MUSI458-15W (C) Whole Year 2015

Studies in Music Analysis

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 6 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 4 September 2015

Description

Studies in Music Analysis

The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of the methods and techniques of analysis in the works of various composers and to examine in detail a work by applying one or more of these methods.  The main emphasis of the course is on musical compositions of the twentieth/twenty-first century.

The first part of the course is taught as a class and includes discussion of texts and articles, ready by students prior to the lecture, and preparation for the analysis assignments.  The principal, second part of the course is taught through individual tutorials and concerns the individual, independent analysis of the chosen work.

Prerequisites

(1) One of MUSI 315, 351, 352. MUSI342-345; (2) subject to approval of Programme Coordinator

Restrictions

MUSI408, MUSI604

Timetable Note

Workload
Student workload (320 hours) will be allocated to:
*  20 hours attending classes/tutorials
*  280 hours research and writing

Course Coordinator

Glenda Keam

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tonal Analysis 20%
Approaches to Post-tonal Analysis 20%
Analysis of individually chosen works 30%
Short Task 1 - Tone Clock 10%
Short Task 2 - Analysis and Chance 10%
Short Task 3 - Timbre and Harmony in the late 20th century 10%

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Use of Technology

This course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to confidently use a computer to access material for your course.  Your written work will be handwritten and submitted in class time.

You will be required to access our learning management system – LEARN – and to become familiar with its tools.  LEARN provides easily-accessible information about the course and assessments, topics and deadlines, and supports the learning you will gain from attending all lectures and tutorials.  For help using LEARN, refer to: http://learn.canterbury.ac.nz/course/view.php?id=2157

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:

A+  90–100;    A   85–89;    A-  80–84;    B+   75–79;    B 70–74;    B-   65–69;     C+  60–64;     C  55–59;     C- 50–54;     D  40–49;   E  0–39
In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,833.00

* 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.

For further information see Humanities .

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