MUSA232-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Musics of the World

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

This course explores musical traditions from a range of geographical regions, and provides an introduction to key concepts for the study of ethnomusicology.

This course aims to introduce students to a range of musical styles and genres from a broad selection of geographical regions, to situate this music in its cultural and social context, and to expose students to various methodologies, perspectives, and critical approaches within the discipline of ethnomusicology.

Topics covered in the course
• Key concepts in ethnomusicology
• South Asia: India and Pakistan
• East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan
• Southeast Asia: Vietnam and Thailand
• The Caribbean
• West Africa
• Traditional and folk music in North America

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will be able to:
  • Knowledge of topics in world music including historical, historical groupings and schools, biographical, social, philosophical and technical aspects of world music composition, development of instruments and performance techniques;
  • Music research techniques including use of music libraries and on-line databases;
  • Library research skills;
  • Some skills in the aural and written analysis of music;
  • Literacy and tertiary study skills
  • Consider the social context within which music is generated and used
  • Critically evaluate the role of music in adapting to—or challenging—historical and political realities in specific cases

Prerequisites

MUSA131 or 45 points from the BA Schedule

Restrictions

Timetable Note

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
• 24 hours attending lectures
• 11 hours attending tutorials
• 35 hours researching and writing the essay
• 10 hours preparing for listening test
• 25 hours preparing the blog post or video
• 44 hours completing assigned reading and listening tasks
• 25 hours of self-directed study

Course Coordinator

Francis Yapp

Lecturers

Justin DeHart and Reuben de Lautour

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Blog Post or Video 30% Due date: 29 March 2019
Essay (2000 words) 35% Due date:10 May 2019
Listening Test 25% Date: 11am, 31 May 2019
Participation 10% Contribution to tutorial discussion and practical workshops


All written assessments are due at 10pm on the specified date.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $850.00

International fee $3,775.00

* 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 .

All MUSA232 Occurrences

  • MUSA232-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019
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