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Music minors

A minor requires the completion of 36 credit points as set out in the Learning and Teaching policy according to one of the following patterns of 6 credit point units:
(a) 2 x 1000-level units, 2 x 2000-level units, and 2 x 3000-level units; or
(b) 2 x 1000-level units, 3 x 2000-level units, and 1 x 3000-level unit
Units of study contributing towards one minor may not contribute toward any other major completed except where otherwise approved by the faculty.

Community Music minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12

MCGY1031 Musical Worlds of Today or MUSC1604 Music, Health and Wellbeing

6 cps from the following units:GCST1604 Introduction to Diversity or OLET1231 Community Engagement for Change and any two of the following: OLET1135, OLET1403, OLET1405

2000 12

6 cps PERF2622 Professional Practice Internship 1*

6 cps from the following units: MUSC2645 Psychology of Music, MUSC2691 Music and Politics, MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music, MUED2301 Music Learning through Community Services and MUED4006 Popular Music Studies

3000 12

6 cps from the following units: MUSC3631 Music in Public: Performance and Power, MUSC3629 Music in Everyday Life, PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects **

6 cps from the following units: MUED3604 Ensemble Pedagogy, PERF3000 Conducting 1, PERF3001 Conducting 2, PERF3603 Advanced Conducting

* Students should seek a placement with a community arts organisation.
** Students should seek a project related to community practice

Composition for Creative Industries minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12 CMPN1331 Composition for Creative Industries 1, CMPN1332 Composition for Creative Industries 2
2000 18 CMPN2333 Composition for Creative Industries 3, CMPN2334 Composition for Creative Industries 4, CMPN2510 Scoring & Arranging for the Screen or CMPN2320 Music Notation & Publishing
3000 6 JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills

Digital Music and Media minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12 CMPN1220 Foundations of Digital Music, CMPN1221 Digital Music Composition 1
2000 18 CMPN2222 Digital Composition 2, CMPN2223 Digital Composition 3, CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals
3000 6

6 cps from the following units:

CMPN3635 Writing Music for the Moving Image, MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques, CMPN3634 Interactive Media and Sound Installations

Ethnomusicology minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12

12 credit points from the following units:

ANTH1001 Introduction to Anthropology; ANTH1002 Anthropology in the World; GCST1601 Introduction to Cultural Studies; GCST1604 Introduction to Diversity; INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures; LNGS1001 Structure of Language; LNGS1002 Language and Social Context; MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds

2000 12

MCGY2621 Exploring Ethnomusicology;

6 cps from the following units: (ENSE2300 Gamelan 1 and ENSE2301 Gamelan 2); or (MUSC2648 Words and Music: Song across Cultures; MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music; MUSC2666 Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul; PERF2604 Chinese Music Ensemble 1, PERF2605 Chinese Music Ensemble 2

3000 12

12 cps from the following units:

MCGY3602 Understanding East Asian Music; MCGY5601 Music Through Ethnography; MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalisation; MUSC3629 Music in Everyday Life; MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America; MUSC3641 Music, Environment and Climate Change; MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing; PERF3606 Chinese Music Ensemble 3

Indigenous Music minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12 MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds, MUED1007 Australian Indigenous Music and Education, MUED1010 Key Ideas In Music Education
2000 12 MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music, MUSC2648 Words and Music: Song Across Cultures
3000 12 MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalisation; plus 6 cps from the following units: KOCR3602 Race, Racism and Indigenous Australia, KOCR3607 Re-awakening Australian Languages, KOCR3605 Writing Country: Indigenous Ecopoetics

Performance and Ensembles minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12 12 cps x 1000 level performance or ensemble units
2000 12 MCGY2601 Perception of Music Performance, 6 cps x 2000 level performance or ensemble units
3000 12 12 cps x 3000 level performance or ensemble units

Performance Science minor

Level Credit points Required units of study
1000 12 MUED1009 Psychology of Learning and Instruction, MUED1008 Fundamentals of Teaching, MUSC1604 Music, Health and Well-Being
2000 12 MUSC2645 Psychology of Music, MCGY2601 Perception of Music Performance
3000 12 MCGY5603 Music as Social Science, 6cps x 3000 level Performance or Ensemble units of study