Undergraduate - UnitATS2331 - Music - Overseas study program 1

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Offered	Overseas Term 3 2015 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Robert Burke

Notes

This is an international study program that requires an application to be enrolled - see the Study OverseasStudy Overseas (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/study-overseas/) page for further information.
The unit is offered as a Term 3 unit - see the Winter Arts ProgramWinter Arts Program (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/winter-program.html) page for further information.

Synopsis

This unit allows students to undertake a course of music study overseas, in collaboration with an approved overseas institution. Courses are offered subject to availability and may be stream-specific. Streams available are Performance (Classical or Jazz/Popular Studies), Composition and Musicology/Ethnomusicology.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will have developed a practical and theoretical understanding of course-specific musical elements including:

The practice of music in diverse historical/social/cultural contexts
Unique practical and theoretical approaches to music performance, composition and research
Means of applying this knowledge to their own music practice

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Robert Burke

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Music

Prerequisites

Bachelor of Music students must have prior approval from the unit coordinator before enrolling.
Non-Bachelor of Music students will be required to audition, submit a folio of compositions or written work according to course requirements prior to enrolment.

Prohibitions

ATS3331