Postgraduate Course: Perspectives in Musicology (MUSI11075)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed to introduce students to key debates and approaches in musicology, and to develop awareness of the historical development of the discipline broadly conceived. Weekly seminars are organised around critical readings of selected musicological texts. Topics covered may include historiography and canon reception, cultural history, global musicology, music analysis, and contemporary approaches in music psychology and sociology. |
| Course description |
This course involves developing students' knowledge of the historical and critical philosophies associated with a variety of approaches to music research. Each week is organised around critical reading of selected representative texts; teaching comprises a combination of class discussion and other activities hosted through the Learn virtual learning environment.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course does not require any additional costs to be met by the student. |
| Additional Costs | This course does not require any additional costs to be met by the student. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course has 2 assessment components:
1. Essay, 1000 words, 40% of course mark, Weeks 6-8. Assessed against all learning outcomes. Individually assessed.
2. Final essay, 3000 words, 60% of course mark, Weeks 12-13. Assessed against all learning outcomes. Individually assessed.
Resubmission Information
The resubmission arrangements for this course are as follows:
1. Essay, 1000 words, 40% of course mark. Assessed against all learning outcomes. Individually assessed.
2. Final essay, 3000 words, 60% of course mark. Assessed against all learning outcomes. Individually assessed.
Students will receive further resubmission information as per University regulations as necessary. |
| Feedback |
Formative Feedback
Verbal feedback is given in class on informal presentations of formative tasks that serve as preparation for the essays.
Summative feedback
Written summative feedback will be provided on the first essay and will include suggestions for improvement in the final essay; an individual meeting can be arranged with the Course Organiser or one of the tutors to discuss that feedback.
Written summative feedback will be provided on the second essay.
Summative feedback will be provided according to University regulations. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Evidence a critical understanding of key concepts, theories and methodologies used in both past and present musicology.
- Demonstrate the ability to engage critically with writings in the field of musicology.
- Identify relevant research fields and approaches for a range of musicological questions.
- Effectively communicate knowledge at a professional level both orally and in writing.
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Reading List
David Beard and Kenneth Gloag. Musicology: The Key Concepts. Routledge, 2nd edn, 2016.
Olivia Bloechl, Melanie Low & Jeffrey Kallberg, eds, Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Georgina Born & David Hesmondhalgh, eds. Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. University of California Press, 2000.
Martin Clayton, Trevor Herbert and Richard Middleton, eds. The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction. Routledge, 2nd edn, 2012.
Bruno Nettl, The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-Three Discussions. University of Illinois Press, 3rd edn, 2015. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Graduates will demonstrate the ability to critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in a subject/discipline/sector. |
| Keywords | Musicology,history of musicology,methodology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elaine Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)50 8248
Email: Elaine.Kelly@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Laura Duff
Tel:
Email: lduff4@ed.ac.uk |
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