2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Module Code: CMT3002
Module Title: CREATING MUSIC WITH COMPUTERS 3A
Module Provider: Music and Sound Recording
Short Name: CMT3002
Level: HE3
Module Co-ordinator: SANSOM M Dr (Music Record)
Number of credits: 15
Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
Module Availability
Semester 1
Assessment Pattern
Coursework: composition portfolio - 100%
A minimum of 40%.
Module Overview
This module seeks to advance to a professional level individual computer-based creative practice.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: HE2 Composing Music with Computers 2B
Module Aims
The aims of this module are to:
• Develop professionalism in approach to and quality of work. • Develop flexibility and imaginative responsiveness to creative challenge.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
• To create work of a professional standard. • Produce work across a variety of styles and/or contexts. Transferable skills: • Communicate a comprehensive subject knowledge with areas of specialisation and an awareness of the provisional nature of knowledge. • Demonstrate awareness of personal responsibility and professional codes of conduct and be able to incorporate a critical dimension into a major piece of work.
Module Content
The following is an indication of the likely content of the module:
• Presentation of a number of compositional/practice-based challenges (e.g. role-play scenarios, commissions, applied contexts, etc. from which you will be required to select three). • Content related to student work. • Presentation and discussion of student work.
Methods of Teaching/Learning
• Lectures. • Seminars. • Tutorials. • Workshops. • Guided reading and listening. • Responding to questions in class. • Preparing and giving class presentations. • Producing a portfolio of individual compositional work.