Literature and Comprehensive Exam#

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

To conduct a detailed survey of the repertoire of the relevant instrument and, where appropriate, family of instruments. A survey of the principal items of repertoire in Western musical literature from the Renaissance to the Present and of major treatises and works of criticism.

The survey should normally be submitted before the end of the second year of candidature, and the Viva Voce examination normally should be undertaken before the beginning of the final year of candidature.

A written repertoire survey of the student's instrument and, where appropriate, family of instruments (40%); a Viva Voce examination on all aspects of repertoire, on the student's performance interests and thesis topic, and on musical matters in general (60%).

Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis. Both assessment components must be passed in order to pass the subject..

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject, students will be able to write and speak with authority of the structure and contents the representative literature for their instrument, to explain the historical development of the instrument itself, and demonstrate the broad knowledge of the history and theory of the Western musical tradition expected of a doctoral graduate in music.