Music and Culture (C080)
Concentration Coordinator: Gina Andrea Fatone
This concentration provides opportunities to examine and consider the ways that music and culture shape each other. Individually and collectively, the courses cover a vast range of musical traditions and their cultures, as well as introducing many ways of combining musical, historical, anthropological, and cultural-theoretical tools of analysis.
Concentration Requirements
Complete four courses designated with the (C080) concentration attribute.
Active course offerings include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 249 | African American Popular Music |
| AFR 279 | Saints & Gangsters: Hip-Hop, Black Religion, and Realness |
| AFR 330 | Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture |
| AMST 330 | Latina/o/xs Hip-Hop |
| ANTH 212 | How Music Performs Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology |
| EUS 210 | Classical Music in Western Culture |
| EUS 229 | Antisemitism in European Musical Culture |
| LALS 330 | Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture |
| MUS S25 | Performing Musical Art of Indonesia |
| MUS 103 | Music in World Cultures |
| MUS 210 | Classical Music in Western Culture |
| MUS 212 | How Music Performs Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology |
| MUS 229 | Antisemitism in European Musical Culture |
| MUS 247 | History of Jazz |
| MUS 248 | Music in Contemporary Popular Culture |
| MUS 249 | African American Popular Music |
| MUS 253 | Music and the Embodied Mind |
| MUS 266 | Miles Davis |
| MUS 279 | Saints & Gangsters: Hip-Hop, Black Religion, and Realness |
| MUS 392 | Community-Engaged Music and Well-being |
| PSYC 253 | Music and the Embodied Mind |
| REL 229 | Antisemitism in European Musical Culture |
| REL 279 | Saints & Gangsters: Hip-Hop, Black Religion, and Realness |
Courses Taken Outside of Bates
One non-Bates credit may be applied to the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below, with pre-approval by the coordinator.
Declaration Restrictions
Students who declare the Music and Culture C080 concentration may not declare the following:
- Music major
- Music minor
Other Considerations
None.