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

    Practical Project: Group
  • Unit Code

    PMA2002
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Tamara Lisa COOK

Description

This unit looks at the journey of the ensemble performer. Students will work in a group environment to collaborate on a performance project from conception through to performance. It will look at various processes and challenges specifically relating to group work and how to work successfully as a creative team.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Conceptualise and prioritise creative ideas as a group.
  2. Design group processes that successfully demonstrate creative ideas.
  3. Evaluate group and peer processes and performance outcomes.
  4. Operate as a coherent group.
  5. Understand the elements of group dynamics such as leadership, power dynamics, decision-making, roles and skills application.

Unit Content

  1. Development of a small group devised performance piece.
  2. Ensemble companies, repertoire and their directors.
  3. Group collaboration and devising techniques.
  4. Management of groups including leadership, roles and expectations, group dynamics, negotiation and decision making.
  5. Multi-faceted evaluation of all process and performance elements.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered14 x 1.5 hour ensemblesNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered14 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, masterclasses.

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
Participation ^Preparation and rehearsal40%
Reflective Practice ^Research and documentation portfolio20%
Performance ^Group in-class performance40%

^ 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.

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

    Practical Project: Group
  • Unit Code

    PMA2002
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Tamara Lisa COOK

Description

This unit looks at the journey of the ensemble performer. Students will work in a group environment to collaborate on a performance project from conception through to performance. It will look at various processes and challenges specifically relating to group work and how to work successfully as a creative team.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Conceptualise and prioritise creative ideas as a group.
  2. Design group processes that successfully demonstrate creative ideas.
  3. Evaluate group and peer processes and performance outcomes.
  4. Operate as a coherent group.
  5. Understand the elements of group dynamics such as leadership, power dynamics, decision-making, roles and skills application.

Unit Content

  1. Development of a small group devised performance piece.
  2. Ensemble companies, repertoire and their directors.
  3. Group collaboration and devising techniques.
  4. Management of groups including leadership, roles and expectations, group dynamics, negotiation and decision making.
  5. Multi-faceted evaluation of all process and performance elements.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered14 x 1.5 hour ensemblesNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered14 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, masterclasses.

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
Participation ^Preparation and rehearsal40%
Reflective Practice ^Research and documentation portfolio20%
Performance ^Group in-class performance40%

^ 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.

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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