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ATS1343

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 19 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

Coordinator(s)

Dr Jonathan McIntosh

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

Popular music, namely, music that appeals to large audiences and which is disseminated via mass media, is an increasingly global phenomenon. From rock to reggae, hip-hop to Afro-pop, this unit introduces students to select popular musics from around the world, while also exploring basic research principles of ethnomusicology and popular music scholarship. The unit is open to all students with an interest in music. No prior musical experience required.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:

  1. analyse scholarly sources pertinent to popular music research;
  2. undertake critical reading exercises;
  3. situate select popular musics within specific historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical, economic, spiritual and/or religious contexts.

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.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jonathan McIntosh

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

Music
Music performance
Music composition
Creative music technology
Ethnomusicology and musicology