Course Catalog • Musicology

A survey of the history of jazz from its beginning in the early 20th century to the present. Open to music and nonmusic majors. Five written assignments; book review; music review; unsupervised midcourse examination; final examination. Instructor: C.C. Herbison.

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Gridley. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis, 9th ed., Prentice Hall, 2006. Includes two audio supplements: Demonstration CD and Jazz Classics two-CD set.
• Tanner, et al. Jazz, 10th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005. Includes two supplements: Two music compact discs and a multimedia companion CD-ROM.