MUSIC, CULTURE AND HISTORY (MCH) is a three-year major subject which may be studied for degree curricula in the Faculties of Humanities and Science. There are two semester modules per year offered in Music Culture and History: Musicology and Ethnomusicology. This course does not require any prior musical knowledge and introduces students to a research trajectory in music studies. Across these courses, we develop ways of thinking about music critically and in doing so develop key academic literacies, which can be applied to many other fields.

• Ethnomusicology (MCH 101)

First-year, semesterised course (15 credits at NQF level 5).

Entrance requirements: None

Course description: An introduction to the study of music’s function in various societies.

DP requirements: 80% attendance

Assessment: Semester mark counts 30%; November examinations count 70%.

Supplementary exam: Overall mark 45 % – 49 %

Sub-minimum for June: 40%

• Musicology 1 (MCH 102)

First-year/second-year, semesterised course (15 credits at NQF level 5).
Entrance requirements: None

Course description: An introduction to the historical study of Western music.  

DP requirements: 80% attendance.

Assessment: Semester mark counts 50%; November examinations count 50%.

Supplementary exam: Overall mark of 40 – 49%.

Sub-minimum for aggregation: 40%.

• Ethnomusicology 2 (MCH 201)

First-year, semesterised course (15 credits at NQF level 6).
Entrance requirements: (MCH 101, 102)

Course description: Covers field work and ethnography.

DP requirements: 80% attendance

Assessment: Semester mark counts 30%; November examinations count 70%.

Supplementary exam: Overall mark of 40 – 49%.

Sub-minimum for aggregation: 40%.

• Musicology 2 (MCH 202)

First-year/second-year, semesterised course (15 credits at NQF level 6).
Entrance requirements: (MCH 101, 102)

Course description: Covers topics in music history.

DP requirements: 80% attendance.

Assessment: Semester mark counts 50%; November examinations count 50%.

Supplementary exam: Overall mark of 40 – 49%.

Sub-minimum for aggregation: 40%.

• Music, Culture and History 3

Third year, year course (60 credits at NQF level 7).

Entrance requirements: MCH 101, 102, 201, and 202 or at the discretion of the course coordinator.

Course description: Music Culture and History 3 includes specialist topics in the contemporary debates around music studies and is presented in an interdisciplinary way which integrates musicology and ethnomusicology.

DP requirements: 80% attendance

Assessment: Year mark counts 50%; November examinations counts 50%.

Supplementary exam: Overall mark of 40 – 49%.

Sub-minimum for June: N/A

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