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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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

    Introduction to Musicology

  • Unit Code

    MUS4119

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

In this unit students develop ideas and materials for a dissertation. Student will undertake a variety of exploratory exercises in musicological research, which may include working with foreign languages, archival and palaeographic work, and music analysis. Research training will be provided for the student in any areas deemed to be lacking.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Collect and critically evaluate secondary sources.
  2. Conduct sound musicological research.
  3. Write a coherent dissertation proposal.

Unit Content

  1. Assembling bibliographies.
  2. Bibliography and referencing.
  3. Critically evaluating secondary sources.
  4. Working with foreign languages (if applicable).
  5. Working with primary sources.
  6. Writing skills.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars.

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
JournalPortfolio of research exercises50%
AssignmentDissertation proposal50%

Text References

  • Barzun, Jacques (2001). From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present. Harper Perennial.
  • Burkholder, Peter and Claude V. Palisca, and Donald J. Grout (2006). A History of Western Music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Burns, R (2000). Introduction to Research Methods (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Longman Cheshire.
  • Treitler, Leo and Oliver Strunk (1998). Source Readings in Music History. NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Everist, Mark (editor) (1999). Rethinking Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kerman, Joseph (1985). Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology. MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Sadie, S and J. Tyrell (ed.)(2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan.
  • Crist, Stephen A and Roberta Montemorra Marvin (2004). Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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

    Introduction to Musicology

  • Unit Code

    MUS4119

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

In this unit students develop ideas and materials for a dissertation. Student will undertake a variety of exploratory exercises in musicological research, which may include working with foreign languages, archival and palaeographic work, and music analysis. Research training will be provided for the student in any areas deemed to be lacking.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Collect and critically evaluate secondary sources.
  2. Conduct sound musicological research.
  3. Write a coherent dissertation proposal.

Unit Content

  1. Assembling bibliographies.
  2. Bibliography and referencing.
  3. Critically evaluating secondary sources.
  4. Working with foreign languages (if applicable).
  5. Working with primary sources.
  6. Writing skills.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars.

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
JournalPortfolio of research exercises50%
AssignmentDissertation proposal50%

Text References

  • Barzun, Jacques (2001). From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present. Harper Perennial.
  • Burkholder, Peter and Claude V. Palisca, and Donald J. Grout (2006). A History of Western Music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Burns, R (2000). Introduction to Research Methods (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Longman Cheshire.
  • Treitler, Leo and Oliver Strunk (1998). Source Readings in Music History. NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Everist, Mark (editor) (1999). Rethinking Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kerman, Joseph (1985). Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology. MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Sadie, S and J. Tyrell (ed.)(2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan.
  • Crist, Stephen A and Roberta Montemorra Marvin (2004). Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.

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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