MUSC13415 - Western Art Music: Baroque to Classical

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will study the history and cultural development of western art music in the 17th and 18th centuries. Your studies will focus on prominent musicians, composers and their repertoire through the analysis of scores and recordings. You will also investigate important forms and instruments; aural characteristics of the music, as well as the technological, sociological and political events that influenced musical trends during this period.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

For entry into this unit, you must have completed 36 credit points in this course.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 30.77% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Staff reflection
Feedback
Continue to develop quality learning materials
Recommendation
Staff will continue to develop engaging and quality learning materials for the future delivery of this unit.
Action Taken
Each week, I searched for more 'fun facts' on each composer/style/piece to tell the students and encouraged them to do the same. This made the unit more engaging and fun!
Source: Staff reflection
Feedback
Authentic assessment items
Recommendation
Staff will continue to develop authentic assessment items for the future delivery of this unit.
Action Taken
Assessment 3 in particular required tweaking, with input from students.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
More assistance with technology skills required for Assessment 3
Recommendation
Provide more scaffolding and help from ALC to prepare for the final assessment (multi-media presentation)
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the important musical, structural and aural characteristics of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
  2. Analyse musical works from prominent art music composers of the Baroque and Classical eras
  3. Describe the contribution of significant composers and musicians to the development of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
  4. Contextualise the principal stylistic trends of western art music within the important social and political movements of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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3 - Written Assessment • • •