Music MA
Genders (20) MUSIC4059
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course aims to introduce honours students to the interdisciplinary challenges raised by the study of gender as an integral component of the creative arts and to provide them the tools to negotiate these challenges critically through written scholarly argument and oral presentation.
Timetable
One hour lecture and one hour seminar, scheduled as one two-hour session per week for 10 weeks, as scheduled on MyCampus.
Excluded Courses
MUSIC4060
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Essay (2,500 words) - 50%
■ Recorded presentation of 12 minutes - 50%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There is no alternative to the essays, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
■ Written script of equivalent length as an alternative to the recorded presentation.
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.
Main Assessment In: April/May
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable
It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.
[No exceptions]
Course Aims
This course will provide the opportunity to:
■ develop students' awareness of gender as an aesthetic and culturally significant consideration within creative practice across a range of disciplines.
■ develop students' understanding of the implicit and explicit operation of gendered constructs or ideologies within cultural debates.
■ engage students in interdisciplinary dialogue concerning the role of gender in the history, theory and practice of the creative arts.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Analyse key questions and debates concerning the role of gender in a range of cultural texts and creative practices.
■ Critically engage, through effectively argued academic prose, with an appropriate range of scholarly literature on gender in the creative arts.
■ Design and deliver a well-structured presentation, demonstrating historical perspective on creative negotiations of genders.
■ Evaluate the role of gender in cultural debates across a range of creative disciplines.