Unit information: Studio Project in 2021/22

Unit name	Studio Project
Unit code	MUSI30065
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Professor. Farwell
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Music
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

Building on the technical and creative competence acquired in MUSI20057, this unit will offer an opportunity for detailed study involving hands-on use of studio technologies. Such a project might focus on (but not be limited to): recording techniques for 'classical' music; recording and production techniques for 'popular' musics; electroacoustic composition; development of software and/or hardware tools for sound transformation or interactivity; musical acoustics or psychoacoustics. The project will necessarily involve a substantial degree of independent study, but regular tutorial supervision will help focus the topic.

Aims:

This unit allows students who have identified a strong interest in pursuing electro-acoustic composition, recording or related studio practice at Levels C and I to devote themselves to producing an extended portfolio of work on an agreed topic in this area. Individual tutorial supervision will be provided as appropriate to the choice of topic and in addition, there will be small group seminars for all students taking this unit, to allow for discussion of general problematics and technical issues, discussion and presentation of ideas and work-in-progress, and formative feedback.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Successful completion of this unit will enable students to:

1. develop technical skill in an area of studio activity
2. devise and structure a complex practical project, from conception and source study, through studio activity, to finished product
3. document this process
4. demonstrate critical awareness of the relationship between your creative activity and appropriate contextualising practices and/or genres
5. present media and documentation to a high standard
6. demonstrate core skills for subsequent work in recording engineering or multimedia development; or for postgraduate study in areas such as electro-acoustic or film composition.

Teaching Information

Fortnightly individual and small group tutorials. Students may also be advised to attend occasional Level I studio classes where these contribute to the topic.

Assessment Information

Submission of a portfolio of recorded materials and/or computer software, according to topic agreed in tutorial (ILOs 1,2,5,6); and supporting introductory essay and critical commentary (2,3,4,5).

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. MUSI30065).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.