Bachelor of Music (Music Education)
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Musicology
Unit of study table
| To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music (Music Education), candidates must successfully complete 192 credit points comprising: |
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| (i) 60 credit points of core units as specified in Table A, including: |
| (a) 24 credit points of Music Skills units of study; |
| (b) 24 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies units; |
| (c) 12 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. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Principal Study |
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| MCGY1019 Musicology Workshop 1 |
3 | |
| MCGY1020 Musicology Workshop 2 |
3 | P MCGY1019 |
| MCGY2612 Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras |
6 | A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory |
Historical Studies |
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| 6 credit points of chosen Historical Studies units | ||
| MCGY2621 Exploring Ethnomusicology |
6 | P MCGY1030 |
| MCGY3604 J.S. Bach and His World |
6 | A Broad knowledge of Baroque music equivalent to MCGY2611 or MUSC1506 |
| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 | |
| MCGY3629 Romanticism and the Fantastic |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850 |
| MCGY3636 Mozart's World: Music in the Age of Reason |
6 | A It is recommended that students have completed MUSC1506 or MCGY2612, or have a sound knowledge of late 18th-century repertoire |
| MCGY3639 Modernism in Austria and Germany 1889-1914 |
6 | P MCGY2612 |
Ethnographic studies |
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| 6 credit points of chosen Ethnographic Studies units | ||
| MCGY3602 Understanding East Asian Music |
6 | |
| MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalization |
6 | |
| MUSC3629 Music and Everyday Life |
6 | |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America |
6 | |
Music Education |
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| 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 |
LANTITE |
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| EDLN2000 LANTITE Undergraduate |
0 | |
Core |
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Music Skills |
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| 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 |
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) |
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| MCGY1030 This Is Music |
6 | |
| MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds |
6 | |
| MCGY2611 Music from the Middle Ages to Baroque |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation |
| MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation |
Performance and Ensemble |
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| And 12 credit points of chosen Performance or Ensemble units from the Performance and Ensemble pool | ||
