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GEC1014 Social and Cultural Studies Through Music (4 Units)

Course instructor:
Mr Benedict Ng

Course schedule:
Thursdays, 12–2pm (Semester 1, AY2025/2026)

*Additional dates may be involved for projects/assessments during the semester period. Added make-up classes may also be scheduled due to public holidays coinciding with class dates.

Objectives
This course introduces music not only as a sonic matter, but more pertinently as a human, socio-cultural phenomenon. Through lectures, reading and listening assignments, and interactive music-making experience, students will learn how music works, why people listen to and make music, what its roles are in a society, and how these considerations vary across different cultures. The course introduces a variety of musical styles (e.g. folk, art, and popular music) and cultures that represent an enormous wealth of human experience. At the end of the course the students will have access to a much wider variety of music to listen to, participate in, enjoy and understand.

Registration is open from 6 May – 6 June 2025.

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