Details for Musicology

Music is something we enjoy, whether performing or listening. But beyond how we subconsciously engage with music, how can music be understood? How do we make meaning out of music? Why does it work the way it does? This unit equips students with the knowledge and tools to analyse music in its various forms – performed, recorded, and written.

Quick Info

Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
Course code: MUS201
Credit points: 10
Subject coordinator: Daniel Thornton

Awards offering Musicology

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Outcomes

Apply bias-aware strategies to appraising music;
Develop aural skills to explore, and oral skills to explain musical works;
Analyse music as encountered in a broad range of historical, social, cultural, performative, notational, and mediated contexts;
Explain and compare common methods and methodologies for analysing music.

Subject Content

Why music matters
Personal musical biases
Musicology
Ethnomusicology
Theomusicology
Popular Music Studies
Aural perception skills

This course may be offered in the following formats

Face to Face (on site)
E-learning (online)
Intensive

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

Forum Posts (25%)
Oral Presentation (25%)
Major Essay (50%)

Prescribed Text

Primary readings provided