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Applied Voice and Speech Skills (PERF90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
July
Overview
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This subject further develops the student’s voice and speech skills and the development, implementation and evaluation of a planned program in voice and speech in the student’s professional setting.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject students will be expected to:
- demonstrate a practical and theoretical understanding of their own voice and speech development;
- demonstrate an ability to diagnose specific voice and speech habits in themselves and their professional setting;
- develop and apply a voice and speech program for delivery in their professional setting which demonstrates a planned sequential program from concept to implementation;
- demonstrate critical and analytical skills in the evaluation of a voice and speech program.
Generic skills
Upon completion of this course students will be expected to have:
- cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems;
- cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas;
- specialised technical and creative skills in a field of professional practice;
- communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts;
- communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to their professional settings;
- integrated the skills and knowledge from the various subjects into a coherent understanding;
- have an aptitude for continued self-directed learning and be critical and creative thinkers;
- expanded their analytical and cognitive skills through experiential learning;
- the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations;
- the capacity for critical thinking and analysis of pedagogical processes;
- the capacity to respond to unfamiliar problems with a flexible and innovative approach;
- the application of advanced skills in leadership, initiative and group dynamics.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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PERF90003 | Text in Action | July (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Degree in Performing Arts, Dramatic Art, Dance, Music, Education
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
Assessment Task 1 - Due End of Second Intensive Period (40%)
- Demonstration of a planned practical voice and speech class
Assessment Task 2 - Due End of Semester (60%)
- Written evaluation of an applied voice and teaching program in the student’s professional setting (Equivalent to 4,000 words)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July
Principal coordinator Leith McPherson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 28 hours Total time commitment 95 hours Teaching period 2 July 2018 to 27 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 25 July 2018 Census date 3 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 11 November 2018 July contact information
Time commitment details
95 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Colson. G. Voice Production and Speech. Longman. UK
Gates. L. 2000. Voice for Performance. Applause. NY.
McCallion. M. 1988. The Voice Book. Faber and Faber Ltd. London.
Last updated: 3 November 2022