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ATS3141

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 19 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

Coordinator(s)

Professor Mary Finsterer

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Notes

The unit has a compulsory ensemble componentensemble component (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/music/category/performance-studies/student-ensembles/). Some ensembles are subject to audition. Normally, auditions take place in Week 1 of the semester. Please see the unit guide for further information.

Synopsis

The unit consolidates and extends advanced skills in composition developed in ATS3140 Composition 5. Students further develop technical skills by refining a personal compositional methodology influenced by various techniques and approaches. Students then apply this compositional methodology to develop well-articulated concepts for substantial works that integrate several distinct layers of material.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students are able to:

  1. Develop a compositional methodology from a range of acquired techniques and approaches;
  2. Apply such a methodology to substantial musical works that integrate several distinct layers of material.

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.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Mary Finsterer

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

Music composition

Prerequisites

ATS3140 or ATS3830
This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Music single or double degree - Music composition specialisation.

Prohibitions

ATS3831