HUMN 269. MUSI 268 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under 2 different disciplines—with HUMN 268. MUSI 268 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit for HUMN 268 or HUMN 269.
Welcome to MUSIC 268: Classical Music: A Historical Introduction. The principal aim of this course is to review the fundamental elements of Western art music. We begin by obtaining a good grasp of the key elements of music, and it is equally important to become comfortable with the meaning and use of the musical vocabulary introduced.
Outline
This course is divided into the following fifteen units.
Unit: 1 The Elements and Origins of Music
Unit: 2 Medieval Music
Unit: 3 Music in the Renaissance Era
Unit: 4 Baroque Era I: Early and Middle Baroque
Unit: 5 Baroque Era II: Late Baroque
Unit: 6 The Classical Period I: Style and Composers
Unit: 7 The Classical Period II: Forms, Genres, and the Transition to Romanticism
Unit: 8 Early Romantic Music
Unit: 9 Opera in the Nineteenth Century
Unit: 10 Musical Nationalism
Unit: 11 Late Romanticism
Unit: 12 The Modernist Revolution I: Verismo, Impressionism, Exoticism/Expressionism, Neo-Classicism, and Serialism
Unit: 13 The Modernist Revolution II: Eastern Europe, Russia, England and the USA
Unit: 14 Postmodernism in Late Twentieth-Century Music
Unit: 15 After Postmodernism: A Return to Nature and Religion
Evaluation
To receive credit for MUSI 268, you must complete and submit the following five components. In order to pass the course, you must achieve a course composite mark of at least D (50 percent), and obtain a minimum of 50 per cent on the final examination. The recommended weighting of the five components of that composite mark are as follows.
Activity
Weight
Complete by
15 posts to the unit discussion boards
15%
Due: At the end of each unit
15 completed self-tests
15%
Due: At the end of each unit
Written assignment 1: short essay
20%
Due: After Unit 7
Written assignment 2: long essay
25%
Due: After Unit 15
Final examination
25%
Total
100%
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Wright, Craig. Listening to Western Music, 7th edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Schirmer, 2014. (eText)
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the MUSI 286 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least C- (60 percent) on the online challenge examination. The two parts of the exam must be completed on the same day.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.