• Offered by School of Music
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Music
  • Areas of interest Music
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Stephen Loy
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2019
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A distinguishing characteristic of research in the creative arts, including performance, composition, and the creative aspects of music technology, is that the outputs of the research can be creative outputs, such as a recital, or a portfolio of compositions, or a new technological process. This course provides all researchers in music with an introduction to the theories and methods underpinning creative practice as research, drawing on written studies on creative practice as research, exegeses, creative outputs, and case studies. It will provide understandings and tools for the writing of an exegesis.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Understand and articulate the concept of creative practice as research;
2. Critically evaluate the writings of others on creative practice;
3. Analyse, using a range of theories and methods, a range of creative outputs as research outputs; and
4. Articulate, both orally and in writing, the original contribution of those creative outputs.

Indicative Assessment

Essay: analysis of one or more writings of others on creative practice as research, 1500 words (30%) [LO 1, 2]
Essay: analysis of one or more works of published creative output as research outputs, 2000 words (40%) [LO 1, 3, 4]
Presentation: 10 minute presentation followed by 5 minutes of questions on creative practice as research (20%); whether this is individual or group will be determined by the course convener in response to the class size [LO4]
Class participation: 10% [LO1-4]
 

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of seminars over 12 weeks; and,
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed or be currently studying MUSI7001 or MUSI7002, or with permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed MUSI4404.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $3000
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $4560
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3798 25 Feb 2019 04 Mar 2019 31 Mar 2019 31 May 2019 In Person View

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