Contemporary Music Studies
Unit of study table
| Contemporary Music Studies core requirements apply to students undertaking the following courses. Specific requirements are listed in the relevant enrolment pattern. | ||
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| (a) BMusic (Contemporary Music Practice program): | ||
| (i) 6 credit points in MUSC1611 The Studio for Songwriters 1; | ||
| (ii) 18 credit points of Contemporary Music Studies electives. | ||
| (a) Diploma of Music (Contemporary Music Practice program): | ||
| (i) 6 credit points in MUSC1611 The Studio for Songwriters 1; | ||
| (ii) 18 credit points of Contemporary Music Studies electives. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core | ||
| MUSC1611 The Studio for Songwriters 1 | 6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study must have some experience with writing their own original songs in a contemporary music style P MUSC1401 |
Electives | ||
| CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking | 6 | |
| CMPN2510 Scoring and Arranging for the Screen | 6 | |
| JAZZ1021 Jazz History 1 | 3 | A Students enrolling in this unit are expected to have strong overall music skills including notation, reading, aural skills, music research and analysis and jazz performance (excluding non-jazz students) Non-Jazz degree students will be considered for a place in the class based on enrolment numbers prior to the commencement of the semester. |
| JAZZ1022 Jazz History 2 | 3 | P JAZZ1021 Non-Jazz degree students will be considered for a place in the class based on enrolment numbers prior to the commencement of the semester. |
| JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills | 6 | |
| MUSC1300 Popular Music Ensemble | 3 | P MUSC1402 |
| 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 |
| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media | 6 | |
| MUSC1604 Music, Health and Wellbeing | 6 | |
| MUSC2614 Composition Workshop | 6 | P 18 credit points of 1000-level units |
| MUSC2616 Noise/Sound/Music: Engaging Sonic Worlds | 6 | |
| MUSC2638 Jazz Riots and Revolutions | 6 | |
| MUSC2645 Psychology of Music | 6 | |
| MUSC2648 Words and Music : Song Across Cultures | 6 | |
| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques | 6 | An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology is an advantage in this unit of study. |
| MUSC2654 Popular Music | 6 | |
| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music | 6 | |
| MUSC2666 Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul | 6 | |
| MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music | 6 | |
| MUSC2695 Popular Music Theory | 6 | P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 or MCGY1008 or JAZZ1621 or JAZZ1019 |
| MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques | 6 | P MUSC2653 or CMPN1013 or MUED1002 |
| MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalization | 6 | |
| MUSC3629 Music and Everyday Life | 6 | This unit is a requirement for Honours in the BA. |
| MUSC3630 Popular Music and the Moving Image | 6 | |
| MUSC3631 Music in Public: Performance and Power | 6 | |
| MUSC3639 Music Journalism | 6 | |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America | 6 | Musical knowledge may be helpful but not necessary |
| MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing | 6 | |