CENT 2300 - MUSIC BUSINESS PRACTICUM WINTER 2020

FIRST YEAR GOALS ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS SEMESTER

Due date: Tuesday, January 21 at 10:00am

Mark: Marked out of 12 for a total of 15% of the semester mark

Submissions: Your assignment must be submitted to the appropriate folder in DC Connect on the due date and by the
time indicated above. No hardcopies will be accepted.

Assignment objective: To set meaningful goals to assist you to gain the experience, skills, and knowledge you
want and need to help you in your future career path. As you know, Music Business Practicum is designed to help
you realize what you might want to do (and NOT want to do!) in the music industry and to get some practical
experience by actively participating in, contributing to, and growing our on-campus industry. The music industry is
demanding, and setting goals will help you learn to set and meet professional and personal expectations. This course
gives you a chance to experiment but you will learn more when you focus on what you want to try and what you want
to learn.

Carefully consider the learning experience you want to have in Music Business Practicum this semester and create
your goals accordingly. Your goals must pertain to the Music Business Practicum course ONLY, not to other
courses in the program. Use this course to explore and develop a range of knowledge and skills, and to learn more
about yourself and working with others. Goals help you to be focused, to be consistent and specific, to increase your
commitment, and to enhance your self-esteem. Use goals to help you achieve the vision you have of your future.

Step One: Improvement from Last Semester:

Include an opening paragraph stating how and why you would like to improve upon your performance in CENT
last semester. Be specific and informative.

Step Two: Create Your Goals:

Challenge yourself by trying to avoid repeating goals you set last semester. Follow this format for each of three (3)
NEW Music Business Practicum goals for this semester:
1. One goal I want to accomplish this semester in MBP is (be specific – this is your goal):
2. The steps I will take to achieve this goal are:
3. Obstacles I anticipate AND the way(s) I will deal with them are:
4. My deadline for achieving this goal is:
5. I will know I have reached this goal when (what will you have learned? How will things have changed?)
6. Accomplishing this goal will help me in the future by/because:

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CENT 2300 - MUSIC BUSINESS PRACTICUM WINTER 2016
FIRST YEAR GOALS ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS SEMESTER

Marking:
The effort put into the opening statement and into each of your three goals will be marked out of three (3) as follows:
0 = inadequate or missing
1= weak effort
2 = satisfactory effort
3 = excellent effort
A deduction of up to 25% of your mark will be made if there are writing errors (spelling, sentence structure,
grammar, punctuation) or if no cover page is attached or if the required format indicated in Step Two is not followed.
Late assignments will not be accepted and a mark of zero will be assigned. Refer to the MBM Program Guide for
details on the policy regarding late assignments.
IMPORTANT:
You will refer to these goals and your achievement of them in your Final Analysis Paper at the end of the semester;
therefore, consider carefully each goal in order to get the best experience possible. As the semester goes on, make
a concerted effort to check how you are progressing with each goal.
Questions: Kathryn Waugh – Kathryn.Waugh@durhamcollege.ca
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