2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MUS5007M Applied Musicology Project

60 creditsClass Size: 10

Module manager: Dr Bryan White
Email: b.white@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The Applied Musicology Project provides you with the opportunity to investigate an applied or practice-led area of musicology of your own choosing such as editing, archival study, fieldwork or transcription, agreed in negotiation with the module leader. Supported by skills sessions and tutorials with an approved supervisor, students will undertake a highly focused and detailed applied research project appropriate to their programme of study, and present their findings in the form of a portfolio with supporting work. You will define the scope of the project in consultation with a supervisor, and produce practice-led work that enables you to demonstrate a range of skills, including assimilating scholarly literature, expressing concepts and hypotheses in a critical fashion, and working confidently as an independent learner.

Objectives

The Applied Musicology Project module aims to provide students with the opportunity to design and create an extended independent research project that will maximise their skills and knowledge, and demonstrate their understanding of theoretical approaches and frameworks. Students will gain significant experience of the application of research in practice, and the concept of practice as research.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. devise, plan and execute an extended applied research project;

2. identify and make effective use of appropriate methodologies, theoretical frameworks, and source materials;

3. demonstrate understanding of the relationship between musicological research and its application in practice;

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students will demonstrate the ability to:

4. exhibit intellectual confidence and independence of thought;

5. Undertake independent learning and work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;

6. Make effective self-directed decisions in complex and unpredictable situations

Syllabus

The syllabus is determined by the chosen subject, to be approved by the module leader and paced in consultation with the supervisor.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Supervision	10	0.50	5.00
Seminar	3	1.00	3.00
Private study hours			592.00
Total Contact hours			8.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			600.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will receive feedback during supervisions as their project progresses, and will also receive feedback on their formative interim submissions (which might, for example, take the form of an excerpt of some editing or transcription work, or preliminary reports/results from archival study or fieldwork, depending on the nature of the project) as the module progresses.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	Project may take the form of a large-scale musical edition; archival project or other form agreed with the module tutor (equivalent to 13,500 to 16,500 words)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 29/01/2024

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