BA Music(Part-Time)
Year 5
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:- undertake an independent dissertation of a focused musicological study, with individual supervision, and produce an advanced piece of writing;- apply advanced historical, analytical, critical and comparative methodologies to the articulation and development of arguments including recent developments in scholarship;- demonstrate an awareness of the ambiguity and limitations of source material;- demonstrate an increased self-reliance in a variety of chosen musical disciplines leading to professional competency;- demonstrate a high level of presentation skills applicable to a focused repertoire range;- demonstrate high-level analytical skills applicable to a range of repertoires.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied; - the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.
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 top apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;- work that draws on a wide variety of material;- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline;- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.