Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts 44 courses 27 total credits
The Popular Music Studies minor provides an opportunity for students to examine popular music as a cultural, social, creative, and economically viable field. The minor provides students with literacy in several popular music genres including American music, Latin Popular Music, hip hop, film music, reggae, musical theatre, songwriting, jazz, music business, arts entrepreneurship and music software. Through the study of a diverse range of genres, music making practices, performance media, and music as a commercial enterprise, students develop analytical, historical, critical and practical skills to explore, create, explain and differentiate popular musics.
| Total Credits | 27 credits |
Foundational Core (15 credits)
Lower-Division Electives
Advanced Core (12 credits)
Upper-Division Electives
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ART 457 | Off the Screen - Video Installation Art | 2 |
| FILM 445 | Documentary Film Studies | 4 |
| HST 370 | *Social Change and American Popular Music | 4 |
| H 344 | *Foundations of Environmental Health | 3 |
| NMC 356 | Podcast Production | 3 |
| NMC 418 | +Viral Content | 3 |
| PHL 360 | *Philosophy and the Arts | 4 |
| Total Upper-Division Electives | 27 credits | |
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