Music Studies (Extension) - MUSCI13763
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts and Media
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3763 - Engineering (Honours) / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
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Stream Outline
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
Students intending to complete the major stream in Music Studies (Extension) must complete 54 units of credit as outlined in the plan structure below.
- MUSC1602 M&S 1 (6 UOC)
- MUSC1604 Western Music: a Panorama (6 UOC)
- MUSC1603 M&S 2 (6 UOC)
- MUSC2116 World Music (6 UOC)
- MUSC2803 Creative Sound Technologies (6 UOC)
- MUSC1703 Per Lab 1 (BA) (6 UOC)
- MUSC1706 Per Lab 2 (BA) (6 UOC)
- MUSC2602 M&S 3 (6 UOC)
- MUSC3101 Music Capstone (6 UOC)