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Study World Music at Otago

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

Overview

Otago offers a wide range of subjects covering diverse musics of the world. We examine the social and cultural meanings of any musical style of any culture, how to study music and the people performing it, how music fits into its cultural context, and specific music of Asian, Pacific, Latin American, and European cultures. We also offer students the chance to play Javanese gamelan (Indonesian percussion), Japanese koto (zither), and African drumming (djembe) as practical studies in ethnomusicology, either as stand alone papers or within a specific area study.

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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 World 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: World Music papers (see below) worth 90 points, including at least 36 points at 300-level, and Classical or Popular 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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Further Information

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