Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

267MUSI2028.II/III.10 The business of music (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course introduces students to topics in the music industry, such as marketing, finance, contractagreements, and copyright problems in the fields of music publishing, recording, performance, musicadministration and arts management. A music and/or writing background is helpful, but is notnecessary.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (50%) and an examination (50%).MUSI2015. II/III.11 Popular music: from Cantopop to techno (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course covers popular music ranging from the history of Hong Kong's Cantopop (e.g., Sam Hui,Aaron Kwok, Faye Wong) to the latest trends in the popular music market worldwide. The subjectmatter of this course is how popular music is defined, produced, disseminated and consumed acrossdifferent cultures of the world. Classes are not arranged chronologically to provide a historical survey,nor are all areas of the world covered. However, themes and concepts that can be applied to the seriousstudy of all popular musics (and perhaps even more) will be discussed. Students will learn the basiccritical tools to examine popular musics of the world from a scholarly perspective.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (100%).MUSI2016. II/III.12 Music of contemporary Hong Kong (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course aims to promote an understanding of the various styles of music found in contemporaryHong Kong. Areas to be covered include: commercial music, media and film music, musicals,traditional Chinese music, Western concert music, experimental music and Muzak. This course is opento all students.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (100%).MUSI2017. II/III.13 Love, sex and death in music of the modern world (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course examines the expression of feelings, situations and stories that focus on passion, romance,sexuality, tragedy, and death in musical works. We shall consider both narrative and technical ways inwhich these expressions can be conveyed and their resultant power and meaning. The course considerspopular and art musics of the twentieth-century, music from the West and from other parts of the world,and music from both stage and concert genres.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (50%) and an examination (50%).MUSI2020. II/III.16 Special topics in music 1 (6 credits)MUSI2021. II/III.17 Special topics in music 2 (6 credits)(These courses are also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)The topic of each of these courses reflects the specialist interests of staff members or visitors, and willbe announced in advance of each semester course. These courses are available to all students.Assessment for each course will be on the basis of coursework (100%).