The aim of the minor in musicology is to give students of all disciplines basic training in musicology and thus to introduce them to the world of music, culture and contemporary musical composition.
According to the proposed 30-credit program, any interested student can acquire skills in music history and science. The program is geared both towards the history of music as well as the more contemporary issues of musical language, sociology, analysis and aesthetics.
The course thus provides training which encourages openness and dialogue with today's musical world whilst still providing the student with the rigor of classical musicological university training.
On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :
1. Have an active and comprehensive understanding of the fields of history of art and archaeology.
Be able to study a work, object, site or issue using methods specific to musicology and art history studies while sharpening their powers of critical thinking.
Be able to apply an academic approach to targeted research. This will involve the meticulous and systematic processing of a certain quantity of data and information.
Be accepting of different cultures and socio-professional classes.
Have a fundamental understanding of the fields of philosophy, history, art history, archaeology and literature.
Be able to understand and write competently on academic topics.
Be responsible for their own learning: organize their own workload (prioritizing, anticipating and planning all their activities over time), take a step back to critically assess the knowledge they have gained, how they have gained it and the work they have produced, and take the initiative to gain new knowledge and learn other methods and skills.
Be able to use the subject-specific knowledge and skills they have acquired to open their minds to other cultures and develop a sense of social responsibility and a critical approach to themselves, society and knowledge.
Have written and spoken fluency in at least one modern language (English, Dutch or German) with the ability to communicate clearly, coherently and in a well-argued fashion on general topics and subjects relating to their field of study.
Demonstrate a critical understanding and in-depth knowledge of the discipline(s) of their chosen minor subject.