Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

The title of this unit is taken from a well-known popular song and indicates the relationship that music has to its time. The influences that have gone to create the network of styles today are not only musical, but relate to gender, social and economic issues, technology, politics and culture. These exciting times demand an eclectic approach to defining and mapping contemporary music cultures. This is of value to both the musician, and more broadly interested individuals for whom music of today is of importance in their lives.

Aims

This unit aims to explain the plethora of genres, styles available and approaches employed in contemporary music-making, as a reference point to your own creative practice, or the development of your musical taste.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Understand and explain the key concepts that influence the musical, societal, cultural, artistic, economic and political contexts in which musical innovation takes place in the 21st Century.
2. Review the contemporary scene today and the factors that inform and influence its evolution.

Content

In this unit you will begin by analysing your personal relationship with music, compare it with that of your peers, and then examine it against key issues that arise from a global perspective of the role of music in human society.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit will take the approach to learning and teaching by providing classes that include demonstrations and performances, audio and video recording exemplars, utilising reading texts and website resources taught within Tutorials and Lectures.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.

Assessment name: Project (applied)
Description: (Formative and summative): Either an essay OR a creative work plus exegesis. There is also a requirement to complete an online peer review.
Relates to objectives: 1 & 2
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid semester

Assessment name: Analysis (written)
Description: A conceptual, practical and reflective written analysis demonstrating an understanding of unit themes and issues.
Relates to objectives: 1 & 2
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End of semester

Assessment name: Workshops
Description: Contribution to in class workshops.
Relates to objectives: 1 & 2
Weight: 10%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Throughout semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Required Texts:
There are no required Texts for this unit.

Recommended Texts:
Ford, A. (1997) Illegal Harmonies: Music in the Twentieth Century, Hale & Iremarger, Sydney.

Frith, S. (1988) Music for pleasure: essays in the sociology of pop, Polity Press, Cambridge.

Mcfarlane, I. (1999) The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW.

Middleton, R. and Horn, D. (Eds.) (1981) Popular Music: Distinctions, influences, continuities/ a year book, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Sukitsch, F. J. (1988) Popular music and the youth movement (microform): a critical analysis, Univ. Microfilms Intern, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Institute of Popular Music Home Page http://www.liv.ac.uk/IPM/postgrad.htm

Collapse Board http://www.collapseboard.com

Mess + Noise http://messandnoise.com

Risk assessment statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 03-Apr-2013