MU2023: INTRODUCTION TO MUSICOLOGY (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19

Course Overview

Students will explore a range of elementary issues in musicology relating to some of the following: music history, theory and analysis, sociology of music, psychology of music, aesthetics, ethnomusicology, world music, early music, opera, concert music, jazz, popular music, music in film and television, musical performance, composition, music technology and the economics of the music business.

The course will consider a range of music taking into account the kinds of methodologies and discourses in which this music is discussed.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	2
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor Edward Campbell

Qualification Prerequisites

Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Music (MU) (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Course Aims
To explore a range of elementary issues in musicology.
To explore a number of branches of musicology/music studies
To embed the study of a range of music within the discourses in which this music is discussed.
To engender in students a critical approach to a range of music which can then be built upon in years 3 and 4.

Main Learning Outcomes
Students will have:

explored a range of elementary issues in musicology;
explored a number of branches of musicology/music studies including some of the following: music history, theory and analysis, sociology of music, psychology of music, aesthetics, world music, early music, opera, concert music, jazz, popular music, music in film and television, musical performance, composition, music technology and the economics of the music business;
studied a range of music taking into account the kinds of methodologies and discourses in which this music is discussed; and
developed a more critical approach to a range of music which can then be built upon in years 3 and 4.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

2000 word essay (60%)

1000 word essay (40%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.