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Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Composition

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

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music (Music Education), candidates must successfully complete 192 credit points comprising:
(i) 60 credit points of core units as specified in Table A, including:
(a) 24 credit points of Music Skills units of study;
(b) 30 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies units;
(c) 6 credit points of Performance or Ensemble units of study; and
(ii) 96 credit points of Music Education units as specified in Table A; and
(iii) 24 credit points of Principal Study units of study; and
(iv) EDLN2000 Lantite undergraduate; and
(v) where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S and 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

Principal Study

CMPN1601
Composition 1
6  
CMPN1602
Composition 2
6 A Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Finale, Dorico)
P CMPN1601
CMPN2603
Composition 3
6 P CMPN1602
CMPN2604
Composition 4
6 P CMPN2603

Music Education

MUED1010
Key Ideas in Music Education
3  
MUED1008
Fundamentals of Teaching
3  
MUED1005
Key Approaches in Music Education
3  
MUED1009
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
3  
MUED4002
Technology in Music Education
3  
MUED1007
Australian Indigenous Music and Education
3  
MUED2605
Children, Music and Educational Settings
6 A Previous completion of MUED1010 and MUED1005 is recommended
P MUED1008
MUED2302
Classroom Management
3 A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to be able to read and understand music and have a genuine interest in studying how to teach and engage adolescent learners in studying music in secondary school
P MUED1010 or MUED1005 or MUED1009 or MUED1008
MUED2606
Adolescent Development and Behaviour
6 P MUED2605 and MUED1009 and MUED1008
MUED4006
Popular Music Studies
3  
MUED3605
Teaching Junior Secondary Music
6 P EDLN2000 and MUED2605
MUED3606
Professional Experience 2
6 P MUED3605
MUED4603
Cultural Diversity in Music Education
6 A It is recommended that students have successfully completed MUED2605 and MUED3605 prior to undertaking this unit
MUED3604
Ensemble Pedagogy
6  
MUED4602
Senior Secondary Music Education
6 P MUED3606
MUED3603
Composition in Music Education
3  
MUED3031
Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
3  
MUED4622
Special Education in Music
6 P EDLN2000
C MUED4633
MUED4623
Professional/Social Issues in Music Education
6 P EDLN2000
C MUED4633
MUED4633
Professional Experience 3
12 P MUED3606
C MUED4602

LANTITE

EDLN2000
LANTITE Undergraduate
0  

Core

Composition Studies
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
CMPN1000
Composition Through Improvisation 1
3  
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3  
Music Skills
MCGY1000
Aural Perception 1
3  
MCGY1001
Aural Perception 1A
3  
MCGY1002
Aural Perception 1B
3 P MCGY1001
MCGY1003
Aural Perception 2
3 P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002
MCGY2004
Aural Perception 3
3 P MCGY1003
MCGY2005
Aural Perception 4
3 P MCGY2004
MCGY1008
Harmony and Analysis 1
3 A Ability to read musical notation including treble and bass clefs, and knowledge of scales, intervals and triads in tonal music
MCGY1009
Harmony and Analysis 2
3 P MCGY1008
MCGY2010
Harmony and Analysis 3
3 P MCGY1009
MCGY2011
Harmony and Analysis 4
3 P MCGY2010
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)
MCGY1030
This Is Music
6  
CMPN1612
New Music, New Thinking
6  
MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6  
Performance and Ensemble
6 credit points of chosen Performance or Ensemble units from the Performance and Ensemble pool

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
22/11/2024 Assumed Knowledge (A) for CMPN1601 published as: 
"Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Finale, Dorico)."
Assumed Knowledge (A) for CMPN1601 removed:
22/11/2024 EDLN2000 title published as:
"LANTITE"
EDLN2000 title amended to:
"LANTITE Undergraduate"
22/11/2024 No Prerequisites (P) for MCGY1008 Prerequisites (P) for MCGY100 8added:
"MCGY1008"