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Rock Music: From Roots to Retro (MUSI10219)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville) and On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject explores a range of rock music, from its roots in American music styles of the mid-twentieth century to the emergence of rock and proliferation of hybrid genres in the 1960s and 1970s. It will also examine subsequent developments like punk, heavy metal and grunge, and more recent recasting of rock idioms. The aesthetic foundations of rock music and culture will be analysed, as well as the music's creation, performance and modes of consumption.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Recognise (from audio and audio-visual sources) and contextualise different styles of rock music
- Discuss critically the creation and consumption of rock music in the twentieth century
- Undertake scholarly work using bibliographic tools
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed:
- A capacity for independent critical thought
- An openess to new ideas
- Knowledge, skills and practices which provide a basis for independent critical inquiry and research-based writing
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Four online quizzes to be held in Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8 (40%)
- Essay (1500 words), due in Week 10 (40%)
- Listening Test (40-minutes), due in the Week 12 lecture (20%)
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - On Campus
Principal coordinator Ken Murray Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- Semester 2 - On Campus
Principal coordinator Ken Murray Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week. PLEASE NOTE this availability has a lecture stream component, please see 'Additional Delivery Details'. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Southbank Semester 2 On-Campus Delivery Information
This subject is delivered in person at the Parkville campus and lectures will be live streamed to Southbank. Students enrolled in the Southbank campus availability can attend at Southbank.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A reading pack will be available for purchase from the Melbourne University Bookshop before the start of semester.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Diploma in Music Informal specialisation Performance/ Composition/ Musicology/ Ethnomusicology Breadth Track Popular Music - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024