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Study Popular Music at Otago

• Overview
• Qualifications
• Papers
• Major Subject and Programme Requirements
• Minor Subject Requirements
• Further Information

Overview

The Popular Music Major is an innovative programme for students interested in the diverse popular musics of the world and their cultural contexts. Suitable for students with or without a background in music performance, this Major allows for a flexible combination of papers in film music, world music, and cultural studies, as well as marketing and industry papers to equip our graduates with the practical skills necessary to enter the creative industries. Popular music is a contemporary phenomenon and Otago’s Popular Music Major will provide you with the ability to critically evaluate its function in your everyday life and the world around you.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor of Music (MusB)

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Papers

See the full list of Music (MUSI) papers.

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Programme Requirements

Bachelor of Music (MusB) majoring in Popular Music

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	MUSI 101 MUSI 102 MUSI 103 MUSI 104	18 18 18 18
200-level	MUSI 201 36 further 200- or 300-level MUSI points *	18 36
300-level	72 300-level MUSI points *	72
Plus	162 further points, including 54 above 100-level, comprising: 90 further MUSI points (for 18 of which MAOR 108 may be substituted) * 72 further points (any subject) * The elective papers must include: Popular Music papers (see below) worth 90 points, including at least 36 points at 300-level, and Classical or World Music papers (see below) worth 36 points, including at least 18 points at 300-level.	90   72
Elective Papers	For the purposes of Major Subject Requirements, Music papers are categorised as follows: Classical Music MUSI 220, MUSI 223, MUSI 225, MUSI 229, MUSI 259, MUSI 260, MUSI 261, MUSI 262, MUSI 263, MUSI 265, MUSI 301, MUSI 320, MUSI 323, MUSI 325, MUSI 329, MUSI 348, MUSI 361, MUSI 362, MUSI 363, MUSI 365, MUSI 375 Composition MUSI 132, MUSI 226, MUSI 263, MUSI 265, MUSI 266, MUSI 301, MUSI 326, MUSI 332, MUSI 363, MUSI 365, MUSI 366 Popular Music MUSI 185, MUSI 220, MUSI 225, MUSI 227, MUSI 228, MUSI 265, MUSI 266, MUSI 269, MUSI 285, MUSI 320, MUSI 325, MUSI 327, MUSI 328, MUSI 348, MUSI 365, MUSI 366, MUSI 369, MUSI 375, MUSI 385 World Music MUSI 140, MUSI 220, MUSI 225, MUSI 226, MUSI 227, MUSI 228, MUSI 229, MUSI 240, MUSI 266, MUSI 269, MUSI 320, MUSI 325, MUSI 326, MUSI 327, MUSI 328, MUSI 329, MUSI 340, MUSI 366, MUSI 369
Total		360

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Minor Subject Requirements

Popular Music as a minor subject for a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Theology (BTheol), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Applied Science (BAppSc) or Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	MUSI 103 and one other paper from the list below*	36
200-level	Two papers from the list below*	36
300-level	One paper from the list below* * ANTH 105, MUSI 104, MUSI 185, ANTH 205, ASIA 201, MFCO 212, MUSI 225, MUSI 227, MUSI 228, MUSI 269, MUSI 285, MUSI 325, MUSI 327, MUSI 328, MUSI 369, MUSI 385	18
	Note: No more than one non-MUSI paper may be included
Total		90

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Further Information

Email us at music@otago.ac.nz or visit our home page http://www.otago.ac.nz/music