2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MUSS1110 Music Research Skills

10 creditsClass Size: 111

Module manager: Dorien Schampaert
Email: d.schampaert@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

A-level Music (grades A-C), and/or at least Grade 7 ABRSM theory or practical qualification. If you have a different musical qualification to those listed please contact the School of Music (music@leeds.ac.uk).

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Written presentation skills (grammar, prose style, bibliography and referencing - especially of musical works and texts, flexibility of style); music notation skills; research skills; team collaboration and presentation skills; tutorial techniques; skill mapping and learning objectives; what makes a music graduate (the relevance of skills with respect to a programme of study and, beyond that, lifelong learning); music research skills. This module is supported by its own specially developed course handbook. It contains detailed reference material, examples and sample course exercise working.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should have developed an awareness of the academic research skills necessary to study music at degree level.

They should have:
- a knowledge of what is expected of them in written and oral presentation, and have had a chance to practise these skills;
- examined aspects of organising and presenting musical notation using technology;
- engaged with specified set texts and shown an ability to find and research relevant texts independently;
- cultivated skills in articulating opinions and analytical observations about music both orally and in writing;
- some experience of peer-group teamwork activity;
- some experience of tutorial and seminar group interaction;
- and have an awareness of how objectives, skill agendas and learning outcomes described in this module connect and integrate with other modules on their programme.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will have developed an awareness of the academic research skills necessary to study music at degree level.

They will have:
- a knowledge of what is expected of them in written and oral presentation, and have had a chance to practise these skills;
- examined aspects of organising and presenting musical notation using technology;
- engaged with specified set texts and shown an ability to find and research relevant texts independently;
- cultivated skills in articulating opinions and analytical observations about music both orally and in writing;
- some experience of peer-group teamwork activity;
- some experience of tutorial and seminar group interaction;
- and have an awareness of how objectives, skill agendas and learning outcomes described in this module connect and integrate with other modules on their programme.

Syllabus

Written presentation skills (grammar, prose style, bibliography and referencing - especially of musical works and texts, flexibility of style); music notation skills; research skills; team collaboration and presentation skills; tutorial techniques; skill mapping and learning objectives; what makes a music graduate (the relevance of skills with respect to a programme of study and, beyond that, lifelong learning); music research skills.

This module is supported by its own specially developed course handbook. It contains detailed reference material, examples and sample course exercise working.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Library Session	1	1.00	1.00
Induction Session	1	2.00	2.00
Lecture	1	1.00	1.00
Seminar	8	1.00	8.00
Private study hours			88.00
Total Contact hours			12.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

- 18 hours presentation preparation
- 40 hours preparation for research project
- 30 hours formative coursework assignments/seminar and lecture preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Regular formative tutorial assignments in music research skills (bibliography, essay plan, etc).
- Seminar group interaction.
- Tutorial contact.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Research project, 1800 to 2200 words. This component must be passed in order to pass the module.	60.00
Presentation	Group presentation, c. 10 minutes. This component must be passed in order to pass the module.	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 17/08/2017

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