JINS 371 - Arrest the Music! Music and Political Protest

An interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between music and political protest in the regions of Africa, China, Latin America and the US (for example). We will use the methodologies of musicology, which investigate connections between musical style and culture, political science and history, to examine the role that music has played in the protest movements of selected countries within chosen regions.

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar and Intercultural Interconnecting Perspectives of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This course is writing-enhanced.