Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Music and Ideas II
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Music
Module Code	09 37493
Module Lead	Luis-Manuel Garcia and Amy Brosius
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LC Music and Ideas I - (09 37492)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-80 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	Music and Ideas II continues the introduction to issues of broad theoretical interest in the study of music begun in Music and Ideas I. Guided by staff research specialisms, topics to be covered may include (among others): Music and the Internet, Music and Religion, Women in Music, Music and Globalisation, and Musical Notation. Lectures will cover two new topics in detail during the semester, continuing to introduce students to the kind of theoretical reflection typically encountered today in university-level work, and preparing them for the discussion of theoretical issues in greater depth in second- and third-year modules, especially the second-year core module, Critical Musicology. The weekly lectures will be supported by seminars. Music and Ideas II will move beyond the focus on essay-writing in Music and Ideas I to include work on oral presentation. Students will continue to improve writing skills, and to engage intellectually with the theoretical material covered in the lectures, but will also gain experience in the presentation of their work to an audience of their peers. During this semester students will also have the option to work through the Micro-Employability Course Responding to Feedback.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate awareness of broad theoretical ideas pertaining to the study of music Understand how theoretical concerns can guide our knowledge both of musical history and of the musical present Show evidence of an ability to read and critically assess contemporary work in musical scholarship Demonstrate evidence of an ability to write fluent, well organised and correctly referenced prose in an appropriate academic register, and also to deliver the results of research in the form of an oral presentation
Assessment	37493-01 : Written Task : Coursework (50%) 37493-02 : Aural Presentation : Presentation (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	1500-word written task (50%) 5-minute oral presentation in English (50%) Alternative assessment if on campus activity is restricted: live oral assessments will either be recorded presentations or conducted via Zoom/Skype.
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