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Bachelor of Music (Digital Music and Media)

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 Digital Music and Media 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 in Performance or Ensemble units;
(iii) 12 credit points of Final Year Projects units;
(iv) a program (72 credit points) including:
(a) 6 credit points of Foundations of Digital Music and Media;
(b) 18 credit points Digital Composition 1 - 3;
(c) 12 credit points of Composition Studies units;
(d) 12 credit points Composition 7 - 8;
(e) 24 credit points of discipline specific units as set out in the enrolment pattern;
(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
Digital Music and Media 72 6 cps CMPN1220 Foundations of Digital Music and Media;
18 cps Digital Composition 1-3; 12 cps Composition studies; 12 cps Composition 7-8;
18 cps prescribed CMPN units in enrolment pattern below;
6 cps MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques
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 Foundation or Elective units
Performance and Ensemble 12 12 cps in 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
CMPN1220
Foundations of Digital Music and Media
6 CMPN1221
Digital Composition 1
6 CMPN2222
Digital Composition 2
6 CMPN2223
Digital Composition 3
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 MUSC3603
Advanced Digital Music Techniques
6
CMPN1014
Sound Recording Fundamentals
3 AHCS unit 6 CMPN2631
Electroacoustic Music
6 CMPN2632
Computer Music Fundamentals
6
CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology
3 Free choice 6 Free choice 6 AHCS unit 6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6            
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0            
24
24
24
24

 

Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
Composition Studies unit 6 Composition Studies unit 6 CMPN4607
Composition 7
6 CMPN4608
Composition 8
6
Performance/Ensemble 6 Performance/Ensemble 6 SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or ICPU
6 SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or ICPU
6
Free choice 6 Free choice 6 Free choice
12 Free choice 12
AHCS unit 6 Music Skills elective or JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills          
24
24
24
24