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Enrolment pattern

Composition

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Minimum levels of achievement

Course resolutions​

Area of studyCredit points

Unit of study requirements for award​

Principal StudyPrincipal Study48Composition 1-8
Music SkillsMusic Skills24Either:
  1. Harmony and Analysis 1-4; Aural Perception 1-4; or
  2. Jazz Harmony and Arranging 1-4; Jazz Ear Training 1-4; or
  3. A combination of options 1 and 2.
Analysis, History and Culture Studies (AHCS)AHCS24
  • This is Music
  • Classical Music: A Cultural History
  • Music in Modern Times
  • 6cps of a chosen AHCS unit (recommend Themes in Australian Music History)
Additional coreComposition Studies48
  • Music Notation and Publishing
  • Creative Music Technology
  • Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
  • Instrumentation and Orchestration
  • Advanced Composition Techniques
  • 12cps chosen Composition Studies units (recommend CMPN2631 + CMPN2632)
  • 12cps chosen Performance or Ensemble units.
Performance/Ensemble
Final Year Project
Professional & Industry Skills
12
  • Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2.
Minor/ElectivesMinor/Electives
36Either:
  • a minor in Table A (Music) or Table S; or
  • electives from Music and/or Table S which can include Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration and up to 6cps of units from Table O.

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1CPSemester 2CPSemester 3CPSemester 4CP
CMPN1601
Composition 1
6CMPN1602
Composition 2
6CMPN2603
Composition 3
6CMPN2604
Composition 4
6
Music Skills6Music Skills6Music Skills6Music Skills6
CMPN2320
Music Notation
6CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
6Composition Studies (recommend CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals)
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6MUSC1506
Classical Music: A Cultural History
6Performance or Ensemble Unit3Minor/electives6
  Performance or Ensemble unit3CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology
3  
    Minor/electives6  
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Semester 5CPSemester 6CPSemester 7CPSemester 8CP
CMPN3605
Composition 5
6CMPN3606
Composition 6
6CMPN4607
Composition 7
6CMPN4608
Composition 8
6
Minor/elective6AHCS unit
6SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1
6SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative​
Project 2
6
MCGY2613
Music in Modern Times
6Minor/elective
(recommend CMPN3620 Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration)
6Minor/electives6Minor/electives6
Performance or Ensemble unit (recommend CMPN3000)3CMPN3621
Advanced Composition Techniques
6    
Composition Studies unit6Performance or Ensemble unit (recommend CMPN3001)3    
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