This course presents a survey of music in selected cultures of the world, drawing from areas including Native America, Africa, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Middle East, and Latin America. The course will also present an overview of research methods in ethnomusicology, which the students will apply in their own individual field work research projects. The course should be of interest to students in music and other students in the humanities.

Students who have completed the course

- can recognize and place specific musical traditions within their cultural, geographical, historical and stylisitic contexts.

- apply ethnomusicological concepts and methods to the study of music in their own society.

Basic knowedge of music theory, but this does not need to be formally documented.

The course is open for students in subjects within the humanities and/or social sciences.

One semester of lectures including listening examples.

Students will carry out and report on, in both written and oral form, a fieldwork project on a local musical culture.

2 assignments totalling 4000-6000 words (12-15 pages doublespaced).

All mandatory instruction must be completed and approved of before the exam. All instruction is compulsory. Absence of more than 20% leads to loss of right to take the exam. Approved compulsory activities are valid for 2 semesters after they are completed.

Grading of assignment portfolio. The student will turn in 2 assignments totalling 4000-6000 words (12-15 pages doublespaced). One assignment is a book review (4-5 pages), worth 25% of the total grade. The other assignment is a report (7-10 pages) on a field work project the student will carry out, worth 75% of the total grade. Internal evaluation with at least two examiners. Both assignments must be completed with a passing grade.

Approx. 800 pages as well as listening examples.

Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the quality assurance system guidelines for the University of Bergen.