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Music Appreciation

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of the course the students will be able to relate the development of literature and art to contemporary trends in science, engineering, culture, society, and politics, as well as the mutual influence between literature and art on one hand, and the individuals and groups on the other hand. The course aims to improve the students’ analytical and critical thinking skills through a series of discussions on various yet interrelated topics

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    The five levels of listening; Elements of Music: Rhythm, Melody, Texture (monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic), Dynamics (expression), Form, Timbre (Performing media, Instruments, voices, ensembles).
  • Arabic Description

    The five levels of listening; Elements of Music: Rhythm, Melody, Texture (monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic), Dynamics (expression), Form, Timbre (Performing media, Instruments, voices, ensembles).
  • Department
    Humanities
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Student Activities (50 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 15% , tr.Seminar 35% ) + Exam Grade (35)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2.0, Tutorial Hours: 0.0, Lab Hours: 0.0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3.0
  • Understanding Art, Ninth Edition, by Lois Fichner-Rathus (Boston, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2007).
  • The Art of Being Human: Humanities as a Technique for Living Pearson, Richard Janaro, Thelma Altshuler, (Emeritus) New World School for the Arts, 2017
  • The Literature Book, Dorling Kindersley publishing UK, 2016
  • The Art Book, Dorling Kindersley publishing UK, 2017