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Diploma of Music

Composition

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 22 November 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Unit of study table

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

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.

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
22/11/2024 Assumed Knowledge (A) for CMPN2603 published as:
"Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Finale, Dorico)."
Assumed Knowledge (A) for CMPN2603 removed: