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Email IconMUSC 298 Introduction to Jazz (3).

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A survey of the history of jazz from its beginning in the early 20th century to the present. Open to music and nonmusic majors. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Five written assignments; book review; music review; unsupervised midcourse examination; final examination. View the MUSC 298 course preview. Instructor: C.C. Herbison.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 879.10
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 879.10
Graduate resident students pay: 1,024.90
Graduate nonresident students pay: 1,024.90

Materials (included in Tuition and Fees):

  • Herbison, C.C., compiler. History of Jazz, Independent Study, Continuing Education, The University of Kansas, 1989. (CDs)

Textbooks (separate purchase):

  • Gridley. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis, 9th ed., Prentice Hall, 2006. Includes two audio supplements: Demonstration CD and Jazz Classics two-CD set.
  • Tanner, et al. Jazz, 10th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005. Includes two supplements: Two music compact discs and a multimedia companion CD-ROM.

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