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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

    Colloquium

  • Unit Code

    MUS5115

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit introduces students to a wide variety of issues and topics in academic and professional musical discourse, including aesthetics, musical analysis, performance practices, and historical and sociological musicology. It will instil a breadth of knowledge and vocabulary necessary to communicate effectively as a professional musician.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a broad knowledge of issues and topics in musical discourse.
  2. Demonstrate effective rhetorical skills.
  3. Explain the impact of contemporary social contexts on musical practice.
  4. Generate effective ad libitum and scripted materials to the colloquium group.

Unit Content

  1. Critical analysis of source materials.
  2. Issues in aesthetics, musical analysis, performance practices, and historical and sociological musicology.
  3. Techniques of academic and professional discourse.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and student presentations.

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
PresentationPresentations50%
Creative WorkPortfolio50%

Text References

  • Barzun, J. (2001). From dawn to decadence: 500 years of western cultural life, 1500 to the present: Harper Perennial.
  • Burkholder, P., Palisca, C.V., & Grout, D.J. (2006). A history of western music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Crist, S. A., & Marvin, R.M. (2004). Historical musicology: Sources, methods, interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.
  • Treitler, L., & Strunk, O.(1998). Source readings in music history. NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Kerman, J. (1985). Contemplating music: Challenges to musicology. MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Sadie, S., & Tyrell, J. (Ed.). (2001). The new grove dictionary of music and musicians. London: Macmillan.
  • Everist, M. (Ed.). (1999). Rethinking music. Oxford: Oxford University 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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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

    Colloquium

  • Unit Code

    MUS5115

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit introduces students to a wide variety of issues and topics in academic and professional musical discourse, including aesthetics, musical analysis, performance practices, and historical and sociological musicology. It will instil a breadth of knowledge and vocabulary necessary to communicate effectively as a professional musician.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a broad knowledge of issues and topics in musical discourse.
  2. Demonstrate effective rhetorical skills.
  3. Explain the impact of contemporary social contexts on musical practice.
  4. Generate effective ad libitum and scripted materials to the colloquium group.

Unit Content

  1. Critical analysis of source materials.
  2. Issues in aesthetics, musical analysis, performance practices, and historical and sociological musicology.
  3. Techniques of academic and professional discourse.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and student presentations.

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
PresentationPresentations50%
Creative WorkPortfolio50%

Text References

  • Treitler, L., & Strunk, O.(1998). Source readings in music history. NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Sadie, S., & Tyrell, J. (Ed.). (2001). The new grove dictionary of music and musicians. London: Macmillan.
  • Kerman, J. (1985). Contemplating music: Challenges to musicology. MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Barzun, J. (2001). From dawn to decadence: 500 years of western cultural life, 1500 to the present: Harper Perennial.
  • Crist, S. A., & Marvin, R.M. (2004). Historical musicology: Sources, methods, interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.
  • Burkholder, P., Palisca, C.V., & Grout, D.J. (2006). A history of western music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Everist, M. (Ed.). (1999). Rethinking music. Oxford: Oxford University 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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