Music, Society and Community 1 MUSIC5101

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

The course will equip students with the tools to identify, analyse and understand how music exists as a vital part of society, and it contributes to defining communities and identities throughout the world.. It will cover a range of case studies, spanning different musical genres, geographical areas and historical eras, as well as introduce students to some of the main critical and theoretical models dealing with the interface between music and society, and music and community.

Timetable

10 x 2 hr seminar over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

Requirements of Entry

Standard entry to Masters at College level

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

(MUSIC____) Music, Society and Community 2 

Assessment

Presentation (15 mins) - 30%

Essay (3500 words) - 70%

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

This course aims to:

 

■ Introduce students to some of the main critical and theoretical models that study the interface between music, society and community/identity-building

■ Engage students with a range of case studies encompassing diverse musical styles, geographies and chronologies that illustrate the diverse ways in which music exists as a vital part of society and how it has shaped communities and identities

■ Equip students with the tools to identify, analyse and understand how music interfaces with society and community in a range of contexts of their choice

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Understand, discuss and critique different paradigms and approaches in the study of the interface between music, society and community

■ Exercise independent judgment in locating, selecting, interpreting and critiquing primary and secondary sources pertinent to the study of music, community and society in specific contexts - including a range of settings pertinent to Glasgow

■ Understand and articulate how creative practice (their own or others') has been or can be enlisted in social and/or community interventions

■ Express complex ideas clearly and lucidly both verbally and in writing

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.