COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 5051 THE CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYHAN EROL

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

This course introduces students to the study of popular culture and popular music, employing the interdisciplinarity of cultural studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students who succeeded in this course will be able to; 1. recognize the relationship between disciplinary music studies and other interdisciplinary researches
2   grasp the relationship between musicstudies and cultural studies as an interdisciplinary research area.
3   describe the bacis concepts and theories of cultural studies in the context of music studies
4   determine that ethnomusicology is study for cultural and musical variety
5   recognize that this course provides not only educational setting, but also serves as collaborative learning experience.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: The cultural studies of music as an interdisciplinary research area
2 Popular culture and mass culture
3 Frankfurt school and Birmingham school
4 How to define popular music
5 Standartisation and change in popular music
6 Music industry and popular music
7 Mass media and popular music
8 Internet as the technology and media
9 Meaning in popular music
10 Aesthetic, symbolic, and pracmatic meaning in popular music
11 Authenticity in popular music
12 Midterm
13 Students presentations
14 Students presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Clayton, Martin (ed.) (2003) The cultural Study of Music, Routledge Pub.
Erol, Ayhan (2002) Popüler Müziği Anlamak, Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları.
Erol, Ayhan (2009) Müzik Üzerine Düşünmek, Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları.
Fiske, John (1999) Popüler Kültürü Anlamak. Ankara: Ark Yayınları.
Hesmondhalgh, David (ed.) (2002) Popular Music Studies, Bloomsbury Pub.
King, Anthony D. (der) (1998) Kültür, Küreselleşme ve Dünya sistemi. Istanbul: Bilim ve Sanat Yay.
Midlelton, Richard (ed) (2000) Reading Pop, Oxford University Press
Özbek, Meral (1991) Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, Istanbul: Iletişim Yay.
Rowe, David (1996) Popüler Kültürler, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yay.
Stokes, M. (2010) The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music, University of Chicago Press.
Stokes, Martin (1998) Türkiye de Arabesk Olayı, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
Swiss T. - Horner, B. (ed.) (1999) Key terms in popular music and culture, Blackwell Pub.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The topics covered include: the meaning and practices of everyday life, definitions of 'the popular', theories of mass culture, youth and subcultures/scenes, cultural identitiy and music, popular music in the global and local contexts, and ethnographies of popular music-making.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 RST RESIT


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course assessment criteria are specified in the course assessment methods/plans.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ayhan EROL
aerol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 13.30-16.30
Thursday: 15.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 22 22
Preparing presentations 1 14 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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