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Music Language 3: Modern Directions (MUSI30046)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank) and On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Ian Godfrey: ibg@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Stuart Greenbaum: s.greenbaum@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - On Campus Semester 2 - On Campus |
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This subject follows Music Language 1 and 2 in chronological sequence, providing an overview of modern compositional directions, styles and techniques found Western music from 1900 through to the present day.
Set works are viewed, heard and analysed through the construction process of the composer. Students compose short, original pieces (assignments) using these techniques and styles which are performed or presented in tutorials.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate a working knowledge of the principal 20th-century techniques;
- identify compositional techniques in context;
- apply technical and expressive insight to compositional processes;
- collaborate with fellow musicians on practical realisation of compositional ideas.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed:
- absorb and analyse models and replicate them;
- connect modes of communication with contexts in which they arise.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MUSI20061 | Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
Summer Term (Online)
|
12.5 |
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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Five practical written assignments (14% each)
| During the teaching period | 70% |
Five 10-minute in-class quizzes
| During the teaching period | 15% |
5-minute practical scales test
| During the examination period | 5% |
Active participation in tutorials
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 80% of all scheduled classes. | Throughout the teaching period | N/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. | N/A |
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term - On Campus
Coordinator Ian Godfrey Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising two 2-hour lectures and one 2-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 8 January 2024 to 23 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 17 January 2024 Census date 2 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2024 Assessment period ends 8 March 2024 Summer Term contact information
Ian Godfrey: ibg@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - On Campus
Coordinator Stuart Greenbaum Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Stuart Greenbaum: s.greenbaum@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Music Course Diploma in Music Course Graduate Diploma in Music Major Performance Major Musicology & Ethnomusicology Major Composition Major Music Studies Major Performance (ANAM) - 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