Musicology
Unit of study table
Musicology major |
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| 1. Students undertaking the BMusic (Musicology major) must complete 48 credit points of Musicology units comprising of: | ||
| (a) 6 credit points of core units; | ||
| (b) 6 credit points of electives; | ||
| (c) 18 credit points of 2000 level units* | ||
| (d) 18 credit points of 3000 level units* | ||
| *A minimum of 6 credit points must be achieved from Historical Studies, Ethnographical Studies and Analytical Studies. | ||
| 2. Students undertaking BMusic (Music Education) in Musicology must complete 24 credit points of Musicology units comprising of: | ||
| (a) 12 credit points of core units; | ||
| (b) 6 credit points of Historical Studies; | ||
| (c) 6 credit points of Ethnographical Studies. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units |
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| MCGY1019 Musicology Workshop 1 |
3 | |
| MCGY1020 Musicology Workshop 2 |
3 | P MCGY1019 |
| MCGY2612 Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras |
6 | A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
Electives |
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| MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds |
6 | |
| MCGY2601 Perception of Music Performance |
6 | |
| MCGY2611 Music from the Middle Ages to Baroque |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation |
| MCGY2612 Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras |
6 | A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
| MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
| MCGY2615 The Ultimate Art: 400 Years of Opera |
6 | P MCGY2611 or MCGY2612 or MCGY2613 or MUSC1506 |
| MCGY3630 New Germans: Wagner and Liszt 1848-76 |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850 P MCGY2612 |
| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media |
6 | |
| MUSC2638 Jazz Riots and Revolutions |
6 | |
| MUSC2645 Psychology of Music |
6 | |
| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music |
6 | |
| MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music |
6 | |
| MUSC3630 Popular Music and the Moving Image |
6 | |
| MUSC3631 Music in Public: Performance and Power |
6 | |
| MUSC3639 Music Journalism |
6 | |
Historical studies |
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| MCGY2621 Exploring Ethnomusicology |
6 | P MCGY1030 This is a compulsory unit for the minor in ethnomusicology. If prerequisite not met, you may apply for special permission. |
| MCGY3604 J.S. Bach and his World |
6 | A Broad knowledge of Baroque music equivalent to MCGY2611 or MUSC1506 |
| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 | This unit is a requirement for Honours in the Arts Music unit. |
| MCGY3629 Romanticism and the Fantastic |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850 |
| MCGY3636 Mozart's World: Music in the Age of Reason |
6 | A It is recommended that students have completed MCGY1506 or MCGY2612, or have a sound knowledge of late 18th-century repertoire Dr Alan Maddox |
| MCGY3639 Modernism in Austria and Germany 1889-1914 |
6 | P MCGY2612 |
Ethnographical studies |
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| MCGY3602 Understanding East Asian Music |
6 | |
| MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalization |
6 | |
| MUSC3629 Music and Everyday Life |
6 | This unit is a requirement for Honours in the BA. |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America |
6 | Musical knowledge may be helpful but not necessary |
Analytical studies |
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| CMPN4666 Advanced Analysis |
6 | |
| JAZZ3618 Jazz Musicology and Analysis |
6 | P JAZZ2017 or JAZZ2624 This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
| MCGY3638 Harmony as Counterpoint |
6 | |
