Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor, lecturer, tutor
Adrian Renzo
191E, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Please see iLearn
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Popular music has often functioned as a creative expression of dissent. Music has been used to construct or undermine various configurations of identity (whether based on race, class, or other social distinctions). This unit explores the ways in which music has helped musicians and listeners to engage with and/or resist the status quo. The unit explores explicitly political interventions by musicians as well as more subtle interventions that bypass official political processes. Key frameworks in popular music studies are introduced and critiqued (including the study of subculture and 'authenticity') and the various concepts are illustrated with reference to genres such as disco, rock, and hip hop. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Tests | 40% | No | Weeks 6 and 11 – please see iLearn for specific details |
Essay plan | 20% | No | Week 7 – please see iLearn for specific details |
Essay | 40% | No | Week 12 – please see iLearn for specific details |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: Weeks 6 and 11 – please see iLearn for specific details
Weighting: 40%
Two online multiple-choice quizzes. Refer to iLearn for further information.
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 22 hours
Due: Week 7 – please see iLearn for specific details
Weighting: 20%
This assessment requires students to outline academically written and referenced response to one of several essay prompts. Refer to iLearn for further information.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 44 hours
Due: Week 12 – please see iLearn for specific details
Weighting: 40%
This assessment requires students to respond to one of several essay prompts, and to demonstrate engagement with the themes of MMCC1020. Refer to iLearn for further information.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Lectures and tutorials begin in Week 1.
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