MUSA 203 Music of East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea

Previously MUSC 235. Open to all interested students, this course is an introductory course to the music of East Asia with focus on the music of China, Japan, and Korea. The course will emphasize traditional music and its relations to dance and theatre, and to its social, religious, and historical contexts. Surveying of contemporary musical landscapes in these three countries, including popular and popularized traditional music, will also be included. Students will learn through lectures, guided viewing and listening to selected video and music examples, readings, and in-class discussion.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL-121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize instruments of the world using the Sachs/Hornbostel Classification System and representative East Asian composers and their major contributions.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of Asian musical terms, forms, and pitch organization.
3. Generate and address ideas of musical development in China, Japan, and Korea within the historical, political, and cultural contexts, specifically its relationship to philosophy, dance, theater, and religious ceremonies.
4. Compare and contrast Asian music and Western music with respect to tonal structure, historical development, and aesthetic values.
5. Describe major trends and developments as seen in the contemporary musical landscape of China, Japan, and Korea.
6. Critically analyze the role of music of the West and East Asia, and consider how they have influenced each other in their developments.
7. Reflect upon knowledge and function of musical terms, ideas, and cultural viewpoints of Asian music, and discusses implications of that music in the broader context of World Music--both folk and Art music.
8. Discuss a current East Asian music event/development and relate what kind of impact this event/development will have on the lives of people it touches.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize instruments of the world using the Sachs/Hornbostel Classification System and representative East Asian composers and their major contributions.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Quiz

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Demonstrate knowledge of Asian musical terms, forms, and pitch organization.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • quiz
3. Generate and address ideas of musical development in China, Japan, and Korea within the historical, political, and cultural contexts, specifically its relationship to philosophy, dance, theater, and religious ceremonies.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Essay

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
4. Compare and contrast Asian music and Western music with respect to tonal structure, historical development, and aesthetic values.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Essay

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
5. Describe major trends and developments as seen in the contemporary musical landscape of China, Japan, and Korea.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • writing assingment or short answer quiz
6. Critically analyze the role of music of the West and East Asia, and consider how they have influenced each other in their developments.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
7. Reflect upon knowledge and function of musical terms, ideas, and cultural viewpoints of Asian music, and discusses implications of that music in the broader context of World Music--both folk and Art music.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Research paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
8. Discuss a current East Asian music event/development and relate what kind of impact this event/development will have on the lives of people it touches.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • quiz, or short-answer writing assignment