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Diploma of Music

Contemporary Music Practice

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 27 November 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Unit of study table

To qualify for the award of the Diploma of Music, a candidate must successfully complete 96 credit points comprising:
(a) 30 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 0-credit point unit of study, MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music
(c) 24 credit points of Principal Study Area units of study as listed and defined in Section 5 below; and
(d) 24 credit points of additional Core and Ensemble/Performance units of study as required by the Principal Study Area; and
(e) 18 credit points of elective units of study from Table A, Table S, and Table O

 

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

Core

Music Skills
MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1
6  
MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2
6  
MUSC2693
Fundamentals of Music 3
6 P MUSC1504
N MUSC1501

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

MUSC1401
Contemporary Music Practice 1
6  
MUSC1401
Contemporary Music Practice 1
6  
MUSC2403
Contemporary Music Practice 3
6 P MUSC1402
MUSC2404
Contemporary Music Practice 4
6 P MUSC2403

Additional core

MUSC1611
The Studio for Songwriters 1
6 A Students enrolling in this unit of study must have some experience with writing their own original songs in a contemporary music style
P MUSC1401
18 credit points of Contemporary Music Studies units
18 credit points of chosen elective units from Table A (Music), Table S (Shared pool), and/or Table O (Open Learning Environment)

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
22/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for MUSC1401 published as:
"MUSC1401"
Prerequisites (P) for MUSC1401 removed: