Preparation for Final Project

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• primary and secondary sources related to your Final Project topic
• modes of analysis and criticism appropriate to your material

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use printed music bibliographical aids (eg RISM) to locate sources and generate bibliography in relation to your topic
• present your work in progress to a specialist audience in oral and written forms
• use online music bibliographical and discographical aids such as RILM and Music Index to generate music bibliography in relation to your topic

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• initiate and plan a large-scale independent research project
• summarise, present and illustrate your work through an oral presentation
• collate and manage information from a variety of sources and media

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• synthesise existing material on your chosen topic and formulate your own approach toward it
• evaluate the usefulness of primary and secondary source material in relation to your topic
• judge the appropriateness of a variety of critical and analytical approaches to your topic

This module consists of a programme of individually supervised research leading towards the Final Project. You will be assigned a supervisor, based on subject expertise, with whom you will meet on a regular basis to shape the topic of your Final Project and form a plan for research. By the end of this module, you will have completed a literature survey appropriate to the chosen topic; devised a personal analytical or critical approach towards it; constructed a plan for the project; and begun to draft material in preparation for the period of intensive writing-up leading to the final submission.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• individual and / or small group tutorials

Learning activities include

• individual study
• accessing online resources, using research libraries or conducting fieldwork as appropriate to the topic
• preparing an oral presentation of work in progress

Assessment for this module is intended to structure individual and

/ or small group tutorial sessions throughout the semester by providing you with a set of intermediate goals for the Final Project. Elements of the assessment are an oral presentation (40%) and a portfolio of written material (60%).

Each student will be assigned a 10-minute oral presentation on their work in progress. The presentation should clarify the subject, scope, research questions, research context, methods, preliminary results, and likely conclusions of your Final Project. The portfolio will demonstrate your progress on the development of your final project and outline the necessary steps to bring it to conclusion.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Trevor Herbert (2001). Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing About Music. London: ABRSM.

Assessment strategy

• Assessments designed to provide informal, on-module feedback
• tutor comments on draft material (including chapter outlines, drafts of case studies and observations, working bibliographies and plans for oral presentations)

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External