Selected case studies for each decade, drawn from the following styles, artists and events:
1. Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll to 1950
Delta Blues; Gospel; Country; Ragtime & Dixie; The Musical Legacies of Slavery; The Depression; The Great Migration & The Spread of the Blues; Electric Blues
The Legacy of Tin Pan Alley and the Music Industry Business Model
2. 1950s
Rock ’n’ Roll; Rockabilly; Skiffle; Country; Rhythm & Blues
Post WW2 Affluence and the Emergence of the Teen Market
3. 1960s
Folk Revival and Protest Songs; The Rise of the Canadian Singer-Songwriter; The British Invasion
The Civil Rights Movement; From Race Records to Motown; Counterculture and Psychedelia; Drug Culture; Pop Art and the New York Scene; Hippies & Beatniks
4. 1970s
The Art of the Mixing Board (Dub); Funk; Jazz Fusion; Disco; Rock Music (Glam, Prog, Metal); Punk; New Wave
Challenging Gender Stereotypes; Punk and the Birth of the Indie Scene; Disaffected Youth; Independent Record Labels; Rock Against Racism
5. 1980s
Hip Hop; Rap; Electro; Jamaican Dancehall; Indie; Mainstream Pop; Synth Pop
Digital Technology; Cell Phones; MTV
6. 1990s
Grunge; Britpop; Tribute Bands; Urban; Trance; Acid House; Jungle; Drum & Bass; Trip Hop; Pop Punk; Nu Metal; Trance; Techno; Canadian Singer-Songwriters
Napster; Globalization; Digital Recording; The Industry Fights Back
7. 2000s
Nu-Metal; Post Grunge; Singer-Songwriter; Alt Country; Unplugged
Digital Distribution; Bedroom Producers; The DIY Industry; The Impact of Declining Album Sales
8. 2010s
Dubstep; EDM in North America; Indie; Pop
Streaming; YouTube Hits; Synchronization and New Business Models
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Instructors may use a student's record of attendance as part of the student's graded performance. This will be clearly defined in the course outline.
An example grading scheme is as follows:
Annotated Timeline with Playlist 10%
Reviews of Live Concerts/Videos 30%
Presentation 25%
Weekly Listening and/or Reading Quizzes 20%
Final Examination 15%
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Total: 100%
At the end of the course the successful student will have developed:
A recent edition of a text such as:
Szatmay, David P. and Ripley, Lynsay. Rocking in Time: A Social History of Rock’n’Roll. Canadian Edition. Pearson.
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
| Institution | Transfer details for PEFA 3136 |
|---|---|
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU MUSI 1XX (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU MUS 2XX (3) |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN HIST 2XX (3) |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | No credit |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU MUSI 1111 (3) |
| Northern Lights College (NLC) | No credit |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG PEFA 3136 (3) & DOUG PEFA 3236 (3) = SFU CA 142 (3) & SFU CA 341 (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU CA 1XX (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU HUEL 2XXX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU MUSI 350 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO ARTH_O 115 (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC MUS 208 (1.5) |