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

    Contemporary Aural 7
  • Unit Code

    MUS4422
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Richard Thomas EASTMAN

Description

Students will continue to study advanced aural principals and techniques and their application within a contemporary music context. Students will be expected to apply developed aural skills in a variety of contexts through an examination of complex musical elements. By the end of the unit students will demonstrate strong progress towards the acquisition and application of advanced aural skills. the vocalisation of material will continue to be developed to support the underpinning theoretical constructs, with singing and dictation being the primary tools for internalising each area of study.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a strong understanding of advanced aural concepts and techniques.
  2. Demonstrate strong progress towards the acquisition of complex aural skills.
  3. Perform selected melodic and rhythmic dictations and sight singing exercises.
  4. Recognise the presence and application of studied material in recorded examples.
  5. Vocalise and identify selected intervals, scales, chords and chord progressions.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced aural concepts and approaches.
  2. Advanced harmonic concepts and rhythmic concepts.
  3. Application of studied material to selected songs.
  4. Complex vocalisation skills, including sight-singing.
  5. Implementation and recognition of material in recorded examples.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered11 x 1 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and tutorials.

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
ExerciseRecognition of harmonies through singing25%
ExerciseSight singing25%
ExaminationWritten exam50%

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.

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

    Contemporary Aural 7
  • Unit Code

    MUS4422
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Richard Thomas EASTMAN

Description

Students will continue to study advanced aural principals and techniques and their application within a contemporary music context. Students will be expected to apply developed aural skills in a variety of contexts through an examination of complex musical elements. By the end of the unit students will demonstrate strong progress towards the acquisition and application of advanced aural skills. the vocalisation of material will continue to be developed to support the underpinning theoretical constructs, with singing and dictation being the primary tools for internalising each area of study.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a strong understanding of advanced aural concepts and techniques.
  2. Demonstrate strong progress towards the acquisition of complex aural skills.
  3. Perform selected melodic and rhythmic dictations and sight singing exercises.
  4. Recognise the presence and application of studied material in recorded examples.
  5. Vocalise and identify selected intervals, scales, chords and chord progressions.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced aural concepts and approaches.
  2. Advanced harmonic concepts and rhythmic concepts.
  3. Application of studied material to selected songs.
  4. Complex vocalisation skills, including sight-singing.
  5. Implementation and recognition of material in recorded examples.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered11 x 1 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and tutorials.

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
ExerciseRecognition of harmonies through singing25%
PresentationSight singing25%
TestWritten assessment50%

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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