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Bachelor of Music (Composition)

Unit of study table

To qualify for the award of the pass degree in the Composition stream, a candidate must successully complete 192 credit points comprising:
a) 48 credit points of Core units as specified in Table A; and
b) 48 credit points of Principal Study units as specified in Table A.
c) 48 credit points of Additional Core units, composed of;

i. 36 credit points of Composition Studies units; and

ii. 12 credit points of Performance and Ensemble units

d) 12 credit points of Final Year Project units of study, and
e) either:

i. a 36 credit point minor from Table A or Table S; or

ii. 36 credit points of elective units of study from Table A or Table S, including a maximum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core

Music Skills
MCGY1000
Aural Perception 1
3  
MCGY1001
Aural Perception 1A
3  
MCGY1002
Aural Perception 1B
3 P MCGY1001
MCGY1003
Aural Perception 2
3 P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002
MCGY2004
Aural Perception 3
3 P MCGY1003
MCGY2005
Aural Perception 4
3 P MCGY2004
MCGY1008
Harmony and Analysis 1
3 A Ability to read musical notation including treble and bass clefs, and knowledge of scales, intervals and triads in tonal music
MCGY1009
Harmony and Analysis 2
3 P MCGY1008
MCGY2010
Harmony and Analysis 3
3 P MCGY1009
MCGY2011
Harmony and Analysis 4
3 P MCGY2010
JAZZ1015
Jazz Ear
Training 1
3  
JAZZ1016
Jazz Ear Training 2
3 P JAZZ1015
JAZZ2038
Jazz Ear Training 3
3 P JAZZ1016
JAZZ2039
Jazz Ear Training 4
3 P JAZZ2038
JAZZ1019
Jazz Harmony and
Arranging 1
3  
JAZZ1020
Jazz Harmony and
Arranging 2
3 P JAZZ1019
JAZZ2016
Jazz Harmony and
Arranging 3
3 P JAZZ1020
JAZZ2017
Jazz Harmony and
Arranging 4
3 P JAZZ2016
CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology
3  
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3  
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0  
MCGY1030
This Is Music
6  
MUSC1506
Classical Music: A
Cultural History
6 A The ability to follow a musical score while listening to the music and knowledge of elementary music theory
MCGY2613
Music in Modern Times
6 A Ability to read musical notation

6 credit points of electives or foundation units from the AHCS pool.

This can be MCGY4110 Themes in Australian Music History

Performance and Ensemble
12 credit points of a chosen Performance or Ensemble unit from the Performance and Ensemble pool

Composition Studies

Principal Study
CMPN1601
Composition 1
6  
CMPN1602
Composition 2
6 P CMPN1601
CMPN2603
Composition 3
6 P CMPN1602
CMPN2604
Composition 4
6 P CMPN2603
CMPN3605
Composition 5
6 P CMPN2604 or CMPN2223
CMPN3606
Composition 6
6 P CMPN3605
CMPN4607
Composition 7
6 P CMPN3606 or CMPN3336 or CMPN2223 or CMPN2334 or CMPN3236
CMPN4608
Composition 8
6 P CMPN4607
Composition Studies
CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
6 A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to be able to read and understand instrumental music notation of moderate complexity
CMPN1013
Creative Music
Technology
3  
CMPN1014
Sound and Video
Recording
Fundamentals
3  
CMPN3621
Advanced
Composition
Techniques
6 P CMPN2604
12 credit points of electives from the Composition and Music Technology pool. This can beCMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music and CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals.

Project

Professional and Industry Skills
Either:
i. 12 credit points of Music Specialist Creative Project units; or
ii. 12 credit points of Professional Practice Internship/Industry and Community Project units.
SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1
6  
SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2
6 P SCMP4601
PERF2622
Professional Practice Internship
6  
PERF3610
Professional Practice Internship 2
6 P PERF2622
PERF3640
Industry and Community Projects
6 A upper-level disciplinary knowledge
P 72 credit points

Electives

i.a 36 credit point minor from Table A or Table S; or

ii. 36 credit points of elective units of study from Table A or Table S, including a maximum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.