Undergraduate Seminar (298-0-71)
Topic
Sound and Society
Instructors
Leila Oum Kulthoum Tayeb
Meeting Info
Northwestern Qatar Room 1-245: Tues, Su 8:30AM - 9:45AM (AST)
Overview of class
Does the way that we hear change from place to place and in different time periods? How do we learn to listen and to understand sound? This course explores sound and listening as historically and culturally situated phenomena through the interdisciplinary field of sound studies. Locating sound, music, noise, hearing, and listening in a range of locales, we explore the auditory cultures that imbue our everyday lives with volume and feeling. Students will read from a range of disciplines and perspectives on sound, undertake listening assignments, write reflection essays, and explore a topic of their choosing in further depth. This is a course intended to ground students in sound studies as a critical, theoretical endeavor. It complements but does not include or replace coursework in sound production.
Registration Requirements
- Prerequisites: None
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- Open to Sophomores and above, MIT majors only
- Open for cross-registration
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for COMM Majors who are Sophomores and above.