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MUS-2116: Survey of Western Music

Description: Survey and study of the historical evolution of Western art music. MUS 2115: classical music from Antiquity into the Classical era. MUS 2116: classical and other music from the Romantic era through the 20th century to music of today. Investigation of the materials of music. Exploration of music as it both reflects and impacts history, including historical considerations of gender, race, culture, and other extramusical factors. Relevance of historical and contemporary music to our society today.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 6A Critique & Practice in Arts, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.63 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 61.59%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.47%

Reed Molly Wilkens202067.5%19.5%8.6%2.4%1.0%1.0%3.492
Wallace E Easter202190.9%5.8%0.8%0.0%0.0%2.5%3.921
Rodriguez Juan M Berrios202483.1%12.4%1.5%0.7%0.7%1.5%3.712
Elizabeth Mclain202268.2%19.7%4.4%1.5%4.5%1.5%3.461

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W