MUS 112 - American Popular Music
- Recent Professors
- Daniel Siegel
- Recent Semesters
- Summer 2026
- Class Size
- 35 students
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisite
- None
- Summer 2026 Sections
- View Summer 2026 sections of MUS 112
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
- Description
- This course surveys popular music in America from colonial times to the present. Students analyze the broad variety of music particular to American heritage in context with the social, cultural, and musical developments of the times. Genres examined include folk, religious, blues, Tin Pan Alley, jazz, rhythm and blues, country, soul, rock, disco, hip-hop, rap, and electronica.