St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 8
Global Perspectives
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Prepared by: Terry Vermillion
Phone: 8-3224
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Email: tvermillion
2.
Requesting Unit: Music
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: MUSP 159. World Drumming Group
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
No
Yes
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Goal Area 6: Humanities and Fine Arts
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Listening, examination and performance of drumming traditions from a diversity of cultural backgrounds.
May be repeated for credit. 1 Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
Course is intended for General Education clientele. Music majors and minors may use as elective credits.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
none
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
none
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
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12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 8: Global Perspectives
Develop a comparative perspective and understanding of one’s place in a global context.
Students in the World Drumming Group examine the cultural relationship music shares with a variety of
diverse cultures with which most SCSU students are not familiar. This involves exploring the
interdisciplinary connection between a culture’s folkloric music and its historical and cultural setting through
examination of the structural and performance traditions of a particular culture. Students exercise critical
listening skills in developing their own interpretive perspective by comparing their own performance with an
ideal presented to them through research and observation. A major goal of the World Drumming Group as a
General Education course is to challenge the students to confront, appreciate and compare the relationship
between the music and its people within their own culture to the cultures examined within the course.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 8, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Explain how they are connected and related to people elsewhere in the world.
2. Describe similarities and differences among global places and populations.
3. Analyze how political, economic or cultural elements influence relations among the world’s states, peoples, or
societies.
4. Analyze specific international issues and propose and evaluate responses.
5. Articulate a vision of their individual roles and responsibilities in a common global future.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
1. The experience of music making and music-listening is a universally valued human activity.
Students examine connections between their own cultural and historical context to a diversity of non-Western
cultures through examination and practice of folkloric musical traditions.
2. The course examines the societal context of a variety of global populations, and highlights the
similarities and differences between these cultures through an examination of their folkloric musical traditions
within a broader cultural framework.
3. Examination of folkloric musical traditions provides a lens for analyzing how economic, political, and
cultural elements have influenced the development of specific musical traditions. Folkloric traditions are by their
very nature defined and influenced by the very elements that affect its people including economic, political and
cultural evolutions within that culture. Music is a culturally bonding element with most non-Western cultures and
serves as a repository for its people’s traditions, beliefs, and values.
5. Participation in group rehearsal, open discussion, and detailed analysis of a diversity of non-Western
folkloric traditions challenges the student to actively demonstrate their commitment to a common global future
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through public performance of a variety of non-Western music. They are able to articulate their vision for a global
future through researching, examining, listening, and integrating and understanding of the musical traditions of a
variety of cultures other than their own.
15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
20% Analyze and discuss the organizational structure of drumming traditions from around the
world and evaluate its relationship to the social fabric of that culture. (goals 1,2)
20% Examine and execute techniques related to performance of a variety of non-Western drumming
traditions. (1,5)
20% Explore the economic, religious, and societal structures of specific non-Western cultures and
establish a relationship between those structures and its folkloric drumming traditions. (3)
20% Articulate an understanding of the individual role traditional music can play in preserving a culture’s
specific cultural identity through performance as an ensemble. (3,5)
20% Historical and political background and it’s influence on the development of the society’s folkloric
musical traditions. (1,2,3)
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St. Cloud State University
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