School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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  • Unit Title

    Creative Project 2
  • Unit Code

    MUS4225
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Matt STYLES

Description

This unit will further develop and apply the culmination of students’ performance, composition and technology studies acquired in Creative Project 1. Students will mount a major creative project that demonstrates assured, fluent and distinctive application and mastery of the skills they have developed throughout their degree. Through experimentation, workshopping and collaboration, students refine the project ideas to create professional industry-standard music performances, sound recordings, exhibitions or other forms of presentation. All students will prepare for future employment by creating a three-year post-graduation career plan and documenting and publishing their skills and accomplishment in an employer-ready online professional portfolio.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed MUS4220 Creative Project 1

This unit is only offered to those who have successful applied and gained entry into the Bachelor of Music Honours

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Present a performance recital, exhibition and/or other creative work that demonstrates independence, confidence, creativity and mastery of high-level skills, tools and techniques in their chosen area of specialisation.
  2. Creatively apply specialised tools, technical skills and advanced techniques of improvisation, composition, arranging and/or performance for professional level music making.
  3. Insightfully and knowledgeably reflect and comment on the context, aesthetic, stylistic and performance considerations, and conceptual application inherent in their creative practice and works.
  4. Write and present professional industry standard documentation relative to a creative project in a variety of formats showing an extended understanding of recent developments in professional practice.
  5. Present a professional industry standard portfolio of advanced work demonstrating ongoing reflection on learning and experiences, and integrating work completed inside and outside of university.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced and current techniques, concepts and skills in musical composition, improvisation, arrangement and/or music performance and ensemble playing.
  2. Application of technical skills to solve specific musical or compositional problems and interpretative challenges.
  3. Logistics of presenting a recital/exhibition/performance.
  4. Documenting projects through reflection, recording, archiving, public access and programme notes.
  5. Exegesis writing.
  6. Critical reflection and self-evaluation.
  7. Networking, career planning and creating professional portfolios.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Each student will be assigned a recital/principal study/project mentor for the semester. Mentorship may take various modes, for example, lessons, recital preparation and/or workshopping, and coaching of rehearsals. All students attend workshops. All classical students participate in an ensemble. Large ensembles may comprise students from all year groups, with more senior students taking on leadership and mentoring roles. Singers and pianists develop specialist skills in dedicated 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 School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Performance ^Public recital, performance, exhibition or other presentation of creative work.50%
WorkshopActivities, on-going contribution and performance in specialist skills workshops and/or rehearsals.30%
PortfolioProfessional portfolio20%

^ 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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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