Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MUS 490 — Criticism and Musical Scholarship

MUS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• evaluate musical performances, composition, and scholarly works
• harmonise and employ Western and African aesthetics; and
• develop interdisciplinary horizon

Course contents

Theory of Western Aesthetics in the humanities and its relevance and application to Africa. Evaluation of works and performances, and the communication of this evaluation in good literary style. The bibliography and style, the writing for scholarly journals, editing of articles and scores.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MUS 490.

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