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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

    Research Project

  • Unit Code

    MUS4116

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

In this unit, students complete a research project relevant to their principal practice. The project is flexible in its presentation and may be a dissertation; a lecture recital; an edition of a musical work; a recording project; or an historical performance project, as approved by the music postgraduate committee.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Cogently present their research through spoken and written English.
  2. Complete a research project.
  3. Interpret primary and secondary source materials.
  4. Produce supporting scholarship that relates to the students practical studies; and,

Unit Content

  1. Academic writing techniques.
  2. Research methodologies specific to the students research project.
  3. Specialised studies in the students chosen area.
  4. Written and oral presentation techniques.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and individual supervision.

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
ProjectResearch project100%

Text References

  • Burkholder, P., Palisca, C.V., & Grout, D.J. (2006). A history of Western music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Burns, R. (2000). Introduction to research methods. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Longman Cheshire.
  • Crist, S.A., & Marvin, R.M. (2004). Historical musicology: Sources, methods, interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.
  • Treitler, L., & Strunk, O. (1998). Source readings in music history. NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Kerman, J. (1985). Contemplating music: Challenges to musicology. Harvard University Press.
  • Sadie, S., & Tyrell, J. (Ed.). (2001). The new grove dictionary of music and musicians. London: Macmillan.
  • Everist, M. (Ed.). (1999). Rethinking music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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

    Research Project

  • Unit Code

    MUS4116

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

In this unit, students complete a research project relevant to their principal practice. The project is flexible in its presentation and may be a dissertation; a lecture recital; an edition of a musical work; a recording project; or an historical performance project, as approved by the music postgraduate committee.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Cogently present their research through spoken and written English.
  2. Complete a research project.
  3. Interpret primary and secondary source materials.
  4. Produce supporting scholarship that relates to the students practical studies; and,

Unit Content

  1. Academic writing techniques.
  2. Research methodologies specific to the students research project.
  3. Specialised studies in the students chosen area.
  4. Written and oral presentation techniques.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and individual supervision.

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
ProjectResearch project100%

Text References

  • Kerman, J. (1985). Contemplating music: Challenges to musicology. Harvard University Press.
  • Burkholder, P., Palisca, C.V., & Grout, D.J. (2006). A history of Western music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Burns, R. (2000). Introduction to research methods. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Longman Cheshire.
  • Treitler, L., & Strunk, O. (1998). Source readings in music history. NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Everist, M. (Ed.). (1999). Rethinking music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Sadie, S., & Tyrell, J. (Ed.). (2001). The new grove dictionary of music and musicians. London: Macmillan.
  • Crist, S.A., & Marvin, R.M. (2004). Historical musicology: Sources, methods, interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.

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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