MUS-10033 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

This module introduces students to the pluralistic diversity of musical-cultural moments that make up the music of the twentieth-century. It nurtures an understanding of the twentieth-century's most important musicians and musical texts and key critical arguments surrounding each body of work, including aesthetic and socio-historical contexts.
Students are introduced to concepts of twentieth-century music history, including the clash of grand and micro-narrative approaches in recent critical thinking about this period, and the increasing desire (in HE) to address the plurality of twentieth-century musics rather than just Western art music.
The module also introduces and puts into practice key study stills. Students also learn to research and then write about an aspect of a topic, to reference written work correctly and to prepare an accurate and comprehensive bibliography.

i) To introduce students to the pluralistic diversity of musical-cultural moments that make up the music of the twentieth-century, and learn core knowledge concerning a range of the twentieth-century's most important musicians and musical texts and key critical arguments surrounding each body of work, including aesthetic and socio-historical contexts.
ii) To introduce and put into practice key study stills. Students will also learn to research and then write about an aspect of a topic, to reference written work correctly and to prepare an accurate and comprehensive bibliography.

Intended Learning Outcomes

recognize the pluralistic diversity of musical-cultural moments that make up the music of the twentieth-century, and demonstrate core knowledge concerning a range of the twentieth-century¿s most important musicians and musical texts and key critical arguments surrounding each body of work, including aesthetic and socio-historical contexts: 1,2
reference written work correctly and produce an accurate and comprehensive bibliography: 1,2
recognise and describe a wide range of developments in Western art music, demonstrating insights into historical study: 1,2
recognise and demonstrate familiarity with a range of popular musics and non-western traditions, enabling students to gain a comparative understanding of music in varying context: 1,2
recognise and describe basic important cultural and aesthetic issues relating to mainly twentieth-century western art and popular traditions and film: 1,2
learn critical reading skills: 2

Study hours

10 hours of lectures
14 hours of seminar
68 hours of summative assessment preparation
58 hours of directed study/lecture preparation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment