Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Project/Thesis Preparation and Development
  • Unit Code

    DAN5101
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Students participate in this unit in either an Individual or a Company stream to develop and/or design, in conjunction with departmental staff, a research project related to their intended area of specialisation or to their ongoing performance research. Individual research can be performance-based, a choreographic study, an historical or sociological study, a project related to dance teaching or a combination of the above. Company research involves expansion of the student's movement knowledge through participation in diverse choreographic processes and performance contexts. Students of both streams will be required to fulfil the theoretical component of the degree by presenting a written proposal identifying the rationale, process and approach to be adopted in their chosen area of study.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a high level of professional practice within workplace parameters.
  2. Knowledge of former studies in their area of investigation.
  3. The methodology of their investigations.
  4. The research questions to be pursued in terms of practice and theory.

Unit Content

  1. Explorations of designs of research pathways that are most appropriate for the students area of investigation.
  2. Introduction and management of research protocols including reporting mechanisms and ethics responsibilities.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, practical teaching, practical involvement, performances, problem-solving processes, observation or performances and /or teaching, reflection and analysis with supervisor.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

  • Forsythe, William. Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye, Koln, Hatje Cantz, CD ROM.
  • Morris, Gay. Ed. Moving Words: Re-writing Dance, London, Routledge, 1996.
  • Faculty Honours Referencing Guide.
  • Desmond, Jane. Ed. Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance, Durham, Duke University press, 1997.
  • Fraleigh, Sondra Horton and Hanstein, Penelope. Researching Dance: Evolving Modes of Inquiry, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Project/Thesis Preparation and Development
  • Unit Code

    DAN5101
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Students participate in this unit in either an Individual or a Company stream to develop and/or design, in conjunction with departmental staff, a research project related to their intended area of specialisation or to their ongoing performance research. Individual research can be performance-based, a choreographic study, an historical or sociological study, a project related to dance teaching or a combination of the above. Company research involves expansion of the student's movement knowledge through participation in diverse choreographic processes and performance contexts. Students of both streams will be required to fulfil the theoretical component of the degree by presenting a written proposal identifying the rationale, process and approach to be adopted in their chosen area of study.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a high level of professional practice within workplace parameters.
  2. Knowledge of former studies in their area of investigation.
  3. The methodology of their investigations.
  4. The research questions to be pursued in terms of practice and theory.

Unit Content

  1. Explorations of designs of research pathways that are most appropriate for the students area of investigation.
  2. Introduction and management of research protocols including reporting mechanisms and ethics responsibilities.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, practical teaching, practical involvement, performances, problem-solving processes, observation or performances and /or teaching, reflection and analysis with supervisor.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

  • Forsythe, William. Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye, Koln, Hatje Cantz, CD ROM.
  • Morris, Gay. Ed. Moving Words: Re-writing Dance, London, Routledge, 1996.
  • Faculty Honours Referencing Guide.
  • Desmond, Jane. Ed. Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance, Durham, Duke University press, 1997.
  • Fraleigh, Sondra Horton and Hanstein, Penelope. Researching Dance: Evolving Modes of Inquiry, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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