Course Description
'i Music' means each participant (student) will make music. The course applies socio-cultural and psychological perspectives to present music as functional art as well as all-time media for connecting the self and the society. Students are encouraged to explore, identify, and analyze various forms of musical events that occur in their daily lives and their community. To enforce critical thinking on music’s role in the students’ personal and social lives, an interactive approach is used, including singing favorite songs or playing instruments, to introduce views of personality and culture, visiting local performing groups/musicians to nurture potential musicians, debating controversial views of music from research findings, and attending concerts. Afterward, each student conceptualizes the richness and power of music in human lives and in the globe.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: To articulate, defend, and make use of the different roles of music in their private life and in different cultures. Ultimately, they will enjoy a meaningful musical lives.