Coláiste Uí Ghríofa in collaboration with Pulse College Award Title: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Programme Title: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Audio and Music Technology July 2017 Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1. PROVIDER DETAILS ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME ........................................................................................................................... 10 2 EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND MINIMUM INTENDED PROGRAMME AND MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................................................................................. 13 2.1 PROGRAMME AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 RATIONALE FOR THE CHOICE OF QQI NAMED AWARD STEM SOUGHT AND FOR THE NAMED AWARD TITLE ........... 13 2.3 QQI AWARDS STANDARDS USED ............................................................................................................................................ 14 2.4 MINIMUM INTENDED PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES ............................................................................................... 14 2.5 MINIMUM INTENDED MODULE AND (WHERE APPLICABLE) STAGE LEARNING OUTCOMES. ......................................... 15 2.6 MAPPING THE MIPLOS AGAINST THE QQI AWARDS STANDARDS AND DEMONSTRATING CONSISTENCY ................. 17 2.7 COMPARING THE MIPLOS WITH THOSE OF COMPARABLE PROGRAMMES ...................................................................... 17 2.8 MAPPING THE MIMLOS AGAINST THE QQI AWARDS STANDARDS ................................................................................. 17 3 PROGRAMME CONCEPT, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, AND ITS INTERPRETATION OF QQI AWARDS STANDARDS .................................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1 RATIONALE FOR PROVIDING THE PROGRAMME ................................................................................................................... 18 3.2 EDUCATION AND TRAINING NEEDS MET BY THE PROGRAMME ........................................................................................ 19 3.3 HOW THE PROGRAMME AND ITS INTENDED PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES WERE CONCEIVED, RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED .................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.4 INTERPRETATION OF THE AWARDS STANDARDS AND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMME’S AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND MIPLOS ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.5 PROFILE OF LEARNERS THAT WOULD BE ENROLLED (TARGET LEARNERS) ................................................................... 20 3.6 ALIGNMENT OF THE PROGRAMME WITH THE PROFESSIONAL/OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE IF THE PROGRAMME IS A PROFESSIONAL ONE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.7 INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYERS AND PRACTITIONERS IN THE DESIGN OF VOCATIONALLY ORIENTED PROGRAMME: PROCESS AND OUTCOMES .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.8 COMPARISON WITH OTHER PROGRAMMES (OF OTHER PROVIDERS) ................................................................................ 21 3.9 EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROGRAMME .......................................................................... 21 3.10 EVIDENCE OF LEARNER DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAMME ............................................................................................ 21 3.11 EVIDENCE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES ................................................................................. 22 3.12 PLANNED INTAKE ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 3.13 FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME ..................................................................................................... 22 3.14 MECHANISMS TO KEEP THE PROGRAMME UPDATED AND HOW IT WILL BE UPDATED IN CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 3.15 COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIAL VALIDATION CRITERIA OR REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO THE APPLICABLE AWARDS STANDARDS. .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.16 OTHER MATTERS ................................................................................................................................................................. 24 4 ACCESS, TRANSFER AND PROGRESSION PROCEDURES, CRITERIA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 4.1 INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LEARNERS ABOUT THE PROGRAMME........................................................... 25 4.2 ENTRY PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR THE PROGRAMME INCLUDING PROCEDURE FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 4.3 PROGRAMME-SPECIFIC TRANSFER (OUTWARD) PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA ................................................................ 29 4.4 IDENTIFIED TRANSFER AND PROGRESSION DESTINATIONS ............................................................................................... 29 4.5 PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION OF THE PROGRAMME ...................................................................................................... 29 4.6 DETAILS OF THE CREDIT SYSTEM USED FOR THE PROGRAMME ........................................................................................ 30 4.7 OTHER MATTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 30 5 WRITTEN CURRICULUM ...................................................................................................................................... 31 5.1 OUTLINE OF THE CURRICULUM ............................................................................................................................................... 31 5.2 RATIONALE FOR CURRICULUM STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................................... 34 5.3 RATIONALE FOR THE PROGRAMME’S DURATION, CREDIT ALLOCATION ............................................................................ 35 5.4 INDICATIVE TIMETABLE AND ITS RATIONALE ....................................................................................................................... 35 5.5 INTEGRATED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSESSMENT IN LIGHT OF THE MIPLOS ............................................. 36 5.6 PROGRAMME TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY ........................................................................................................... 36 5.7 INTEGRATION, ORGANISATION AND OVERSIGHT OF WORK-BASED LEARNING ............................................................... 37 5.8 PROGRAMME LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................... 37 5.9 PROGRAMME SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR MONITORING PROGRESS AND GUIDING, INFORMING AND CARING FOR LEARNERS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 5.10 PROGRAMME ASSESSMENT STRATEGY............................................................................................................................ 40 5.11 SAMPLES OF AWARD-STAGE ASSESSMENT TASKS ......................................................................................................... 42 5.12 PROPOSED PROGRAMME AND STAGE SCHEDULES: BA (HONS) IN AUDIO AND MUSIC TECHNOLOGY ................. 43 6 MODULES .................................................................................................................................................................. 46 6.1 MODULE 1: MUSIC TECHNOLOGY 1................................................................................................................................