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 History: Australian Music
  • Unit Code

    MUS3513
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Lindsay Ross VICKERY

Description

This unit introduces examines the art music of Australia. The influence of indigenous music is discussed, along with the emergence of national characteristics that draw from diverse sources. The unit traces the development of Australian music in the context of evolving Australian institutions such as the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the Australia Council for the Arts. Key figures and their works are examined, including pioneers such as Percy Grainger, Peggy Glanville-Hicks and Peter Sculthorpe as well as later composers, improvisers and sound artists.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically discuss issues that informed developments in Australian Music.
  2. Demonstrate critical enquiry and listening skills.
  3. Identify and contextualise seminal Australian composers, composition techniques and recordings.
  4. Presentation of academic research with proper formatting and attribution.
  5. Use academic resources to formulate a critical argument.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis and context of seminal works by Australian composers.
  2. Critical issues relevant to Australian Music composition.
  3. Critical writing skills.

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 ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, individual listening, reading, and score study.

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
TestAn in-class test25%
EssayA research assignment25%
ExaminationExamination50%

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 History: Australian Music
  • Unit Code

    MUS3513
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Lindsay Ross VICKERY

Description

This unit introduces examines the art music of Australia. The influence of indigenous music is discussed, along with the emergence of national characteristics that draw from diverse sources. The unit traces the development of Australian music in the context of evolving Australian institutions such as the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the Australia Council for the Arts. Key figures and their works are examined, including pioneers such as Percy Grainger, Peggy Glanville-Hicks and Peter Sculthorpe as well as later composers, improvisers and sound artists.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically discuss issues that informed developments in Australian Music.
  2. Demonstrate critical enquiry and listening skills.
  3. Identify and contextualise seminal Australian composers, composition techniques and recordings.
  4. Presentation of academic research with proper formatting and attribution.
  5. Use academic resources to formulate a critical argument.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis and context of seminal works by Australian composers.
  2. Critical issues relevant to Australian Music composition.
  3. Critical writing skills.

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 ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, individual listening, reading, and score study.

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
TestAn in-class test25%
EssayA research assignment25%
ExaminationExamination50%

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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