MUS10545 - Global Perspectives in Music (2015)

Unit aim

Provides students with a range of historical, cross-cultural and indigenous perspectives relating to the development of global music cultures. It examines the roles of music within different societies, and promotes an understanding of the dynamics of global musical cultures through the development of research frameworks for cross-cultural musical comparisons.

Unit content

• Introduction to world music
• African music traditions
• Middle Eastern Music
• The influence of European Music - Ireland, Scotland, gypsy
• Music of South America and the Caribbean
• Music of Asia
• Indigenous music of Australia and North American traditions
• Music of the Pacific
• Production, distribution and consumption of Music in the digital age.

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.