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Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Performance

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

Performance Study

PERF1211
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 1
6 A Available to students who successfully auditioned into their chosen Principal Study for the BMus Education degree.
PERF1212
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 2
6 P PERF1211 or WIND1611 or WIND1621 or STRG1601 or DRUM1601 or WIND1631 or STRG1611 or STRG1621 or EMUS1611 or BRSS1601 or WIND1641 or ORGN1601 or PRCN1601 or KEYB1621 or PERF1601 or WIND1661 or BRSS1611 or BRSS1621 or BRSS1631 or STRG1641 or STRG1661 or STRG1671 or VSAO1611
PERF2213
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 3
6 P PERF1212 or WIND1612 or WIND1622 or STRG1602 or DRUM1602 or WIND1632 or STRG1612 or STRG1622 or EMUS1612 or BRSS1602 or WIND1642 or ORGN1602 or PRCN1602 or KEYB1622 or PERF1602 or WIND1662 or BRSS1612 or BRSS1622 or BRSS1632 or STRG1642 or STRG1662 or STRG1672 or VSAO1612
PERF2214
Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 4
6 P PERF2213 or WIND2613 or WIND2623 or STRG2603 or DRUM2203 or WIND2633 or STRG2613 or STRG2623 or EMUS2613 or BRSS2603 or WIND2643 or ORGN2603 or PRCN2603 or KEYB2623 or PERF2623 or WIND2663 or BRSS2613 or BRSS2623 or BRSS2633 or STRG2643 or STRG2663 or STRG2673 or VSAO2613

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

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  
MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6  
MCGY2611
Music from the Middle Ages to Baroque
6 A Ability to read musical notation
MCGY2613
Music in Modern Times
6 A Ability to read musical notation
MCGY2612
Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras
6 A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory
Performance and Ensemble
And 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 PERF1211 title published as:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Education) 1"
PERF1211 title amended to:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 1"
22/11/2024 No Assumed Knowledge (A) for PERF1211  Assumed Knowledge (A) for PERF1211 added:
"Available to students who successfully auditioned into their chosen Principal Study for the BMus Education degree."
22/11/2024 PERF1212 title published as:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Education) 2"
PERF1212 title amended to:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 2"
22/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for PERF1212 published as:
"BRSS1601 or BRSS1611 or BRSS1621 or BRSS1631 or DRUM1601 or EMUS1611 or KEYB1621 or ORGN1601 or PERF1211 or PERF1601 or PRCN1601 or STRG1601 or STRG1611 or STRG1621 or STRG1641 or STRG1661 or STRG1671 or VSAO1611 or WIND1611 or WIND1621 or WIND1631 or WIND1641 or WIND1661"
Prerequisites (P) for PERF1212 amended to:
"PERF1211 or WIND1611 or WIND1621 or STRG1601 or DRUM1601 or WIND1631 or STRG1611 or STRG1621 or EMUS1611 or BRSS1601 or WIND1641 or ORGN1601 or PRCN1601 or KEYB1621 or PERF1601 or WIND1661 or BRSS1611 or BRSS1621 or BRSS1631 or STRG1641 or STRG1661 or STRG1671 or VSAO1611"
22/11/2024 PERF2213 title published as:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Education) 3"
PERF2213 title amended to:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 3"
22/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for PERF2213 published as:
"BRSS1602 or BRSS1612 or BRSS1622 or BRSS1632 or DRUM1602 or EMUS1612 or KEYB1622 or ORGN1602 or PERF1212 or PERF1602 or PRCN1602 or STRG1602 or STRG1612 or STRG1622 or STRG1642 or STRG1662 or STRG1672 or VSAO1612 or WIND1612 or WIND1622 or WIND1632 or WIND1642 or WIND1662"
Prerequisites (P) for PERF2213 amended to:
"PERF1212 or WIND1612 or WIND1622 or STRG1602 or DRUM1602 or WIND1632 or STRG1612 or STRG1622 or EMUS1612 or BRSS1602 or WIND1642 or ORGN1602 or PRCN1602 or KEYB1622 or PERF1602 or WIND1662 or BRSS1612 or BRSS1622 or BRSS1632 or STRG1642 or STRG1662 or STRG1672 or VSAO1612"
22/11/2024 PERF2214 title published as:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Education) 4"
PERF2214 title amended to:
"Principal Study Performance (Music Ed) 4"
22/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for PERF2214 published as:
"BRSS2603 or BRSS2613 or BRSS2623 or BRSS2633 or DRUM2203 or EMUS2613 or KEYB2623 or ORGN2603 or PERF2213 or PERF2623 or PRCN2603 or STRG2603 or STRG2613 or STRG2623 or STRG2643 or STRG2663 or STRG2673 or VSAO2613 or WIND2613 or WIND2623 or WIND2633 or WIND2643 or WIND2663"
Prerequisites (P) for PERF2214 amended to:
"PERF2213 or WIND2613 or WIND2623 or STRG2603 or DRUM2203 or WIND2633 or STRG2613 or STRG2623 or EMUS2613 or BRSS2603 or WIND2643 or ORGN2603 or PRCN2603 or KEYB2623 or PERF2623 or WIND2663 or BRSS2613 or BRSS2623 or BRSS2633 or STRG2643 or STRG2663 or STRG2673 or VSAO2613"
22/11/2024 EDLN2000 title published as:
"LANTITE"
EDLN2000 title amended to:
"LANTITE Undergraduate"