BMus Music (Performance)
Year 2
(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:- demonstrate the development of research and essay-writing skills through study of a defined musicological area;- engage with critical evaluation of a variety of sources;- display an ability to make connections and formulate arguments, and apply them in different situations;- demonstrate a strong development of technical fluency, musicianship and ensemble skills, as well as self- and peer-review, supported by a level of personal organisation sufficient to support the coming year abroad;- refine skills and techniques in chosen areas such as composition, technology, editing, music psychology, aesthetics and or/language study;- show a strong level of personal responsibility within the musical community.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;- decision making.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.