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Music Studies (Extension) - MUSCI13437

Stream Summary

Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of the Arts and Media

Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au

Program: 3437 - Arts and Business

Award(s):

Bachelor of Arts and Business (Major)

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Stream Outline

The major stream in Music Studies (Extension) is for students enrolled in the Dual Award program Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary). The stream examines music not only as a human intellectual product, but also as a specific reflection of experience, manifestation of culture and product of society. The disciplinary study of music has as a core the methodologies of Musicology. The major stream in Music Studies (Extension) enables students to develop their musicianship, musical skills and contextual understanding of music in preparation for professional work in music areas as diverse as broadcasting, recording, arts administration and advocacy, concert planning, music and general arts journalism, and music teaching.

The specific aims of the major stream in Music Studies (Extension) are:

To develop in the student an awareness of the influence of music in the social, cultural, and political domains of human activity
To nurture in the student an appreciation of the role of music, and its relationship to other disciplines in the Liberal Arts
To establish a solid grounding in the key concepts and skills that form the basis of musical study and practice
To recognise the role of historical, cultural, social and political contexts as fundamental to the study of music practice and criticism
To understand and appreciate a diversity of music forms, values and practices in addition to the Western tradition
To develop a deep awareness of the ethical dimensions of diverse musical practices
To develop research skills and methodologies in documenting, analyzing, synthesizing and communicating information about musical practices and musical contexts
To develop writing and critical skills necessary for the advocacy of music making, music literacy, and music education.

Stream Structure

The major stream in Music Studies (Extension) is for students with a background in formal music training, and is designed specifically for students undertaking the Dual Award program Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary).

Students intending to complete the major stream in Music Studies (Extension) must complete 54 units of credit as outlined in the plan structure below.

Level 1