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MUSI401H Music Hons Coursework

Updated: 12 November 2012
Credit Points 24
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Year Long 1 Off Campus
Armidale Year Long 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Mandatory By arrangement
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in BA(Hons) or BMus(Hons)
Co-requisites MUSI402H and candidature in BA(Hons) (full-time students) or MUSI403H and candidature in BMus(Hons) (full-time students)
Restrictions CMPO400 or ETHN400 or MUCO400 or MUSI400 or PERF400
Notes

Honours candidates only
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Alan Davison (adaviso3@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This course work unit consists of four integrated assignments which can be completed in either ethnomusicology or musicology or composition. The four assignments will provide the platform for the Dissertation unit (either MUSI402H or MUSI403H) and will ensure candidates gain experience in theoretical, practical, bibliographical and analytical facets of scholarship.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 25% 3500
Assessment Notes
Analytical paper on music pertinent to the area of study (cultural and/or historical) but not specifically in the area of study.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 4 GA: 1, 2, 4 and 6
Assignment 2 25% 3500
Assessment Notes
Discourse on one or several theoretical/methodological issues pertinent to the discipline of study.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 4 and 6
Assignment 3 25% 3500
Assessment Notes
Annotated bibliography with critical evaluation of 10 recent references, each 350 words, pertinent to the specific area of study of the thesis.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2 GA: 1, 2 and 4
Project 25% 3500
Assessment Notes
Project which involves performance: either as a witness of or as a principal participant pertinent to the area of study of the thesis.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2 and 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of methodological approaches, fundamental tenets and issues pertaining to the sub-disciplines of either ethnomusicology or musicology or composition or performance;
  2. critically evaluate literature specific to the field of study;
  3. competently analyse a musical performance, either through participation or observation, in order to understand music as a social and cultural phenomenon; and
  4. apply advanced analytical skills towards the consideration and description of a musical work relevant to the individual's area of study.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
All 4 assessment tasks add to a student's knowledge of musicology. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
All 4 tasks practise written communication sklls at a high level. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
This unit requires students to conduct extensive research of literature in the discipline, and this ability is assessed in three of the four set assessment tasks. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
This unit requires students to solve specific intellectual and practical problems for each assessment task. 		True True True
   

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