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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Music Skills 1
  • Unit Code

    MTH1001
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Craig Anthony DALTON

Description

This unit provides students with an introduction to the music skills essential to the musical theatre performer by focusing on technical knowledge and skill development at a foundation level.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate aural awareness and apply aural skills.
  2. Demonstrate and apply an understanding of fundamentals of music theory.
  3. Demonstrate basic keyboard technique.

Unit Content

  1. Aural skill development.
  2. Fundamentals of music theory.
  3. Staff notation.
  4. Basic keyboard skills.
  5. Sight singing.
  6. Singing in parts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered18 x 1 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMusic theory assessment (Semester 1)20%
TestAural assessment (Semester 1)15%
TestKeyboard assessment (Semester 1)15%
TestMusic theory assessment (Semester 2)20%
TestAural assessment (Semester 2)15%
TestKeyboard assessment (Semester 2)15%

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.

MTH1001|3|1

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Music Skills 1
  • Unit Code

    MTH1001
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Craig Anthony DALTON

Description

This unit provides students with an introduction to the music skills essential to the musical theatre performer by focusing on technical knowledge and skill development at a foundation level.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate aural awareness and apply aural skills.
  2. Demonstrate and apply an understanding of fundamentals of music theory.
  3. Demonstrate basic keyboard technique.

Unit Content

  1. Aural skill development.
  2. Fundamentals of music theory.
  3. Staff notation.
  4. Basic keyboard skills.
  5. Sight singing.
  6. Singing in parts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered18 x 1 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMusic theory assessment (Semester 1)20%
TestAural assessment (Semester 1)15%
TestKeyboard assessment (Semester 1)15%
TestMusic theory assessment (Semester 2)20%
TestAural assessment (Semester 2)15%
TestKeyboard assessment (Semester 2)15%

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.

MTH1001|3|2