Survey of Popular Song Styles

Department - SONG
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - SW-241

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an overview of the contributions that songwriters have made to 20th-century American culture. Included will be a history of the sources of, and the trends in, various popular American styles, including the blues, standards, show country music, and the more contemporary and progressive styles of rock, pop, and new wave. This course will use the basic technical and analytical tools taught in SW-221 and SW-211 to study and analyze significant popular songs and song styles.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Jack Perricone
Prerequisites: SW-211 and SW-221
Required of: SONG majors
Electable by: All