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Bachelor of Music

Contemporary Music Practice

Minimum levels of achievement

Resolutions	Area of study	Credit points	Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Program	Contemporary Music Practice	72	48 cps Contemporary Music Practice 1-8; 24 cps in Contemporary Music Studies units;
Additional Core	Performance and Ensemble	12	Performance or Ensemble units
Core	Music Skills	24	18 cps Fundamentals of Music units, which can include Popular Music Theory; 6 cps The Studio for Songwriters 1
Core	Analysis, History and Culture Studies (AHCS)	24	0 cps Australian Indigenous Music; 6 cps This is Music; 6 cps Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music & Media; 12 cps in AHCS Foundation or Elective units
Final Year Project	Final 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
MUSC1401 Contemporary Music Practice 1	6	MUSC1402 Contemporary Music Practice 2	6	MUSC2403 Contemporary Music Practice 3	6	MUSC2404 Contemporary Music Practice 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	AHCS Elective	6
MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media	6	AHCS unit	6	Contemporary Music Studies unit	6	Contemporary Music Studies unit	6
MCGY1030 This is Music	6	MUSC1611 The Studio for Songwriters 1	6	Electives	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
MUSC3405 Contemporary Music Practice 5	6	MUSC3406 Contemporary Music Practice 6	6	MUSC4407 Contemporary Music Practice 7	6	MUSC4408 Contemporary Music Practice 8	6
Contemporary Music Studies unit	6	Contemporary Music Studies unit	6	SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or ICPU	6	SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or ICPU	6
Performance Ensemble	6	Performance Ensemble	6	Electives	12	Electives	12
Electives	6	Elective or JAZZ3631 Music Industry Skills	6
	24		24		24		24