There are no required materials that must be purchased for this course.  

• MUS 121 makes use of Open Educational Resources (OER) that are available free of charge online.  Links to required readings/viewings and listening assignments can be accessed from links in the modules.
• The free eBook we use is: Understanding Music: Past and Present

The reading and listening assignments are the foundation of this course's content delivery.  New concepts, information, and themes will be presented in these readings, as well as in some supplemental videos.  Although the reading assignments may seem numerous at first, many of the assignments are short, consisting of only a paragraph or two.  Listening assignments (such as on Youtube) provide examples of real pieces of music that demonstrate concepts covered in the readings; because this is a course about music, listening to musical examples is an indispensable part of the learning process.