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MUS-10118 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 29 June 2024

MUS-10118 - Music and Sound as Creative Practice
Coordinator: Miroslav Spasov Room: CKF05 Tel: +44 1782 7 33298
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2024/25

This module will allow you to express yourself creatively. You can create and/or produce and/or perform one or more creative works such as creating music tracks in any style, experiment with the creative potential of sound, do mixes, record/produce your own or someone else's piece, create a commercial and/or social media work(s), etc. You can also explore pre/post production techniques through practical technical and creative work, which will improve your techno-fluency as well as your ability to listen critically. It will also introduce to some relevant technology for music production using digital audio workstation (DAW), including sequencing, sampling, arrangement, and a variety of other audio transformation techniques, such as synthesis, sequencing, sampling, editing, as well as mixing.

Aims
This module will provide the opportunity to:
- develop students' individual technologically mediated creative practice
- develop independence in planning and managing creative projects
- develop technical skills in working with sound and technology

Intended Learning Outcomes

produce a small scale, technologically-mediated creative project: 1
solve technical problems through the development of new and existing skills: 1
apply sound manipulation technologies: 1
apply listening and analytical skills in creating and manipulating sound: 1
apply a critical reflection and contextual understanding to their own creative practice and aesthetic objectives: 2

Study hours

6 hours of lectures
18 hours of small group workshops and individual tutorials
26 hours of reflection, revision and consolidation of lecture, workshop and individual supervision content
40 hours of practical work in the lab or student¿s own digital audio workstation on preliminary tasks, to carry out studio tasks, familiarise with equipment and experiment with relevant techniques
60 hours of preparation of creative project portfolio and supporting documentation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Project weighted 70%
Individual creative project
Students need to produce one or more pieces of project work, totalling about 4 minutes, which demonstrate their creative practice. These may include but are not limited to: music composition in any style and genre, music production, music performance, social media works, commercial sound works, experimental methodologies etc. The project work(s) will employ techniques and ideas covered during the module's lectures, workshops and tutorials, as well as drawn from the student's own creative practice background. These project will be assessed on the musical and/or compositional, and/or technical skills and/or aesthetics demonstrated as decided as most relevant by the student. It should be documented and submitted as uncompressed audio (WAV / AIFF) or compressed video (MP4 or other standard widely playable container file) deemed as most appropriate to document the nature of the project work.

2: Report weighted 30%
Critical reflection ¿ Report
Students will submit an accompanying report of about 1000 words demonstrating thorough critical reflection and contextual understanding to their own creative practice and aesthetic objectives when undertaking their project. They should illustrate briefly the aesthetics and inspiration/background of the work and also reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of their specific creative practice methodologies and making suggestion for improvement where applicable. The document has to be submitted as a text with supporting images as necessary.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 29 June 2024