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| Module Availability |
Spring Semester |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Unit(s) of Assessment
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Weighting Towards Module Mark (%)
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CW: an essay of not more than 2000 words
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50
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Listening exam (90 minutes)
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50
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| Module Overview |
| This module builds on work undertaken in UM1 through topics examining music from wider social and cultural perspectives. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
None |
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| Module Aims |
- To further inform your understanding of music (art-music in the Western tradition, popular music and world music) by examining significant sociological and cultural approaches to the subject.
- To inform your musical perception through knowledge of the above approaches.
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| Learning Outcomes |
By the end of the module you should be able to:
- Respond to several recorded excerpts referring to musical, aesthetic and socio-historical/cultural features as appropriate.
- Write a clearly structured essay comparing two pieces of scholarly writing on music and referring to relevant repertoire.
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| Module Content |
- Basic principles and ideologies behind sociological and cultural approaches to the study of music
- Exemplification of these through selected examples
- Un-assessed group presentations
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
- Eleven two-hour sessions comprising lectures and un-assessed group presentations
- Resources available on Ulearn
- Module reader containing extracts from key texts is required
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
A reading list will be given out at the start of the module
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| Last Updated |
04.10.2010 |
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