While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. Changes to Class Summaries not captured by this publication will be available to enrolled students via Wattle. In response to COVID-19: Please note that Semester 2 Class Summary information (available under the classes tab) is as up to date as possible. Analysis and Transcription Portfolio (40).Final examination (theory and aural), 2 hours, held during the exam period (35).Mid-Semester test (theory and aural), 1.5 hours, held during class in week 6 (25).Hurdle requirement: A minimum mark of 50% cumulatively across all assessment items in the aural component, and a minimum mark of 50% cumulatively across all assessment items in the theory component, is required to pass the course, regardless of performance in other items. aurally identify and creative interpret the various elements of music, including pitch, chords, harmony, and rhythm, as demonstrated through notation and performance tasks.demonstrate an ability to read and interpret relevant music notation, including inner hearing of melody, harmony, and rhythm, through sight-singing, sight-reading, and performance activities and.fluently apply theoretical knowledge through analysis of music scores using appropriate terminology and notation.demonstrate, through prose and music notation, an understanding of the core elements of music, including pitch, harmony, rhythm, and form.Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to: The theory component is complemented with the sequential and aligned development of relevant aural skills, including audiation (inner hearing) and aural awareness of related melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structures, through individual and group listening, reading and performing (singing), and dictation activities. In this course, students apply their knowledge of functional harmony to gain a deeper appreciation of music while developing greater fluency in reading and interpreting music notation and shorthands.
Please see the graduate office Doctoral Program Minors information here (students will need to login to the Jacobs School of Music Intranet).The Aural Skills and Music Theory courses are a series of courses compulsory for all Bachelor of Music students that develop core skills underpinning analytical and practical engagement in a variety of musical idioms, including common practice, jazz, and popular styles. Doctoral Minor Field ExamsĪll students pursuing a Doctor of Music or Doctor of Philosophy degree are required to declare one minor field.
Graduate Entrance ExamsĪll new graduate students in the Jacobs School of Music take the Graduate Entrance Examinations (GEEs) in written theory, aural theory, and sight singing, as well as in music history. These exams are intended for students who come to the Jacobs School of Music already in possession of some substantial knowledge of music theory and mastery of aural skills, usually as a result of having taken comparable courses at other institutions. The theory department offers validation/exemption exams (V/E exams) in the core undergraduate music theory courses listed below.