Music - MUSCD13418
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts & Media
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3418 - Music
Award(s):
Diploma in Music (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream Outline
This stream is designed to develop musicianship and performing skills in association with an exploration of musicology: music history, style, musical perception and analysis, music technology, and the study of music in its cultural contexts (ethnomusicology).
At the completion of the program, students will have broad expertise in at least one of the sub-disciplines of Musicology; a high level of practical skills in music cognition, analysis, and performance; and a high level generic graduate skills in the gathering, synthesis, criticism and presentation of information. The flexibility of the program allows for emphasis on: scholarly examination of musical repertoires, utilising both traditional and innovative methodologies; technologically based musicology, including the study of electronic music and psycho-acoustics; music aesthetics and criticism, both in historical overview and contemporary application; and music as social and cultural practice, through both historiographically and ethnographically informed study. Students will have a broad contextual knowledge that links to wider fields of historical, philosophical, cultural, and social study.
At the completion of the program, students will have broad expertise in at least one of the sub-disciplines of Musicology; a high level of practical skills in music cognition, analysis, and performance; and a high level generic graduate skills in the gathering, synthesis, criticism and presentation of information. The flexibility of the program allows for emphasis on: scholarly examination of musical repertoires, utilising both traditional and innovative methodologies; technologically based musicology, including the study of electronic music and psycho-acoustics; music aesthetics and criticism, both in historical overview and contemporary application; and music as social and cultural practice, through both historiographically and ethnographically informed study. Students will have a broad contextual knowledge that links to wider fields of historical, philosophical, cultural, and social study.
Stream Structure
There are two possible major streams.
The first possible major stream is for students who have completed HSC Music 2 or Extension or an equivalent qualification:
Year 1
- MUSC1101 Music Reinvented (6 UOC)
- MUSC1312 BA Musicianship A (6 UOC)
Year 2
- MUSC2111 Introduction to Musicology (6 UOC)
- MUSC2311 BA Musicianship B (6 UOC)
- MUSC2312 BA Musicianship C (6 UOC)
Year 3
- MUSC3101 Music Capstone (6 UOC)
- MUSC3102 Psychology of Music (6 UOC)
Plus one option in Musicology from the list below:
- MUSC2111 Introduction to Musicology (6 UOC)
- MUSC2115 Music of the 19th Century (6 UOC)
- MUSC2116 World Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC2117 Popular Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC2332 Electronic Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC3102 Psychology of Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC3162 Twentieth Century Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC4650 Conducting (6 UOC)
The second possible major stream for students with less formal training in music is:
Year 1
- MUSC1001 Music Fundamentals (6 UOC)
- MUSC1312 BA Musicianship A (6 UOC)
Year 2
- MUSC2111 Introduction to Musicology (6 UOC)
- MUSC2311 BA Musicianship B (6 UOC)
- MUSC2312 BA Musicianship C (6 UOC)
Year 3
- MUSC3101 Music Capstone (6 UOC)
- MUSC3102 Psychology of Music (6 UOC)
Plus one option in Musicology from the list below:
- MUSC2111 Introduction to Musicology (6 UOC)
- MUSC2115 Music of the 19th Century (6 UOC)
- MUSC2116 World Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC2117 Popular Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC2332 Electronic Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC3102 Psychology of Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC3162 Twentieth Century Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC4650 Conducting (6 UOC)
Performance
Performance in one of the performance ensembles offered by the School is part of the Diploma in Music requirements. At least 6 units of credit at the 3000 level must be completed in Year 3.
