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Professor Chana is definitely a kind, compassionate professor who cares about her students. She gives lots of recognition to indigenous communities which is refreshing. Don't take this class if you don't like group projects however, as the midterm and final got you well acquainted with your group. This is a super easy and fun course and an easy A.Rate My Professors ↗
Dr. Chana is a wonderful professor, and I highly recommend taking music 103 with her.Rate My Professors ↗
Dr. Chana is such a great prof! She is caring, respectful of the cultural music and traditions that we studied in class, and encouraged engagement and questions in lectures. There were also mandatory discussion sections which facilitated learning and review of content. Overall, if you have the chance to take Chana's class, you won't regret it!Rate My Professors ↗
Nadia Chana is an amazing professor! She really seems to care about her students. Professor Chana's MUSIC 103 class is light with the workload (probably 2 hours of work per week). Lecture materials are done virtually, but discussion is mandatory. You have two group projects per year (graded easily, and only a couple hours of work as well).Rate My Professors ↗
Online asynchronous lectures was a nice convenience, the material is interesting but your engagement depends on your TA for discussion, mine was subpar. Group projects and lecture module responses made up the grade, so it was mostly busy work showing that you understand for an A. Chana seems very passionate about her work, good class and Prof.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Chana is so sweet and definitely cares about the material. Decent amount of work each week, but it's super easy and a nice brain break from more difficult classes. Midterm and final are really simple group projects. Easy A as long as you keep up with weekly discussion posts.Rate My Professors ↗
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Seminar in ethnomusicology covering melodic typology, scale/tuning systems, mode, rhythm, ornamentation, improvisation, composition traditions, notation, and music's social function.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExplores U.S. ethnic group music, including marginalized minorities like African American, Asian American, Native American, and Jewish communities, in cultural contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Directed study course for individual research and projects with faculty, requiring department approval of the project and instructor assignment.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Independent Work is a course for faculty-mentored individual study and research in music.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915 | Seminar in Ethnomusicology |
| Spring 2027 | MUSIC 319 | Topics in Music and Ethnicity in the United States |
| Spring 2027 | MUSIC 499 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2027 | MUSIC 799 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2026 | FOLKLORE/MUSIC 515 | Proseminar in Ethnomusicology |
| Fall 2026 | MUSIC 497 | Special Topics in Music |
| Fall 2026 | MUSIC 799 | Independent Work |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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