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Course Info for MUSC - 220 - 01, Spring 2022
Class number: 2013 Title: Music and Human Rights Department: Music
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 13 Available seats: 2
Start date: Monday, January 31, 2022 End date: Monday, May 16, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 2:40PM-3:55PM, AAC - 112 Instructor(s): Galm, Eric
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement
Note: NOTE: 4 seats reserved for music majors, music minors, and music production minors
Course Description:
This course highlights the role of music in relation to human rights throughout the world. Material to be covered includes theoretical approaches towards the study of human rights and how music can serve as an important indicator of diverse social relationships in various contexts. It will also compare and contrast historical and cultural aspects of musical movements that were strongly connected to human rights in countries and regions such as Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, South Korea, and South Africa.