SPECIAL NOTE: subject to enrolment quota
available as an elective
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
Provides students with an introduction to the musical life of non-Western societies including discussion of the cultural significance and function of music and characteristic musical styles and instruments of regions including the Middle East, India, Japan, China, Indonesia and Africa. An introduction is also given to indigenous Australian music and the migrant folk traditions contributing to the vitality of the Australian musical landscape.
WEIGHT: 12.5%
ASSESSMENT: research assignment (10%), 1200-word essay (25%), end-of-sem listening test (15%), end-of-sem exam (50%)
TEACHING PATTERN: 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, K, Q and Y click here for more information.
