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MUSI403H Bachelor of Music Hons Dissertation

Credit Points 24
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Year Long Off Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Year Long On Campus A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Mandatory By arrangement
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in BMus(Hons); MUSI401H (part-time students)
Co-requisites MUSI401H (full-time students)
Restrictions CMPO400 or ETHN400 or MUCO400 or MUSI400 or PERF400
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Andrew Alter (aalter@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is specifically directed to an integrated research project containing major and minor components drawn from the sub-disciplines of either Composition, or Ethnomusicology, or Musicology or Performance or a broader combination in the case of Community Music. It is expected that candidates will gain high quality insight into their field of study.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 100%
Assessment Notes
A combination of major (66%) and minor (34%) components as follows: Ethnomusicology and Musicology - major 10,000 words; minor 5000 words; Composition - major 30 minutes; minor 15 minutes; OR Assignment 2
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Assignment 2 100%
Assessment Notes
Community Music: a complete performance program (66%) and a 5000 word report (34%) on the nature of the work undertaken
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 3, 4, 5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. formulate questions pertaining to either Ethnomusicology or Musicology or Composition or Performance or Music in the community;
  2. apply higher order, independent research skills to specific research tasks;
  3. use analytical skills, in combining a broad range of research materials, often from several media, in order to either answer their thesis question, or Composition principle(s) or Performance practice or Community Music;
  4. either write up an extended research dissertation, or compose a series of works based upon the student's own question and independent research or examine a compositional principle/set of principles or present performance(s) which demonstrate research into performance practice or to develop and execute a programme of composition and performance in a specific locale and write up the outcomes of that programme;
  5. understand methodological issues and demonstrate a broad knowledge of the overall subject area relating to either Ethnomusicology, or Musicology or Composition or Performance as developed through the course work unit.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
An Honours dissertation must display such knowledge. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Superior written communication skills are required. 		False True True
4 Information Literacy
Skills in obtaining information are integral to the research preparation for the thesis. 		False True True
6 Problem Solving
A dissertation addresses one or more research problems. 		False True True
   

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