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The Research Process for Musicians (MUSI40064)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject provides students with the tools and skills necessary to devise and conduct professional research in music at graduate level. Through group discussions and peer review sessions students will engage with the key principles of research and academic writing and apply them to a context relevant to them.
Students will be supported in defining and focusing their research questions, developing a critical summary of the literature, constructing an adequate conceptual framework, adhering to and meeting deadlines, and presenting their work persuasively, both in oral and written form. The main outcome will be a full research project that could potentially serve as the basis of an application for a graduate program.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Devise and develop a successful research proposal within their field
- Frame their creative work or performance into research questions and conceptual frameworks
- Engage critically with the relevant scholarly literature
- Position their creative work or performance practice within the current state of research
- Communicate effectively about their compositional or performing practices within the conventions of academic language
- Reflect critically on their own work
- Work constructively yet rigorously with peers
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed:
- Critical thinking and analytical skills
- Ability to seek out, organise and evaluate relevant information
- Time management skills
- Advanced communication skills, both oral and written
- Collaborative skills
- Capacity for independent, self-reflective and critical enquiry
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Three written assignments submitted throughout semester equivalent to 2,000 words (30%)
- A written project proposal of 3,000 words, elaborated from the material developed in the three written assignments (40 %)
- A 10-minute oral presentation on the project, to be given in the second half of semester (20%)
- Participation (10%)
- Hurdle: Attendance to 80% of classes
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A reading pack will be available for purchase from the Bookroom before the start of semester.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Music Course Master of Music (Opera Performance) Informal specialisation Performance Specialisation (BH-MUS) Informal specialisation Composition Specialisation (BH-MUS) Informal specialisation Musicology/Ethnomusicology Specialisation (BH-MUS) Major Tailored Program (BH-MUS)
Last updated: 3 November 2022