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Bachelor of Music - Minors

Ethnomusicology

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 22 November 2024.
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Unit of study table

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12 12 credit points from the following units:
ANTH1001 Introduction to Anthropology; ANTH1002 Anthropology in the World; GCST1601 Introduction to Cultural Studies; GCST1604 Introduction to Diversity; INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures; LNGS1001 Structure of Language; LNGS1002 Language and Social Context; MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds
2000 12 MCGY2621 Exploring Ethnomusicology;
6 cps from the following units:
(ENSE2300 Gamelan 1 and ENSE2301 Gamelan 2); or (MUSC2648 Words and Music: Song across Cultures; MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music; MUSC2666 Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul; PERF2604 Chinese Music Ensemble 1, PERF2605 Chinese Music Ensemble 2
3000 12 12 cps from the following units:
MCGY3602 Understanding East Asian Music; MCGY5601 Music Through Ethnography; MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalisation; MUSC3629 Music in Everyday Life; MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America; MUSC3641 Music, Environment and Climate Change; MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing; PERF3606 Chinese Music Ensemble 3
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000-level Selective 12 cps

ANTH1001
Becoming Anthropologists
6 N ANTH1003
ANTH1002
Anthropology for a Better World
6 N ANTH1004
GCST1601
Culture, Power, Identity
6  
GCST1604
Race, Diversity, Difference
6  
INDG1001
Introduction to Indigenous Cultures
6  
LNGS1001
Structure of Language
6  
LNGS1002
Language and Social Context
6  
MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6  

2000-level Core 6 cps

MCGY2621
Exploring Ethnomusicology
6 P MCGY1030

2000-level Selective 6 cps Option A

ENSE2300
Gamelan 1
3  
ENSE2301
Gamelan 2
3  

2000-level Selective 6 cps Option B

MUSC2648
Words and Music : Song Across Cultures
6  
MUSC2672
Australian Popular Music
6  
MUSC2666
Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul
6  

2000-level Selective 6 cps Option C

PERF2604
Chinese Music Ensemble 1
6  
PERF2605
Chinese Music Ensemble 2
6 P PERF2604

3000-level Selective 12 cps

MCGY3602
Understanding East Asian Music
6  
MCGY5601
Music Through Ethnography
6  
MUSC3610
Musical Traditions and Globalization
6  
MUSC3629
Music and Everyday Life
6  
MUSC3640
Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America
6  
MUSC3641
Music, Environment and Climate Change
6  
MUSC3699
Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing
6  
PERF3606
Chinese Music Ensemble 3
6 P PERF2605

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
22/11/2024 ANTH1001 title published as:
"Introduction to Anthropology"
ANTH1001 title amended to:
"Becoming Anthropologists"
22/11/2024 ANTH1002 title published as:
"Anthropology in the World"
ANTH1002 title amended to:
"Anthropology for a Better World"
22/11/2024 GCST1604 title published as:
"Introduction to Diversity"
GCST1604 title amended to:
"Race, Diversity, Difference"
22/11/2024 MUSC2666 title published as:
"Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Sou"
MUSC2666 title amended to:
"Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul"
22/11/2024 MUSC3629 title published as:
"Music in Everyday Life"
MUSC3629 title amended to:
"Music and Everyday Life"