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MUS 100 – Experiencing Popular Music
2019 – S1 Day
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer and Tutor
Adrian Renzo
Contact via Email
Y3A-155
Please see iLearn
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Credit points
3
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Prerequisites
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit addresses the functions and roles of contemporary popular music. No previous musical training or knowledge is required. The unit introduces the basic principles and elements of music (such as rhythm, melody, and song structure) as well as exploring production techniques specific to popular music. A key focus is on the development of critical listening skills. The unit establishes academic frameworks by which to examine contemporary music, and considers the role of production and the operations of the contemporary music industries.
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Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe the social and cultural influences that affect the production and reception of popular music.
- Analyse the basic sonic elements of music within popular music recordings.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
- Summarise key research approaches in popular music studies.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Listening Tasks | 35% | No | Weeks 4 and 6 |
| Class Tests | 30% | No | Weeks 5 and 9 |
| Essay | 35% | No | Weeks 10 and 11 |
Listening Tasks
Due: Weeks 4 and 6
Weighting: 35%
Assessment Outline
In Weeks 4 and 6 you will be given a series of listening tasks in class. These tasks require you to analyse popular music recordings according to the terms introduced in MUS100.
Requirements
Listening tasks will be distributed and collected during tutorials. You will need to attend the tutorial in which you are officially enrolled.
Assessment Criteria and Standards
Marks will be awarded according to the number of questions answered correctly. For a full assessment rubric, please refer to iLearn.
Submission Instructions
Listening Tasks will be distributed at the start of tutorials in Weeks 4 and 6 and will be collected in class. There will be no opportunity to complete these tasks online.
Example Tasks
Examples of Listening Tasks are available on iLearn, along with answer sheets. You can check your progress in this unit by completing the practice tasks and checking the answers during the first two weeks of the session.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Analyse the basic sonic elements of music within popular music recordings.
Class Tests
Due: Weeks 5 and 9
Weighting: 30%
Assessment Outline
This assessment consists of two closed-book, in-class tests. Each test consists of multiple-choice questions based on course content. The Week 5 test may be based on any material from Weeks 1-5. The Week 9 test may be based on any material from Weeks 5-9.
Requirements
Class Tests will be administered during tutorials. You will need to attend the tutorial in which you are officially enrolled.
Assessment Criteria and Standards
Marks will be awarded according to the number of questions answered correctly. For a full assessment rubric, please refer to iLearn.
Submission Instructions
Class Tests will be distributed at the start of tutorials in Weeks 5 and 9. Each test will last for no more than 15 minutes and will consist of multiple-choice questions only. All Class Tests will be collected in class. There will be no opportunity to complete the tests online.
Example Tasks
Examples of multiple-choice questions will be displayed during lectures.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Describe the social and cultural influences that affect the production and reception of popular music.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
- Summarise key research approaches in popular music studies.
Essay
Due: Weeks 10 and 11
Weighting: 35%
Assessment Outline
The essay must address one of the topics in the Essay Guide, available on iLearn. The essay must demonstrate engagement with the content of MUS100.
Requirements
- Essays must be 1700 words (plus or minus 100 words, including all in-text references, not including reference list).
- Essays must address one of the set topics available in the Essay Guide available on iLearn.
- Essays must include a minimum of six (6) scholarly sources.
- Essays must follow the Harvard referencing system shown on iLearn.
Submission Instructions
In Week 10 you will need to submit a full hard copy version of the essay in the first 15 minutes of your tutorial for peer review. The version you bring to class must be complete (including all references and reference list). If you bring an incomplete essay (or no essay) to class, you are welcome to participate in the peer-review session but will not receive marks for your peer-review submission.
In Week 11 you will submit the final version of your essay on Turnitin/iLearn (due 5pm Monday 20 May). For a guide to using Turnitin, please visit: https://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm.
Assessment Criteria and Standards
Essays will be assessed according to the following criteria:
- Argument and evidence.
- Research and referencing.
- Effectiveness of structure.
- Level of written expression.
- Level of peer-review contribution.
For a full assessment rubric, please refer to iLearn.
You may be asked to meet with Adrian Renzo for a viva voce, to elaborate on your research process.
Example Tasks
Extracts from previously submitted essays will be discussed in iLearn videos. In addition, you will be able to read other students' essays in full during the peer-review session in Week 10 tutorials.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Describe the social and cultural influences that affect the production and reception of popular music.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
- Summarise key research approaches in popular music studies.
Delivery and Resources
Delivery Mode
Day (Internal).
Class Times
All lecture and tutorial times, as well as classrooms, are available on the MQ Timetables website: timetables.mq.edu.au
Lectures and tutorials for this unit begin in Week 1.
Required Readings
Required readings are available via the Leganto link on iLearn.
Technologies Used and Required
The assignments in this unit require word-processing skills and access to a web browser. Students will be expected to submit written material in class, and should therefore be equipped with writing materials at all times. A laptop, tablet, or smartphone will be needed in Weeks 4 and 6.
Unit Schedule
Topic schedule and additional materials will be available on iLearn.
Lectures and tutorials for this unit begin in Week 1.
Late Submissions and Special Consideration
Please see the section below: "Late Submissions."
Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
Additional Information
MMCCS website: https://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/ department_of_media_music_communication_and_cultural_studies/
MMCCS Session Re-mark Application: http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/?id=167914
Information is correct at the time of publication.
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Graduate Capabilities
Creative and Innovative
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Analyse the basic sonic elements of music within popular music recordings.
Assessment task
- Listening Tasks
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Describe the social and cultural influences that affect the production and reception of popular music.
- Analyse the basic sonic elements of music within popular music recordings.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
- Summarise key research approaches in popular music studies.
Assessment tasks
- Listening Tasks
- Class Tests
- Essay
Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Describe the social and cultural influences that affect the production and reception of popular music.
- Analyse the basic sonic elements of music within popular music recordings.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
Assessment tasks
- Listening Tasks
- Class Tests
- Essay
Problem Solving and Research Capability
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Analyse the basic sonic elements of music within popular music recordings.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
- Summarise key research approaches in popular music studies.
Assessment tasks
- Listening Tasks
- Class Tests
- Essay
Effective Communication
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Describe the social and cultural influences that affect the production and reception of popular music.
- Explain how popular music functions in various contexts.
- Summarise key research approaches in popular music studies.
Assessment tasks
- Class Tests
- Essay
Late Submissions
General Late Policy
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Listening Tasks
If you experience serious and unavoidable disruption which prevents you from completing the Listening Tasks during class in Weeks 4 and 6, please apply for Special Consideration (https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration). Once your application has been approved, you will be advised how and when to submit your work. Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, no late submissions will be accepted for Listening Tasks.
Class Tests
If you experience serious and unavoidable disruption which prevents you from completing the Class Tests during tutorials in Weeks 5 and 9, please apply for Special Consideration (https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration). Once your application has been approved, you will be advised how and when to submit your work. Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, no late submissions will be accepted for Class Tests.
Essay
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline.
If your Special Consideration application is declined, please contact the Unit Convenor (Adrian Renzo).