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The Research Process for Musicians (MUSI40064)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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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 (Southbank) Contact hours 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 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 Master of Music (Opera Performance) Course Graduate Diploma in Music Informal specialisation Musicology/Ethnomusicology Informal specialisation Performance Informal specialisation Composition
Last updated: 3 November 2022