MU1412 - Ragtime Dues to Hip Hop Blues

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all students

Developments in popular and contemporary music styles, form and media from 1900 - 2005 will be studied through observation and analysis of selected music from a diversity of popular musicians. The subject will address a range of contemporary styles such as Ragtime, Blues, Swing, Bebop, Rock and Roll, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Cool Jazz, Glam, Punk, Metal, Grunge, Rap, Disco, Dance and Trance, Fusion, World Music and Hip Hop.

Learning Outcomes

• acquire knowledge of the life, times and music of selected song-writers and performers;
• aurally recognise, describe, analyse and compare selected pieces of music by a representative selection of song-writers and performers;
• develop fundamental strategies in musical and historical judgement;
• discuss, analyse and compare relationships between music and the other art forms selected during this period;
• relate changes in musical style to underlying social and intellectual theories, philosophies and aesthetics of the period;
• acquire a familiarity with major musical repertoire, stylistic changes and associated terminology relevant to Western popular music since about 1900.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area.

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Face to face teaching (2-hour classes are held weeks 1, 5, 9 and 13)
Coord/Lect:	Dr David Salisbury.
Contact hours:	8 hours workshops/Seminars - Four 2-hour workshops to discuss and workshop key subject milestones
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30%); group online (live) presentation (20%); assignments (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must attend a minimum of 80% of workshops to pass this subject.
Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Face to face teaching (2-hour classes are held weeks 1, 5, 9 and 13)
Coord/Lect:	Dr David Salisbury.
Contact hours:	8 hours workshops/Seminars - Four 2-hour workshops to discuss and workshop key subject milestones
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30%); group online (live) presentation (20%); assignments (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must attend a minimum of 80% of workshops to pass this subject.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.