ApprovedStatus PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION(UNDERGRADUATE) 1. TARGET AWARD2. Award 3. TitleBA (Hons) Popular Music
4. DATE OF VALIDATION Date of most recent modification (Faculty/ADQU use only) Version Number (ADQU use only)
03-SEP-14
427-APR-16
5. AWARDING INSTITUTION Edge Hill University 6. TEACHING INSTITUTION
7. ADMINISTRATIVE BASE Faculty of Arts & Sciences 8. PLANNING UNIT Media
9. UNIT OF PERIODIC REVIEW MediaPW33 10. UCAS 11. EHU COURSE CODE BAS000245
12. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Applicants for BA (Hons) Popular Music normally require 280 points, or BTEC National
DDM (or equivalent), in line with national patterns for entry to popular music courses. The minimum duration of the degree Programme is three years of full-time study. The maximum duration of the Programme is six years of part-time study, with an expectation that students will normally complete 60 credits per year - although this can vary. Entry to the Programme is normally at the beginning of Level 4, with the exception of RP[E]L applicants or transfers from other institutions. In the case of the latter, applicants will be expected to present a transcript of modules completed at the releasing institution in order to establish level of achievement (120 credits) and the suitability of prior study to the receiving programme. The programme will be advertised and available to both UK and international students. It is recommended that international students applying for the course will be able to demonstrate evidence of English language competence equivalent to IELTS 6.5 or above. International students applying with an IELTS score below the recommended 6.0 may be eligible to apply for a Pre-Sessional or International Foundation Programme available via Edge Hill International Education office. Entry to module MUS1008 requires prior experience of playing a specific instrument or singing to a level of musicianship normally related to that achieved by certificate holders of a Grade 7 or 8 performance examination set by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) or BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Music (Performing). Entry will therefore generally be determined by audition and/or presentation of compositional portfolios.
13a. ALTERNATIVE AWARD(S) Award Title BADiploma of Higher EducationCertificate of Higher Education
Popular MusicPopular Music
14. AVAILABLE MODES OF STUDYMode of Study Course Duration Delivery TypeFull TimePart Time
36
ClassroomClassroom
13b SUPPLEMENTARY AWARD OPTIONS Award Programme Title Programme
Code Supplementary Award Option
Course Code
8b. SECONDARY PLANNING UNIT (JOINT AWARDS)
15a. PRIMARY QAA SUBJECT BENCHMARK STATEMENT
Music (2008)
15c. OTHER ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL BENCHMARKS The Popular Music programme will invite an extensive list of music
professionals representing many aspects of the music industry, as well as associate cultural industry representatives, from which it will draw upon annually for guest lectures, workshops and site visits. This degree takes 'responsible creative professional practice' to be an essential part of our students' training and work experience. Teaching 'key production processes and professional practices' relevant to the music industries and 'a knowledge of the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks that affect media and cultural production, distribution, and consumption' lay at the heart of the curriculum. Our proposal has been inspired by the following the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education principle that: 'the cultural, media and communication industries are significant areas of employment, and responsible creative professional practice within these industries requires systematic, critical and reflective education'.
17. PRIMARY SUBJECT AREA / JACS Code
18. SECONDARY SUBJECT AREA (if applicable) / JACS Code
19. TERTIARY SUBJECT AREA / JACS CodeW315-Popular music performance
W388-Popular music composition
W341-Popular music
20. PROGRAMME AIMS
To provide students with an opportunity to study popular music in depth and appreciate its complexities; To furnish students with the instructive, aesthetic and physical resources through which they can develop skills in musicianship, composition, musicology, and the study of popular music; To provide students with a sense of the wide range of opportunities and possibilities that exists within the practice and comprehension of popular music; To provide students with a solid grounding in the specific creative traditions of popular music and encourage an interdisciplinary approach to critical thinking; To encourage students to explore and develop their specific interests within the study of popular music informed by their work as performers, practitioners, songwriters, composers, arrangers, producers, teachers, researchers and reflexive thinkers; To encourage students to recognise the inextricable relationship between theory, practice and the creative process in the production of music; To encourage and develop the individual student's initiative and independence, leading progressively towards autonomous study and inquiry, in the context of a commitment to life-long learning in the field of popular music; To produce confident graduates who are equipped with a collection of specialist and transferable skills that can be employed in a wide range of contexts within or beyond the university.
21. PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
The programme learning outcomes shown here describe the knowledge, understanding and skills that students will have demonstrated on achievement of their intended qualification award. Students who do not complete their full programme ofstudy may qualify for an alternative award and the validated exit awards for this programme are listed at the front of this programme specification. For an Honours degree, exit awards are available at level 4 (Certificate of Higher Education), level 5 (Diploma of Higher Education) and level 6 (Ordinary degree on achievement of 60 level 6 credits). The precise learning outcomes of an Ordinary degree are determined by the modules taken and passed at level 6 and can be identified from the table below.
LEVEL 4
15b. OTHER QAA SUBJECT BENCHMARK STATEMENT
Music (2008)
16. Accreditation by Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies (PSRB) Name of PSRB Name of Accreditation / Relationship
LEVEL 5
Intellectual Skills
Knowledge and Understanding
Practical Skills
Transferable Skills
Review the histories of popular music, interpreting the specific cultural and physical conditions of production, performance and reception, including the constituency and role of the audience.Demonstrate comprehension of music through good practice in production and execution, and summarise the results of such understanding and practice.Exercise theoretical awareness in personal creative practice, with reference to a comprehensive understanding of the technical and aesthetic characteristics of music and relevant critical traditions.Express understanding of a range of musical and aural characteristics intexts, scores, and other models of music and sound production, performance and presentation.
Outline theories relating to the origins, histories, repertoires, forms and traditions of popular music.Offer an overview of the cultural, social and political contextualisations of popular music.Describe and discuss critical perspectives on music performance, production and practice and its possible future directions.Undertake basic applications of theory and musicological concepts in popular music.Discuss contrasting traditions and emergent perspectives, and how theyrelate to and shape the history and nature of popular music.Identify and describe key concepts and theories of popular music.
Examine aspects of contemporary music, its practices and influences.
Utilise creative skills and strategies to the creation, development and performance of popular music.Document and manage the preparation and presentation of live or recorded music and sound.Develop competence within a collective process and recognise the partnerships necessary in the creative sector.Develop competence within a chosen area of music practice, expanding relevant skills and a related autonomous, personal, creative perspective.Listen to, read and demonstrate understanding of the musical and aural characteristics in texts, scores, recordings and other models of production.
Demonstrate awareness of health and safety principles and act and operate safely in all aspects of music practice and creation.Show assurance and creativity in the presentation of self in a public setting.Retrieve information and select appropriate learning materials.
Reflect on learning and personal development.
Engage in creative solutions to problems.
Utilise appropriate information technologies in communication.
Cooperate and collaborate in group contexts with self-awareness, self-confidence and sensitivity to others.Review material and construct arguments in written form.
Manage time, prioritise and meet deadlines appropriately.
MUS1168; MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011
MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011
MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1168; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011
MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011
MUS1013; MUS1168; MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1014; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1011MUS1168; MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1168; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1168; MUS1014; MUS1013; MUS1010; MUS1011MUS1168; MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1168; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1168; MUS1011
MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1168; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1168; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011
MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1168; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1168; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1168; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011MUS1006; MUS1007; MUS1008; MUS1010; MUS1168; MUS1013; MUS1014; MUS1011; TLC1000; TLC1001; TLC1002
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Knowledge and Understanding
Practical Skills
Apply a developed theoretical awareness to the explanation, articulation and research of popular music, to the specific cultural, historical and physical conditions of production, performance and reception, without neglecting the constituency and role of the audience.Apply knowledge of a range of musical and aural characteristics in texts,scores and other models of popular music production, performance and presentation.Appraise and place in context personal creative practice, with reference to a comprehensive understanding of the technical and aesthetic characteristics of popular music and relevant critical traditions.Apply a developing understanding of music, good practice in creation, execution and research, summarising clearly the results of such understanding and practice.
Analyse and elucidate critical theories and practices relating to the origins, histories, repertoires, forms and traditions of popular music.
Develop an analytical comprehension of the contrasting critical traditionsand emergent perspectives, and how they relate to and shape the history and nature of popular music.Analyse and articulate the cultural, social and political contextualisations of popular music.
Articulate and analyse aspects of contemporary music, its practices and diverse traditions.
Explain and interpret critical perspectives in music production and practice, and its possible future directions.
Recognise, and work competently within, professional, entrepreneurial and industry practices.
Document and manage the preparation and presentation of live or recorded music and sound.
Listen to, read, and interpret the musical and aural characteristics in texts, scores, recordings and other models of production.
Develop competence within a collective process and recognise the partnerships necessary in the creative sector.
MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2166; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2062
MUS2056; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2057; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2058; MUS2062MUS2056; MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2166; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2062MUS2056; MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2062; MUS2166
MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2067; MUS2170; MUS2166; MUS2062; MED2204; MUS2004MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2166; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2058; MUS2062MUS2056; MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2057; MUS2166; MUS2058; MUS2062; MUS2004; MED2204MUS2056; MUS2058; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2057; MUS2060; MUS2062; MUS2166MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2058; MUS2062; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2060
MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2062; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2067MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2060; MED2204; MUS2058; MUS2062; MUS2067; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2004MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2058; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2062; MUS2067; MUS2166MUS2060; MUS2062; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2067; MUS2166; MUS2170
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LEVEL 6
Transferable Skills
Intellectual Skills
Manage time, prioritise, and meet deadlines appropriately.
Show assurance and creativity in the presentation of self in a public setting.
Retrieve information, analyse, and select appropriate learning materials.
Review critical material and construct arguments.
Think creatively and laterally and find inventive solutions to problems.
Present the outcome of research and engagement with the subject, adhering consistently to the required standards of academic scholarship.
Reflect on learning and personal development.
Demonstrate awareness of health and safety principles and act and operate safely in all aspects of music practice and creation.
Apply a comprehensive theoretical and critical awareness to an explanation and articulation of the generation and circulation of popular music, to the specific cultural and physical conditions of production, performance and reception, including the constituency and role of the audience.Critically evaluate existing material within the context of a specified research area.
Compare and contrast ideas in popular music, good practice in composition and execution, and evaluate clearly the results of such practice.Evaluate and justify personal creative practice with reference to a comprehensive understanding of the technical and aesthetic characteristics of popular music and relevant critical traditions.Analyse, explain and evaluate a wide range of musical and aural characteristics in texts, scores and other models of popular music production, performance and presentation.Apply conceptual, theoretical and methodological approaches to independent work that demonstrate your ability to engage in an in-depth and systematic debate within the discipline.
MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2062MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2062MUS2060; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2058; MUS2166; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2062MUS2058; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2060; MUS2062MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2004; MUS2062; MED2204MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MUS2062; MED2204; MUS2004MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2062; TLC2000MUS2056; MUS2057; MUS2058; MUS2060; MUS2166; MUS2170; MUS2067; MED2204; MUS2004; MUS2062
MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3064
MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064
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Knowledge and Understanding
Practical Skills
Critically evaluate key theories and practices relating to the origins, histories, repertoires, forms, and influences of popular music.
Demonstrate critical understanding of the historical, social, cultural contexts of production, performance and consumption of music in its historical, present and possible future contexts.
Appraise contrasting critical traditions and emergent perspectives, and how they relate to and shape the history and nature of popular music.
Evaluate cultural, social and political contextualisations of popular music.
Justify a personal critical perspective on contemporary music, production and practice and its future directions.
Research, develop, create, organise and produce popular music in the domains of public performance, composition, songwriting, and studio production.Deploy sophisticated creative and technical skills and strategies to the production, performance and understanding of popular music.
Perform, listen to, read, comprehend and critically evaluate the musical and aural characteristics supplied in texts, scores, recordings and other models of production.Engage in sophisticated documenting and management of the preparation and presentation of live or recorded music.
Demonstrate high levels of time management skills.
Demonstrate and critically evaluate project management, problem solving, report writing and presentation skills.
Apply and exercise advanced skills within a collective process, and recognise the partnerships necessary in the creative sector.
MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3065; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3161; MED3057; MUS3160; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MED3057; MUS3060; MUS3065; MUS3064
MUS3001; MUS3058; MED3057; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3065; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3065; MUS3160; MUS3161; MED3057; MUS3064MUS3058; MUS3161; MUS3060; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3065; MUS3160; MUS3064
MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3160; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3065; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3061; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3060; MUS3062; MED3057; MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3061; MUS3065; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064
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22. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Transferable SkillsDemonstrate awareness of health and safety principles and act and operate safely in all aspects of music practice, performance, and creation.Appraise critical material, construct arguments, and write effectively.
Cooperate and collaborate in group contexts with self-awareness, self-confidence and sensitivity to others.
Present the outcome of research and engagement with the subject, adhering consistently to the required standards of academic scholarship.
Show confidence, assurance, and creativity in the presentation of self in a public setting.
Critically reflect on own learning and personal development.
Manage time, prioritise and meet deadlines appropriately.
Think creatively and laterally and find inventive solutions to problems.
MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3061; MED3057; MUS3065; MUS3064MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3001; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3064MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3001; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3065; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3065; MUS3064MUS3001; MUS3058; MUS3060; MUS3062; MUS3160; MUS3161; MUS3065; MED3057; MUS3061; MUS3064
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23ai. STUDENT 'LEARNING JOURNEY'
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MUSIC MANAGEMENT, POLICY, SUBSIDY, AND MEDIA LAWEMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
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24. TEACHING AND LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
The programme aims to involve students in an integrated learning experience of theory and practice. It provides a programme of study that encourages the student to understand the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to music as a constituent in the field of sound. Our aim is to produce confident graduates capable of creative thinking and who are able to apply their knowledge to achieve practical outcomes in professional contexts associated with the
23aii. Student Learning Journey
creative industries, as well as those who choose of the path of post-graduate research.. Teaching strategies are varied and include task-based learning, experiential learning, personal projects and peer assisted learning. Students are encouraged to take an holistic approach to personal development, making connections between modules in order to encourage an understanding of the links between theory and practice. This requires a delivery that is not only based on lectures and seminars, but also small group and individual tutorials. This requires a delivery that includes group activity such as rehearsals and other exploratory sessions and masterclasses, where the development of experience and the sharing of knowledge is paramount. Throughout the programme there will be: An ongoing commitment to professionalism and industry relevance, facilitated by a continuing dialogue between academics, employers and professional training agencies and representative bodies. An integrated approach to teaching, learning and assessment utilising a variety of appropriate strategies, which include,academic writing, practical projects and work related learning. A responsive and supportive tutorial system that recognises the individual and varied needs of students. Graduates from this degree programme will be entering industries that are rapidly changing. To prepare students for work within the creative industries it is essential that students are equipped with broad subject knowledge and expertise. Graduates will need to be flexible, appreciate, assess and negotiate difference, and be able to engage in a constant process of lifelong learning. The department has an established L&T committee that meets regularly and is attended by all members of staff, and is also represented on the Faculty and Institutional L&T committees. Learning and teaching strategies are discussed at L&T meetings and developed in line with current departmental and Faculty practices. Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) The department recognises that the main emphasis of Technology enhanced learning (TEL) is on supporting the delivery of flexible and personalised learning to students, focussing on the technological interface between the learner and their learning environment; flexible in the sense that students can engage with the learning process at times that best suit them when working independently; personalised in the sense that they can adapt the resources and facilities available for the objectives of their own learning. TEL is, at present, mediated via Learning Edge at Edge Hill University.The Media department uses the facilities that Learning Edge provides in an information rich way, whereby we offer a repository of course materials which includes lecture presentations, digital readings, media files, social media links, online video materials and other relevant internet resources. These materials are made available with the aim of directing independent study and amplifying themes covered in teaching activities (lectures, seminar, workshops). In order to provide an assistive and immersive learning environment we use Learning Edge to communicate directly with our students outside of the classroom, with announcements, online seminar discussions, bulletin boards and discussiongroups. These modes of communication give a sense of an ongoing dialogue with and between students and staff, and it is very supportive of independent learning, and indeed of cohort identity. All popular music lecture slides, music examples, and video clips will be posted on Blackboard for continuous access by students and fellow staff. Teaching and learning mechanisms In line with the institutional Teaching and Learning Strategy, a range of learning experiences and teaching methods will be used across modules to ensure that the programme aims and learning outcomes will be achieved. The central philosophy of delivery revolves around students' gradual transformation towards becoming more self-directed, autonomous learners, conscious of professional practice principles and ethics. Besides tutor-focused instruction in lectures, seminars and workshops, there will be opportunities for students to take responsibility for their own learning, particularly in group activities, individual tutorials, self-directed study, and self-evaluation. A gradual development from dependant to independent learning will be achieved. This strategy ensures that students gain experience of successful study in various learning situations, including professional contexts. Instructor-led approaches include: * Lectures providing students with the underpinning theoretical knowledge and understanding about subject-specific issues and academic skills. * Seminars enabling students to apply theoretical knowledge to a context that involves problem-solving through tutor leddiscussion and debate. Students will be actively encouraged to develop skills and knowledge progressively, and seminars will facilitate gradual development of key academic skills, including communication and interpersonal skills.
25. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
* Workshops providing opportunities for students to conduct practical work in small groups with tutor-input to develop a deeper understanding of subject-specific knowledge. * Tutorials facilitating in-depth exchange and guidance *Work Related Learning This programme incorporates work related tasks and projects. The use of practice modules provides ample opportunities for continuing engagement with the industry and its professional/ethical standards. To achieve these aims we work closely with practitioners across the north west . All students studying at Edge Hill University are allocated a Personal Tutor in their first year of study. This tutor will retain their role throughout the student's programme of study so that the tutee can oversee personal development, linked to the principles of PDP (personal development planning), which is linked to the development of employability and entrepreneurialism. The programme team use the PDP as an essential support structure that runs throughout the degree programme. The Music programmes use an embedded PDP within the students' programme of study in order to facilitate the development of a range of key and transferable study and employability skills that are essential for creative graduates. In addition a key component within themodules and PDP is the development of entrepreneurial skills, self-actualisation and the consideration of career progression and employability. A Career Action Plan (CAP) is discussed and reviewed by each student's Personal Tutor during a schedule of formal meetings during the Employability Weeks. Skills audits are also completed to track personal and entrepreneurial development.
Ongoing feedback is essential to this programme, especially in the field of performance, whether in one-to-one classes orin group rehearsal. In fact, rehearsals are primarily arenas for progressive formative assessment. Formative assessment strategies that promote active participation in the learning process will help to motivate students at a personal and peer group level. Formative assessment and Student-led approaches include: * Group activities enabling students to work in small groups on applied issues, specific problems, practical tasks, or varied forms of aural exploration with minimal tutor-guidance and to take responsibility for their own learning whilst working as part of a team. * Individual tutorials provide opportunities for students to lead discussions with a personal tutor on specific difficulties and achievements, whilst gaining a sense of their own strengths and weaknesses as learners. Tutorials of this nature include one-to-one performance classes, where technique and other skills are explored alongside the development of aesthetic perspectives. * Self-directed study allows students to acquire knowledge and skills independently and autonomously, whilst taking their own responsibility for the quantity and quality of their learning. * Self-evaluation enables students to undertake self-reflection, whilst taking stock of their own strengths and weaknesses as learners, to develop an understanding of their own learning by reflecting on their own learning strategies, and by developing their range of learning skills.
26. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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Written Assessment (incEssay)Practical
Portfolio
Written Assessment (incEssay)Practical
Class Test
Class Test
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
CW1PR1
CW1PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1
CW1
PR1
CW1
CW2
CW1
CW1
CW1
15 minutes10-20 minutes
15 minutes10 minutes
2000 words15 minutes
3000
2,000 words15 minutes
1 Class Test1 class test
3070
3070
30
70
60
40
70
30
100
70
30
30
70
100
100
100
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
MUS1006
MUS1007
MUS1008
MUS1010
MUS1011
MUS1013
MUS1014
MUS1168
TLC1000
TLC1001
TLC1002
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
STUDIO COMPOSITION
MUSIC COMPOSITION AND SOUND DESIGN
PERFORMANCE STUDY
EAR, VOICE, SONG
MUSIC AND SOCIETY
A & R
POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY
MUSIC LITERACY
LANGUAGE 1 FRENCH
LANGUAGE 1 SPANISH
LANGUAGE 1 MANDARIN
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
b) LEVEL 5 Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Written Assessment (incEssay)
Project Work
Written Assessment (incEssay)Practical
PortfolioPractical
PortfolioPractical
Report
Practical
Project WorkPractical
PortfolioPractical
Written Assessment (incEssay)Practical
Written Assessment (incEssay)Practical
Written Assessment (incEssay)Project Work
CW1
CW2
CW1
PR1
CW1PR1
CW1PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1PR1
CW1PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1
CW2
1500 - 2000 words1 music video production
1 essay
1 presentation
2500 words1 viva
20 mins20-30 minutes
20001000
2,500 words15 minutes solo, 20 minutes duo.
1 essay
1 presentation
2000 words1 music score or soundscape
30
70
70
30
3070
3070
80
20
3070
7030
70
30
70
30
30
70
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
MED2204
MUS2004
MUS2056
MUS2057
MUS2058
MUS2060
MUS2062
MUS2067
MUS2166
MUS2170
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
MUSIC VIDEO
MUSIC & MEDIA
RECORDING AND MIXING
PRODUCTION AND MASTERING
RESEARCHING MEDIA AND CULTURE
PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT
THE ARTWORK OF MUSIC
LISTENING STUDIES
MUSIC INDUSTRY: RECORDING AND LIVE MUSIC IN BUSINESS
SOUNDTRACKS
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Assessment Code
Assessment Type
Volume
Weighting
Written Assessment (incEssay)Written Assessment (incEssay)
CW1
CW2
2000 wordsEquivalent 1000 words
60
40
Module CodeTLC2000
Module TitleLANGUAGE 2
Credit Value20
c) LEVEL 6 Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Weighting
Written Assessment (inc Essay)Written Assessment (inc Essay)Practical
Project Work
Practical
DissertationDissertation
PortfolioPractical
PracticalPractical
Dissertation
Practical
Written Assessment (inc Essay)Practical
Practical
Practical
CW1
CW2
PR1
CW1
PR1
CW1CW2
CW1PR1
PR1PR2
CW1
PR1
CW1
PR1
PR1
PR2
2,000
2,000
1 group viva
3000 wordsIndividual viva
20008000 written, 3000 practical
20001000
2,000 words.30-40 minutes
3,000 words15 minutes plus 5 mins question and comments.
15 minutes plus 5 minutes questions and comments.20 mins
40
40
20
70
30
2080
3070
7030
20
80
70
30
30
70
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
Module Code
MED3057
MUS3001
MUS3058
MUS3060
MUS3061
MUS3062
MUS3064
MUS3065
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
Module Title
EVENT MANAGEMENT
MUSIC ETHNOGRAPHIES
DISSERTATION PROJECT
DIGITAL PERFORMANCE
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEXT AND PRACTICE
ADVANCED PERFORMANCE
POPULAR MUSIC JOURNALISM
ARRANGING POPULAR MUSIC
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
Credit Value
20
20
40
20
20
20
20
20
27. NON-MODULAR TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Assessment Type
Assessment Type
Assessment Code
Assessment Code
Volume
Volume
Weighting
Weighting
Written Assessment (inc Essay)Practical
Written Assessment (inc Essay)Practical
CW1
PR1
CW1
PR1
3000 words1 presentation
3000 words1 presentions
70
30
70
30
Module Code
Module Code
MUS3160
MUS3161
Module Title
Module Title
MUSIC MANAGEMENT, POLICY, SUBSIDY, AND MEDIALAW
EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES INTHE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Credit Value
Credit Value
20
20
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
149Total Hours of Non-Modular Teaching & Learning Activities
Category
Category
Type
Type
Hours
Hours
Description
Description
Rationale
Rationale
Scheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activities
Scheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activities
Scheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching
External Visits
Tutorial
Tutorial
Lecture
Seminar
Seminar
Seminar
Supervised time in studio/workshop
External Visits
Supervised time in studio/workshop
Seminar
Lecture
Tutorial
60
2
6
12
10
20
15
24
60
24
10
12
2
Study trips
Careers
Personal tutor meetings
Guest speakers
Employability Week
Academic transitions (Week 13)
Firstweek
Rehearsal projects
study trips
Rehearsal projects.
Employability Week
Guest speakers
Careers
The introduction of an Employability Week across all media programmes from 2014-5 intends to ensure that the issue of developing student employability and entrepreneurship are not secondary considerations.
LEVEL 6
134
134
Total Hours of Non-Modular Teaching & Learning Activities
Total Hours of Non-Modular Teaching & Learning Activities
Category Type Hours Description Rationale
activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activities
Scheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activitiesScheduled learning and teaching activities
Tutorial
Seminar
External Visits
Supervised time in studio/workshop
Supervised time in studio/workshop
Tutorial
Seminar
Lecture
Tutorial
6
20
60
24
20
6
10
12
2
Personal tutor meetings
Academic transitions (Week 13)
Study visits
Rehearsal projects.
Academic transitions (Week 13)
Personal tutor meetings
Employability Week
Guest speakers
Careers
28. INTENDED MARKET