Stream

Musicology - MUSCNH4779

Stream Summary

Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of the Arts and Media

Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au

Program: 4779 - Music (Honours) / Law

Award(s):

Bachelor of Music (Honours)

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Stream Outline

Musicology offers you intensive pre-professional training in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, the psychology of music, or performance studies in music.

The stream is structured around three core courses completed in Years 2-3. The course Investigating Music offers a gateway into the Stream by using a range of approaches, methods and theories to examine music: biographical study, manuscript study, primary source study, analysis, organology and iconography, criticism, aesthetics, hermeneutics, reception history, performance studies, transcription, music psychology and ethnography. MusiCultures examines the nature of music as “tradition”, investigating discourses, values and uses of music that endure or change at a different rate and in different ways from musical forms themselves. Music Analysis examines and applies a range of strategies for analyzing a broad range of music. Each strategy will begin with a problem: of technique, of experience, of description.

Musicology also enables you to develop excellence in a comprehensive range of ensemble practices, in other theoretical and critical subjects, in music from various styles, genres and cultures as preparation for professional work in music performance, arranging and composition, music teaching, practice-based research, broadcasting and recording, music journalism, and arts administration. You may also pursue further qualifications in music education.

The Musicology Stream is one of four streams within the Bachelor of Music (UNSW BMus) four-year, full time degree.

Stream Structure

The stream consists of 48 UOC made up of two components:

Coursework courses (12 UOC)

AND

Research thesis (36 UOC)
Students complete a total of 36 UOC in thesis chosen from a combination of the following:

OR

Creative Practice-based project and thesis (36 UOC)
Students complete 24 UOC in creative practice-based project and 12 UOC in thesis chosen from a combination of the following:

Sample Program

Pure Research - Full Time (1 year)
Semester 1
Semester 2

Pure Research - Part Time (2 years)
Year 1 Semester 1
Year 1 Semester 2
Year 2 Semester 1
Year 2 Semester 2

Practice Based - Full Time (1 year)
Semester 1
Semester 2

Practice Based - Part Time (2 years)
Year 1 Semester 1
Year 1 Semester 2
Year 2 Semester 1
Year 2 Semester 2
Studying Music at UNSW

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