhythms, and movements as starting points to explore issues of migration, urbanization, nationalism, race and ethnicity in the Caribbean.
A cross-cultural exploration of dance cultures of the world. The structure, organization, meaning, and expressive power of dance and its connection to belief systems, politics, social organization, and aesthetic ideas.
Selected works, genres, movements or topics in the history of European music. Development of musical style, analysis of social and political relationships. Specific areas of study announced each semester.
History of symphonic music from the 18th century to the present. Development of musical style in its social and intellectual contexts. Musical expression and meaning. Sometimes offered abroad.
Opera as an art form and as a mirror of social attitudes from its inception to the present. Relationships between music and the stage in various historical settings. Sometimes offered abroad.
Varieties of classical music. Styles of performance and social traditions of music unique to and currently represented in London's musical life. Includes some required attendance at musical events. Offered only in London.
Studies of the social, cultural, and musical forces at work in both serious and popular music in America. Specific areas of study announced each semester.
Issues, concepts, and processes that have shaped ethnic musical subcultures in the U.S., with case studies such as the pow-wow, gospel blues, conjunto, klezmer, and South Asian bhangra musics.
Musical theater within a larger cultural context. European roots of musical theater before turning to an analysis of Anglo-American musical theater in the 20th and 21st centuries.
The Beatles as musicians and songwriters; their influence on current artists and filmmakers; their ongoing impact on online fan culture; and the British cultural milieu of the 1950s and 60s.
Celebrates the rich history of music in the United States from the earliest times to the present. Cultivated, vernacular, and folk traditions as reflections of the American musical landscape.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Selected topics in the study of the performing arts in their cultural and social contexts, focusing on, e.g., geographic areas, genres, instruments, or cross-cultural topics.
Selected music and dance traditions of India in their cultural, historical, and performative contexts, representing classical, devotional, folk, tribal, and popular arts. Performance as a window into Indian culture, society, and modernization.
Advanced topics in world music focusing on music cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Sound structure, style, transmission, cultural context, and meaning.
The soundscapes of the overland Silk Road as a window into history, commerce, migration, social life, values, faith, tolerance and conflict. Case studies from Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia musics.
A discussion-based course investigating the place of music in Shakespeare's plays. Also considers the role of music in early modern English culture as well as later musical adaptations of Shakespeare.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
A research seminar in the study of popular music with emphasis on methodologies from a variety of disciplines ranging from musicology and music theory to sociology and cultural studies. Additional work for Graduate students.
Links between feminism, rap music and hip-hop culture. We explore the work of actual women in hip-hop, images of women, and feminist critiques of the music and the culture. Additional work required of graduate students.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
The development of global popular music in the contexts of colonization, modernization, resistance, and nationalism. The sounds and production values of global fusions and issues of authenticity, identity, and appropriation.
An interdisciplinary course about music and dance cultures of the world's indigenous peoples in the context of contemporary social, cultural, and political issues: religion, identity, representation, globalization, tourism, political movements. Additional work required of graduate students.
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
An exploration of the relationships between music, space and place, considered from a variety of musical practices and scholarly methodologies. Additional work for Graduate students.
A critical study of the intersections of music and various types of identites in the world today, such as individual, ethnic, gender, religious, national, and commercial.
The impact of gender ideology and behavior on the performing arts and the role of performance in maintaining and subverting gender identities and relations.
HOM 496Distinction Project in Music History and Cultures3
Supervised independent research culminating in a large-scale project demonstrating fluency with musical research and writing to fulfill partial requirements for Distinction in the Music and History Cultures Program. Candidates for distinction in the Music History and Cultures major only.
HOM 498Intersections in Popular and Classical Music3
An in-depth look into the intersections of popular and classical musics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Particular attention is paid to moments that exhibit tensions and slippage between the two categories.
The global flows of music explored through commercial, ethnographic, documentary, and animated films. How music and musicians outside the Euro-American mainstream have been represented, creatively adopted and recontextualized, and used to construct meaning.
A discussion-based course investigating the place of music in Shakespeare's plays. Also considers the role of music in early modern English culture as well as later musical adaptations of Shakespeare.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
A research seminar in the study of popular music with emphasis on methodologies from a variety of disciplines ranging from musicology and music theory to sociology and cultural studies. Additional work for Graduate students.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
An interdisciplinary course about music and dance cultures of the world's indigenous peoples in the context of contemporary social, cultural, and political issues: religion, identity, representation, globalization, tourism, political movements. Additional work required of graduate students.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
An exploration of the relationships between music, space and place, considered from a variety of musical practices and scholarly methodologies. Additional work for Graduate students.
