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

    Compositional Professional Practice
  • Unit Code

    MUS4611
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Lindsay Ross VICKERY

Description

In this unit students hone the professional skills required in the new digital music industry models emerging on the internet. Strategies for promotion will be discussed in relation to developing a portfolio of work, such as: locating collaborators, obtaining commissions and applying for funding. Procedures for archiving and maintaining their work will also be discussed.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Adequately archive and maintain their work.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of strategies for promoting their work.
  3. Maintain a website promoting their music.

Unit Content

  1. Composer professional skills.
  2. Procedures for archiving and maintaining compositional work.
  3. Strategies for promotion of a composer's work.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar.

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
JournalJournal and website100%

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

    Compositional Professional Practice
  • Unit Code

    MUS4611
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Lindsay Ross VICKERY

Description

In this unit students hone the professional skills required in the new digital music industry models emerging on the internet. Strategies for promotion will be discussed in relation to developing a portfolio of work, such as: locating collaborators, obtaining commissions and applying for funding. Procedures for archiving and maintaining their work will also be discussed.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Adequately archive and maintain their work.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of strategies for promoting their work.
  3. Maintain a website promoting their music.

Unit Content

  1. Composer professional skills.
  2. Procedures for archiving and maintaining compositional work.
  3. Strategies for promotion of a composer's work.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar.

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
JournalJournal and website100%

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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