School: Western Australian 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

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Renee Ester NEWMAN

Description

Students design and develop a research project related to their intended area of specialisation and ongoing performance research. They benefit from experienced departmental staff in scoping out a project and learning to refine a topic, articulate questions, conduct a literature review and design an appropriate methodological approach. Students learn to synthesise practical performance experience with theoretical knowledge at Honours level. The research can be undertaken as an individual or in the context of a company. Individual research can be performance-based, a choreographic/directorial study, an historical or sociological study, a project related to performance making, performance pedagogy or a combination of the above. Company research involves expansion of the student's knowledge of collaborating within a company structure to prepare and present performance through participation in diverse contexts.

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

Tutorial discussions and workshops in research design and methodology, literature review, ethics processes and responsible collection of data.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Thesis ^Thesis Proposal100%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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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School: Western Australian 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

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Renee Ester NEWMAN

Description

Students design and develop a research project related to their intended area of specialisation and ongoing performance research. They benefit from experienced departmental staff in scoping out a project and learning to refine a topic, articulate questions, conduct a literature review and design an appropriate methodological approach. Students learn to synthesise practical performance experience with theoretical knowledge at Honours level. The research can be undertaken as an individual or in the context of a company. Individual research can be performance-based, a choreographic/directorial study, an historical or sociological study, a project related to performance making, performance pedagogy or a combination of the above. Company research involves expansion of the student's knowledge of collaborating within a company structure to prepare and present performance through participation in diverse contexts.

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

Tutorial discussions and workshops in research design and methodology, literature review, ethics processes and responsible collection of data.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Thesis ^Thesis Proposal100%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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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