This course is designed to provide the student with a more detailed understanding of meaning of jazz and its historical development and popularization. Studies the underlying elements of jazz, concentrating on its cultural and historical development from earliest stages to the present.

PREREQUISITES: There are no prerequisites for this course. 

The course will acquaint students with not only the jazz styles of the early 1900's through the present, but also with the earliest beginnings of jazz, so that they can identify the different eras and discuss the important aspects of these eras, and the influences of one era on others. They will be able to compare eras, types of jazz, performers and composers, and to formulate and state their own opinions about jazz.

Your course grade will be determined according to the following:

Your final grade will be based on the following scale. Please note that you must also pass at least 3 of the 4 major tests (unit quizzes #1 and 2, midterm exam, and final exam) and at least 30 of the 39 chapter and listening quizzes in order to pass the course, regardless of your scores on the other assignments.

There are two (2) exams in this course. The exams are online.

Last Updated: August 11, 2015