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Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Honours enrolment pattern

This page was first published on 14 November 2025 and was last amended on 20 November 2025.
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Minimum levels of achievement

Area of study Credit points Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Principal Study 24 Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 1-4
Music Education 72 Prescribed MUED units set out in the Standard Enrolment Pattern
LANTITE 0 EDLN2000 NESA required undergraduate unit
Music Skills 24 Harmony and Analysis 1-4; Aural Perception 1-4
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)
18 This is Music;
Australian Musical Worlds
Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras
Performance and Ensemble 6 Performance or Ensemble units
Honours 48 Honours Research in Music Education 1
Honours Research in Music Education 2
Music Education Honours A;
Music Education Honours B;
Music Education Honours C;

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP Semester 2 CP Semester 3 CP Semester 4 CP
PERF1211
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 1
6 PERF1212
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 2
6 PERF2213
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 3
6 PERF2214
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 4
6
Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis
  Aural Perception;
Harmony and
Analysis
  Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis 6 Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6 MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6 MCGY2612
Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras
6 MUED4002
Technology in Music Education
3
Performance/Ensemble
3 MUED1008
Fundamentals of Teaching
3 MUED2605
Children, Music and Educational Settings
6 MUED1009
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
3
MUED1010
Key Ideas in Music Education
3 MUED1005
Key Approaches in Music Education
3     MUED2302
Classroom Management
3
EDLN2000
LANTITE
0 EDLN2000
LANTITE
0     MUED1007
Australian Indigenous Music Education
3
               
  24   24   24   24
Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
MUED3629
Honours Research in Music Education 1
6 MUED3630
Honours Research in Music Education 2
6 MUED4612
Music Education Honours A
12 MUED4614
Music Education Honours C
12
MUED2606
Adolescent Development and Behaviour
6 MUED3606
Professional Experience 2
6 MUED4613
Music Education Honours B
12 MUED4633
Professional Experience 3
12
MUED4006
Popular Music Studies
3 MUED3604
Ensemble Pedagogy
6        
MUED3605
Teaching Junior Secondary Music
6 Performance/Ensemble
3        
MUED3031
Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
3            
MUED3603
Composition in Music Education
3            
  27   21   24   24

Minimum levels of achievement

Area of study Credit points Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Principal Study 24 Contemporary Music Practice 1-4
Music Education 72 Prescribed MUED units set out in the Standard Enrolment Pattern
LANTITE 0 EDLN2000 NESA required undergraduate unit
Music Skills 24 Fundamentals of Music units;
6 cps of a Music Skills unit
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)
18 This is Music;
Australian Musical Worlds
Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras
Performance and Ensemble 6 Performance or Ensemble units
Honours 48 Honours Research in Music Education 1
Honours Research in Music Education 2
Music Education Honours A;
Music Education Honours B;
Music Education Honours C;

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP Semester 2 CP Semester 3 CP Semester 4 CP
MUSC1401
Contemporary Music Practice 1
6 MUSC1402
Contemporary Music Practice 2
6 MUSC2403
Contemporary Music Practice 3
6 MUSC2404
Contemporary Music Practice 4
6
Fundamentals of Music unit
6 Fundamentals of Music unit 6 Fundamentals of Music unit 6 Music Skills unit 6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6 MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6 MCGY2612
Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras
6 MUED4002
Technology in Music Education
3
Performance/Ensemble
3 MUED1008
Fundamentals of Teaching
3 MUED2605
Children, Music and Educational Settings
6 MUED1009
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
3
MUED1010
Key Ideas in Music Education
3 MUED1005
Key Approaches in Music Education
3     MUED2302
Classroom Management
3
EDLN2000
LANTITE
0 EDLN2000
LANTITE
0     MUED1007
Australian Indigenous Music Education
3
               
  24   24   24   24
Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
MUED3629
Honours Research in Music Education 1
6 MUED3630
Honours Research in Music Education 2
6 MUED4612
Music Education Honours A
12 MUED4614
Music Education Honours C
12
MUED2606
Adolescent Development and Behaviour
6 MUED3606
Professional Experience 2
6 MUED4613
Music Education Honours B
12 MUED4633
Professional Experience 3
12
MUED4006
Popular Music Studies
3 MUED3604
Ensemble Pedagogy
6        
MUED3605
Teaching Junior Secondary Music
6 Performance/Ensemble
3        
MUED3031
Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
3            
MUED3603
Composition in Music Education
3            
  27   21   24   24

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
17/11/25 Minimum Level of Achievement and Enrolment pattern for Principal Study Area: Contemporary Music Practice missing from this page. Minimum Level of Achievement and Enrolment Pattern for Principal Study Area: Contemporary Music Practice added to this page.
20/11/2025

Mnimum levels of achievement published as:

Music Skills   | 24 | Fundamentals of Music units;
                                 6 cps of a music unit

Mnimum levels of achievement amended to:

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Music Skills   | 24 | Fundamentals of Music units;
                                 6 cps of a music skills unit

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