Music and the environment

On passing this course, students will be able to:

• Critically analyze relationships between music and the environment.
• Describe and evaluate the broad history and development of music’s relationship to the environment in theory and practice.
• Apply historical knowledge, terminology, and ideas learned in class to other past or present examples of music, visual-sonic media, sound art, or related creative practices.
• Outline and participate in current debates, explain different theoretical and academic positions, concepts, and methodologies relevant to musical and environmental research.

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• 10 double periods of lectures and seminars

Compulsory activities

• Qualification Assessment 1 (English): three short critical summaries on core readings of the student’s choice, with their submissions distributed evenly throughout the semester (i.e. approximately one critical summary per month). Students should submit their summaries after the core readings have been presented and discussed in class, so that they may incorporate class discussion into their own commentaries.
• Qualification Assessment 2 (English): 300-word abstract of topic idea for semesteroppgave and annotated bibliography of 3 sources to be used in the term paper’s bibliography.
• Qualification Assessment 3 - Mandatory attendance at 7 of 10 class sessions

Information about the qualification assessments and the deadlines will be given during the teaching and in Canvas. You must hand in the assessments by the deadlines and you are responsible for familiarising yourself with the requirements for the qualification assessments.

Fulfilled course requirements are only valid the semester you attend the course.

Read more about compulsory activities here.

Apply for a valid absence from compulsory activity or attendance.

• Term paper (10 pages, each containing approx. 2,300 characters, spaces not included or 5 pages for students who choose to submit a creative/practical component)
  • Creative/practical components may include recordings, videos, devices, and so on—as long as the creative component may be submitted for assessment. The creative component will account for half of the overall grade for the written examination.

More information about the exam requirements will be given in Canvas and during the teaching.

You must fulfill the requirement for compulsory activities to submit the exam.

The grading guidelines for MUS2651 can be found here.

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Resitting an examination