Assessment Outline

Throughout the semester, you will be given tasks to complete during tutorials or as preparation for a subsequent tutorial. These tasks include:

• critical listening tests
• quizzes and/or short-answer exercises based on the required readings and lecture content
• exercises to assist you with your assignments.

Any preparatory worksheet tasks will appear on iLearn by 5pm on the Friday before your class. 

Requirements

Tasks need to be completed during tutorials; preparation tasks which appear on iLearn must be completed before the start of your tutorial. It is your responsibility to check iLearn to make sure that you are adequately prepared for each class. It is also expected that you will have your MUS100 unit reader with you during every tutorial.

Assessment Criteria

Marks will be awarded according to the following criteria:

• Evidence that all preparation and in-class tasks have been adequately completed
• Precision of analysis in critical listening tasks
• Evidence of engagement with required readings and lecture content
• Evidence of constructive feedback on your peers' work (noting the strengths of each task and making helpful suggestions for improvement)

Model answers will be discussed in class before the mid-semester break so that you can check your progress in this unit.

Submission Instructions

Worksheets may be handwritten or printed. Preparatory work must be submitted no later than 15 minutes into the tutorial (e.g. prior to 3.15pm for a 3.00pm class). Preparatory work will not be accepted after the 15-minute cut-off time, nor will it be accepted if it is submitted during a later class.

Any tasks issued during the tutorial must be submitted in hard copy to Adrian Renzo (either handwritten or printed) at the end of the relevant class. Worksheet tasks cannot be emailed to the lecturer.

Extensions and Late Penalties

No extensions are granted for worksheet tasks unless a student has submitted a Disruption to Studies form (please see the Disruption to Studies policy under 'Policies and Procedures' in the University Handbook). Students who fail to submit the tasks for any given worksheet in class will forefeit the marks for that worksheet.

Assessment Outline

This assessment requires you to write 500 words about a prescribed journal article, give and receive peer feedback on the assignment during a tutorial, then upload the final version of your own assignment. A full hard copy draft of this assignment is due in the first 15 minutes of your Week 4 tutorial.

Requirements

• Download the required article from the library website. Full details of the article will appear on iLearn by 5pm Monday 23 February.
• Write a 500-word discussion of the article, using the guideline questions below.
• Bring a full, hard copy draft of your work to class in Week 4 (17 or 20 March, depending on which tutorial you are enrolled in).
• Write feedback on your peers' assignments in class. (You will be given guidelines on how to do this.) Submit your feedback to Adrian Renzo at the end of the class.
• Revise your assignment and submit (ONLY) the final version on Turnitin/iLearn by 5pm Wednesday 25 March.

Guideline Questions

Note: Do not split your assignment into sub-headings for each of these questions. Simply incorporate your answers in your discussion. The most important questions are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• What is the author's main argument?*
• What kinds of sources does the author rely on as evidence?
• Identify one section where the author criticises the work of another writer. What kinds of words and/or phrases alert you that the author is offering a critique? How does the critique add to the author's own argument?*

Assessment Criteria

Marks will be allocated according to the following criteria:

• Evidence that you have discussed the main argument in your own words rather than relying heavily on paraphrasing and direct quotes;
• Ability to correctly identify the author's argument, criticisms, and sources;
• Evidence of constructive feedback on your peers' draft assignments, including attention to strengths of their work and constructive, specific suggestions for improvement;
• Level of prose, grammar, and syntax.

Submission Instructions

• Bring a full hard copy draft of your assignment to class in Week 4 (17 or 20 March, depending on which tutorial you are enrolled in);
• Write feedback on your peers' assignments in class and submit this feedback to Adrian Renzo at the end of the tutorial.
• Submit a final, revised version of your own assignment on Turnitin/iLearn by 5pm Wednesday 25 March. For a guide to using Turnitin, please go to: https://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

Extensions and Late Penalties

No late drafts are accepted because the drafts are necessary for a peer-review process. If you miss the deadline for the draft (i.e. the first 15 minutes of your tutorial), you forfeit the marks for the draft. You are not permitted to attend a different tutorial than usual in order to submit your assignment.

Final versions up to one (1) week late will receive a 10% deduction of the total marks possible. Final versions up to two (2) weeks late will receive a 20% deduction of the total marks possible. Final versions submitted more than two (2) weeks late will not be accepted.

Extensions on the final version may be granted at the convenor's discretion and if the student has submitted a Disruption to Studies application. Please see the 'Disruption to Studies' policy under 'Policies and Procedures' in the University Handbook.

Assignment Outline

The major project may be in the form of:

• an essay
• a live performance and exegesis
• a recording and exegesis.

The project must demonstrate engagement with the theoretical content of MUS100. A full hard copy draft of this assignment (either an essay or an exegesis) must be submitted in the first 15 minutes of your tutorial in Week 11.

Requirements

Essays:

• Essays must be 1500 words (plus or minus 100 words, including all in-text references, not including bibliography).
• Essays must address one of the set topics available on iLearn. Topics will appear on iLearn by 5pm Wednesday 1 April.
• Essays must include a minimum of three (3) scholarly sources.
• Essays should adhere to the MUS100 Referencing Guide available in the MUS100 Unit Reader.

Live Performances:

• Live performances need to be approved by Adrian Renzo by 5pm Thursday 2 April. If you are planning to make your project a performance, please email Adrian Renzo by 5pm Monday 30 March and provide him with the following details: instrument; number of backing musicians and/or format of backing track; technical requirements (instruments, amplification, etc); description of music (original composition or cover version? song, DJ set, or other format?). Any live performance projects which have not been approved in writing by 5pm Thursday 2 April cannot be marked.
• Live performances must be between three and four minutes' duration (for songs), or up to ten minutes' duration for DJ sets.
• Live performances must demonstrate proficiency at using the voice, another instrument, or a piece of software such as Ableton Live.
• Live performances need to be accompanied by a 600-word exegesis. This document applies one or more theories from MUS100 to the creative work. For example, you may explain how your performance demonstrates McInytre's theory of creativity, or how your DJ mini-mix relates to Lacasse's idea of 'intertextual' music.
• The exegesis should adhere to the MUS100 Referencing Guide available in the MUS100 Unit Reader.

Recordings:

• Recordings projects need to be approved by Adrian Renzo by 5pm Thursday 2 April. If you are planning to make your project a recording, please email Adrian Renzo by 5pm Monday 30 March and advise him of whether you will be recording an original composition or a cover version, and whether your project will consist of a song, a DJ set, or some other format. Recording projects which have not been approved in writing by 5pm Thursday 2 April cannot be marked.
• Recordings must be between three and four minutes' duration (for songs) or up to ten minutes' duration (for DJ sets).
• Recordings may be constructed in the software of your choice. You will need to use your own personal copy of the software. Please provide the following with your submission: WAV files of the stems of your work; screenshots of key sections as represented in your digital audio workstation; a WAV version of the finished product.
• You may be asked to submit the original project files of your work. 
• Recordings need to be accompanied by a 600-word exegesis. This document applies one or more theories from MUS100 to the creative work. For example, you may explain how your recording demonstrates McInytre's theory of creativity, or how your DJ set relates to Lacasse's idea of 'intertextual' music.
• The exegesis should adhere to the MUS100 Referencing Guide available in the MUS100 Unit Reader.

Assessment Criteria

Marks for the essay will be allocated as follows:

• Effectiveness of structure and organisation of argument
• Originality of argument and referencing
• Evidence of solid engagement with the themes of MUS100
• Level of prose, grammar and syntax.

Marks for performances or recordings will be allocated as follows:

• Competence using a given instrument or software
• Originality of submission
• Evidence of solid engagement with the themes of MUS100
• Evidence of research
• Level of prose, grammar and syntax.

Whichever type of submission you choose, you may be asked to meet with Adrian Renzo for a viva voce, to elaborate on your research and/or music-making process.

Submission Instructions

Essays

• A full hard copy draft of the essay is due in the first 15 minutes of your Week 11 tutorial for peer review.
• The final version of your essay is due on Turnitin/iLearn by 5pm Wednesday 27 May. For a guide to using Turnitin, please go to: https://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

Live Performances

• You may be asked to perform your work during the Week 11 tutorials for peer review.
• A full hard copy draft of your exegesis is due in the first 15 minutes of your Week 11 tutorial.
• Any live performances will be scheduled during class time in Week 12. The date and time will be confirmed on iLearn by 5pm Monday 4 May.
• The final version of the exegesis is due on Turnitin/iLearn by 5pm Wednesday 27 May. For a guide to using Turnitin, please go to: https://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

Recordings

• You may be asked to play your work during the Week 11 tutorials for peer review.
• A full hard copy draft of your exegesis is due in the first 15 minutes of your Week 11 tutorial.
• The final version of your project (including project files) and the exegesis are due by 5pm Wednesday 27 May. The exegesis must be submitted through iLearn/Turnitin. The project itself (including WAV files of the stems of your work, screenshots of your work in a digital audio workstation, and a WAV version of the finished product), must be submitted in class to Adrian Renzo in Week 12.

Extensions and Late Penalties

No late drafts are accepted because the drafts are necessary for a peer-review process. If you miss the deadline for the draft (ie: the first 15 minutes of your tutorial), you forfeit the marks for the draft. You are not permitted to attend a different tutorial than usual in order to submit your assignment.

Final versions up to one (1) week late will receive a 10% deduction of the total marks possible. Final versions up to two (2) weeks late will receive a 20% deduction of the total marks possible. Final versions submitted more than two (2) weeks late will not be accepted.

Extensions on the final version may be granted at the convenor's discretion and if the student has submitted an application for Disruption to Studies. Please see the 'Disruption to Studies' policy under 'Policies and Procedures' in the University Handbook.