Musicology Principal Study
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Musicology major |
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| 1. Students undertaking the BMusic (Musicology major) must complete 48 credit points of Musicology units comprising of: | |||
| (a) 6 credit points of core units; | |||
| (b) 6 credit points of electives; | |||
| (c) 18 credit points of 2000 level units* | |||
| (d) 18 credit points of 3000 level units* | |||
| *A minimum of 6 credit points must be achieved from Historical Studies, Ethnographical Studies and Analytical Studies. | |||
| 2. Students undertaking BMusic (Music Education) in Musicology must complete 24 credit points of Musicology units comprising of: | |||
| (a) 12 credit points of core units; | |||
| (b) 6 credit points of Historical Studies; | |||
| (c) 6 credit points of Ethnographical Studies. | |||
Core units |
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| MCGY1019 Musicology Workshop 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MCGY1020 Musicology Workshop 2 |
3 | P MCGY1019 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2612 Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras |
6 | A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
Electives |
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| MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MCGY2601 Perception of Music Performance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MCGY2611 Music from the Middle Ages to Baroque |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2612 Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras |
6 | A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2615 The Ultimate Art: 400 Years of Opera This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P MCGY2611 or MCGY2612 or MCGY2613 or MUSC1506 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3630 New Germans: Wagner and Liszt 1848-76 |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850 P MCGY2612 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC2638 Jazz Riots and Revolutions This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2645 Psychology of Music |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC3630 Popular Music and the Moving Image |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC3631 Music in Public: Performance and Power |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC3639 Music Journalism |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Historical Studies |
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| MCGY2621 Exploring Ethnomusicology |
6 | P MCGY1030 This is a compulsory unit for the minor in ethnomusicology. If prerequisite not met, you may apply for special permission. |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3604 J.S. Bach and his World |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 |
This unit is a requirement for Honours in the Arts Music unit. |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3629 Romanticism and the Fantastic This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3636 Mozart's World: Music in the Age of Reason This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | A It is strongly recommended that students have completed MCGY2612, or have a sound knowledge of the Viennese Classical repertoire. Dr Alan Maddox |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3639 Modernism in Austria and Germany 1889-1914 This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P MCGY2612 |
Semester 2 |
Ethnographical Studies |
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| MCGY3602 Understanding East Asian Music |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalization This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC3629 Music and Everyday Life |
6 |
This unit is a requirement for Honours in the BA. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 |
Musical knowledge may be helpful but not necessary |
Semester 2 |
Analytical Studies |
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| CMPN4666 Advanced Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| JAZZ3618 Jazz Musicology and Analysis |
6 | P JAZZ2017 or JAZZ2624 This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3638 Harmony as Counterpoint |
6 | Semester 1 |
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