Music in Everyday Life (MUSI10037)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Not available in 2025

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Overview

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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, 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: 20 March 2025

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: 20 March 2025

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

9 web-based quizzes

  • 1200 words (equivalent)
Throughout the teaching period30%

A written assignment

  • 1000 words
First half of the teaching period25%

Essay

  • 1800 words
During the assessment period45%
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes to be eligible for a pass in this subject.Throughout the teaching periodN/A
Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement.Throughout the teaching periodN/A

Last updated: 20 March 2025

Dates & times

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Last updated: 20 March 2025

Further information

Last updated: 20 March 2025