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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.

  • Unit Title

    Jazz History and Culture 3

  • Unit Code

    MUS2306

  • Year

    2019

  • 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 1959 to the early 1970s 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.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the musical and historical events that influenced Jazz from 1959 to the early 1970s.
  2. Demonstrate satisfactory presentation skills in a tutorial environment.
  3. Describe the outcomes of musical fusion on Jazz from 1959 to the early 1970s.
  4. Produce written work that conforms with university protocols.
  5. Recognise aurally the definitive Jazz styles from 1959 to the early 1970s.

Unit Content

  1. Blue Note recordings and artists of the 1960s.
  2. Bossa nova and Latin influences in Jazz.
  3. John Coltrane in the 1960s.
  4. Miles Davis in the 1960s.
  5. Other influential artists of the 1960s.
  6. The Avant Garde Jazz styles.
  7. The evolution of Free Jazz.
  8. Tutorial presentation techniques.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered11 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, 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 assessments10%
TestHistory assessments25%
PresentationTutorial presentation50%
EssayEssay based on selected jazz artist *15%

* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

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.

  • Unit Title

    Jazz History and Culture 3

  • Unit Code

    MUS2306

  • Year

    2019

  • 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 1959 to the early 1970s 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.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the musical and historical events that influenced Jazz from 1959 to the early 1970s.
  2. Demonstrate satisfactory presentation skills in a tutorial environment.
  3. Describe the outcomes of musical fusion on Jazz from 1959 to the early 1970s.
  4. Produce written work that conforms with university protocols.
  5. Recognise aurally the definitive Jazz styles from 1959 to the early 1970s.

Unit Content

  1. Blue Note recordings and artists of the 1960s.
  2. Bossa nova and Latin influences in Jazz.
  3. John Coltrane in the 1960s.
  4. Miles Davis in the 1960s.
  5. Other influential artists of the 1960s.
  6. The Avant Garde Jazz styles.
  7. The evolution of Free Jazz.
  8. Tutorial presentation techniques.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered11 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, 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 assessments10%
TestHistory assessments25%
PresentationTutorial presentation50%
EssayEssay based on selected jazz artist *15%

* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

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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