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Bachelor exam part 3 Research paper34214/2792/2223/1/23
Study guide

Bachelor exam part 3 Research paper

34214/2792/2223/1/23
Academic year 2022-23
Is found in:
  • Bachelor of Dance, programme stage 3
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 6 credits
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Co-ordinator: Marinus Tuur
Other teaching staff: Van Langendonck Katleen
Teaching staff are not (all) known yet.
Languages: Dutch
Scheduled for: Academic year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Possible deadlines for learning account: 31.10.2022 ()
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of deliberation: You have to pass this course unit (will never be deliberated).
Total study time: 180,00 hours

Short description

In Portfolio 3 (Bachelor exam part 3) the research essay, that the students are asked to deliver, offers students a final and substantial exercise in formulating a precise research question, that needs to have a clear relationship to their own solo and group dance creations.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Prerequisite competencies (text)

Obtained credits for Portfolio 1 and Portfolio 2.  
If the credits are not obtained, Portfolio 1 and Portfolio 2 must be obtained together with Bachelor exam part 3 Research paper.

Learning outcomes (list)

Comprehends historical and current cultural and social frameworks
Critically reflects on own artistic practice within a broader historical and contemporary artistic context
Critically reflects upon own artistic practice to situate and engage within diverse social and artistic contexts
Defines and articulates own research and explores it through both theoretical and artistic processes both in spoken and written word
Defines and articulates own research and explores it through both theoretical and artistic processes both in spoken and written word
Investigates, digests and engages in current arts research
Incorporates correct use of citation and bibliographical referencing
Shares research, and departure from a research question in a clear and well structured text
Demonstrates verbal and written articulacy in communicating own ideas
Contributes to a critical and constructive dialogue with peers about artistic research
Clearly communicates area of research and methods of research
Has self-discipline, organizational self-reliance and entrepreneurial skills to sustain and develop own artistic practice
Demonstrates self-management and entrepreneurial skills to sustain and develop own artistic practice
Demonstrates the capacity to manage an extended timeline to achieve an end product
Enters into constructive dialogue with peers and tutors concerning research interests

Course content

The final artistic project for the Bachelor Exam presents an opportunity to integrate knowledge, skills, experience, interests and questions into an ongoing research throughout the final year. It consists of three elements: research paper, group choreography and solo choreography.

Portfolio is an ongoing course from year 1 to 3 that provides students with tools to embrace, research and analyse their own artistic identity in relation to the dance field. Main activities are listening, reading, writing, discussing and visualising. Emphasis is on ways of defining, clarifying, and arguing their points of view.

In this research paper the students are asked to deliver a final and substantial exercise in formulating a precise research question, that needs to have a clear relationship to their own solo and group dance creations. This embodied research practice functions as a pre- or post dramaturgy of their creation, situating it in the broader dance field and dance criticism field. In order to develop this, the students learn, next to defining a research topic, how to research it, how to structure the contents of their text, how to insert personal reflections in an academic writing style and how to quote, paraphrase and refer to sources.

Study material (text): Mandatory

Trotter DANCE: study guide for the bachelor dance programme

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Collaborative learning10,00 hours
Lectures and / or tutorials10,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours160,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
Academic yearResearch Assignment100,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
2nd examination periodResearch Assignment100,00

Evaluation (text)

The student must be present for 80% for this course unit.
During this course, permanent evaluation takes place.
The permanent evaluation is both an assessment method and a partial examination.

With less than 80% attendance in the classes, the student will receive 0/20 for the assessment method and for the partial examination 'permanent evaluation'.
For the assessment method and the partial examination 'permanent evaluation', a second examination is not possible.

Conditions of legitimate absence
- An absence supported by a medical certificate
- An absence that was requested in advance and approved by the programme head/artistic coordinator