MUSI105 Music Matters in Human Life

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.

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

Schedule C

Arts and Music

Notes

No prior musical knowledge required.

Eligibility

No prior musical knowledge required.

Contact

spa@otago.ac.nz

More information link

View more information on the School of Performing Arts' website.

 

Teaching staff

Paper Co-ordinator: Professor Henry Johnson

Teaching Staff: 

Professor Henry Johnson

Dr Alison Blair

Teaching Arrangements

2 lectures each week plus one tutorial.

Textbooks

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Course outline

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Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
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Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this paper will:

• Develop an in-depth appreciation of music in a 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 a global context, including methods, theories and procedures relating to the field of cultural musicology.

Assessment details

Tutorial leading - 500 words, 25%

Essay - 1500 words, 40%

Online Test - 35%

Timetable