MU 125 Music in Society 4 cr. A study of a wide variety of music, including Western European art music, contemporary American music (for example, Afro-American music, the blues, jazz, rock ā€˜nā€™ roll, experimental art music) and non-Western music. An approach to investigation and the accumulation of objective listening skills will be used to develop the understanding that music, like any art form, is a cultural expression of the society that produced it.