Brian Fauteux, BA (University of Western Ontario), MA in Media Studies (Concordia), PhD in Communication (Concordia), Postdoc in Media & Cultural Studies (University of Wisconsin)
Fall Term 2025 (1930)
MUSIC 103 - Introduction to Popular Music
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
A survey of popular music's development as a category of musical and cultural practice, an industry and an object of study, during the twentieth century.
LECTURE A01 (52118)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
MWF 14:00 - 14:50
MUSIC 488 - Studies in Music and Media
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
The intersections of music and media from academic, analytical, historical and critical perspectives. Prerequisite: consent of the Department. Variable topic course which may be repeated 5 times when content varies.
LECTURE A01 (57759)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
W 09:00 - 11:50
MUSIC 588 - Advanced Studies in Music and Media
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
The intersections of music and media from academic, analytical, historical and critical perspectives. Prerequisite: consent of the Department. Variable topic course which may be repeated 5 times when content varies
LECTURE A01 (57761)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
W 09:00 - 11:50
Winter Term 2026 (1940)
MST 100 - Introduction to Media Studies
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
The discipline of Media Studies, how it has developed, its historical objects and contemporary tools of study, and how it contributes to our understanding of culture.
LECTURE B01 (87321)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 11:00 - 12:20
MUSIC 203 - Issues in Popular Music Studies
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Critical study of popular musics in contemporary society, approached through social and cultural theory. Prerequisite: MUSIC 103 or consent of Department.
LECTURE B01 (83711)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 15:30 - 16:50