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Bachelor of Music - Minors

Composition for Creative Industries

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 7 January 2026.
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Minor
A minor in Composition for Creative Industries requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units of study
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units of study
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units of study
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units of study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000-level core units of study

CMPN1331
Composition for Creative Industries 1
6  
CMPN1332
Composition for Creative Industries 2
6 P CMPN1331

2000-level core units of study

CMPN2333
Composition for Creative Industries 3
6 P CMPN1332
CMPN2334
Composition for Creative Industries 4
6 P CMPN2333

2000-level selective units of study

CMPN2320
Music Notation
6 A Concurrent study with CMPN1331 is recommended where possible. Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Dorico).
N CMPN2604
CMPN2510
Scoring and Arranging for the Screen
6  

3000-level core units of study

JAZZ3631
Music Industry Skills
6  

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
7/1/2026

Requirements section published as:

Level Credit points   Required units of study

1000        12            CMPN1331 Composition for Creative Industries 1, CMPN1332 Composition for Creative Industries 2

2000       18              CMPN2333 Composition for Creative Industries 3, CMPN2334 Composition for Creative Industries 4, CMPN2510 Scoring & Arranging for the Screen or CMPN2320 Music Notation & Publishing

3000       6                    JAZZ3631 Music Industry Skills

 Requirements section amended to:

A minor in Composition for Creative Industries requires 36 credit points from this table
including:
(i)12 credit points of 1000-level core units of study
(ii)12 credit points of 2000-level core units of study
(iii)6 credit points of 2000-level selective units of study
(iv)6 credit points of 3000-level core units of study

7/1/2026 1000-level core units of study collection missing from unit of study table. 1000-level core units of study collection added to unit of study table.
7/1/2026 2000-level core units of study collection missing from unit of study table. 2000-level core units of study collection added to unit of study table.
7/1/2026 2000-level selective units of study collection missing from unit of study table. 2000-level selective units of study collection added to unit of study table.
7/1/2026 3000-level core units of study missing from unit of study table. 3000-level core units of study added to unit of study table.