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(US campus) a music appreciation course.

1980		L. Birnbach Official Preppie Hbk.
1982		W. Safire What’s The Good Word? 300: Music appreciation is ‘Clapping for Credit.’.
1997		Yale Herald Online 5 Dec. 🌐 ‘Every time I give a lecture I want to stand up and say, “This class is not Clapping for Credit!”’ Professor Craig Wright, who teaches the popular Music 112a: Listening to Music, said.
2001		Rice Thresher Online 17 Mar. 🌐 Have we gotten all too used to getting out of distribution requirements through classes like ‘Rocks for Jocks,’ ‘Stat Too-Easy’ and ‘Clapping for Credit’?