World Musics and Cultures Program

The world musics and cultures minor comprises six courses including

• AMU 220 - Mapping Musical Lives: Ethnography of Performing Arts
• AMU 101 - Music Theory: Materials and Design I
• ANT 110 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Two Area Courses

• AMU 120 - Making Music, Shaping Selves: Introduction to World Music
• AMU 131 - Music of Black America
• AMU 132 - The History of Jazz
• AMU 133 - Music of Latin America
• AMU 134 - Music and Culture of Africa
• AMU 221 - From Rhythm and Blues to Radiohead: The History of Rock & Roll
• ATH 348 - Non-Western Theater and Performance Traditions
• AMU 202 - Musical Thinking: World and Pop
• AMU 232 - Jazz Workshop
• AMU 233 - Japanese Drumming Workshop
• AMU 234 - Balinese Gamelan Workshop
• AMU 235 - Latin Percussion Workshop
• AMU 320 - Encounters with East Asian Music Cultures
• GPM 354T - WMC Balinese Performing Arts Mini-term

One-year of practicum credit in faculty led ensemble

• AMU 012 - Union College Japanese Drumming and Global Fusion Band
• AMU 015 - Union College Jazz Ensemble

And a capstone experience