This semester is given over to the creation of a major computer music work either as a single recorded composition, series of compositions, a performance or installation. By this stage of the course students should have a broad skill set in digital sound and media to draw upon. The work must reflect a strong technical understanding of computer music and a formal and aesthetic premise commensurate with expectations at a final year level. Consultation with the lecturer is required at appropriate times during the production of the work. The course commences with students devising a project under the supervision of the lecturer that they must complete by the end of the semester.

Assessment includes a project proposal and project documentation, and a final presentation of the major project to the Viva Examination panel.

Project Proposal (10%), Concept and Project Documentation (40%), Project Implementation (50%)

All sessions take place in a computer laboratory:

3 hours of seminar / studio practice per week

Students are expected to do at least an extra 4 - 6 hours of independent studio practice each week

DART3007 Process as Composition & Aesthetic