Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1
BRO4101 Radio Presentation 15
BRO4102 Radio Studio Production 15
BRO4103 Radio News and Current Affairs 15
BRO4105 Radio Broadcasting Practice 15
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 2
BRO4107 Television Presentation 15
BRO4108 Television Studio Production 15
BRO4104 Television News and Current Affairs 15
BRO4106 Television Broadcasting Practice 15
GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF MUSIC
Course Code S31
The Graduate Diploma is a one-year, 120-credit-point,
postgraduate degree program and is designed for students wishing
to explore practical music studies at the highest level.
Specialisations are offered in classical performance, jazz
performance, screen composition, and music technology. The
principal focus of the course is to allow students ample
opportunity to develop and excel in their principal area of
practice, while also offering a flexible array of supporting studies.
On completion, students are also eligible to apply for entry into
the Master of Music degree. The course is supported by a large
staff of pedagogues and scholar/performers whose expertise spans
the whole gamut of the music industry.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Prospective students should hold an undergraduate music
qualification and must complete an audition or interview
according to their area of specialisation (normally in November-
December). Applications should be made through the Admissions
Officer of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Further information on audition requirements and procedures is
available online (http://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/) or from the
Academy Admissions Officer.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Oncampus.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The Graduate Diploma of Music is made up of 120 credit points
(6 semester-long units).
Semester One
MUS4111 Principal Practice Preparation 20
MUS5112 Advanced Music Skills 20
Students choose 20 credit points from one of the following:
MUS5113 Practicum 1 20
or an approved Elective **
Semester Two
MUS4114 Principal Practice Project 20
MUS5115 Colloquium 20
Students choose 20 credit points from one of the following:
MUS5116 Practicum 2 20
or an approved Elective **
** Note that students who have taken electives in both semesters
(in lieu of MUS5113 and MUS5116) may take less than 20 credits
of electives in any particular semester as long as the total credit
points for electives over the year is 40 or more.
MASTER OF ARTS (CREATIVE ARTS)
Course Code 696
The Master of Arts (Creative Arts) is a two-year, full-time Master
by research program for students who have completed an
undergraduate degree in the arts.
Students will be required to research, devise and produce new
works of art, or develop new approaches to arts practice. It is
expected that this activity will be a contemporary expression of
traditional arts practice leading towards new insights in the
selected field of study. The work will be exploratory, frequently
based around emerging methodologies of arts research, leading
usually to a performance, presentation, exhibition or publication
of significance.
Integral to research through the practices of the creative art/s in
question, the student is required to provide an appropriate written
record (between 20,000 and 30,000 words) of their research,
detailing their interrogative processes and artistic ideas in the
context of current professional knowledge. Together, the critical
practice and reflection constitute the thesis which is expected to
develop appropriate methodologies of inquiry and incorporate
current theoretical understandings of the discipline/s.
Where the thesis involves live performance, exhibition and/or
events, candidates are advised to pay attention to examination
procedures before the required final submission of the two
integral components in a form of documentation appropriate to the
research involved.
The course is aimed primarily at high level practitioners from a
wide cross-section of the arts community who wish to extend their
capacity to operate in an increasingly multi-art form and
technologically-based profession.
Specifically, the course aims to:
• create opportunities for innovation and creativity in the
arts;
• use the resources of the Academy to create leadership
opportunities for people who can offer the arts
informed direction, and identifiable and marketable
skills, to advance the Australian cultural environment
into the next decade;
• provide opportunities for people from diverse ethnic
and creative arts backgrounds to synthesise disparate
artistic skills to produce innovative and creative
outcomes for the arts industry;
• build upon and extend the traditions and conventions of
the student’s earlier training to create new knowledge
for the arts.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Students will be expected usually to have completed an undergraduate
degree in the arts or a related field, together with
demonstrated interest and experience in the arts
industry/profession. Admission is based on a written application
which prepares and describes an initial research topic.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
182 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008