154.315 Popular Music Studies (15 credits)

Prerequisite(s): 15 credits from 1542XX General Prerequisite: At least 45 credits from 200 level.
Restriction(s): 154.205

A critical examination of the nature, role and meaning of popular music within contemporary Western societies. Particular attention will be paid to the political economy of the international music industry, music and technology, genre and musical texts, making music, stardom and auteur studies, and audiences and subcultures.