MUM5030

Australian Music History ( 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Joel Crotty

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Topics include the critical study of Australian music history writing and selected composers and their works.

Objectives: On successful completion of this unit, students should have acquired a general knowledge of the place of music in Australian culture, past and present and an understanding of historical and cultural theories with which critically to evaluate them in a variety of types of historical writing.

Assessment: Critical essay (9000 words): 100%

Contact Hours: 2 hours seminar