Diploma of Music
Composition
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Unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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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 |
| 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 |
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) | ||
| MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music | 0 | |
| MCGY1030 This Is Music | 6 | |
| 6 credit points of chosen AHCS units from the AHCS pool | ||
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 |
Additional 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 |
| CMPN2613 Comp Techniques: Number and Process | 6 | P CMPN2614 |
| CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process | 6 | P CMPN1612 |
| 6 credit points of chosen Composition Studies units from the Composition Studies pool. | ||
| 18 credit points of electives from Table A (Music) and/or Table S and/or a maximum of 6 credit points from Table O. | ||