Degree Programme in Pop and Jazz Music, Music Educator: Instrument Teacher
Code: KZD12S2
- Credits
- 270 ects
- Duration
- 4.5 years (270 ECTS)
- Start semester
- Autumn 2012
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Descriptions
Objectives
The goal of the Degree Programme is to train, develop, and graduate students specialising in popular music and jazz as competent and versatile music professionals: instrumentalists, music educators, music writers, and music producer/technologists, who are willing and able to develop their professional skills further and to use their creative knowledge to enrich both the Finnish and the international field of popular music and jazz. Students who graduate the Programme will earn a Bachelor's degree, specialising either as a Musician or a Music Educator. In both specialisation options the students deepen their basic vocational skills and knowledge right from the beginning, in addition to common subjects and cultural studies. At first, all students take core requirement studies, but towards the end of the studies the amount of elective studies increase, thus leaving room for specialising. All courses are one semester of length at the most. The Programme also offers the students a firm theoretical background to expand one's studies into music research and, in the case of the music educators' study line, also into examining pedagogical issues within the field of popular music and jazz.
Structure of the Degree Programme
The Degree Programme comprises core requirement studies, professional studies, elective studies and work placement, as well as a Bachelor's thesis and a maturity test. Within these, in addition to the specialisation options and advanced study modules referred to above, further options are available in the form of modular courses which are chosen in accordance with the desired specialisation objectives. Part of the work placement for music education students consists of practical teacher training, but all students also prepare for performance situations characteristic of their special field in order to gain familiarity with the multiform tasks of practical working life. With some preconditions, students may change their professional specialisation before the beginning of the second year of studies.
Vocational Description
The objective of the Pop & Jazz Music Educator specialisation option is to educate versatile and stylistically diversified pedagogues specialised in teaching popular music and jazz. The student can choose between Instrument Teacher's, Vocal Teacher's and Theory Teacher's professional specialisation studies.
The task of a Pop & Jazz Music Educator is multifaceted: in addition to a command of their instrument, instrumental or vocal teachers must know how to convey the skills to their pupils, as well as be able to continuously develop themselves as a pedagogue; theory teachers also get acquainted with composing, arranging and band leading in order to act, when needed, as an encouraging expert and the leading figure of their immediate circle.
The Music Educator Degree embodies Vocational Teacher Education studies (60 ECTS), in compliance with the act 356/2003 and decree 357/2003, concerning vocational teacher education in Finland.
Jere Laukkanen, Director of Degree Programme
PO Box 4042, (Arabiankatu 2, Helsinki)
00079 Metropolia
FINLAND
Development
Pop/jazz-musiikin koulutusohjelman lukuvuoden 2012-2013 opetussuunnitelmien ainoa rakenteellinen muutos on 4 op laajuisen uraohjausseminaarin sisällyttäminen muusikon suuntautumisvaihtoehdon instrumentalistin pääaineen ammattiopintoihin. Pääaineen ensemble-työskentelyn määrää on vastaavasti pienennetty 4 op:llä 12 opintopisteeseen. Muut muutokset ovat lähinnä opintojaksojen tavoitteiden ja sisältöjen täsmennyksiä sekä lisätyt arviointikriteerit opintojaksoille.
Musiikin koulutusohjelmarypään ammatillinen neuvottelukunta käsitteli opetussuunnitelmia kokouksessaan 29.2.2012.
Pop/jazz-musiikin opetussuunnitelmien opintojaksojen kuvaukset on kirjoitettu osaamisperustaisiksi. Tehty kehitystyö perustuu Euroopan konservatorioliitto AEC:n julkaisemiin, Erasmus/Polifonia-verkoston määrittelemiin kansainvälisiin osaamis- ja kompetenssikuvauksiin, joita varten opetussuunnitelmissa on myös oma kompetenssipohjainen jäsentelynsä.
Opetussuunnitelman kehittämistyön jatkamiseksi pop/jazz-musiikin koulutusohjelmassa on olemassa jatkuva, määritelty ja kuvattu prosessi.
Further information
Uusi teksti:
Qualification awarded:
Bachelor of Culture and Arts in Pop/Jazz Music, Music Education
Level of qualification:
Bachelor of Culture and Arts
Specific admission requirements:
Entrance exam
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
According to the general principles of Helsinki Metropolia UAS
Qualification requirements and regulations:
Profile of the programme:
The goal of the Degree Programme is to train, develop, and graduate students specialising in popular music and jazz as competent and versatile music professionals: instrumentalists, music educators, music writers, and music producer/technologists, who are willing and able to develop their professional skills further and to use their creative knowledge to enrich both the Finnish and the international field of popular music and jazz. Students who graduate from the programme will earn a Bachelor's Degree, specialising either as a Musician or a Music Educator. In both specialisation options the students deepen their basic vocational skills and knowledge right from the beginning, in addition to common subjects and cultural studies.
The programme also offers the students a firm theoretical background to expand one's studies into music research and, in the case of the music educators' study line, also into examining pedagogical issues within the field of popular music and jazz.
Key learning outcomes:
The objective of the Pop & Jazz Music Educator specialisation option is to educate versatile and stylistically diversified pedagogues specialised in teaching popular music and jazz. The student can choose between Instrument Teacher's, Vocal Teacher's and Theory Teacher's professional specialisation studies.
The task of a Pop & Jazz Music Educator is multifaceted: in addition to a command of their instrument, instrumental or vocal teachers must know how to convey the skills to their pupils, as well as be able to continuously develop themselves as a pedagogue; theory teachers also get acquainted with composing, arranging and band leading in order to act, when needed, as an encouraging expert and the leading figure of their immediate circle.
The Music Educator Degree embodies Vocational Teacher Education studies (60 ECTS), in compliance with the act 356/2003 and decree 357/2003, concerning vocational teacher education in Finland.
Occupational profiles of graduates with examples:
Graduates of the Pop and Jazz Music Degree Programme become different kinds of experts in popular music and jazz. Students can specialise in pop, jazz, r&b, and rock styles, and receive professional qualifications as teachers of an instrument or music theory, or as performers, music writers, or music producers and technologists.
Pop and Jazz Music students can specialise to become music educators or musicians.
Access to further studies:
Course structure diagram with credits:
Examination regulations, assessment and grading:
According to the Degree Regulations of Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences course assessment criteria are specified in the course implementation plan. The teacher in charge of the course will be responsible for the assessment. At the beginning of the course students must be informed on the assessment principles which must be based on the course objectives. Assessment takes primarily place for each course and applies to the students who have registered and been accepted on the course. If necessary, different components of a course may be assessed individually. If the course consists of several components, the teacher may point this out in the assessment principles contained in the implementation plan.
The assessment scale is as follows: excellent (5), very good (4), good (3), very satisfactory (2), satisfactory (1), fail (0) and pass (P). Any deviations of this scale will be decided by the President.
Graduation requirements:
Mode of study (full-time, part-time…):
Programme director or equivalent:
Jere Laukkanen, Director of Degree Programme
PO Box 4042, (Arabiankatu 2, Helsinki)
00079 Metropolia
FINLAND
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| Code | Name | Credits (ECTS) | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | Autumn 2012 | Spring 2013 | Autumn 2013 | Spring 2014 | Autumn 2014 | Spring 2015 | Autumn 2015 | Spring 2016 | Autumn 2016 | 1. / 2012 | 2. / 2012 | 3. / 2013 | 4. / 2013 | 1. / 2013 | 2. / 2013 | 3. / 2014 | 4. / 2014 | 1. / 2014 | 2. / 2014 | 3. / 2015 | 4. / 2015 | 1. / 2015 | 2. / 2015 | 3. / 2016 | 4. / 2016 | 1. / 2016 | 2. / 2016 |
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| KZD12S2-1000 |
Core Requirement Studies
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48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1005 |
Core Requirement Studies
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9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XX00AC54 | Introduction to Studies | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XX00AC51 | Professional English | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XX00AC52 | Swedish at Work | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1006 |
Common Core Studies
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39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB18 | Melody and Harmony 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB19 | Melody and Harmony 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB13 | Fundamentals of Improvisation | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB14 | Rhythmic Studies 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB15 | Rhythmic Studies 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB03 | Ear Training 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB04 | Ear Training 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB16 | Fundamentals of Music Transcription and Notation | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB20 | History and Aesthetics of African-American Music | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB21 | History of Popular Music | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB22 | History of Jazz | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB23 | History of Western Music | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCE06 | Basics of Music Technology | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1001 |
Professional Studies
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0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1007 |
Main Instrument, Course C
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30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCA09 | Main Instrument, Course C (period C1) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCA10 | Main Instrument, Course C (period C2) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCA11 | Main Instrument, Course C (period C3) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCA12 | Main Instrument, Course C (period C4) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1008 |
Main Instrument, Course B
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45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDA09 | Main Instrument, Course B (period B1) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDA10 | Main Instrument, Course B (period B2) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDA11 | Main Instrument, Course B (period B3) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDA12 | Main Instrument, Course B (period B4) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1010 |
Secondary Instrument, Courses 1-2/3
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6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCB03 | Secondary Instrument, Course 1/3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCB04 | Secondary Instrument, Course 2/3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1012 |
Band Workshop Studies
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12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCC01 | Rock/Pop Workshop | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCC02 | Dance Music Workshop | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCC04 | Rhythm & Blues Workshop | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCC03 | Jazz Workshop | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1013 |
Optional Workshops or Ensembles
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0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCHX | Optional Band Workshops | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1015 |
Pedagogical Studies (Instrument Teacher)
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43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPOA01 | Music Pedagogy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPOA08 | Fundamentals of Teaching | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPOA03 | The Teacher as a Researcher and Developer of the Profession | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPOA07 | Demonstration and Assessment of Teaching Skill | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPDM24 | Subject Pedagogy 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPDM25 | Subject Pedagogy 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPDM26 | Subject Pedagogy 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPDM27 | Subject Pedagogy 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPDA01 | Ensemble Pedagogy 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDD01 | Ensemble Pedagogy 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1018 |
Innovation Studies
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16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZMCA01 | Entrepreneurship and Copyright Systems | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZMCA04 | Productisation and Marketing | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZMCA05 | Innovation Project | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1019 |
Other Courses
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6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXCE07 | Arranging for Small Ensemble | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDE03 | Ear Training 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1020 |
Optional Theory Courses
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0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXDSX | Optional Theory Course | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1002 |
Practical Training
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0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1022 |
Work Placement (Instrument Teacher)
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30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEA01 | Attending Teaching and Musical Events | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXAB17 | Performance Skills | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEB13 | Performance Training | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEB09 | Teacher Training 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEB10 | Teacher Training 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEB11 | Teacher Training 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEB12 | Teacher Training 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZPEB04 | Band Leading 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXEA02 | Band Leading 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1003 |
Elective Studies
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0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1025 |
Elective Studies
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0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XX00AB55 | Elective Studies | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1004 |
Bachelor's Thesis
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15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZD12S2-1026 |
Bachelor's Thesis and Maturity Test
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15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXFB01 | Planning of the Final Project | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXFB02 | Implementation of the Final Project | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KZXFB03 | Publishing the Results of the Final Project; Maturity Test | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 270 | 60 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60 | 29.3 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30.3 | 30 | 30.3 | 30 | 30 | 29.3 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30.3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30.3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 29.3 | 0 |
Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.
polytechnics::bachelor level
Government Decree on Polytechnics (15.5.2003/352; 4 §)
Pop & Jazz Music::Learning Outcomes and Competences
According to Erasmus / Polifonia descriptions (AEC 2007)
Bachelor level::generic competences (2010)
Rectors' Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (2010): recommendation for generic competences in bachelor level