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Bachelor of Music / Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 1 December 2023.

Core requirements

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition), a candidate must successully complete 240 credit points comprising:
(i) 102 credit points of Specialisation units of study including:
(a) 48 credit points of Principal Study units;
(b) 48 credit points in Composition Studies units;
(c) 6 credit points in Performance/ensemble units;
(ii) 30 credit points of core units including:
(a) 18 credit points of Harmony and Analysis and Aural Perception units;
(b) 18 credit points of Analysis, History and Culture Studies units;
(iii) 6 credit points in the Open Learning Environment (OLE) units as specified in Table O;
(iv) A major (48 credit points) from Table S;
(v) A minimum of 24 credit points at 4000 level from a Specialisation or Table S, including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project of at least 12 credit points and up to 36 credit points;
(vi) where appropriate, elective units of study from a Specialisation or Table S.

Minimum levels of achievement

Area of study Credit points
Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Principal Study 48
Composition 1-8
Composition Studies 48
39 cps prescribed CMPN units in enrolment pattern below;
3 cps Composer Performer Workshop 1;
6 cps Composition Studies unit
Performance and Ensemble 6
Performance or Ensemble units
Music Skills 18
Harmony and Analysis: Aural Perception units
Analysis, History and Culture Studies 18
0 cps MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music;
6 cps MCGY1030 This is Music;
12 cps AHCS Foundation or Elective units
Table O (OLE) 6 Open Learning Environment units
Table S major 48
12cps x 1000 level, 12cp x 2000 level, 24cps x 3000 level units
Advanced coursework or Honours 48
4000-level Advanced Coursework from Music or Table S major including Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2, or Honours

Standard enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP
Semester 2
CP
Semester 3
CP
Semester 4
CP
CMPN1601
Composition 1
6 CMPN1602
Composition 2
6 CMPN2603
Composition 3
6 CMPN2604
Composition 4
6
Music Theory and Aural 6 Music Theory and Aural 6 Music Theory and Aural 6 OLE units 6
CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
6 CMPN1612
New Music, New Thinking
6 CMPN2631
Electroacoustic Music
6 CMPN2632
Computer Music Fundamentals
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6 CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology or
CMPN1014
Sound Recording Fundamentals
3 1000-level Table S major 6 1000-level Table S major 6
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0
Performance/Ensemble
3        
24 24 24 24
Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
CMPN3605
Composition 5
6 CMPN3606
Composition 6
6 CMPN4607
Composition 7
6 CMPN4608
Composition 8
6
CMPN2613
Comp Techniques: Number and Process
6 CMPN2614
Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process

6

Composer Performer Workshop 1 3 AHCS unit 6
Performance/Ensemble 3
AHCS Foundation unit 6 Composition Studies unit 6 3000-level Table S major 6 3000-level Table S major 6
2000-level Table S major 6 2000-level Table S major 6 3000-level Table S major 6 3000-level Table S major 6
               
24 24 24 24
Semester 9 CP Semester 10 CP
SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or Honours
6 SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or Honours
6
4000-level Advanced Coursework or Honours
6 4000-level Advanced Coursework or Honours 6
Elective or Honours 6 Elective or Honours 6
Elective or Honours 6 Elective or Honours 6
24 24