Popular Music Studie

Undervisningsspråk

English

Krav til forkunnskapar

The course is open for students with 60 study points (ECTS credits) in subjects within the humanities and/or social sciences.

Læringsutbyte

Students who have completed the course

- can account for how cultural and historical conditions can affect the development of popular music genres and styles.

- recognize a broad selection of popular music genres and styles.

Kontaktinformasjon

Grieg Academy - Department of Music. E-mail: studierettleiar@grieg.uib.no

Undervisningssemester

Fall

Eksamenssemester

Fall

Undervisningsspråk

English

Studienivå

Bachelor

Krav til studierett

None

Mål og innhald

The course aims to give a broad basis for the study of popular music.

The course gives an introduction to central approaches in popular music studies. The course takes as a point of departure theoretical perspectives from both the social sciences and the humanities. Specific topics to be explored and discussed include the music industry; readings of popular music texts in relation to race, class, age and gender; music video and popular music in film; ethnographic and historical approaches; world music and world beat; and issues related to globalization.

Læringsutbyte/resultat

Students who have completed the course

- can account for how cultural and historical conditions can affect the development of popular music genres and styles.

- recognize a broad selection of popular music genres and styles.

Krav til forkunnskapar

The course is open for students with 60 study points (ECTS credits) in subjects within the humanities and/or social sciences.

Fagleg overlapp

None

Undervisning og omfang

Teaching takes place in the form of lectures. There is also an obligatory seminar for presentation of the term paper.

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav

Attendance at lectures and seminars.

The students will present their drafts of their term papers orally in seminar form.

All instruction is obligatory. Absence of more than 20% leads to loss of right to take the exam. All mandatory instruction must be completed and approved of before the exam. Approved obligatory activities are valid for 2 semesters after they are completed.

Vurderingsformer

Term paper of ca. 5000-6000 words. This paper will be either a reading (analysis/interpretation) of a specific musical text, or a discussion of a research question in which the task is to set the music within a specific cultural, social or historical context. The term paper can be written in Norwegian or English.

Internal evaluation with at least two examiners.

Karakterskala

Letter grade from A to F.

Læremiddelomtale

Reading list of approximately 1200 pages, of which some will be core readings (2/3), and the rest supporting literature. The students will themselves choose texts to use as supporting literature.

Undervisningsstad

Bergen

Emneevaluering

The teaching will be evaluated in accordance with the University of Bergen's quality assurance system.

Kontaktinformasjon

Grieg Academy - Department of Music. E-mail: studierettleiar@grieg.uib.no