MUSC 2405: Musicology 2
Effective date
January 2020
Description
Musicology 2 is the second of a two-course sequence that continues the study of the cultural context of music and other artistic production and the disciplines of Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Comparative Musicology. Musicology 2 focuses on history of European Classical and other music traditions in the 19th to 21st centuries.
Year of study
2nd Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
MUSC 2305, or permission of instructor.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Research and realize a presentation and paper on a thesis based on a topic of interest
- Describe and discuss aspects of historical-era genres
- Identify and describe some of the historical and contemporary relationships between music, art and their social context
- Identify and describe both the significant musical elements of historical musical production and the unique features of individual artists and composers
- Describe aspects of Western European sacred and secular music
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
1. Practical and/or written examinations that demonstrate ability at or above the final exam and learning outcomes of this course.
2. A successful interview with the Music Department Leader and one other regularized music faculty member
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 45
Total Hours: 45
Instructional Strategies
Lecture and lecture-demonstrations, assigned reading and listening quizzes, introduction to research
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Assignments
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10
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Midterm Exam
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15
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Quizzes/Tests
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30
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Other
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20
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Research Paper
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Final Exam
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25
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Course topics
- Sacred and secular music in Western Europe
- The strengths and weaknesses of creating historical-era genres
- The misappropriation of the ideas of teleology, development and evolution into the historical description of art, music and all cultural production
- The important features of nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first-century European music and how they relate to the individuals and cultural contexts by whom they are produced
- The weakening of the political, economic and artistic hegemony of Western Europe and the effect on music and art.
- Research methods and data bases
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.