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Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)

Enrolment pattern

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 4 August 2025. View details of the changes below.

Minimum levels of achievement

Resolutions	Area of study	Credit points	Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Specialisation	Principal Study	48	Composition 1-8
	Composition Studies	48	39 cps CMPN units as shown in enrolment pattern below; 3 cps Composer Performer Workshop 1; 6 cps Composition Studies unit
	Performance and Ensemble	6	Performance and Ensemble units
Core	Music Skills	18	Harmony and Analysis: Aural Perception units
Core	Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)	18	0 cps Australian Indigenous Music; 6 cps This is Music; 12 cps AHCS Foundation or Elective units
Open Learning Environment	Table O (OLE)	6	Open Learning Environment units
Major	Table S (Major)	48	A major from Table S
4000-Level and electives	4000-level units and electives	48	12 cps of Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2; 12 cps of 4000-level units from Table A (Music) or Table S; 24 cps of electives from Table A (Music) and/or Table S and/or Table O.

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1	CP	Semester 2	CP	Semester 3	CP	Semester 4	CP
CMPN1601 Composition 1	6	CMPN1602 Composition 2	6	CMPN2603 Composition 3	6	CMPN2604 Composition 4	6
Harmony and Analysis units; Aural Perception units	6	Harmony and Analysis units; Aural Perception units	6	Harmony and Analysis units; Aural Perception units	6	OLE units	6
CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration	6	CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking	6	CMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music	6	CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals	6
MCGY1030 This is Music	6	CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology or CMPN1014 Sound Recording Fundamentals	3	1000-level Table S major	6	1000-level Table S major	6
MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music	0	Performance/Ensemble	3
	24		24		24		24

Semester 5	CP	Semester 6	CP	Semester 7	CP	Semester 8	CP
CMPN3605 Composition 5	6	CMPN3606 Composition 6	6	CMPN4607 Composition 7	6	CMPN4608 Composition 8	6
CMPN2613 Comp Techniques: Number and Process	6	CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process	6	Composer Performer Workshop 1	3	AHCS unit	6
CMPN2613 Comp Techniques: Number and Process	6	CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process	6	Performance/Ensemble	3	AHCS unit	6
AHCS Foundation unit	6	Composition Studies unit	6	3000-level Table S major	6	3000-level Table S major	6
2000-level Table S major	6	2000-level Table S major	6	3000-level Table S major	6	3000-level Table S major	6
	24		24		24		24

Semester 9	CP	Semester 10	CP
SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1	6	SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2	6
4000-level Advanced Coursework	6	4000-level Advanced Coursework	6
Electives	12	Electives	12

	24		24

Post-publication amendments

Date	Original publication	Post-publication amendment
4/08/2025	Industry and Community Project units published in the 4000-level unit collection.	Industry and Community Project units removed from the 4000-level unit collection.