Specialised Studies II - Musicology Pathway
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MUSI4009 | Music | 4 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- MUSI4009
- School
- Music
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module enables students to engage with a specialised topic of interest in depth, working with staff members in an area of their expertise. It consists of four strands corresponding to the department's research strengths: 1) Contemporary Music; 2) Music on Stage and Screen; 3) Ethnomusicology/Cultural Study of Music; 4) Performance and History. Students select ONE of these as their specialised topic.
Target Students
Only available for students studying MRes Music
Classes
- One 1-hour tutorial each week for 3 weeks
- One 2-hour seminar each week for 3 weeks
3 x 2-hour seminars over 11 weeks + 3 x 1-hour supervisions over 11 weeks
Assessment
- 90% Dissertation: One 5400-6000 word research paper based on a presentation delivered in class or equivalent.
- 10% Presentation: Presentation, 15 minutes
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
To provide an opportunity to work in depth on a topic of particular interest; to enable students to engage critically with the theories and methods appropriate to a specialist subject area through independent research and presentation; to support individual research with a firm foundation in musicological method.Learning Outcomes
a) Knowledge and understanding: (i) knowledge of important recent developments and trends in the academic study of music, of ideas about and approaches to music drawn from other disciplines, and of writing about diverse musical repertoires; and (ii) understanding of the merits and limitations of critical musicology, and of the motivations and agendas driving its development.
b) Intellectual skills: the cultivation of critical and reflective habits of thought (through the module’s focus on the practices of the academy).
c) Professional practical skills: resourcefulness in locating the diverse literature relevant to the module; the cultivation of flexible reading strategies to cope with new kinds of discourse and vocabulary.
d) Transferable skills: presentational and interpersonal skills (through the module’s use of individual and group presentations, and class discussion), flexibility in learning (through the involvement of texts and ideas from outside the mainstream of the discipline), and good organisation (through the undertaking of focused weekly tasks and the assessed written project).