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Musicology

Unit of study table

Musicology major

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

Core units

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

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

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

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

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