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Undergraduate Course: Research Methods in Music (MUSI10066)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will introduce students to the variety of research methods used in the study of music. These may include: transcription and editing from a number of different historical periods and from recordings; archival research; the use of fieldwork and interviewing techniques; empirical research methods and experimental design; researching music for performance and the writing of programme notes; guidance on the design and preparation of a dissertation, a creative portfolio or a performance.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism (MUSI08060) OR Music 2B: Music and Ideas from Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century (MUSI08061) OR Music 1D: Introduction to Compositional Techniques (MUSI08056)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least two semesters of courses in Music Theory and Music History (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 85 %, Practical Exam 15 %
Additional Information (Assessment) -Interview task - required but feedback given to class overall rather than assessed individually
-Live-music task (group task, group presentation and individual report):
~ Group presentation - 10%
~ Individual report 1000-1500 words - 20%.
-Musical object/event task: 2000 words - 40%.
-Interview report with critical commentary, 2000 words - 30%.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Students will have been given experience of:
    - conducting independent research
    - reflecting critically upon this research and on research methods more generally
    - interrogating what "research" means in terms of the roles to be engaged in at level four
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.music.ed.ac.uk
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsresearch methods music dissertation edition portfolio history composition performance recital
Contacts
Course organiserDr Annette Davison
Tel: (0131 6)50 2426
Email: 		Course secretaryMiss Annabelle Evans
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email:
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