Musicology
Cycle
Primeiro ciclo
Degree
Bachelor
Coordinator
Adriana Latino
Opening date
September 2015
Vacancies
45
Fees
1 063,47€/year 3 000,00€/year (international student)
Schedule
(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)
Education objectives
1) To acquire a solid methodological and academic grounding in the area of Musicology;
2) To acquire sensitivity towards the study of Portugal’s musical heritage and the phenomenon of the identity and diversity of musical cultures;
3) To acquire knowledge and an understanding of the various academic areas of musicology, with particular emphasis on the History of Music, Theory, Analysis and Techniques of Composition, and Ethnomusicology;
4) To develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge and solve problems in the above academic areas, thus ensuring autonomous lifelong learning;
5) To demonstrate the ability to collect, select and interpret information acquired from documentary and field research in musicological domains in order to support decisions and critiques;
6) To develop skills to communicate information, ideas and aspects of musical practice to different publics.
Access conditions
Students may be admitted to Higher Education through the National Competition for Access to Higher Education, special competitions/regimes and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. To apply for access to higher education through the National Competition, students must fulfill the requirements described in DGES/Access to Higher Education. More info at http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Estudantes/Acesso/ For more information about International Students please visit http://fcsh.unl.pt/aluno-internacional-en?set_language=en Candidates must have formal education in music.
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years/6 semesters.
Students must perform 180 credits: 90 credits based in the compulsory curricular units, 60 credits in a set of elective optionals and 30 credits undertaken in free-elective optionals or in a minor of another scientific area. Every semester, the student may not sign up in more than 30 credits, respecting the precedence when these have been set. At the beginning of each semester, students will be advised of the curricular units to carry out in order to appropriate them to their academic career.
The undergraduate students can still benefit from the different mobility programmes in which FCSH/NOVA participates as Erasmus +, Almeida Garrett exchange programmes, among others, and participate in research within the research units of the Faculty.
Access to other courses
Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
Evaluation rules
Students at FCSH/NOVA are evaluated based on the work developed over a semester, based on class participation, presentation of written and oral tests and examinations. The result obtained either by continuous assessment or evaluation of the tests is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20. To be approved, students must have at least 10 points to pass, however, who fail have a second chance to repeat the exams. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION: - Worker-Student - Students with the status of top athletes - Mothers and fathers students - Associative leaders - Military - Other special arrangements provided legally. Students with special needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions to meet their needs.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 711021000 | Acoustics | 6 |
| 711021067 | Collegium Musicum | 3 |
| 711021019 | Ethnomusicology: Musical Cultures of the World | 6 |
| 711021068 | Ethnomusicology: Introduction | 6 |
| 711021021 | Theory and Methods of Ethnomusicology | 6 |
| 711021069 | Philosophy of Music: Fundamentals | 6 |
| 711021083 | Musical Training | 3 |
| 711021053 | Major Trends in the History of Music | 6 |
| 711021058 | History of Portuguese Music | 6 |
| 711021054 | Introduction to the Musicological Text | 6 |
| 711021057 | Score Reading | 3 |
| 711021059 | Music and Computing | 6 |
| 711021081 | Organology | 6 |
| 711021070 | Sociology of Music: Theory and Method | 6 |
| 711021084 | Harmony and Contrapoint | 3 |
| 711021066 | Research Themes in Musicology | 6 |
| 711021056 | Musicology: Theory and Method | 6 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711021073 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1300 to 1600 | 6 |
| 711021074 | Analysis and Music Theory 1600-1750 | 6 |
| 711021075 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1750 to 1815 | 6 |
| 711021062 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1815 to 1890 | 6 |
| 711021003 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1890 to 1950 | 6 |
| 711021004 | Analysis and Music Theory 1950 to the present | 6 |
| 711021072 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 800 to 1300 | 6 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711021023 | History of Music: Antiquity to 1300 | 6 |
| 711021024 | History of Music: 1300-1600 | 6 |
| 711021025 | History of Music: 1600-1750 | 6 |
| 711021071 | History of Music: 1750-1820 | 6 |
| 711021061 | History of Music: 1820-1890 | 6 |
| 711021026 | History of Music: 1890-1950 | 6 |
| 711021027 | History of Music: 1950 to the present | 6 |
| 711021030 | History of Iberian and Latin American Music | 6 |
| Elective option 3 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711021008 | Basso Continuo and Accompaniment | 6 |
| 711021082 | Musical Cultures in Portugal | 6 |
| 711021078 | Popular Music Studies | 6 |
| 711021020 | Ethnomusicology Fieldwork | 6 |
| 711021063 | Philosophy of Music: Problematics | 6 |
| 711021085 | Introduction to Music Psychology and Pedagogy | 6 |
| 711021064 | Chamber Music | 6 |
| 711021079 | Music and Sound Technologies | 6 |
| 711021060 | Performance Practice | 6 |
| 711021080 | Prática Musical – Músicas do Mundo (not translated) | 6 |
| 711021076 | Sociology of Music: Problematics | 6 |