MUSC 117 - History of Jazz
- Recent Professors
- Brigham Welch, HASS Staff, Grace Choi
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2024
- Class Size
- 30–60 students
- Credits
- 3
- Spring 2027 Sections
- View Spring 2027 sections of MUSC 117
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
- Description
- A survey of jazz from 1900 to the present, including definitions of jazz, African and European heritage, blues, Dixieland, ragtime, boogie woogie, swing, bop, cool, funky, gospel, third stream, free form and fusion. Lecture and structured listening and viewing.
- Usually Held
- Tue Thu 2:20pm–3:45pm, Tue Thu 2:20pm–3:40pm