AUIDS 101 - First Year Seminar

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Selected topics that highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This seminar-style class is the first course in Augustana's Core. The focus and content of each course are determined by faculty interests, and vary from year to year.

AUMUS 170 - Tuning In: An Introduction to Music

3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-0)

Development of listening approaches and techniques for understanding and appreciating a variety of Western and non-Western music, and an examination of the ideologies that prompt the sampling of such music. Music studied includes Western art music, African music, First Nations music, North Indian music, and popular music.

AUMUS 369 - Popular Music: Analysis, Interpretation, Meaning

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Critical examination of popular music, with a focus on analytical paradigms and methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches to interpretation.

AUMUS 225 - Music from the Classical Era to the Present Day

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Study of western European art music from the mid-18th century to the 20th century, in the context of general cultural history.

AUMUS 226 - Music and the Moving Image

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

An examination of the use of music in film, television, and video games, with an emphasis on semiotic analysis and the historical development of the aesthetics and technologies of linking music to moving images.