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Music in Everyday Life (MUSI10037)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject explores the types of music that constitute the soundtrack of our lives. We all experience music every day, but how deeply do we really listen to it?
What critical faculties do we employ when we stop to think about our taste in music, and why do we choose to listen to what we do? Active listening, as opposed to passive hearing of music, is a key element in this subject. We will help you develop a range of critical skills that will allow you to think conceptually about music and therefore to understand and enjoy music at a deeper level.
You will acquire a set of tools and a working vocabulary for discussing, describing and analysing music. You will be better equipped to discuss the music you love and talk about why, when, and how you choose to listen to it. You will be exposed to a wide range of musical styles and genres, including popular classical, contemporary, jazz, and non-Western.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- understand core musical concepts;
- discriminate aurally between different musical styles according to their musical characteristics;
- apply enhanced listening skills to analyse different types of music;
- articulate your impressions about music coherently using an appropriate technical vocabulary;
- engage with music on a critical and analytical level.
Generic skills
On successful completion of the subject, students should have developed:
- an ability to think critically;
- a capacity to communicate adequately in an academic context both in oral and written form;
- the ability to apply research skills to specific contexts.
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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9 web-based quizzes (weeks 3-10: 4% each; week 11: 8%)
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
A written assignment
| First half of the teaching period | 20% |
A written assignment
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes and submit all components of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinators Jane Davidson and Heather Fletcher Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 28 hours comprising, one weekly 1-hour online live tutorial session during weeks 2 to 11, and up to 90-minutes of engagement in online learning material per week for the semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Ross, Alex. Listen to This. London: Fourth Estate, 2010.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Studies in Western Music Breadth Track Popular Music - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Science
- 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