Course spotlight April 2002, Outback living, Musical style

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Name of course: The Outback Classroom

Length of course: Minimum two days, flexible

Number of students: Maximum 116, broken into smaller groups of 21

Age/qualification requirements: 15 years for international students

Accommodation: Lodge (48 beds) or Swags Tent Village (68 beds)

Cost: From AUS$25 (US$13 to AUS$48 (US$25) per night

Agency commission: 10%

Contact: Helen Simpson,
Sales and Marketing Manager,
Undara Experience, Australia's Accessible Outback, Australia

Tel: +61 740317933
Fax: +61 740317939
Email: helen@undara
.com.au

Outback living

The Outback Classroom programme, catering for children between the ages of 10 and 18, is a learning camp for school groups organised by Undara

Experience in Australia. Focused around the Undara Lava Tubes in tropical Savannah woodlands, the programme offers a range of 15 different formal learning activities, supervised by Savannah Guides, which aim to challenge physical and mental abilities, boost imagination and build self confidence.

The activities are available at four different levels of ability and include English language learning for international students. Students are encouraged to think laterally, interact with others, communicate meaningfully and make discoveries about the surrounding ecology.

Students can camp out in the Swags Tent Village, which consists of permanent tents, or the Wilderness Lodge provides dormitory accommodation. All camp accommodation has linen, hot water and laundry facilities and food is available through the lodge's restaurant.

Other facilities at the lodge include a swimming pool, bush walking tracks and evening campfire activities.

Name of course: Bachelor of Arts in Popular and World Musics

Length of course: three years

Number of students: 30

Age/qualification requirements: over 18 years old, A level grades BBC, International Baccalaureate 32 points or equivalent

Accommodation: self-catering flats and halls of residence available

Cost: UK£6,950 (US$9,730) for 2001/2002 year

Agency commission: on request

Contact: Clive McLelland, School of Music, University of Leeds, 14 Cromer Terrace, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

Tel: +44 113 233 2583
Fax: +44 113 233 2586

Musical style

The three year full-time BA in Popular and World Musics offered by the University of Leeds in the UK focuses on popular music of all

kinds - from pop to rock, reggae to country and soul to rap - as well as musical expression from cultures around the world. Students are encouraged to pursue their own particular interests from a broad musical experience.

The first year of the course is based at the Leeds campus, in conjunction with the BA Music course, in order to give students the broad knowledge, skills and understanding from which to develop specialisms later on. The second and third years are based at the Bretton Hall campus, where there are dedicated rehearsal spaces, recording studios, music technology facilities and specialist library collections. However, students are also able to choose from modules and electives from the BA Music and other programmes available at the Leeds campus.

Students are able to develop specialisms in areas such as composition, performance, music technology and aesthetics and criticism as well as studying a range of core subjects such as music in history and culture.