Bachelor of Music
Culture and Arts - Music
Purpose and Rationale
The first purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with a first degree-level knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in a number of areas within Music that provide opportunities for continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
The second purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa with significant numbers of experts in Music in order to ensure that the local leadership base of innovative and knowledge-based economic and scholarly activity is widened.
The further aim of this qualification is the acquisition of specialist music skills and knowledge. The package can be compiled in such a way that, on its completion, students are qualified for a wide variety of music-related occupations, including the following: solo performer, orchestral or chamber musician, music teacher at all levels (for individual and group tuition), musicologist, music technologist, entrepreneur, and impresario.
The aim of the B A Mus package is to make students musically literate and to develop their practical music-making skills. They also learn to understand and appreciate many facets of the theory and history of music and are trained as capable classroom teachers.
Apart from the music aspects of this package, students register for other BA subjects in which they acquire the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes of those disciplines. The learning programme and planned learning outcomes are designed to promote lifelong learning.
Outcomes
- Identifying and solving problems in which responses display that responsible decisions using critical and creative thinking have been made concerning solutions for problems related to individuals, groups, families, communities and people with special needs.
- Work intersectorally with other disciplines as a member of a team, group, organisation, community in both the public and private sectors.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between systems from an ecological approach by understanding social needs, problems and resources capacity within an international, national and local context.
- Develop holistic, integrated strategies and programmes for social services founded on the collection, analyses, organising, implementation and critical evaluation of theory, information and processes.
- Demonstrate effective utilisation of scientific strategies aimed at a service delivery framework.
- Organise and manage their work load responsibly and effectively by means of a scheduled programme allowing for a learning environment such an reading scientific journals in the field as well as becoming a member of professional bodies, attending seminars and conferences, doing research and rendering voluntary services to facilitate professional growth and development.
- Communicate effectively with people of all target groups, including people who are literate and illiterate, children and the youth, using visual, musical and language skills in the modes of oral and/or written persuasion and musical performance.
- Contribute to the full personal development of each learner regarding strategies for learning, such as furthering of studies for career enhancement, involvement in community life, developing a non-discriminating attitude across a range of social contexts based on the value of social justice and a sensitivity for cultural diversity and awareness of similarities, and to explore and develop career opportunities such as entrepreneurial initiatives to promote social and economical independence and opportunities for personal development.
Assessment Criteria
Associated assessment criteria
The associated assessment criteria are derived directly from the learning outcomes and provide the criteria against which learner performance demonstrating the attainment of learning outcomes can be judged. The assessment criteria involve, at minimum, that both norm-based and criteria-based modalities are used.
- Reliability is ensured via internal and external moderation.
- The standards and levels of achievement required for "pegging" the qualification at NQF Level 7 are met.
Integrated assessment:
- Portfolio
- Simulations
- Work-place assessments through practical application
- Written examinations
- Oral examinations
- Other: The modalities for integrated assessment permit the learner to demonstrate applied competence and use a wide range of formative and summative methods set according to specific guidelines for developing particular assessment tasks. This allows assessors to develop formative and summative methods related to credentialing purposes appropriate to contextual and situational readings of candidates presenting themselves for the recognition of learning achievements.
Qualification Details
- Type
- National First Degree(Min 480)
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 480
- SAQA Source
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