Bachelor of Music
Composition for Creative Industries
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Unit of study table
| To qualify for the Bachelor of Music pass degree in the Composition for Creative Industries program, a candidate must successfully complete a total 192 credit points comprising: | ||
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| (i) 48 credit points of core units including: | ||
| (a) 24 credit points of Music Skills units; | ||
| (b) 24 credit points of Analysis, History and Culture Studies units; | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of Performance or Ensemble units; | ||
| (iii) 12 credit points of Final Year Projects units; | ||
| (iv) a program (72 credit points) including: | ||
| (a) 36 credit points in Composition for Creative Industries units 1 - 6; | ||
| (b) 12 credit points Composition 7 - 8 | ||
| (c) 18 credit points of discipline specific units as set out in the enrolment pattern; | ||
| (d) 6 credit points of Composition Studies units; | ||
| (v) a major (48 credit points) from Table S and/or | ||
| (vi) a minor (36 credit points) from Table S and/or | ||
| (vii) where appropriate elective units from Table A or Table S; and/or | ||
| (viii) up to a maximum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O. | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Program | ||
Composition for Creative Industries | ||
CMPN1331 | 6 | A Students are required to use a professional music notation package and a Digital Audio Workstation software package |
| CMPN1332 Composition for Creative Industries 2 | 6 | P CMPN1331 or PERF2600 |
| CMPN2333 Composition for Creative Industries 3 | 6 | P CMPN1332 or PERF2601 |
| CMPN2334 Composition for Creative Industries 4 | 6 | P CMPN2333 |
| CMPN3335 Composition for Creative Industries 5 | 6 | P CMPN2334 |
| CMPN3336 Composition for Creative Industries 6 | 6 | P CMPN3335 |
| CMPN4607 Composition 7 | 6 | P CMPN3606 or CMPN3336 or CMPN2223 or CMPN2334 or CMPN3236 Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Finale, Dorico) and if relevant, a DAW (e.g. Audacity, GarageBand, Logic, ProTools, Ableton). |
| CMPN4608 Composition 8 | 6 | P CMPN4607 Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Finale, Dorico) and a DAW (e.g. Audacity, GarageBand, Logic, ProTools, Ableton). |
Composition Studies | ||
| CMPN2320 Music Notation and Publishing | 6 | A Concurrent study with CMPN1331 is recommended where possible |
| CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration | 6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to be able to read and understand instrumental music notation of moderate complexity |
| CMPN2510 Scoring and Arranging for the Screen | 6 | |
| 6 credit points of chosen Composition Studies units from the Composition Studies pool | ||
Core | ||
Music Skills | ||
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 | 6 | |
| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 | 6 | |
| MUSC2693 Fundamentals of Music 3 | 6 | P MUSC1504 N MUSC1501 |
| 6 credit points of a chosen Music Skills unit from the Music Skills pool | ||
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) | ||
| MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music | 0 | |
| MCGY1030 This Is Music | 6 | |
| 18 credit points of chosen AHCS units from the AHCS pool | ||
Performance and Ensemble | ||
| 12 credit points of chosen Performance or Ensemble units from the Performance and Ensemble pool | ||
Final Year Project | ||
Professional and Industry Skills | ||
| SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1 | 6 | |
| SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2 | 6 | P SCMP4601 |
| PERF2622 Professional Practice Internship | 6 | |
| PERF3610 Professional Practice Internship 2 | 6 | P PERF2622 |
| PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects | 6 | A upper-level disciplinary knowledge P 72 credit points |
| (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) | ||