Overview
Case studies on the social life of music. From La Mer to Lamar and jazz to Jay-Z, featuring classical and rock with diverse styles and settings – birth, death, peace, war, sex, drugs, and the download store.
About this paper
Paper title | Music Matters in Human Life |
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Subject | Music |
EFTS | 0.15 |
Points | 18 points |
Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,173.30 |
International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- No prior musical knowledge required.
- Contact
- More information link
Please see the School of Performing Arts website for more information.
- Teaching staff
Paper co-ordinator: Professor Henry Johnson
Teaching Staff: Professor Henry Johnson
Dr Ian Chapman
- Textbooks
Please contact the School of Performing Arts office for a copy of the most recent paper profile.
- Course outline
Please contact the School of Performing Arts office for a copy of the most recent paper profile.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Develop an in-depth appreciation of music in global cultural context.
- Develop an understanding of the diverse uses, functions and meanings of music through the field of cultural musicology.
- Acquire knowledge and skills in comprehending music through cultural analysis and by writing from a critical cultural perspective.
- Gain culturally relevant knowledge of music in global context, including methods, theories and procedures relating to the field of cultural musicology.