MUSA334-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Contemporary Music

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

Exploring musical developments in the 20th century and beyond that help us understand the present-day musical world, focusing on concepts such as modernism and postmodernism and the links between social/economic and musical change.

This course explores musical developments in the 20th century and beyond that help us understand the present-day musical world, focusing on concepts such as modernism and postmodernism and the links between social/economic and musical change.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will:
  • Be familiar with selected trends, styles and techniques in western music in the 20th/21st centuries from the inter-war period onward.
  • Be able to relate these developments to their economic, social, ideological, technological and/or cultural context, and to concepts such as modernism, postmodernism, tradition and counter-culture.
  • Be familiar with methods, approaches and live issues in music historical research.
  • Be able to use and evaluate primary source documents relevant to musicological research.
  • Possess advanced skills in using library and information resources related to musicology, including library databases, bibliographic tools, scholarly editions, and electronic resources.
  • Be able to demonstrate advanced oral and written communication skills, including language appropriate for scholarly communication.
  • Have a professional attitude to research and to the dissemination and public discussion of music history and culture.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 45 points at 200 level or above.

Restrictions

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 E6 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 Rehua 101 Lectorial
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 445
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Timetable Note

•24 hours attending lectures
•12 hours attending tutorials
•114 hours of self-directed study

Course Coordinator

Jonathan Le Cocq

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Programme Note Assignment 20%
Reasearch Essay 25%
Multiple Choice Quiz 15%
Tutorial participation 20%
Final Exam (2 hrs) 20%


Please check the course LEARN page for further details and updates.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,663.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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  • MUSA334-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024