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Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Contemporary Music Practice

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 8 January 2026.
View details of the changes below.
To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music (Music Education), candidates must successfully complete 192 credit points comprising:

(1) 60 credit points of core units of study comprising:

(a) 21 credit points of Music Skills units of study

(b) 36 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies units of study; and

(c) 3 credit points of Performance and Ensemble units of study; and

(2) a 0 credit point unit of study, EDLN2000 LANTITE undergraduate; and
(3) 96 credit points of Music Education units of study; and
(4) 24 credit points of Principal Study units of study; and
(5) where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S and up to 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 units of study
Music Skills units of study
MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1
6
MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2
6
MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory
6 P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 or MCGY1008 or JAZZ1621 or JAZZ1019
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3  
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) units of study
MCGY1030
This Is Music
6
MUSC1507
Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media
6
MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6
MCGY2613
Music in Modern Times
6 A Ability to read musical notation
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
MUSC2672
Australian Popular Music
6  
Performance and Ensemble units of study
Refer to the Performance and Ensemble Units of Study table
LANTITE
EDLN2000
LANTITE Undergraduate
0  
Principal Study units of study
MUSC1401
Contemporary Music Practice 1
6
MUSC1402
Contemporary Music Practice 2
6 P MUSC1401
MUSC2403
Contemporary Music Practice 3
6 P MUSC1402
MUSC2404
Contemporary Music Practice 4
6 P MUSC2403
Music Education units of study
MUED1010
Key Ideas in Music Education
3  
MUED1008
Fundamentals of Teaching
3  
MUED1005
Key Approaches in Music Education
3  
MUED1009
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
3  
MUED4002
Technology in Music Education
3  
MUED1007
Australian Indigenous Music and Education
3  
MUED2605
Children, Music and Educational Settings
6 A Previous completion of MUED1010 and MUED1005 is recommended
P MUED1008
MUED2302
Classroom Management
3 P MUED1010 or MUED1005 or MUED1009 or MUED1008
MUED2606
Adolescent Development and Behaviour
6 P MUED2605 and MUED1009 and MUED1008
MUED4006
Popular Music Studies
3  
MUED3605
Teaching Junior Secondary Music
6 P EDLN2000 and MUED2605
MUED3606
Professional Experience 2
6 P MUED3605 and MUED2605 and MUED2606
MUED4603
Cultural Diversity in Music Education
6 A It is recommended that students have successfully completed MUED2605 and MUED3605 prior to undertaking this unit
MUED3604
Ensemble Pedagogy
6  
MUED4602
Senior Secondary Music Education
6 P MUED3606
MUED3603
Composition in Music Education
3  
MUED3031
Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
3  
MUED4622
Special Education in Music
6 P EDLN2000
C MUED4633
MUED4623
Professional/Social Issues in Music Education
6 P EDLN2000
C MUED4633
MUED4633
Professional Experience 3
12 P MUED3606
C MUED4602

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
12/01/2026

The following unit of study collections were missing from the unit of study table:

LANTITE; Principal Study units of study and Music Education units of study.

The following unit of study collections added to the unit of study table:

LANTITE; Principal Study units of study and Music Education units of study.

12/01/2026

Requirements section published as:

(i) 60 credit points of core units as specified in Table A, including:
(a) 24 credit points of Music Skills units of study;
(b) 30 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies units;
(c) 6 credit points of Performance or Ensemble units of study; and
(ii) 96 credit points of Music Education units as specified in Table A; and
(iii) 24 credit points of Principal Study units of study; and
(iv) EDLN2000 Lantite undergraduate; and
(v) where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S and up to a maximum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.

Requirements section amended to:

(1) 60 credit points of core units of study comprising:

(a) 21 credit points of Music Skills units of study

(b) 36 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies units of study; and

(c) 3 credit points of Performance and Ensemble units of study; and

(2) a 0 credit point unit of study, EDLN2000 LANTITE undergraduate; and
(3) 96 credit points of Music Education units of study; and
(4) 24 credit points of Principal Study units of study; and
(5) where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S and up to a maximum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.

12/01/2026 MUSC2672 was missing from unit of study table. MUSC2672 added to unit of study table.
12/01/2026

MUSC2693 was available for seletion from:

Core units of study, Music Skills units of study

MUSC2693 removed.
14/01/2026

Unit rules missing for:

MCGY2613, MUED2302, MUED2605, MUED2606, MUED3605, MUED3606, MUED4602, MUED4603, MUED4622, MUED4623, MUED4633, MUSC1402, MUSC1506, MUSC2403, MUSC2404 and MUSC2695

Unit rules added for:

MCGY2613, MUED2302, MUED2605, MUED2606, MUED3605, MUED3606, MUED4602, MUED4603, MUED4622, MUED4623, MUED4633, MUSC1402, MUSC1506, MUSC2403, MUSC2404 and MUSC2695