740-285 Essay Writing for Music Subjects | |
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Credit Points | 6.25 |
Coordinator | TBA |
Corequisites | Core History Subject |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | One hour per week |
Subject Description | In this subject students will improve their skills in reading, comprehending and summarising scholarly works; learn how to take useful notes and paraphrase without plagiarising, learn how to build on information gathered in the construction of a coherent and well-written essay; learn how to incorporate quotations into an essay; and learn how to employ the citation system used in musicology. These skills will be acquired with reference to concurrent assessment tasks in the core music history curriculum. On completion of this subject students will be able to • plan and construct a coherent essay • find, evaluate and summarise information relevant to an essay topic • communicate in written form the results of the information retrieval in conjunction with their own analytical and critical skills • write with academic honesty. |
Assessment | Four class assignments of 500 words (25% each). |
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