Undergraduate Course: Music 1A: Music in Social Contexts (MUSI08011)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Music	Other subject area	None
Course website	http://www.music.ed.ac.uk	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	This course is concerned with music as a social activity - a social activity that defines what it is to be human. It examines music's various roles in society and the effects of the various ways in which societies are organised on the ways in which music itself is made, heard and understood. It introduces students to the sociology and psychology of music and encourages them to think conceptually about their own musical activities. The course covers a wide range of musical practices, Western and non-Western, classical and popular, past and present, though it focuses on musical and social developments since the Industrial Revolution.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None.
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)			Learn enabled: Yes	Quota: None
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	Weekly lectures plus tutorials in Weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11.
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)		2:00

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)			Learn enabled: Yes	Quota: None
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	Weekly lectures plus tutorials in Weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11.
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 168 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Students will have become familiar with a variety of social contexts in which music has played and plays an important role. - They will understand the basic concepts that sociologists and psychologists bring to the study of music. - They will have become familiar with issues in contemporary culture and in contemporary approaches to writing about music and its history.

Assessment Information
One essay c.2,000 words (40%) and one 2-hour degree examination (60%). Visiting Student Variant Assessment One coursework submission c.2,000 words (50%) to be submitted by 4.00pm on the Wednesday of Week 12 (4th Dec 2013), and one further coursework submission c.2,000 words (50%) to be submitted by 4.00pm on the Wednesday of Week 14 (18th Dec 2013).

Special Arrangements
None

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Raymond Macdonald Tel: (0131 6)50 2424 Email: Raymond.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mr Brad Herbert Tel: (0131 6)50 2422 Email: brad.herbert@ed.ac.uk