Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)
Enrolment pattern
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Minimum levels of achievement
| Resolutions | Area of study | Credit points |
Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Study |
Principal Study |
48 | Composition 1-8 |
| Core | Music Skills | 18 | Either:
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| Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) | 18 |
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| Additional Core | Composition Studies | 54 | |
| Performance and Ensemble | |||
| Open Learning Environment | Table O (OLE) | 6 |
Open Learning Environment units |
| Major | Table S (Major) | 48 | A major from Table S |
| 4000-Level | Professional & Industry Skills | 48 |
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Enrolment pattern
| Semester 1 | CP |
Semester 2 |
CP |
Semester 3 |
CP |
Semester 4 |
CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPN1601 Composition 1 |
6 | CMPN1602 Composition 2 |
6 | CMPN2603 Composition 3 |
6 | CMPN2604 Composition 4 |
6 |
| Music Skills | 6 | Music Skills | 6 | Music Skills | 6 | Performance/Ensemble | 6 |
| CMPN2320 Music Notation and Publishing |
6 | CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology and CMPN1014 Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals |
6 | CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration |
6 | Composition Studies (recommend CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals) |
6 |
| MCGY1030 This is Music |
6 | MUSC1506 Classical Music: A Cultural History |
6 | 1000-level Table S major | 6 | 1000-level Table S major | 6 |
| MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music |
0 | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Semester 5 | CP | Semester 6 | CP | Semester 7 | CP | Semester 8 | CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPN3605 Composition 5 |
6 | CMPN3606 Composition 6 |
6 | CMPN4607 Composition 7 |
6 | CMPN4608 Composition 8 |
6 |
| Composition Studies | 6 | Composition Studies (recommend CMPN3620 Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration |
6 | Composition Studies (recommend CMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music) |
6 | OLE unit | 6 |
| MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times |
6 | CMPN3621 Advanced Composition Techniques |
6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 |
| 2000-level Table S major | 6 | 2000-level Table S major | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 |
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Semester 9 | CP | Semester 10 | CP |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1 |
6 | SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2 |
6 |
| 4000-level units |
6 | 4000-level units | 6 |
| Elective | 12 | Elective | 12 |
| 24 | 24 |
