Music and Digital Media is an interdisciplinary course focusing on the business, cultural context, and scientific nature of the [inter]relationship between music and media. The course blends theoretical perspectives designed to problematise our relationships with digital music formats, production, consumption and dissemination, with practical workshops on audio and music editing, sound recording, and coding for online music and media platforms. Such is the evolutionary nature of music in the digital age that the issues and problems addressed in this course will vary from year to year. Course content may include: a short history of music and digitisation; intellectual property, copyright, and ethics; massively collaborative online music production and distribution; case study analyses of music for gaming, music 'apps' and crowd funding for music projects; digital audio visual curation techniques; and, the 'place' of music in social networks, media players and blogs. Learning and teaching activities include lectures, tutorials, practical lab sessions and workshops.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- understand the ethical implications of music, digitisation and media dissemination via a demonstrated critical understanding of intellectual property;
- design and realise a presentation on an appropriate topic suitable for public dissemination;
- design and construct a digital file integrating multimedia elements; and
- research, critically analyse, and debate current issues/problems surrounding music and digital media from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.
Work Integrated Learning
Projects
The major assessment in this course is a practical project
Indicative Assessment
- Group presentation (50) [LO 2,4]
- e-CV with integrated multimedia elements (30) [LO 3]
- Individual written essay on negotiated topic (1500 words) (20) [LO 1,4]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks of lectures, tutorials, and other activities; and
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Provided via Wattle
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 12
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
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| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2367 | 23 Feb 2026 | 02 Mar 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 | 29 May 2026 | In Person | N/A |