Calendar for Rock & Popular Music Spring 2015
This calendar will be regularly updated with due dates, topics we select, etc.
Introduction to Class
- Week 1
- Mon 1/12 First Day
- Wed 1/14 Syllabus Discussion and Choosing Topics
Topic 1: The Problem of Genre(s)
- Week 2
- Mon 1/19 MLK DAY! NO CLASSES
- Wed 1/21 Quiz 1
- Week 3
- Mon 1/26
- Wed 1/8 Kulma Out of Town NO CLASS
Topic 2: History and Its Discontents
- Week 4
- Mon 2/2 Quiz 2
- Wed 2/4
Topic 3: Protest Music: Music and Politics
- Week 5
- Mon 2/9 Quiz 3
- Wed 2/11
Topic 4: Sudden Deaths of Famous Musicians: Music and Celebrity
- Week 6
- Mon 2/16 Quiz 4
- Wed 2/18
Topic 5: Girl Groups and Boy Bands: Vocal Singing Groups through the Decades
- Week 7
- Mon 2/23 Quiz 5, Large Assignment 1 Due
- Wed 2/25
- Interim Grades due
Musical Ideas
- Week 8
- Mon 3/2
- Wed 3/4 Choose Topic 6
- Week 9
- Mon 3/9
- Wed 3/11 Choose Topic 7
SPRING BREAK 3/16-20 NO CLASSES
Topic 6: Movie Music
- Week 10
- Mon 3/23
- Wed 3/25 Quiz 6
- Week 11
- Mon 3/30 Choose Last Two Topics (8 and 9)
Topic 7: Video Game Music
- Week 11 cont.
- Wed 4/1 Large Assignment 2 Due
- Week 12
- Mon 4/6 Quiz 7
- Wed 4/8
Topic 8: Broadway Musicals
- Week 13
- Mon 4/13 Quiz 8
- Wed 4/15
Topic 9: Anime Music
- Week 14
- Mon 4/20 Quiz 9
- Wed 4/22
Presentations
- Week 15
- Mon 4/27 Last Day of Class: Presentations begin
- Final Exam Time Tues 5/5 3:00pm-5:30pm
- Rest of Presentations
- Project Portion Due
