| Qualification code: | 90089 |
| NQF level: | 7 |
| Total credits: | 360 |
| SAQA ID: | 101510 |
| APS/AS: | 20 |
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Rules: This qualification consists of 27 modules. Students who were previously registered for qualification code [99308] and did not complete the qualification will be transitioned into the new programme [90089]. Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer or laptop, printer and the internet. Some of the pre-requisites and/ or co-requisites outlined in this qualification may not apply as they do not form part of the curriculum. |
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| Purpose statement: This qualification prepares qualifying students to function as professional musicians, composers, music industry specialists, and music scholars. Qualifying students will have specialist knowledge and skills in African music, composition studies, music technology, musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, and the music business. They will be able to interpret music from historical and oral sources, compose music in a range of popular, jazz, and art music styles, and orchestrate combinations of African and Western musical instruments. On completion of their studies students are qualified for careers as professional musicians as composers, producers, and researchers, or in collaboration with other musicians in recording, editing, and mastering professional work for the recording industry. Graduates will be qualified to work in the music business and the creative arts industries in general. Graduates will also be qualified to work in the educational sector, as music critics and writers, and as composers and producers for film, television, radio, and broadcast media. Graduates will be qualified to conduct basic research, and for admission to postgraduate studies in musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, and composition studies. |
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| This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes. | |
Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.
Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.
Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.
You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.
The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.
You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately
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While you are deciding on the modules for which you will be registering, write down the module names and codes so that you have something to refer to when completing your registration.
Please click on the modules below to see further information (eg semester/year module, NQF level)
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory. | |
| AFL1501 - Language Through an African Lens | |
| CST1511 - Music Theory and Composition I | |
| CST1512 - Music Technology I: Digital Audio | |
| INS1502 - Developing Information Skills for Lifelong Learning | |
| MHS1511 - Early Music to Baroque | |
| MHS1512 - Introduction to African Music | |
| MNB1501 - Business Management IA | |
| PLS1502 - Introduction to African Philosophy | |
| PYC1501 - Basic Psychology | |
ARH2601 pre-requisite is ARH1501, however, this module is not part of the curriculum.
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| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory. | |
| ARH2601 - The Arts and Ideology I | Pre-requisite:ARH1501 |
| CST2611 - Music Theory and Composition II | Pre-requisite:CST1511 Recommendation:The pre-knowledge structure requires a student to be able to successfully manipulate diatonic harmony, simple chromaticism and two-part counterpoint as covered in CST1511, before embarking on complex chromatic harmony and three-part counterpoint, as dealt with in the current module. |
| CST2612 - Music Technology II: MIDI | Pre-requisite:CST1512 |
| MHS2611 - Classic and Romantic Music | Pre-requisite:MHS1511 |
| MHS2612 - Music in Postcolonial Africa | Pre-requisite:MHS1512 |
| MHS2613 - Music Business | Pre-requisite:MNB1501 |
| MHS2614 - Jazz Studies | |
| PLS2601 - Critical Reasoning | |
| RSC2601 - Research in Social Sciences | |
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory. | |
| CST3711 - Music Theory and Composition III | Pre-requisite:CST2611 Co-requisite:CST3713 and CST3714 |
| CST3712 - Music Technology III: Sound Production | Pre-requisite:CST2612 |
| CST3713 - Instrumentation and Orchestration | Pre-requisite:CST2611 Co-requisite:CST3711 and CST3714 |
| CST3714 - African Composition | Pre-requisite:CST2611 Co-requisite:CST3711 and CST3713 |
| MHS3711 - Modernism and Twentieth Century Music | Pre-requisite:MHS2611 |
| MHS3712 - Theory of African Music | Pre-requisite:MHS2612 |
| MHS3713 - Psychology of Music | Pre-requisite:PYC1501 Recommendation:CST1511 or UNISA Grade 5 in Music theory |
| MHS3714 - Opera and Choral Music | Pre-requisite:MHS2611 Recommendation:MHS2612 |
| MHS3715 - Popular Music | |