Audio Capstone II

Curriculum guideline

Effective Date:
Course
Discontinued
No
Course code
MUSC 4275
Descriptive
Audio Capstone II
Department
Music
Faculty
Language, Literature and Performing Arts
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
Not Specified
PLAR
Yes
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
30
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Contact hours

Lecture: 2 hours/week

and

Lab: 2 hours/week

Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Lab
Learning activities

Students will be guided through a self-managed work plan through focus groups, class presentations, and one-to-one mentoring.

Course description
This is part two of a sequence of courses modelled on the Canada Council for the Arts funding programs. Students will realize the project already proposed in MUSC 3275, exploring a new area for their personal career development and/or artistic development, and culminating in a public presentation of their work.
Course content

Project Review and Revision 

Project Management

  • Deadlines
  • Deliverables
  • Communication with collaborators and participants

Managing Resources 

  • Scheduling tools 

  • Skills audit 

  • Resource inventory 

Working with Communities and Collaborators 

  • Building trust 

  • Reciprocity 

  • Contracting 

  • Research Ethics Board (REB) 

Presentation Skills 

  • Verbal presentation

  • Preparation 

  • Media resources
  • Tech rehearsal 

  • Contingencies 

Work-in-Progress Focus Groups and Presentations 

Reflective Analysis 

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Manage a project, setting milestones and meeting interim deadlines; 

  • Work independently from the basis of respect, reciprocity, relationality and relevance, demonstrating resilience, technological competency, initiative, adaptability, flexibility, and creative entrepreneurship; 

  • Implement a project plan that extends artistic growth and/or personal skills; 

  • Produce a substantial event, creative work, or multi-media project in consultation and collaboration with external partners; 

  • Reflect critically on the project’s impact on both social and personal spheres; 

  • Give and receive constructive criticism and feedback. 

Means of assessment

Assessments will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research

Sample Evaluation Scheme

Project management progress reports (minimum of 2) 30% 

Final deliverable 30% 

Final presentation of work 20% 

Reflective analysis 20% 

Total 100%

Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.

Textbook materials

N/A

Prerequisites
Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None