Undergraduate - UnitATS3821 - From critical theory to creating new musical work

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Offered	Not offered in 2015
Coordinator(s)	Mr David Chisholm; Associate Professor Thomas Reiner

Synopsis

The unit will cover critical theory related to compositional technique. Topics and approaches covered include musical time and space, neo-structuralism, music of the environment, music semiotics, and hermeneutics of the subject.

Outcomes

Students who have worked successfully in their studies will be able to understand and engage the complex interplay between critical theory and music composition.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Thomas Reiner

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Music