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James Fry HONR249E Anonymous 05/02/2012	Good choice for an HA core but be prepared for a bit more work then you expected - then again, most H* courses are a decent amount of work. Four tests through the semester, each one is recognizing 12 songs from a list of 30. Each test is on a different era of music so to speak, so it may be easy/hard depending on your own music tastes. I'd say just download all of the songs, make a playlist, and throw it on shuffle. After those, everyone creates a presentation and 8 page paper on their favorite topic and presents for the rest of the semester. Class was pretty laid back, come in, learn about some music, listen for a bit, discuss, done.
James Fry HONR249E Expecting an A jchun10 11/12/2008	I took this class for my HA core and loved it. The workload is so manageable: 4 exams based on the songs you hear in class. You gotta be able to recognize the song, then identify the composer/title/some characteristics with a couple short answer questions at the end. You do 1 presentation on a topic of your choice and write a paper with it (~8 pgs.) Class was so chill, just go in and listen to some crazy songs. Really opens you to a whole new realm of music [and you don't have to be musically talented!] Professor Fry is a really nice guy! I would most definitely recommend this class.
James Fry HONR249E Expecting an A TVanBlar 05/14/2008	Excellent teacher and musician. Great at explaining musical concepts and giving examples. Gives funny and interesting anecdotes within his lectures and is generally a nice guy when it comes to grading.

James Fry
HONR249E

Anonymous
05/02/2012

Good choice for an HA core but be prepared for a bit more work then you expected - then again, most H* courses are a decent amount of work. Four tests through the semester, each one is recognizing 12 songs from a list of 30. Each test is on a different era of music so to speak, so it may be easy/hard depending on your own music tastes. I'd say just download all of the songs, make a playlist, and throw it on shuffle. After those, everyone creates a presentation and 8 page paper on their favorite topic and presents for the rest of the semester. Class was pretty laid back, come in, learn about some music, listen for a bit, discuss, done.

James Fry
HONR249E

Expecting an A
jchun10
11/12/2008

I took this class for my HA core and loved it. The workload is so manageable: 4 exams based on the songs you hear in class. You gotta be able to recognize the song, then identify the composer/title/some characteristics with a couple short answer questions at the end. You do 1 presentation on a topic of your choice and write a paper with it (~8 pgs.) Class was so chill, just go in and listen to some crazy songs. Really opens you to a whole new realm of music [and you don't have to be musically talented!] Professor Fry is a really nice guy! I would most definitely recommend this class.

James Fry
HONR249E

Expecting an A
TVanBlar
05/14/2008

Excellent teacher and musician. Great at explaining musical concepts and giving examples. Gives funny and interesting anecdotes within his lectures and is generally a nice guy when it comes to grading.

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