MUSI311-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016

Special Topic

This occurrence is not offered in 2016

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 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, 20 May 2016

Description

Special Topic

This course provides an opportunity for students to pursue individual research projects under the supervision of an academic 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 academic supervision.
*  Formulate successful search strategies using library catalogues and databases, bibliographic tools, and internet resources.
*  Construct an effective research proposal.
*  Evaluate a range of scholarly and general sources.
*  Justify a position on a particular topic.
*  Present research findings in scholarly written language.

Prerequisites

(1) MUSI242 or MUSI243 or MUSI245; or (2) MUSI251 and either MUSI130 or MUSI131.

Timetable Note

Individual tutorials arranged with students.

Course Coordinator

Glenda Keam

Lecturer

Francis Yapp

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Research Proposal 09 Mar 2015 10%
Annotated Bibliography 23 Mar 2015 10%
Essay Draft 18 May 2015 15%
Essay final submission 05 Jun 2015 60%
Continuous Assessment 5%


All assessments are due at 4 pm on the specified date.  You should submit a hard copy, with an official School of Music assignment cover page, to the assignment drop-box in the School of Music foyer.

Notes

USE OF TECHNOLOGY

This course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to use a computer confidently to access material for your course.  Your written work should be submitted typed.  The School of Music has computers you are able to use.

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 MUSI311 Occurrences

  • MUSI311-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016 - Not Offered
  • MUSI311-16S2 (C) Semester Two 2016 - Not Offered
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