History & Culture Courses

Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor. 

Number Title Codes Cross-Lists Notes
MUSIC 130 World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches CCI, ALP, CZ CULANTH 131
RIGHTS 130
MUSIC 137 Music, Social Life, and Scenes CCI, R, W, ALP, CZ CULANTH 137
MUSIC 143 History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop ALP, CZ AAAS 139
HISTORY 108
Instructor: Nicholas Stoia, nicholas.stoia@duke.edu
MUSIC 144 Meet the Beatles and the 1960s EI, ALP, CZ
MUSIC 145 Hip-Hop/Rap Music Appreciation ALP Instructor: Francis Roberts, francis.roberts@duke.edu
MUSIC 190S Special Topics in Music
MUSIC 236 African Music: Sound, History, Culture, Politics CCI, EI, STS, ALP, SS CULANTH 235
ICS 259
MUSIC 255S Music History I: Antiquity Through Renaissance CCI, ALP, CZ MEDREN 201S Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.
MUSIC 256S Music History II: 1600 through Mozart CCI, R, ALP, CZ MEDREN 202S Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.
MUSIC 257 Music History III: Beethoven through WWI CCI, R, ALP, CZ Students majoring or minoring in music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.
MUSIC 258 Music History IV: Post-WWI through the Present R, W, ALP, CZ Students majoring or minoring in music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.
MUSIC 290S-3 Special Topics in Ethnomusicology
MUSIC 335 The History of Hip-Hop CCI, ALP AAAS 335
CULANTH 335
ENGLISH 381
HISTORY 335
VMS 337
Course is owned by AAAS and crosslisted with Music
MUSIC 501 Introduction to Musicology R, ALP
MUSIC 553 Music in the Baroque Era R, ALP MEDREN 524
MUSIC 555 Music in the Nineteenth Century R, ALP
MUSIC 556 Music in the Twentieth Century R, ALP
MUSIC 561S Analysis of Early Music ALP
MUSIC 562 Analysis of Music After 1900 ALP