ONLINE, SELF-PACED
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits). Students are not permitted to take one session in one summer and another session at a later date.
Dates: June 23* – July 10 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 16)
UC/CSU Subject Area: F
RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: Visual and Performing Arts/Foreign Language (VPFL)
Prerequisite: None
Not NCAA-approved
Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school
The course is a streamlined course that introduces student to the history, theory, and genres of music, from the most primitive surviving examples, through the classical to the most contemporary in the world at large. The first semester covers primitive musical forms, classical music, and American jazz. The second semester presents the rich modern traditions, including: gospel, folk, soul, blues, Latin rhythms, rock and roll, and hip-hop. The course explores the interface of music and social movements and examines how the emergent global society and the Internet is bringing musical forms together in new ways from all around the world.
