Major Project (Interactive Composition) (MUSI40097)
HonoursPoints: 75On Campus (Southbank)
Overview
| Availability | Year Long |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Through a course of research, students undertake their year-long project in Interactive Composition under the guidance of their individual supervisor for presentation at the end of the academic year.
The major project can consist of single defined project and/or contributions to a number of projects depending on the nature of the discipline.
At the time of selection the written outline of the proposed major project or major field of study is submitted. This provides the framework for developing the lines of inquiry taken by the student and the final creative work outcome.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- prepare students for research-led graduate study
- provide students of proven ability to undertake advanced work in their chosen discipline
- develop the student’s capabilities, as a better informed, skilled and more articulate artist
- develop a high level of artistic practice and further develop analytical, critical and research skills
- promote critical reflection on the work produced and the artist’s role in society
- produce professional practitioners in the fine arts
Generic skills
On completing this subject, students will have acquired key skills including:
- the ability to engage in independent and contextually-informed artistic practice
- well developed and flexible problem-solving abilities appropriate to the discipline
- the capacity to effectively communicate the results of research and scholarship by oral and written means
- an ability to formulate viable research questions
- a capacity for critical evaluation of relevant scholarly literature and artistic practice
- an ability to manage time and to maximise the quality of research and scholarship
- an understanding of, and facility with, scholarly conventions in the discipline area
- an understanding of the relationship with and responsibility to the cultural environment and society
- respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethic of research and scholarship
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Applicants are required to have completed a major study in a Fine Arts discipline and attained a three-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or equivalent qualification at H2B standard or equivalent.
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: 8 November 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A creative work major project to the equivalent of a dissertation (Please see below)
| At the end of the academic year in the assessment period | 100% |
Additional details
A creative work major project to the equivalent of a 15, 000 word dissertation.
The creative work major project outcome may take the form of a performance, exhibition, writing (poetry, fiction, script or other written literary forms), design, film, video, multimedia, CD, DVD or other new media technologies and modes of presentation. Progress in this area will be monitored both by individual supervisors and a mid-year review (100%)
Mid-year reviews identify students at risk and take into account the student's progress against course engagement and project development and other areas relevant to individual disciplines.
A single mark is assigned at the end of the year.
The research project will be assessed at the end of the academic year in the assessment period.
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Dates & times
- Year Long
Coordinator Anthony Lyons Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Seminars and contact with mentors and supervisors as appropriate. Total time commitment 1,020 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 26 October 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 2 June 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 September 2025 Assessment period ends 21 November 2025 Year Long contact information
Anthony Lyons: lyons@unimelb.edu.au
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours) Informal specialisation Interactive Composition
Last updated: 8 November 2024