COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL ORGANOLOGY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAS 5264 CULTURAL ORGANOLOGY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Music

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MURAT KÜÇÜKEBE

Offered to

Music

Course Objective

This course aims at focusing on the classical organology through its development process with the subjects like etymology, acoustic or taxonomy as well as giving information on cultural organology s approach by analysing the instrument and its usage in terms of carrying, displaying, changing or having the potential to give visibility to the changed cultural designs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Has knowledge on the study fields of organology.
2   Recognizes the instrument classification terms that he/she comes across in the scholarly works.
3   Has basic knowledge on the development and changing processes of the instruments.
4   Can evaluate the novelties in the field of instrument design with a scientific point of view.
5   Has knowledge on the cultural meanings and social functions of the instruments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Classical organology with its main study fields.
2 Paper topic selection.
3 Etymological studies in organology.
4 Etymological studies in organology.
5 Organology and acoustics.
6 Instrument taxonomy studies.
7 Electrophones.
8 Instruments with complex mechanism.
9 Instruments with new and special design.
10 Instrument with its cultural context.
11 Instrument with its cultural context.
12 Paper submission and evaluation.
13 Paper submission and evaluation.
14 Paper submission and evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

BROUGHTON, Simon, Ellingham, Mark. (2000). World Music, Roughguide, London.
DAWE, Kevin. (2003). Lyres and the Body Politic: Studying Musical Instruments in The Cretan Musical Landscape ,
Popular Music and Society, Volume 26, No:3, New York: Routledge, s:263-283.
DAVE, Kewin. (2003). The Cultural Study of Musical Instruments , The Cultural Study of Music, Routledge, New York, s. 274-283.
DE VALE, Carole Sue, ed. (1990). Issues in Organology, Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology, vol. 8, Los Angeles: University of California.
DOURNON, Genevieve. (1982). L he ritage muse ographique d Andre Schaeffner: les collections d instruments de musique du Muse e de Homme , Revue de Musicologie, s: 214-220.
GRUNFELD, Frederick. (1969). The Art And Times of The Guitar: An Illustrated History of The Guitars and Guitarists, Collier Books Guides Ltd. New York.
HASGU L, Nejdet. (1996). Cumhuriyet Do nemi Mu zik Politikaları , Dans Mu zik Ku ltu r, Sayı: 62, Bog azic i U niversitesi Yayınevi, I stanbul, s: 27-45.
HU REL, Feridun. (2000). 3 Hu rel Bir Efsanenin O yku su , Ada Yayıncılık ve Mu zik Tic. Ltd. S ti. I stanbul.
IZOKOWITZ, Karl G. (1935). Musical and Other Sound Instruments of the South American Indians, Go teberg: Wettergen and Kerber.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral narration on the main titles regarding the subject.
Analysis of the visual and audial samples.
Literature review.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Written examination; aims at evaluating Whether the students have reached sufficient knowledge and level of competence defined in the learning outcomes or not.
Paper / Presentation; the student is supposed to express the knowledge he/she gained in a certain research topic via a written text. The paper will be evaluated in terms of content and formal features.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Insufficient course attendance won t be accepted as a valid excuse for not submitting the paper.
The papers submitted after the deadline won t be evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muratkucukebe@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Student Presentations 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13213
LO.23213
LO.33213
LO.43213
LO.53213

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