COURSE STRUCTURE
The course consists of an
integrated series of lectures and tutorials (with occasional video footage).
Students are expected to attend two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial per
week. Assessment will be based closely on the content of the lectures and
tutorials. To view the Lecture program, click here.
To view the Tutorial program, click here.
A one-page PowerPoint
summary with supplementary readings will be handed out prior to each lecture.
These can also be obtained from outside the School Office, from the library or
through your webCT site.
Lectures:
Tutorials:
You
will have a choice of tutorial times. This allocation will take place during
the first lecture on Tuesday 26 February. For a list of tutorial times, click
here
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At the ANU, lectures begin at
5 minutes past the hour and finish no later that 5 minutes before the hour.
This is to allow you to move comfortably from one class to another.
Lectures will be taped and
will be available on WebCT. However, this is not a substitute for attending
lectures. Furthermore, occasionally, through technical problems or human error
the WebCT audiostreamings are inaudible.
The lecturer will also
permit you to use your own cassette recorder in the lecture theatre.
There are some useful hints
available here for taking
notes in lectures.
Lecture Schedule:
Monday 21 July - Introductions and Expectations: Catherine Strong
Wednesday 23 July - What is popular music? Catherine Strong
Monday 28 July - The roots of popular
music pre-1950 Catherine Strong
Wednesday 30 July – 1950s – the rise of the Teenager Catherine Strong
Monday 4 August –
Womp-bomp-a-loom-op-a-womp-bam-boom: The Emergence of Rock Norman Abjorensen
Wednesday 6 August – 1960s –
Rock and Authenticity Catherine
Strong
Monday 11 August – 1970s-The Birmingham
School and Subcultures Catherine Strong
Wednesday 13 August – 1970s - Punk Catherine Strong
Monday 18 August – John Cooper
Clarke Alastair Greig
Wednesday 20 August – 1980s
– Heavy Metal and Class Catherine Strong
Monday 25 August
– Rap, Ethnicity and Globalisation Catherine Strong
Wednesday 27 August – Rap,
Ethnicity and Globalisation Catherine Strong
Monday 1 September – 1980s –
PMRC and Censorship Catherine
Strong
Wednesday 3 September – The
Downside of music Catherine Strong
Monday 8 September – 1990s –
Riot Grrrl Catherine Strong
Wednesday 10 September – Gender
and Popular Music Catherine Strong
TWO WEEK LECTURE BREAK FOLLOWED BY TWO WEEK TEACHING BREAK
Monday 13 October – 1990s –
The Dance Music Scene Catherine Strong
Wednesday 15 October – 2000s
– Downloading and Diversification Catherine Strong
Monday 20 October – The Mainstream Catherine Strong
Wednesday 22 October – Music and Memory Catherine
Strong
Monday 27 October - Course review for
your final assessment Catherine
Strong
Wednesday 29 October - Course review for your final assessment Catherine Strong