Graduate Studies in Music - Grad Dip Field - Musicology
Musicology
Studies are available either for students who wish to undertake more specialised musicological studies, leading to further postgraduate study, or for those students wishing to undertake the scholarly study of music as a discipline but who have not previously undertaken specialist musicological studies at the undergraduate level.
Aims
(a) to provide candidates with the scholarly skills and methodological approaches necessary to undertake professional music research, including an introduction to the range of archival sources available at the major national institutions - the National Library of Australia, ScreenSound Australia (formerly the National Film & Sound Archive) and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies;
(b) to develop knowledge and skills across a range of historical, musicological or ethnomusicological topics, presented in seminar papers;
(c) to develop an intensive knowledge of the literature, ideas and concepts on a research topic of the student's own choice.
Admission Criteria
Supporting evidence: Applicants are required to submit a full academic record, or equivalent curriculum vitae and any other materials relevant to their application.
Interview: Applicants are required to submit with their application a brief statement setting out the studies which they propose to undertake during the course and to be prepared to discuss their proposal during an inter new.
Additional tests and information: The Board of Studies may require additional tests, and may seek additional information about the applicant, to enable it to determine the applicant's suitability for the program, or may require an applicant to undertake additional studies in a specific area of the musicological program. Admission to the program is conditional on the successful completion of those studies.
Eligibility
In determining an applicant's suitability for entry to the program, account is taken of:
(a) academic merit, although this will not necessarily be determined by formal qualifications
(b) work experience, where appropriate
(c) the applicant's motivation and objectives in undertaking the program.
As a guide, the Board of Studies will accept for consideration applications from:
(a) applicants who hold a Bachelor's degree in Music or in Arts, with a Music major, from an Australian university, or other equivalent qualifications in music from a recognised tertiary institution; and/or
(b) applicants who do not hold such qualifications but who can show other evidence satisfactory to the Board of Studies of fitness to undertake work for the Graduate Diploma.
Applicants in the second category should provide evidence of either previous vocational experience or a contribution to scholarship. They are required to:
(i) provide the names of three referees who may be contacted about the applicant's qualifications, experience and suitability for the program; and
(ii) submit a statement, including the reasons for wanting to undertake the program and details of practical and other experience, in support of the application.
Structure
The program consists of two sections:
A. Coursework (50%)
B. Research Project (50%)
Students must fulfil the requirements of both sections to qualify for the award.
Contact time
Under normal circumstances, there will be an average contact of four hours a week for seminar work, plus the requisite weekly graduate seminar. In addition, students will work under the individual guidance of a supervisor appointed by the Board of Studies, according to the needs of the student's study program.
Coursework
Coursework consists of four courses, two courses in the advanced musicology seminar and two elective courses chosen from the elective program, or their equivalent.
1. Musicology Seminar: two semester coursesWeekly attendance at the musicology seminar and presentation of two seminar papers, or their equivalent, on topics chosen from the seminar program. At least one of these courses should be a fieldwork/archival project, to be undertaken on collections from the National Library of Australia, the Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies or its equivalent (Asian Studies), or Screen Sound Australia.
2. Two Elective Courses
These courses may be chosen in the following way:
(a) Courses in Critical Studies or Music Language and Techniques or from another approved discipline chosen from the School of Music’s thematic program and studied at advanced-extended level. (b) One of these courses may be replaced by a course in a field of study other than music where it is deemed appropriate for the purpose of interdisciplinary study.
Research Project
A research project on a topic of the student's choice, to be studied under the guidance of an appointed supervisor.
This need not contain original research, but should show evidence of a knowledge of the literature on the topic and a facility with the concepts and ideas integral to the topic.
This project is subject to the approval of the Board of Studies. A proposal must be presented to the Board at the interview and a full proposal submitted to the Musicology Co-ordinator for approval not later than the first month of the program.
Assessment
Coursework: Each course of coursework requires the submission of an essay or seminar paper of 4,500-5,000 words, or its equivalent (e.g. edition, fieldwork project, bibliographic assignment with literature review) as approved by the Head of the Musicology Department and the Supervisor. The coursework study program will be subject to the approval of the Board of Studies.
Research Project: Submission of a research project (sub-thesis) of approximately 10-12,000 words, or its equivalent.
The research project will be assessed by two appointed examiners, of which at least one will be an external examiner.
Note: The student is expected to attend the weekly Graduate Seminar as a requisite of the course, without formal assessment.
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