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MCGY1020: Musicology Workshop 2

2025 unit information

Building on Musicology Workshop 1, this unit provides a forum for discussion of more developed musicological work, and the opportunity to further broaden your perspective on the discipline. Many activities are built around the Conservatorium's fortnightly Musicology Colloquium Series lectures, while other class activities explore areas such as research and writing skills, music criticism, controversies in recent music literature, visits to local libraries or archives, and conference attendance and reporting. Students are expected occasionally to attend other musicological activities such as the Conservatorium's Alfred Hook lecture series. During classes students also have the opportunity to present and gain feedback on their own research topics.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Analysis, History and Cultural Studies
Credit points 3
Prerequisites:
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MCGY1019
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. demonstrate an expanded knowledge of the scope of musicological scholarship and research
  • LO2. demonstrate skills in critical thinking and critical discussion
  • LO3. find and evaluate a diverse range of sources for music research, both in hard copy and online
  • LO4. develop an independent research topic and research question(s) and articulate their significance
  • LO5. explain key features of important musicological research methods
  • LO6. speak and write persuasively about music and music research
  • LO7. use relevant specialist terminology appropriately and with understanding
  • LO8. demonstrate a reflective approach to research tasks and procedures, including an understanding of ethical, social, cultural, global, and environmental responsibilities in research.

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Semester 1 2022
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Semester 1 2023
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