MUS 103 : Music Fundamentals
Creative Arts and Industries
2020 Semester One (1203) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This course aims to provide students with foundational knowledge in the areas of music theory, and practice in aural perception and active listening. This will enable the student to begin developing the musicianship and notation skills necessary for practical applications such as performing, composing, arranging and teaching music. Topics include:
- melody (key signatures, scales and intervals)
- rhythm (metre and note grouping)
- harmony (triads and 7th chords, simple harmonisation)
- active listening (exercises in aural perception)
Course Requirements
Course Co-ordinator
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Communication and Engagement |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of simple and compound time signatures, correct rhythmic grouping, and accent patterns. (Capability 1, 4 and 5)
- Demonstrate an understanding of clefs, staves, key signatures, scales and modes, intervals, basic melody writing and transposition. (Capability 1, 4 and 5)
- Demonstrate an understanding of chords and their inversions, writing and labelling basic chords using both classical figured bass, popular and jazz chord notations. (Capability 1, 4 and 5)
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between music notation and performance through musical terms, signs and articulations. (Capability 1, 4 and 5)
- Develop musicianship through the practice of active listening, including identifying and notating simple rhythms and melodies, and aurally recognising intervals, chords and their inversions. (Capability 1, 4 and 5)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Quizzes (Formative) weeks 3 and 10 | Individual Coursework | |
| Assignments weeks 5 and 9 | 30% | Individual Coursework |
| Tests weeks 6 and 12 | 20% | Individual Test |
| Final Exam | 50% | Individual Examination |
| 4 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Quizzes (Formative) weeks 3 and 10 | ||||||||||
| Assignments weeks 5 and 9 | ||||||||||
| Tests weeks 6 and 12 | ||||||||||
| Final Exam | ||||||||||
Pass Requirements
No-penalty extensions on assignments are available only by prior arrangement and for good reason. There is a 10% per day penalty for late work. Arrangements for missed tests can only be made with medical or other evidence, provided on or before the day of the test.
Teaching & Learning Methods
This course has three contact hours per week - two lectures and one tutorial per week as enrolled. Tutorials support the lectures and prepare students for tests, assignments, and the final examination. Tutorials in this course begin in week 2. In addition staff office hours will be posted on Canvas.
Learning Resources
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, you can expect 23 hours of lectures, 11 tutorials, 72 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 44 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.
Other Information
Attendance: Students are expected to attend all lectures and tutorials, to conduct weekly reading, writing and listening tasks, to engage in tutorial discussion, and to complete a series of coursework tests and assignments and a final 2 hour examination.
Digital Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).
In the event of unexpected disruption
We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.
Copyright Warning Notice
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Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.