MUS2605 – Popular Music Studies

On completion of the course, students will:

• be familiar with central questions and terminology in popular music research
• be acquainted with different analytical approaches to popular music
• be able to apply analytical models across styles and genres
• be acquainted with different approaches to popular music in cultural theory
• have improved their skills in making written and oral presentations
• have been trained in developing research questions and using them as a basis for written texts
• be able to relate the course literature to relevant research traditions

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• 8 double periods of lectures
• 6 double periods of seminars

Compulsory activities

• 4 qualification assignments

Information about the assignments and the deadlines will be given during the teaching and in Canvas. You have to hand in the assignments within the deadlines, and you are responsible for familiarising yourself with the requirements for the compulsory activities.

Approval of the compulsory draft of the term paper is only valid for the current semester. All compulsory activities must be approved in order for you to sit the exam. You are responsible for keeping track of any absences, and for checking that you have everything approved.

This is how you apply for a valid absence from compulsory activity/compulsory attendance.

• 3-day home exam of approximately 10 pages (a standard page consists of 2,300 characters), excluding figures and the bibliography.

You have to fulfill the requirements of the compulsory activities to sit the exam.