MUS 522

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Special Topics Seminar

Credit: 4 hours.

Intensive study of special topics in musicology, whether historical, ethnomusicological, or interdisciplinary in approach; seminar format.

May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: MUS 528 A (consult Class Schedule for specific section information); Music and Sound Studies graduate minor; or consent of instructor. For graduate students in Music; this course is intended for performance and composition majors, especially DMA students seeking advanced musicology credit.

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MUS 522 class schedule data for fall 2026
	Status		CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
			78498	Seminar	C	1:00PM -3:50PM	F	2334 Music Building	Camal, J	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Title: Cultural Study of Jazz Section Info: Topic: "THE CULTURAL STUDY OF JAZZ." This seminar will introduce students to the academic study of jazz. Its aims are twofold. First, we will explore how scholars have endeavored to study the music in itself: writing and debating its history, challenging its stylistic or national borders, or exploring the social relations that are built on and off the bandstand and that animate jazz as a practice. Second, we will consider jazz as a significant part of American culture, as well as its many echoes around the world. This includes thinking about jazz’s connections to other art forms, its entanglements with racial and gender ideology, or its participation in American imperialism, among many other things. While we will focus on jazz, this seminar will introduce students to issues and methodologies that are applicable to the study of popular music broadly speaking. Students are not expected to have prior knowledge of jazz history, to be fluent readers of Western music notation, or to know how to play an instrument. Final projects include research and creative options. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Graduate class standing. Restricted to students in the Music department.