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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNISA), PRETORIA College of Human Sciences - Musicology
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Street Address:
Muckleneuk campus: Preller street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
Postal Address:
PO Box 392, UNISA 0003, Pretoria, South Africa
Fax:
+27 12 429 3400
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Program:
Undergraduate programs
Details:
Bachelor of Arts in Music. Three years. Studies include music history, theory, music in South Africa. Bachelor of Musicology. Three years. Studies include music history and society, composition, music bibliography, theory. Students must reach the Licentiate in Music (UNISA) performance standard before graduation, but performance tuition is not available on campus. Bachelor of Education. Music may be taken as a teaching subject.
Program:
Graduate programs
Details:
Master of Musicology. In musicology, ethnomusicology. Doctor of Musicology. Doctor of Letters and Philosophy.
Institution Notes:
The University has been involved in music education for over 100 years. In 2004 the University of South Africa merged with the Technikon South Africa and the Distance Education campus of Vista University to form the new University of South Africa (UNISA). UNISA is the largest open distance learning institution in Africa, the longest standing dedicated distance education university in the world and operates from six regional centres across South Africa, the main administrative centre being the Muckleneuk campus in Pretoria. The university library has a significant collection of scores, books, recordings and videos. It also houses the Harold and Eda Steafel Collection of Western and ethnic instruments. The auditorium houses a Rieger concert organ. The Department of Musicology publishes the journal 'Ars Nova - UNISA Musicologica'. The Music Directorate administers a series of public examinations in music from elementary to Licentiate level. Examinations are held in classical orchestral instruments, jazz instruments, keyboard instruments, voice, choral singing, choral conducting and theory of music throughout South Africa and Namibia. The UNISA Music Foundation was constituted in 1990 to organise and present the UNISA International Music Competitions. It is not a teaching department, but distributes funding to other music areas of the university. It promotes and organises concerts as well as national and international music competitions for piano, strings, organ and voice. Funding is assisted by donations to the ‘Fund for Young Musicians’.
Last Updated:
June 2022