Course content

The course consists of principal instrument lessons and other subject areas within classical music, church music or jazz. The course is used for students who only take one semester of exchange studies. The course is taken by incoming exchange students at NTNU during their stay, and NTNU students in the semester they are not abroad in that academic year.

Learning outcome

The aim of the course is for the student to develop their own skills and provide increased professional knowledge within their own instrument and subject area.

Knowledge:

The candidate

• have increased knowledge of their own instrument.
• has strengthened their understanding of music.
• have increased knowledge of supporting subject areas, connected to their own artistic and creative music practice.

Skills:

The candidate

• have developed and increased their own skills on the principal instrument.
• have developed and increased their own skills in supporting subject areas in performing music studies.

Learning methods and activities

By agreement, the student follows the teaching in the courses given to the department's own students at the corresponding level. The subjects are specified in a learning agreement for incoming students, and in the study plan for students at NTNU who are on exchange for one semester.

Satisfactory participation in compulsory instruction requires a minimum of 80% attendance.

Compulsory assignments

• Satisfactory participation in compulsory instruction

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Admission to a study programme in music performance studies at a cooperating institution, as well as an exchange stay at performing music studies at NTNU, or exchange studies abroad for one semester for students on a study programme in music performance studies at NTNU.