2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MUSI1121 Music Research Skills

20 creditsClass Size: 140

Module manager: Dr Stephen Muir
Email: s.p.k.muir@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally: A level Music (or equivalent)

This module is mutually exclusive with

MUSI1111	Music Research Skills B
MUSI1113	Listening to Music

This module is not approved as an Elective

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 practice these skills; have examined aspects of organising and presenting musical notation using technology; have engaged with specified set texts and shown an ability to find and research relevant texts independently; have engaged aurally with different types of music from a variety of times and places; developed skills necessary for listening critically to recordings and live performances; cultivated skills in articulating opinions and analytical observations about music both orally and in writing; have some experience of peer-group teamwork activity; have 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; skills for the practical musician (especially critical listening and describing/criticising music); 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
In Course Assessment	1	1.00	1.00
Concert	22	1.00	22.00
Lecture	12	1.00	12.00
Seminar	8	1.00	8.00
Private study hours			156.00
Total Contact hours			44.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

6 hours listening per fortnight
15 hours presentation preparation
28 hours formative coursework assignments/seminar and lecture preparation
38 hours preparation for research project
15 hours examination preparation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

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

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Group presentation, c. 10 mins	20.00
Project	Research project, c. 2,000 words. You must achieve a mark of at least 40 in each assessment component in order to pass the module overall.	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

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

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 00 mins	25.00
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 00 mins	25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

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: 15/09/2009

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