UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

ATS3829 East Asia and its music: Silk road histories and popular contexts

Faculty of Arts

ATS3829 East Asia and its music: Silk road histories and popular contexts is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 2
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS3829. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before ATS3829

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After ATS3829

No unit lists ATS3829 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.

Overview

The unit examines musical, aesthetic, social and ritual concepts and practices as expressed in the musical life of the Chinese, Japanese and Korean cultures, with particular reference to selected performances of music and dance and the relationships between music and the related arts.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterClaytonOn campus

Assessment

  • Reading Quizzes
    15%
  • Critical Reading
    15%
  • Essay
    40%
  • In Class Test
    30%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    demonstrate select knowledge of the history and styles of the music cultures of China, Korea, and Japan;

  2. 2

    critically evaluate and analyse music theory, terminology and performance techniques in the three aforementioned cultures and how they reflect local socio/cultural patterns and values.

Workload and teaching

  • Workshops24 hours

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Where it fits

ATS3829 is part of 5 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Adrian McNeil
Chief Examiners
Dr Adrian McNeil

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS3829?

ATS3829 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS3829 offered?

In 2020, ATS3829 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.

How much work is ATS3829?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ATS3829 have an exam?

No. ATS3829 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include ATS3829?

ATS3829 is part of Ethnomusicology and musicology; Global Asia; and Music.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020