MUS31170

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to
-distinguish specific musical genres and situate them historically
-provide a social, historical and racial background to specific musical genres
-situate specific musical genres within both a historical and a racial landscape
-snalyse examples of specific genres and clearly discuss their characteristic traits and idiosyncrasies
-provide an overview of regional and genre-specific styles

Indicative Module Content:

Spirituals
Lined Hymnody
Chanted Prayers and Sermons
Gospel music
African American Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism
Basics of of USA' nineteenth- to twenty-first-century history

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Lectures, supplemented by directed listening and reading.
Close listening to and analysis of selected recordings in class
Presentation of a group project.
Students will be provided with a weekly resource pack on Brightspace (UCD's virtual learning environment), which will consist of audio (and sometimes video) examples of music, required and supplementary reading material, short video lectures and/or powerpoint slides, and (sometimes) musical scores. Weekly live virtual classes will consist of both lecture and discussion. Students are expected to attend these live sessions, and to have reviewed the materials in the folder for that week prior to attending (all materials will generally be posted one week in advance of the virtual class).

Weekly attendance is expected and will be monitored, although of course we are aware of the fact that these are challenging times, and students may have a valid reason for missing one.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Incompatibles:
MUS30030 - African-American Religious Mus


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

The group projects will be graded and feedback provided verbally. The final essay will be graded, and that grade added to the cumulative grade. This module uses the yellow light approach to AI in assignments: it can be used for correction, translation, citation and brainstorming. Students should add a line to all course work indicating whether or not they have used AI in any way and, if so, outline how.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.