MUS 205 - Rockin’ in the Free World: Rock History from 1900-1959

4 credits
Surveys the development of rock music out of the blues, jazz, Broadway, country music, and rhythm and blues up through 1959. Artists will include Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Examines the relationships of early rock music to larger cultural, political, and economic formations. Approved for University Studies (Explorations Strand E or Humanities and Strand F - Social Science).
Graded (A-F) only