MUSI310-16W (C) Whole Year 2016

Special Topic

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 4 March 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 2 September 2016

Description

Special Topic

MUSI310 Special Topic provides an opportunity for students to pursue individual research projects under the supervision of a teaching staff member in the School of Music.

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will be able to:
*  Propose, develop, and investigate a research topic under supervision;
*  Formulate successful search strategies using library catalogues and databases, bibliographic tools, and internet resources;
*  Construct an effective research proposal;
*  Present research findings in scholarly written language and/or a public presentation.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points of MUSI at 200 level approved by the Programme Coordinator.

Restrictions

MUSI359

Timetable Note

Contact Hours:  Individual tutorials arranged with students.

Course Coordinator

Glenda Keam

Lecturer

Alex van den Broek

Individual tutors are assigned to each student.

Assessment

All assessments and due dates are negotiated between the student and the tutor upon commencement of the course, and confirmed in writing.

Notes

Use of Technology

This course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to confidently use a computer to access material for your course.  Your written work will be handwritten and submitted in class time.

You will be required to access our learning management system – LEARN – and to become familiar with its tools.  LEARN provides easily-accessible information about the course and assessments, topics and deadlines, and supports the learning you will gain from attending all lectures and tutorials.  For help using LEARN, refer to: http://learn.canterbury.ac.nz/course/view.php?id=2157

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:

A+  90–100;    A   85–89;    A-  80–84;    B+   75–79;    B 70–74;    B-   65–69;     C+  60–64;     C  55–59;     C- 50–54;     D  40–49;   E  0–39
In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,603.00

International fee $6,900.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All MUSI310 Occurrences

  • MUSI310-16W (C) Whole Year 2016
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