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Musicology/Ethnomusicology Specialisation (BH-MUS) // Structure
Musicology/Ethnomusicology Specialisation (BH-MUS)
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Kerry Murphy
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: https://mcm.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Structure
Students in the Musicology/Ethnomusicology specialisation complete 50 points of core subjects and 50 points of elective subjects.
Dissertation continues over two consecutive study periods, with students first enrolling in MUSI40104 Dissertation Part 1 and then subsequently enrolling in MUSI40105 Dissertation Part 2, for a total enrolment of 37.5 credit points. Students will receive an overall result for the subject following completion of the two-subject sequence.
Semester 1
Dissertation Part 1 (18.75 points)
Professional Project (Musicology) (12.5 points) OR Professional Project (Ethnomusicology) (12.5 points)
*Electives (25 points)
* Students undertaking Professional Project (Musicology) who have not completed Music Research in third year are encouraged to to take Music Research (Honours) as an elective subject.
* Students undertaking Professional Project (Ethnomusicology) who have not completed The Ethnography of Music in third year are encouraged to to take The Ethnography of Music (Honours) as an elective subject.
Semester 2
Dissertation Part 2 (18.75 points)
Electives (25 points)
Subject Options
This subject continues over two consecutive study periods, with students first enrolling in MUSI40104 Dissertation Part 1 and then subsequently enrolling in MUSI40105 Dissertation Part 2, for a total enrolment of 37.5 credit points. Students will receive an overall result for the subject following completion of the two-subject sequence.
Core subjects Musicology
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI40104 | Dissertation Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
MUSI40105 | Dissertation Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
MUSI40071 | Professional Project (Musicology) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core subjects Ethnomusicology
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI40104 | Dissertation Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
MUSI40105 | Dissertation Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
MUSI40070 | Professional Project (Ethnomusicology) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Electives
Student choose from 50 points of elective subjects:
(Subjects offered will vary each year)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI40049 | High Baroque Music of the German World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40073 | Composition Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40036 | Conducting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40103 | Figured Bass Realisation 1 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40100 | French Music Louis XIV to the Revolution | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40032 | Historical Performance Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40090 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40055 | Music Analysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40055 | Music Analysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40074 | Music and Health | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40099 | Music and Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40094 | Music as Noise: Making Sound Art | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40047 | Music in the Culture of the Renaissance | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40091 | Music Internship | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40092 | Music Management and Enterprise | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40075 | Music Psychology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40078 | Music Research (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40076 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40027 | Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40058 | Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40056 | Special Study |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MUSI40021 | Stravinsky and Music of the 20th Century | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40054 | Studies In Opera | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40079 | The Ethnography of Music (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40095 | The Music of Spain | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40064 | The Research Process for Musicians |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MUSI40098 | The Romantic Piano | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40028 | Women in Music | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 30 January 2024