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Bachelor of Music

Composition for Creative Industries

Minimum levels of achievement

Resolutions

Area of study

Credit points

Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree

Program Composition for Creative Industries 72 36 cps Composition for Creative Industries 1-6;
12 cps Composition 7-8;
6 cps Music Notation and Publishing;
6 cps Instrumentation and Orchestration;
6 cps Scoring and Arranging for the Screen
6 cps Composition Studies unit.
Core Music Skills 24 18 cps Fundamentals of Music units, which can include Popular Music Theory;
6 cps Music Skills elective, which can include Music Industry Skills
Analysis, History and Culture Studies (AHCS) 24 0 cps Australian Indigenous Music;
6 cps This is Music;
18 cps in AHCS units
Additional Core Performance and Ensemble 12 Performance or Ensemble units
Final Year Project 4th Year Project 12 Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2 (or Industry Community Project units)
Electives Electives 48

Either:

  • 48 credit points of a chosen major from Table A (music) or Table S) or
  • 36 credit points of a chosen minor in music or Table S and 12 credit points of electives or
  • 48 credit points of electives from music and/or Table S and/or Table O.

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP Semester 2 CP Semester 3 CP Semester 4 CP

CMPN1331
Composition for Creative Industries 1

6

CMPN1332
Composition for Creative Industries 2

6

CMPN2333
Composition for Creative Industries 3

6

CMPN2334
Composition for Creative Industries 4

6

MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1

6

MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2

6

MUSC2693
Fundamentals of Music 3 or
MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory

6

Elective

6

CMPN2320
Music Notation and Publishing
6 Composition Studies unit 6 CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
  CMPN2510
Scoring and Arranging for the Screen
 

MCGY1030
This is Music

6

AHCS unit

6

Elective

6

AHCS unit

6

MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

  24   24   24   24

Semester 5

CP

Semester 6

CP

Semester 7

CP

Semester 8

CP

CMPN3335
Composition for Creative Industries 5

6

CMPN3336
Composition for Creative Industries 6

6

CMPN4607
Composition 7

6

CMPN4608
Composition 8

6

AHCS unit

6


Performance/Ensemble

6

SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or ICPU

6

SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or ICPU

6

Performance/Ensemble

6

Music Skills or elective or JAZZ3631
Music Industry Skills

6

Electives

12

Electives

12

Electives 6 Electives 6        
  24   24   24   24