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MUSC 140 Playlist Remix: The World in Your Headphones 6 credits
Tired of what Spotify has been serving up to you? In this class we’ll explore the sounds, stories, and social meaning of music from around the globe. We’ll consider how music connects to identity, politics, ritual, and resistance. We will ask: Can music be used as a weapon? Why does music bring people together? What ethical considerations should we take into account when consuming music from other parts of the word? By the end of the course, you’ll understand how people use music to tell their stories, fight for change, build community, and vibe to the beat of their favorite song.
Recommended Preparation: No prior music lessons or experience necessary. You do not need to be able to read music.
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MUSC 140.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 230 2:20pm-3:20pm
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MUSC 144 Music in the (NORTH)Field 6 credits
This course is your chance to become a local music interpreter! You’ll learn and practice the hands-on methods that ethnomusicologists use to better understand the relationships between music and society. We’ll analyze studies from music scholars around the world and debate common approaches and ethical considerations. Using Northfield as our own fieldwork site, our class will work to recover the sounds, people, and meanings behind the town of “Cows, Colleges, and Contentment.”
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MUSC 144.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- M, WWeitz Center 231 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 231 9:40am-10:40am
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MUSC 241 Music of Latin America 6 credits
This course is designed to increase your awareness of musical styles in Latin America within particular social, economic, and political contexts. We will cover topics related to popular, folkloric, classical, and indigenous musics spanning from Mexico to South America’s Southern Cone. The course will include elements of performance and dance instruction in addition to a critical examination of lived experiences across the region. No previous musical experience is necessary.
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MUSC 241.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 231 10:10am-11:55am
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MUSC 242 Tango: More Than a Dance 6 credits
This course explores the Argentine tango as a lens into over 100 years of global and cultural change. Tango is much more than a dance; It represents important moments related to migration, sexuality, nationalism, tourism, appropriation, and of course, music. We will trace its history from working-class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires to its adoption by Parisians in the early 20th century, to the worldwide phenomenon that we know it as today. You’ll have the opportunity to play tango charts in class and engage with tango communities in Minnesota. A working knowledge of western music notation is helpful, though not required.
Extra Time Required: Students will have the opportunity to attend tango music/dance events in the Twin Cities, which typically occur in the evening hours. However, there will always be an alternative assignment for students who have evening conflicts or wish to not leave campus.
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MUSC 242.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 231 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 231 2:20pm-3:20pm
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