Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music 2 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................................10 Week 1: Introduction to the Course & Doing Music History ..........................................................................................................10 The Roots of Rock-n-Roll, 1900-1955 ............................................................................................................................11 Week 2: America’s Popular Music ..................................................................................................................................................11 Week 3: America’s Folk Music and the Baby Boom ......................................................................................................................11 The Birth of Rock-n-Roll, 1950s and 1960s...................................................................................................................12 Week 4: Rock and Roll Enters the American Consciousness..........................................................................................................12 Week 5: Rock and Rock Goes Commercial ....................................................................................................................................13 Week 6: Soulsters and Rockabilly ...................................................................................................................................................14 Rock Takes Over the Airwaves: Rock-n-Roll in the 1960s and 1970s........................................................................15 Week 7: Here Come the Beatles ......................................................................................................................................................15 Week 8: The Roots of Rock and Roll Reinvented ...........................................................................................................................16 Week 9: Motown Pop, Southern Grit, and the Funk........................................................................................................................17 Artistry and Disruption: Rock-n-Roll in the 1970s and 1980s ....................................................................................18 Week 10: Rock and Roll Experiments.............................................................................................................................................18 Week 11: Musical Disruptions.........................................................................................................................................................19 Week 12: Musical Explosions .........................................................................................................................................................20 Alternative to What? Rock-n-Roll in the 1990s and 2000s..........................................................................................21 Week 13: The Underground Sees the Light.....................................................................................................................................21 Week 14: All Kinds of Rock............................................................................................................................................................22 Week 15: Rock Goes Digital ...........................................................................................................................................................22 Rock-n-Roll in the 2010s .................................................................................................................................................23 Week 16: The Present State of Rock Music ....................................................................................................................................23 FINALS:............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Appendix............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Appendix 1: Plotting Your Course ................................................................................................................................24 Appendix 2: Rubric for Group Discussions and Presentations...................................................................................26 Appendix 3: Primary Source Analysis Worksheet .......................................................................................................27 Appendix 4: Primary Source Questions for Music ......................................................................................................28 Appendix 5: Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet ...................................................................................................29 Appendix 6: Secondary Source Questions ....................................................................................................................30 Appendix 7: Interactive Lecture Notes: Reno Review.................................................................................................31 Appendix 8: Interactive Lecture Notes: PSAs ..............................................................................................................32