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Diploma of Music

Composition

Unit of study table

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
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
JAZZ1015
Jazz Ear Training 1
3  
JAZZ1016
Jazz Ear Training 2
3 P JAZZ1015
JAZZ2038
Jazz Ear Training 3
3 P JAZZ1016
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

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
6 credit points of chosen AHCS units from the AHCS pool

Principal Study

CMPN1601
Composition 1
6  
CMPN1602
Composition 2
6 P CMPN1601
CMPN2603
Composition 3
6 P CMPN1602
CMPN2604
Composition 4
6 P CMPN2603

Additional core

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
MUSC2320
Music Notation and Publishing
3 Notice present: 'This unit of study is being developed, subject to change'
CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology
3  
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3  
6 credit points of chosen Composition Studies units from the Composition Studies pool.
18 credit points of electives from Table A (Music) and/or Table S and/or a maximum of 6 credit points from Table O.