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Bachelor of Music (Composition for Creative Industries)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 5 December 2023.

Core requirements

To qualify for the Bachelor of Music pass degree in the Composition for Creative Industries program, a candidate must successfully complete a total 192 credit points comprising:
(i) 48 credit points of core units including:
(a) 24 credit points of Music Skills units;
(b) 24 credit points of Analysis, History and Culture Studies units;
(ii) 12 credit points of Performance or Ensemble units;
(iii) 12 credit points of Final Year Projects units;
(iv) a program (72 credit points) including:
(a) 36 credit points in Composition for Creative Industries units 1 - 6;
(b) 12 credit points of Composition 7 - 8;
(c) 18 credit points in Composition discipline units;
(d) 6 credit points in Music Technology units; and
(v) a major (48 credit points) from Table S and/or
(vi) a minor (36 credit points) from Table S and/or
(vii) where appropriate elective units from Table A or Table S; and/or
(viii) up to a maximum of 12 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.

Minimum levels of achievement

Area of study

Credit points

Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree

Composition for Creative Industries 72

36 cps Composition for Creative Industries 1-6;

12 cps Composition 7-8;

6 cps CMPN2320 Music Notation and Publishing;

6 cps CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration;

6 cps CMPN2510 Scoring and Arranging for the Screen;

6 cps Music Technology unit

Music Skills 24

18 cps Fundamentals of Music units, which can include Popular Music Theory;

6 cps Music Skills elective, which can include Music Business Skills

Analysis, History and Culture Studies (AHCS) 24

0 cps MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music; 6 cps MCGY1030 This is Music;

18 cps in AHCS in Foundation or elective units

Performance and Ensemble 12 12 cps Performance or Ensemble units
4th Year Project 12 12 cps in Music Specialist Creative Project units (or Industry Community Project units)
Electives 48 (48 cps of a chosen major from music or Table S) or (36 cps of a chosen minor in music or Table S and 6 cps of free choice) or (48 cps of free choice)

Standard enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP Semester 2 CP Semester 3 CP Semester 4 CP

CMPN1331
Composition for Creative Industries 1

6

CMPN1332
Composition for Creative Industries 2

6

CMPN2333
Composition for Creative Industries 3

6

CMPN2334
Composition for Creative Industries 4

6

MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1 or MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2

6

MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2 OR MUSC2693
Fundamentals of Music 3

6

MUSC2693
Fundamentals of Music 3 or
MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory

6

Free choice

6

CMPN2320
Music Notation and Publishing
6 Music Technology Unit 6 CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
  CMPN2510
Scoring and Arranging for the Screen
 

MCGY1030
This is Music

6

AHCS unit

6

Free choice

6

AHCS unit

6

MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 24 24 24

Semester 5

CP

Semester 6

CP

Semester 7

CP

Semester 8

CP

CMPN3335
Composition for Creative Industries 5

6

CMPN3336
Composition for Creative Industries 6

6

CMPN4607
Composition 7

6

CMPN4608
Composition 8

6

AHCS unit

6


Performance/Ensemble

6

SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or ICPU

6

SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or ICPU

6

Performance/Ensemble

6

Music Skills or elective or JAZZ3631
Music Business Skills

6

Free choice

12

Free choice

12

Free choice 6 Free choice 6        
24 24 24 24