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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Jazz History and Culture 1

  • Unit Code

    MUS1306

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    5

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Jeremy Pierson GREIG

Description

This unit focuses on the development of Jazz from its beginnings to 1942, concentrating on the major musical innovations, definitive stylistic characteristics, external musical influences and seminal Jazz artists from the period. The unit will examine the body of recorded work associated with the period in conjunction with the relevant literature.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUS1210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the musical and historical events that influenced Jazz from its beginnings to 1942.
  2. Aurally recognise the definitive Jazz styles from 1900 to 1942.
  3. Produce written work that conforms with university protocols.

Unit Content

  1. Jazz stars of the 1930s and 1940s.
  2. Louis Armstrong.
  3. Ragtime, Brass Bands, The Blues.
  4. The Chicago School.
  5. The beginning of the Big Band.
  6. The first Jazz recordings.
  7. The precursors to Jazz.
  8. The swing era.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestHistory assessment, aural exam10%
TestHistory assessment, aural exam20%
TestHistory assessment, aural exam30%
EssayShort in-class essay on given topics40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Jazz History and Culture 1

  • Unit Code

    MUS1306

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    5

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Jeremy Pierson GREIG

Description

This unit focuses on the development of Jazz from its beginnings to 1942, concentrating on the major musical innovations, definitive stylistic characteristics, external musical influences and seminal Jazz artists from the period. The unit will examine the body of recorded work associated with the period in conjunction with the relevant literature.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUS1210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the musical and historical events that influenced Jazz from its beginnings to 1942.
  2. Aurally recognise the definitive Jazz styles from 1900 to 1942.
  3. Produce written work that conforms with university protocols.

Unit Content

  1. Jazz stars of the 1930s and 1940s.
  2. Louis Armstrong.
  3. Ragtime, Brass Bands, The Blues.
  4. The Chicago School.
  5. The beginning of the Big Band.
  6. The first Jazz recordings.
  7. The precursors to Jazz.
  8. The swing era.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestHistory assessment, aural exam10%
TestHistory assessment, aural exam20%
TestHistory assessment, aural exam30%
EssayShort in-class essay on given topics40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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