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

    Music Techniques 3: Renaissance and Baroque
  • Unit Code

    MUS2519
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Stewart James SMITH

Description

This unit examines the compositional techniques of Renaissance and Baroque music. Students analyse and pastiche musical styles and forms from 1500 to 1750.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must complete one unit from MUS1524

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and manipulate Renaissance and Baroque counterpoint.
  2. Demonstrate a fluency with common-practice harmony and counterpoint.
  3. Pastiche various Renaissance and Baroque styles and forms.
  4. Understand the music of the Renaissance and Baroque from the inside.

Unit Content

  1. Baroque contrapuntal forms.
  2. Figured Bass.
  3. Harmonising a chorale in the style of J.S. Bach.
  4. Species counterpoint.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationExamination40%
AssignmentAssignments60%

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

    Music Techniques 3: Renaissance and Baroque
  • Unit Code

    MUS2519
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Stewart James SMITH

Description

This unit examines the compositional techniques of Renaissance and Baroque music. Students analyse and pastiche musical styles and forms from 1500 to 1750.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must complete one unit from MUS1524

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and manipulate Renaissance and Baroque counterpoint.
  2. Demonstrate a fluency with common-practice harmony and counterpoint.
  3. Pastiche various Renaissance and Baroque styles and forms.
  4. Understand the music of the Renaissance and Baroque from the inside.

Unit Content

  1. Baroque contrapuntal forms.
  2. Figured Bass.
  3. Harmonising a chorale in the style of J.S. Bach.
  4. Species counterpoint.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationExamination40%
AssignmentAssignments60%

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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