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Undergraduate Course: Composition 4 (MUSI10037)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits40
Home subject areaMusic Other subject areaNone
Course website http://www.music.ed.ac.uk Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis is an advanced composition course in which students will explore their own musical language and its relationship to mainstreams and currents in the wider compositional world. They will show full knowledge of where their own ideas may draw on the ideas of others and may conceivably, though not necessarily, break new ground.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Composition 3 (MUSI10036) AND Research Methods in Music (MUSI10066)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1,3,5,7,9,11 14:00 - 15:50
First Class Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Lecture Room A, Alison House
Additional information Seminars in Weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11 and additional tutorials in Weeks 2,4,6,8,10.
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Students will have learned to develop their musical language as far as possible at this advanced level.
- They will have become competent and consistent in the practice of composition in their chosen media.
- They will have learned to submit scores to professional standards of preparation.
- They will normally have had the experience of having one or more works performed during the course.
Assessment Information
One portfolio of compositions to be submitted at the end of Semester 1 (40%).

One portfolio of compositions to be submitted at the end of Semester 2 (60%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordscomposition music
Contacts
Course organiserProf Nigel Osborne
Tel: (0131 6)50 2424
Email: N.Osborne@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Brad Herbert
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: brad.herbert@ed.ac.uk
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