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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES
CERTIFICATE
IN MUSIC (PAN)
CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC (PAN) - YEAR I
SEMESTER I
MU40A General
Musicianship I
MU41A Musicology
I
MU42A Applied
Music I
CA46A Caribbean
Lab
SEMESTER II
MU40B General
Musicianship II
MU42B Applied
Music II
MU12A Ethnomusicology
I
MU24D Musicology
II
CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC (PAN) - YEAR II
SEMESTER I
MU40E
General Musicianship III
MU42F Applied Music III
MU46B Introduction to Music Learning
MU20C Pan Arranging I
SEMESTER II
MU42G
Applied Music IV
MU46C Ethnomusicology IIB
MU46D General Music Methods
MU20D Pan Arranging II
CERTIFICATE
IN MUSIC (PAN)
Students are required
to complete all the courses listed below in order
to be granted the Certificate in Music (Pan).
Courses count for 2 credits except where a course
is shared with Degree students – these
courses are 3 credits.
YEAR I – SEMESTER I
MU40A - General Musicianship I
This course consists
of music theory, aural training and vocal sight
reading
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Practical Examination 50%
MU41A - Musicology I *
This is a survey of Western "European" Art
music literature and history from antiquity to
the Twentieth century and an
overview of Indian Classical music history and
theory.
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%
MU42A - Applied Music I
This course consists of four components: pan lessons, pan ensemble, music reading on pan
and at least one secondary
instrument: voice or piano or tabla.
Assessment: Coursework:
50%
Practical Examination 50%
CA46A – Caribbean Lab
A shared, cross-disciplinary course
for students in all certificates in creative
arts. This course explores the cultural, intellectual
and ecological heritage of the Caribbean. Students
are challenged to
a) work
in an interdisciplinary form and experiment with
other art forms;
b) articulate
their own position in the continuum of Caribbean
creativity;
c) take
artistic risks.
Course activity involves participation
in lectures, fieldtrips, research and presentations.
Much of the work of the course is undertaken
in inter-disciplinary groups.
Assessment: Coursework:
100%
YEAR I – SEMESTER II
MU40B - General Musicianship
II
This course for music majors consists of music theory
and aural skills development (dictation and vocal
sight reading).
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Practical Examination: 50%
MU42B - Applied
Music II
This course follows on from Applied I and consists of four components:
pan lessons, pan ensemble, sight reading on pan
and at least one secondary
instrument: voice
or piano or tabla. Assessment: Coursework:
50% Practical
Examination: 50%
MU 12A - Ethnomusicology I *
This is an introduction to the foundations of ethnomusicology
and the application of selected theories to the
development of the steelpan.
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%
MU 24D - Musicology II*
This consists of a survey and musical analysis of selected,
original, solo and orchestral music composed
for the steelpan
Assessment: Coursework 50%
Examination 50%
YEAR II - SEMESTER I
MU40C - General Musicianship III
This consists of theory: diatonic, common-practice harmony,
two-part counterpoint, further development of
aural skills and vocal sight reading and conducting
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Practical Examination: 50%
MU42C - Applied Music III
This course for music majors consists of pan lessons,
pan ensemble, music reading on pan (where applicable)
and secondary instrument (piano, voice, tabla)
Assessment: Coursework:
50%
Practical Examination: 50%
MU46B – Introduction to Music Learning
This course consists of systematic approaches to music
education such as Orff, Kodaly and Suzuki, a
survey of learning theories in music including
the theory of multiple intelligences and introduction
to measurement and evaluation in music.
Assessment: Coursework: 100%
MU 20C - Pan Arranging, Part I *
Topics covered include a comparison of the ranges and
roles of the various symphony orchestral instruments
and those of the steel orchestra, techniques
used in adapting classical compositions for pan,
the use of the
pan in combination with other instruments.
Assessment: Coursework:
50% Examination:
50%
YEAR II – SEMESTER II
MU42D - Applied Music IV
This course for music majors consists of pan
lessons, pan ensemble, music reading on pan (where
applicable), improvisation on pan or secondary
option
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Practical Examination: 50%
MU46C - Ethnomusicology
IIB
A comparative examination of musical
genres emerging out of the Anglophone, Francophone
and Hispanophone regions of the Caribbean. Genres
such as Calypso, Chutney, Parang, Reggae, Cadance,
Rara, Vodou, Rhumba and Merengue in the context
of their historical, social and cultural bases
will be analysed.
Assessment: Coursework:
50% Examination:
50%
MU46D - General
Music Methods
This consists of foundations of music education and
exploration of methods and materials for teaching
pan in the music classrooms of Trinidad and Tobago.
Assessment: Coursework:
100%
MU 20D -Pan Arranging, Part
II *
This course concentrates on strategies in arranging
and scoring calypsos with emphasis on styles,
strum patterns, variation
in texture, use of the theme in mid-range or
lower pans and other techniques
used in arranging for steelbands.
Assessment: Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%
* Three (3) credit course.
CERTIFICATES
IN THEATRE ARTS
There
are two certificate programmes in theatre arts.
They are
1) Practitioner's
Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in-Education
2) Certificate in Technical Theatre Production
Practitioner's
Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in-Education
YEAR I - SEMESTER
I
CA45A
- Strategies & Techniques of Drama/Theatre
Teaching
CA45B - Role Playing and Improvisation for Actor-Teachers & Team
Teaching
CA45D - Theatre for Children and Young People
CA46A - Caribbean Lab
YEAR I - SEMESTER
II
CA45C
- Developmental Drama
CA45E - Theatre-in-Education (TIE) & Educative Theatre
CA45F - Final Project
CA45G - Drama and Therapy
Certificate
In Technical Theatre Production
YEAR I - SEMESTER
I
CA47H - Stage Management
CA47I - Scene and Costume Production I
CA47J - Lighting and Sound Production
CA46A - Caribbean Lab
YEAR I - SEMESTER II
CA47K - Production Management and Marketing
CA47L - Scene and Costume Design II
CA47M - Lighting Design
CA47N - Sound Design
Practitioner's
Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in-Education
These courses carry 2 credits each.
SEMESTER I
CA45A – Strategies
and Techniques of Drama /Theatre-in-Education
This self-investigative course studies practically the
methods and devices to realize the full potential
of dramatic activity and to create significant
experiences for participants and students. Awareness
and theatre games for the young and old are experienced
to encourage personal growth through interaction
and practical sessions incorporating music, dance,
art and drama.
Assessment: Coursework: 60%
Examination: 40%
CA45B – Role
Play and Impovisation for Actor-Teachers and
Team-Teaching
As improvisational performance and role playing are
two major techniques used by teachers and actor-teachers
in drama /theatre-in-education situations, this
course prepares the participant for this theatrical
genre and develops creativity as well as the
communications skills necessary for TIE productions.
Assessment:
Coursework: 100%
CA45D – Theatre
for Children and Young People
The theoretical and practical study of "audience-centred
theatre activity": its philosophy and method.
Playwriting, directing, acting, designing and
managing theatre will be investigated, as well
as the pedagogy and psychology of children's
and young people's theatre and its audience.
Assessment: Coursework 100%
CA46A – Caribbean Lab
A shared, cross-disciplinary course
for students in all certificates in creative
arts. This course explores the cultural, intellectual
and ecological heritage of the Caribbean. Students
are challenged to
a) work
in an interdisciplinary form and experiment with
other art forms;
b) articulate
their own position in the continuum of Caribbean
creativity;
c) take
artistic risks.
Course activity involves participation
in lectures, fieldtrips, research and presentations.
Much of the work of the course is undertaken
in inter-disciplinary groups.
Assessment: Coursework:
100%
SEMESTER
II
CA45C – Developmental
Drama and Dance
An experiential course designed for leaders and teachers of drama
and dance. Alternative genres of group presentation
and experiential dramatic experiences are studied:
performance art, museum drama, celebration theatre,
story theatre, theatre sports, puppetry and masks,
dance drama, interpretive movement, etc.
Assessment:
Coursework 100%
CA45E –Theatre-in-Education
(TIE) and Educative Theatre
An introduction to theatre-in-education, tracing its routes to recent
changes in both education and theatre, its relationship
to pure theatre and its educational aims and
assertions. Students will be required to devise
TIE programmes for specific age groups (e.g.
the elderly, the disadvantaged, the physically
handicapped, the abused, or schoolchildren).
Assessment:
Coursework: 100%
CA45F – Final Project
Students will devise, justify and facilitate a drama-in-education
or theatre-in-education project with a group
of their choosing. If DIE a minimum of 12 sessions
and if TIE a minimum of 4 performances will documented
and evaluated by the student and supervised by
a Tutor.
Assessment: Coursework:
100%
CA45G – Drama and
Therapy
A practical introduction to the uses of arts and other creative
processes to promote health and encourage healing.
Fundamental elements and basic principals related
to the use of drama therapy, its methods and
techniques for alternative venues with children
(reform homes, hospitals), the elderly, the economically
disadvantaged, the physically handicapped, the
abused, etc. are investigated and practiced.
Assessment:
Coursework: 60%
Examination: 40%
CERTIFICATE
IN TECHNICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
SEMESTER
1
CA 47A – Stage Management
The space,
equipment, personnel and duties, from concept
to final strike for a production, coordinated
and executed by the Stage Management Team
Assessment: Coursework: 60%
Examination: 40%
CA47B - Scene
and Costume Production I
The fundamentals
of scene design, its options, tools, construction
and an introduction into the conceptualization,
design, construction and materials required for
costume production.
Assessment: Coursework:
60%
Examination: 40%
CA47C – Lighting and Sound Production
The fundamentals
of the production of lighting and sound (basic
requirements, equipment and concepts) for a variety
of styles and performance venues (theatre, music,
visual arts, carnival arts).
Assessment: Coursework:
60%
Examination: 40%
CA
46A – Caribbean Lab
A shared, cross-disciplinary course
for students in all certificates in creative
arts. This course explores the cultural, intellectual
and ecological heritage of the Caribbean. Students
are challenged to a) work in an interdisciplinary
from and experiment with other art forms; b)
articulate their own position in the continuum
of Caribbean creativity; c)take artistic risks.
Course activity involves participation in lectures,
fieldtrips, research and presentations. Much
of the work of the course is undertaken in inter-disciplinary
groups.
Assessment: Coursework:
100%
SEMESTER
II
CA47D – Production
Management and Marketing
An introduction into the processes involved in the preparation
into the execution of a production vis-à-vis
the hiring, promotion, and management of the
production, front-of-house, box office and PR
personnel.
Assessment: Coursework:
60% Examination:40%
CA47E – Scene and Costume Design II
The practical application of scene and costume design
(including properties, makeup and masks).
Assessment: Coursework:
60%
Examination: 40%
CA 47F – Lighting Design
To design, create and execute
plans that effectively illuminate a given production,
incorporating a directorial concept.
Assessment: Coursework: 60%
Examination: 40%
CA47G – Sound Design
The techniques and creative approaches
to sound design, vis-à-vis the current problems
and issues in the filed of theatre and entertainment
sound technology.
Assessment: Coursework: 60%
Examination: 40%
Certificate
in Visual Arts
YEAR I - SEMESTER I
CA40S -
Basic Design I
CA41S - Certificate
Workshop I
CA42S - Certificate
Drawing I
CA46A - Caribbean Lab
SEMESTER
II
CA40P -
Basic Design II
CA41P - Certificate
Workshop II
CA42P - Certificate Drawing II
CA46B - Carnival and Spectacle
YEAR II -
SEMESTER I
CA40Q - Basic Design III
CA41Q - Certificate Workshop III
CA42Q - Certificate Drawing III
CA46C - Artist Studio
SEMESTER
II
CA40R - Basic Design IV
CA41R - Certificate Workshop IV
CA42R - Certificate Drawing IV
CA46D - Cultural Organisations IV
CERTIFICATE
IN VISUAL ARTS
YEAR I SEMESTER
I
CA40S - Basic Design 1
This is an introduction to the elements of visual arts. The
courses (Basic Design I,II,III,IV) done over
2 years involve work in various materials and
are aimed to develop skills and creative approaches
to art expression and production. Work
in The Basic Design Areas 1 to 4 is continuous
through the four semesters of the course.
Assessment: Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA
41S - Certificate Workshop 1
Introduction to the techniques and methods of studio
production in a variety of materials. Students
develop practices in the processes of production
and presentation of art work.
Assessment: Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA
42S - Certificate Drawing 1
Introduction to drawing as the basis of all work in the Visual
Arts.
Assessment: Portfolio
100%
CA
46A - Caribbean Lab
A shared, cross-disciplinary course
for students in all certificates in creative
arts. This course explores the cultural, intellectual
and ecological heritage of the Caribbean. Students
are challenged to a) work in an interdisciplinary
from and experiment with other art forms; b)
articulate their own position in the continuum
of Caribbean creativity; c)take artistic risks.
Course activity involves participation in lectures,
fieldtrips, research and presentations. Much
of the work of the course is undertaken in inter-disciplinary
groups.
Assessment: Coursework:
100%
YEAR I - Semester II
CA 40P - Basic Design II
This is a further introduction to the elements of visual
arts. The
courses done in this semester involve work in
paper forms to develop skills and creative approaches
to large scale production. Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA
41P - Certificate Workshop II
Introduction to the techniques and methods of studio
painting with a variety of materials. Students
develop practices in the processes and presentation
of art work.
Assessment: Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA
42P - Certificate Drawing II
Introduction to drawing of
the human figure.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio
100%
CA 46B - Carnival and Contemporary Spectacle
An introduction to the tradition
of design in Carnival and a review of contemporary
art and design issues.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio 100%
YEAR II – SEMESTER I
CA 40Q - Basic Design III
This is an introduction to the structural concepts in
3D design. The
courses done over 1 semester involve work in
various materials and are aimed to develop skills
and creative approaches to art expression and
production.
Assessment: Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA
41Q - Certificate Workshop III
Introduction to the techniques and methods of studio
production with: (i) Ceramic Design, (ii) Textile
Design with weaving and screen printing and (iii)
Vat dyeing. Students
develop practices in the processes of production
and presentation of sculptural art work.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio 100%
CA
42Q - Certificate Drawing III
Introduction to Technical Drawing.
Assessment: Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA 46C - The Artist Studio
Introduction to the role
and function of artists and designers in community. Survey of their studio practices with attention to creative
and professional issues.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio 100%
YEAR II / SEMESTER II
CA 40R - Basic Design IV
This is a design project that is developed in conjunction
with course lecturer.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio
100%
CA
41R - Certificate Workshop IV
This is a creative project that challenges students
to show initiative and develop studio practices
in the production and presentation of art work
done over the previous four semesters.
Assessment: Coursework
Portfolio 100%
CA
42R - Certificate Drawing IV
This is a Drawing project developed in conjunction with
course lecturer.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio 100%
CA 46D - Cultural Organisations
An
introduction to the role and function of cultural
organisations. Research
of practices, aims and objectives.
Assessment: Coursework Portfolio 100%
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