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ATS4452

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 20 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

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

Coordinator(s)

Dr Joel Crotty

Offered

Clayton

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

Synopsis

Under the supervision of a School of Music academic staff member, students implement and report on a research dissertation commenced in the unit ATS4451 Music Honours thesis A on an approved topic of their own devising.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Plan, conduct and report on research in their Honours discipline.
  2. Demonstrate a practical understanding of the ethical issues associated with conducting research, where relevant.
  3. Demonstrate a command of the research literature relating to their research project.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 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.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joel Crotty

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

Ethnomusicology and musicology

Prerequisites

APG4789 and ATS4451