Music as Communication
Module code: MS3005
This module encourages you to question ideas around music, musicality, sound and meaning by examining how music functions within culture as a form of communication. It seeks to connect how we think about music as an industry, to music as art and (arguably) language.
Topics covered
- What is music?
- Music and semiotics
- Film scores
- Music and advertising
- Analysing song lyrics
- Music as therapy
- Music and psychology
- Music cultures
- Constructing musical meaning (composition)
- Music histories
- Music and genre
Learning
- 10 hours of lectures
- 18 hours of seminars
- 1 hour tutorial
- 169 hours of guided independent study
Assessment
- 2x analytical commentary, 1,000 words each (50%)
- Essay, 2,000 words (40%)
- Discussion board activities (10%)