Global Music Studies
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MUSI1013 | Music | 1 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- MUSI1013
- School
- Music
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module offers an introduction to the fields of ethnomusicology and popular music studies. Students will study a range of musical cultures beyond the traditional canon of Western art music. The module examines different meanings, practices, and theories of musics from a diverse range of cultures, surveying traditions from Asia, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific. It incorporates an introduction to ethnomusicological theory and method and an overview of key studies in Anglophone popular music.
Target Students
Available to all Year 1 students including Liberal Arts, exchange and subsidiary students.
Classes
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 50% Coursework 1: 1500-word essay
- 50% Coursework 2: 1500 word-essay
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The module aims to introduce students to a wide range of contexts and styles of music from around the world; to facilitate the development of critical skills for the analysis of diverse musical practices; and to give students an introductory grounding in the terms, concepts, and principal debates in the fields of ethnomusicology and popular music studies.Learning Outcomes
Awareness of cultural differences and of ethnomusicological approaches to the study of other cultures
Development of critical perspectives on the meanings of musics in different cultures
Introduction to a diverse range of music cultures
Awareness of debates surrounding the term ‘World Music’
Ability to situate one’s own musical experience(s) in global contexts
Development of a critical understanding of the key issues in Anglophone popular music
Conveners
- Dr Shu Jiang