<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of composers, writers, and filmmakers whose creative efforts changed how world came to view American dream. Full features and music clips illustrate American life as seen through Hollywood musicals. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Music

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

The department offers undergraduate and graduate training in Western classical music, with specialized undergraduate programs in music composition, education, and performance.

General Catalog

Hollywood Musical and American Dream

MUSC 16

4 units