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Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)

Unit of study table

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To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition), a candidate must successfully complete 240 credit points comprising:
(1) 48 credit points of Principal Study units of study;

(2) 36 credit points of core units comprising;

(a) 18 credit points of Music Skills units of study; and

(b) 18 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) units of study, including:

(i) MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music (0 credit point)

(ii) MCGY1030 This is Music

(iii) 12 credit points of AHCS elective units of study

(3) 54 credit points of additional core units of study, including:

(a) 48 credit points of Composition Studies units of study; and

(b) 6 credit points of Performance and Ensemble units of study.

(4) 6 credit points in the Open Learning Environment (OLE) units as specified in Table O; and
(e) a 48 credit point major from Table S; and
(f) a minimum of 24 credit points at 4000 level from Table A or Table S, including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project of at least 12 credit points and up to 36 credit points; and
(g) where appropriate, elective units of study from Table A or Table S.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
Principal Study units of study
CMPN1601
Composition 1
6  
CMPN1602
Composition 2
6 P CMPN1601
CMPN2603
Composition 3
6 P CMPN1602
CMPN2604
Composition 4
6 P CMPN2603
CMPN3605
Composition 5
6 P CMPN2604 or CMPN2223
CMPN3606
Composition 6
6 P CMPN3605
CMPN4607
Composition 7
6 P CMPN3606 or CMPN3336 or CMPN2223 or CMPN2334 or CMPN3236
CMPN4608
Composition 8
6 P CMPN4607

Core units of study

Music Skills units of study
MCGY1000
Aural Perception 1
3  
MCGY1001
Aural Perception 1A
3  
MCGY1002
Aural Perception 1B
3 P MCGY1001
MCGY1003
Aural Perception 2
3 P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002
MCGY2004
Aural Perception 3
3 P MCGY1003
MCGY2005
Aural Perception 4
3 P MCGY2004
MCGY1008
Harmony and Analysis 1
3 A Ability to read musical notation including treble and bass clefs, and knowledge of scales, intervals and triads in tonal music
MCGY1009
Harmony and Analysis 2
3 P MCGY1008
MCGY2010
Harmony and Analysis 3
3 P MCGY1009
MCGY2011
Harmony and Analysis 4
3 P MCGY2010
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) units of study
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0  
MCGY1030
This Is Music
6  
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) units of study elective units of study
CMPN1612
New Music, New Thinking
6  
CMPN4666
Advanced
Analysis
6  
EMUS2500
Historically
Informed Style
Workshop
6  
JAZZ3618
Jazz
Musicology and
Analysis
6 P JAZZ2017 or JAZZ2624
MCGY1019
Musicology
Workshop 1
3  
MCGY1020
Musicology
Workshop 2
3 P MCGY1019
MCGY1031
Australian
Musical Worlds
6  
MCGY2601
Perception
of Music Performance
6  
MCGY2611
Music from
the Middle Ages to
Baroque
6 A Ability to read musical notation
MCGY2612
Music in
the Classical and
Romantic Eras
6 A The ability to read musical notation and basic knowledge of music theory
MCGY2613
Music in
Modern Times
6 A Ability to read musical notation
MCGY2615
The
Ultimate Art: 400 Years
of Opera
6 P MCGY2611 or MCGY2612 or MCGY2613 or MUSC1506
MCGY2621
Exploring
Ethnomusicology
6 P MCGY1030
MCGY3061
Advanced
Harmony
6 P MCGY2011
MCGY3602
Understanding East
Asian Music
6  
MCGY3604
J.S. Bach
and His World
6 A Broad knowledge of Baroque music equivalent to MCGY2611 or MUSC1506
MCGY3629
Romanticism and the
Fantastic
6 A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850
MCGY3630
New
Germans: Wagner and
Liszt 1848-76
6 A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850
P MCGY2612
MCGY3636
Mozart's
World: Music in the
Age of Reason
6 A It is recommended that students have completed MUSC1506 or MCGY2612, or have a sound knowledge of late 18th-century repertoire
MUSC1506
Classical
Music: A Cultural
History
6 A The ability to follow a musical score while listening to the music and knowledge of elementary music theory
MUSC1507
Sounds,
Screens, Speakers:
Music and Media
6  
MUSC2616
Noise/Sound/Music:
Engaging Sonic Worlds
6  
MUSC2638
Jazz Riots
and Revolutions
6  
MUSC2644
Introduction to the
Philosophy of Music
6  
MUSC2645
Psychology
of Music
6  
MUSC2654
Popular
Music
6  
MUSC2663
Survey of
Film Music
6  
MUSC2664
Popular
Music and the Moving
Image
6  
MUSC2665
Chinese
Music: From Concepts
to Practice
6 A No prior knowledge of Western or Chinese score notation is presumed.
MUSC2666
Global
Sound: Drum and
Bass, Rhythm and Soul
6  
MUSC2672
Australian
Popular Music
6  
MUSC2675
History of
the Musical
6  
MUSC2677
Amplifying
Voices and Stories
Through Music
6  
MUSC2682
Musical
Instruments in Society
and Culture
6  
MUSC2684
Pop
Musicology
6 P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 or MCGY1008 or JAZZ1621 or JAZZ1019
MUSC3609
Musicology
6  
MUSC3610
Musical
Traditions and
Globalization
6  
MUSC3629
Music and
Everyday Life
6  
MUSC3631
Music in
Public: Performance
and Power
6  
MUSC3641
Music,
Environment and
Climate Change
6  
MUSC3699
Understanding Music:
Modes of Hearing
6  
MUSC4214
Musicology
Workshop Advanced
6  
PERF2622
Professional
Practice Internship
6  
PERF3610
Professional
Practice Internship 2
6 P PERF2622
VSAO1300
Classical
Singer's Repertoire
Book
6  

Additional Core units of study

Composition Studies units of study
CMPN1611
Instrumentation and
Orchestration
6 A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to be able to read and understand instrumental music notation of moderate complexity
CMPN1612
New Music, New
Thinking
6  
CMPN2631
Electroacoustic
Music
6 A Proficiency in the usage of any industry standard DAW and attendant sound transformation and diffusion software
P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653
CMPN2632
Computer Music
Fundamentals
6 P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653
CMPN2613
Comp Techniques:
Number and Process
6 P CMPN2614
CMPN2614
Comp Techniques:
Tonality and Process
6 P CMPN1612
CMPN1014
Sound and Video
Recording
Fundamentals
3  
CMPN3000
Composer Performer
Workshop 1
3 P BRSS1601 or BRSS1611 or BRSS1621 or BRSS1631 or DRUM1601 or EMUS1611 or KEYB1621 or ORGN1601 or PERF1601 or PERF1641 or PRCN1601 or STRG1601 or STRG1611 or STRG1621 or STRG1641 or STRG1661 or STRG1671 or VSAO1611 or WIND1611 or WIND1621 or WIND1631 or WIND1641 or WIND1661 or CMPN2234 or CMPN2604 or CMPN2334 or CMPN2223 or JAZZ1601 or MUSC1401
CMPN1000
Composition Through
Improvisation 1
3  
CMPN1003
Composition Through
Improvisation 2
3 P CMPN1000
CMPN1010
Creative Vocal
Ensemble
3  
CMPN1310
Percussion
Composition
Workshop
3  
CMPN2320
Music Notation
6 A Concurrent study with CMPN1331 is recommended where possible. Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Dorico).
N CMPN2604
CMPN2510
Scoring and Arranging
for the Screen
6  
CMPN3620
Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration
6 A Students should be competent in score writing and fundamental knowledge of instruments and orchestration while also having composition experience
P CMPN1611
CMPN3634
Interactive Media and
Sound Installations
6 P CMPN1013 or MUSC2653
CMPN3635
Writing Music for the
Moving Image
6 P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653 or MUED4002
CMPN3636
Live Electronic Music
Performance
6 A Students enrolling in this Unit of Study are expected to have previous experience with music technology, including recording and music creation software. Students will be expected to perform
P (CMPN1013 or MUED1002 or MUSC2653) and (MUSC3603 or CMPN1631 or CMPN1632 or CMPN3634 or CMPN2223)
CMPN3001
Composer Performer
Workshop 2
3 P CMPN3000
CMPN4000
Composer Performer
Workshop 3
3 P CMPN3001
CMPN4001
Composer Performer
Workshop 4
3 P CMPN4000
MUSC2614
Composition
Workshop
6 A The ability to play a musical instrument and/or make music with digital devices.
P 18 credit points of 1000-level units
Performance and Ensemble units of study
Refer to the Performance and Ensemble Units of Study table

4000-level units of study

4000-level Advanced Coursework units of study
AGRI4001
Advanced Plant
Production Systems
6 P 144 credit points of units including AGRI2001 and AGRI3888
AMED4101
Research Skills
and Processes
6 A A major in one of the following areas: Applied Medical Science, Immunology & Pathology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biology; Microbiology; Cell & Developmental Biology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology; Medicinal Chemistry; Neuroscience, Physiology, Anatomy and Histology, Genetics & Genomics; Quantitative Life Science
AMSI4001
AMSI Summer
School
6 A Completion of a Bachelor's degree with a major in Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Mathematics and Statistics, Data Science, Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms, Mathematical Modelling and Computation, or equivalent.
AVBS4020
ONE Health
6 A Fundamental understanding of disease epidemiology and risk
P 144 credit points of units including AVBS3001 or FOOD3000 or VIRO3X01 or MICR3X52 or BIOL3019 or BIOL3033
N AVBS4004
ENVX4001
GIS, Remote
Sensing and Land
Management
6 A Basic GIS knowledge. Completion of at least a major or minor
P 144 credit points of 1000-3000 level units
FOOD4002
Future Foods
6 P 144 credit points of units of study including 12 credit points of FOOD3XXX
HPSC4101
Philosophy of
Science
6 P 12 credit points of HPSC3XXX or PHIL3XXX or HSTY3XXX
HPSC4102
History of
Science
6 P 12 credit points of HPSC3XXX or PHIL3XXX or HSTY3XXX
HPSC4103
Sociology of
Science
6 P 12 credit points of HPSC3XXX or PHIL3XXX or HSTY3XXX
HPSC4104
Recent Topics
in HPS
6 P 12 credit points of HPSC3XXX or PHIL3XXX or HSTY3XXX
HPSC4105
HPS Research
Methods
6 P 12 credit points of HPSC3XXX or PHIL3XXX or HSTY3XXX
HPSC4108
Core Topics:
History and Philosophy of
Sci
6 P 12 credit points of HPSC3XXX or PHIL3XXX or HSTY3XXX
LIFE4000
Data and
Technology for the Life
Sciences
6 A Completion of units in quantitative research methods, mathematics or statistical analysis at least at 1000-level
P 144 credit points of units of study including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A or 1
LIFE4101
Advanced Life
Science
6 A This unit is advanced coursework related to understanding cellular and molecular processes in biology. It assumes background knowledge of cellular and molecular biological aspects of the life sciences consistent with a degree major in Biochemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Cell Pathology, Genetics and Genomics, Immunobiology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutrition Science, or Quantitative Life Sciences
P A WAM of 65 or greater and 144 credit points of units of study including a minimum of 12 credit points from the following (AMED3XXX or ANAT3XXX or ANSC3105 or BCHM3XXX or BCMB3XXX or BIOL3XXX or CPAT3XXX or ENVX3XXX or FOOD3XXX or GEGE3XXX or HSTO3XXX or IMMU3XXX or INFD3XXX or MEDS3XXX or MICR3XXX or NEUR3XXX or NUTM3XXX or PCOL3XXX or PHSI3XXX or QBIO3XXX or SCPU3001 or STAT3XXX or VIRO3XXX)
MATH4061
Metric Spaces
6 A Real analysis and vector spaces. For example (MATH2922 or MATH2961) and (MATH2923 or MATH2962)
P An average mark of 65 or above in 12 credit points from the following units (MATH2X21 or MATH2X22 or MATH2X23 or MATH2X80 or MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3063 or MATH3076 or MATH3078 or MATH3962 or MATH3963 or MATH3968 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3977 or MATH3978 or MATH3979)
N MATH3961
MATH4062
Rings, Fields
and Galois Theory
6 P (MATH2922 or MATH2961) or a mark of 65 or greater in (MATH2022 or MATH2061) or 12 credit points from (MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3063 or MATH3076 or MATH3078 or MATH3962 or MATH3963 or MATH3968 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3977 or MATH3978 or MATH3979)
N MATH3062 or MATH3962
MATH4063
Dynamical
Systems and Applications
6 P (A mark of 65 or greater in 12 credit points of MATH2XXX units of study) or [a mark of 65 or greater in (6 credit points of MATH2XXX) and (6 credit points of STAT2XXX)] or [12 credit points from (MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3076 or MATH3078 or MATH3961 or MATH3962 or MATH3968 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3977 or MATH3978 or MATH3979)]
N MATH3063 or MATH3963
MATH4068
Differential
Geometry
6 A Vector calculus, differential equations and real analysis, for example MATH2X21 and MATH2X23
P (A mark of 65 or greater in 12 credit points of MATH2XXX units of study) or [12 credit points from (MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3063 or MATH3076 or MATH3078 or MATH3961 or MATH3962 or MATH3963 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3977 or MATH3978 or MATH3979)]
N MATH3968
MATH4069
Measure Theory
and Fourier Analysis
6 A (MATH2921 and MATH2922) or MATH2961
P (A mark of 65 or greater in 12 credit points of MATH2XXX units of study) or [12 credit points from the following units (MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3063 or MATH3076 or MATH3078 or MATH3961 or MATH3962 or MATH3963 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3977 or MATH3978 or MATH3979)]
N MATH3969
MATH4071
Convex
Analysis and Optimal
Control
6 A MATH2X21 and MATH2X23 and STAT2X11
P [A mark of 65 or above in 12cp of (MATH2XXX or STAT2XXX or DATA2X02)] or [12cp of (MATH3XXX or STAT3XXX)]
N MATH3971
MATH4074
Fluid Dynamics
6 A (MATH2961 and MATH2965) or (MATH2921 and MATH2922)
P (A mark of 65 or above in 12 credit points of MATH2XXX) or (12 credit points of MATH3XXX)
N MATH3974
MATH4076
Computational
Mathematics
6 A (MATH2X21 and MATH2X22) or (MATH2X61 and MATH2X65)
P [A mark of 65 or above in (12 credit points of MATH2XXX) or (6 credit points of MATH2XXX and 6 credit points of STAT2XXX or DATA2X02)] or (12 credit points of MATH3XXX)
N MATH3076 or MATH3976
MATH4077
Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian Dynamics
6 A 6 credit points of 1000 level calculus units and 3 credit points of 1000 level linear algebra and (MATH2X21 or MATH2X61)
P (A mark of 65 or greater in 12 credit points of MATH2XXX units of study) or [12 credit points from (MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3063 or MATH3076 or MATH3078 or MATH3961 or MATH3962 or MATH3963 or MATH3968 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3978 or MATH3979)]
N MATH3977
MATH4078
PDEs and
Applications
6 A (MATH2X61 and MATH2X65) or (MATH2X21 and MATH2X22)
P [A mark of 65 or greater in 6 credit points from (MATH2X21 or MATH2X65 or MATH2067) and a mark of 65 or greater 6 credit points from (MATH2X22 or MATH2X61)] or [12 credit points from (MATH3061 or MATH3066 or MATH3063 or MATH3076 or MATH3961 or MATH3962 or MATH3963 or MATH3968 or MATH3969 or MATH3971 or MATH3974 or MATH3976 or MATH3977 or MATH3979)]
N MATH3078 or MATH3978
MATH4079
Complex
Analysis
6 A Good knowledge of analysis of functions of one real variable, working knowledge of complex numbers, including their topology, for example MATH2X23 or MATH2962 or MATH3068
P (A mark of 65 or above in 12 credit points of MATH2XXX) or (12 credit points of MATH3XXX)
N MATH3979 or MATH3964
MATH4311
Algebraic
Topology
6 A Familiarity with abstract algebra and basic topology, e.g., (MATH2922 or MATH2961 or equivalent), (MATH3961 or equivalent) and (MATH2923 or equivalent)
MATH4312
Commutative
Algebra
6 A Familiarity with abstract algebra, e.g., MATH2922 or equivalent
MATH4313
Functional
Analysis
6 A Real Analysis and abstract linear algebra (e.g., MATH2X23 and MATH2X22 or equivalent), and, preferably, knowledge of Metric Spaces
MATH4314
Representation
Theory
6 A Familiarity with abstract algebra, specifically vector space theory and basic group theory, e.g., MATH2922 or MATH2961 or equivalent
N MATH3966
MATH4315
Variational
Methods
6 A Assumed knowledge of MATH2X23 or equivalent; MATH4061 or MATH3961 or equivalent; MATH3969 or MATH4069 or MATH4313 or equivalent. That is, real analysis, basic functional analysis and some acquaintance with metric spaces or measure theory.
MATH4411
Applied
Computational
Mathematics
6 A A thorough knowledge of vector calculus (e.g., MATH2X21) and of linear algebra (e.g., MATH2X22). Some familiarity with partial differential equations (e.g., MATH3X78) and mathematical computing (e.g., MATH3X76) would be useful
MATH4412
Advanced
Methods in Applied
Mathematics
6 A A thorough knowledge of vector calculus (e.g., MATH2X21) and of linear algebra (e.g., MATH2X22). Some familiarity with partial differential equations (e.g., MATH3X78) and mathematical computing (e.g., MATH3X76) would be useful
MATH4413
Applied
Mathematical Modelling
6 A MATH2X21 and MATH3X63 or equivalent. That is, a knowledge of linear and simple nonlinear ordinary differential equations and of linear, second order partial differential equations.
MATH4414
Advanced
Dynamical Systems
6 A Assumed knowledge is vector calculus (e.g., MATH2X21), linear algebra (e.g., MATH2X22), dynamical systems and applications (e.g., MATH4063 or MATH3X63) or equivalent. Some familiarity with partial differential equations (e.g., MATH3978) and mathematical computing (e.g., MATH3976) is also assumed.
MATH4511
Arbitrage
Pricing in Continuous Time
6 A Familiarity with basic probability (eg STAT2X11), with differential equations (eg MATH3X63, MATH3X78), achievement at credit level or above in MATH3XXX or STAT3XXX units or equivalent
P MATH2XXX and (a mark of 65 or above in MATH3XXX or STAT3021 or STAT3921)
MATH4512
Stochastic
Analysis
6 A A thorough knowledge of linear algebra (e.g., MATH2X22), stochastic processes (STAT3X21/4021) and probability theory (preferably STAT4528, or measure theoretic probability theory such as MATH3969/4069). Some familiarity with partial differential equations (e.g., MATH2X21 or MATH3X78/4078).
MATH4513
Topics in
Financial Mathematics
6 A Students are expected to have working knowledge of Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Calculus and mathematical methods used to price options and other financial derivatives, for example as in MATH4511 or equivalent
NANO4001
Modern
Nanoscience
6 A It is strongly recommended that you have completed a major in Chemistry or Physics before attempting the unit
P 144 credit points of units of study including NANO2002
PHYS4015
The Physics of
Complex Systems
6 A First- and second-year physics
P 144 credit points of units including (MATH1X01 or MATH1X21 or MATH1906 or MATH1931) and MATH1X02
PHYS4016
Bayesian Data
Inference and Machine
Learning
6 A 48 credit points of 3000-level units of study and programming experience in Python
P 144 credit points of units of study including (12 credit points of MATH1001 or MATH1002 or MATH1003 or MATH1004 or MATH1005 or MATH1021 or MATH1023 or MATH1064 or MATH1X61 or MATH1X62 or MATH1971 or MATH1972 or MATH1115 or MATH19XX or DATA1X01)
PHYS4036
Condensed
Matter and Particle Phys
(Hons)
6 A (MATH2X21 or MATH2X61 or MATH2067). Students will need to have some knowledge of special relativity, for example from prior study of PHYS2013 or PHYS2913, or from studying Chapter 12 of 'Introduction to Electrodynamics' by D.J. Griffith
P 144 credit points of units of study including 6 credit points of (PHYS3X34 or PHYS3X90 or PHYS3991) and 6 credit points of (PHYS3X42 or PHYS3X43 or PHYS3X44)
N PHYS3036 or PHYS3936 or PHYS3080 or PHYS3980 or PHYS3068 or PHYS3968 or PHYS3069 or PHYS3969 or PHYS3074 or PHYS3974
PHYS4037
Plasma and
Astrophysics (Hons)
6 A (MATH2X21 or MATH2X61 or MATH2067)
P 144 credit points of units including (PHYS3X35 or PHYS3X40 or PHYS3941)
N PHYS3037 or PHYS3937 or PHYS3042 or PHYS3942 or PHYS3043 or PHYS3943 or PHYS3044 or PHYS3944
PHYS4121
Advanced
Electrodynamics and
Photonics
6 A A major in physics including third-year electromagnetism and third-year optics
P An average of at least 65 in 144 credit points of units including (PHYS3X35 or PHYS3X40 or PHYS3941)
PHYS4122
Astrophysics
and Space Science
6 A A major in physics
P An average of at least 65 in 144 credit points of units
PHYS4123
General
Relativity and Cosmology
6 A A major in physics and knowledge of special relativity
P An average of at least 65 in 144 credit points of units
PHYS4124
Physics of the
Standard Model
6 A A major in physics including third-year quantum physics and third-year particle physics
P An average of at least 65 in 144 credit points of units including (PHYS3X34 or PHYS3X42 or PHYS3X43 or PHYS3X44)
PHYS4125
Quantum Field
Theory
6 A A major in physics including third-year quantum physics
P An average of at least 65 in 144 credit points of units including (PHYS3X34 or PHYS3X42 or PHYS3X43 or PHYS3X44 or PHYS3X35 or PHYS3X40 or PHYS3941 or PHYS3X36 or PHYS3X68 or MATH3X63 or MATH4063 or MATH3X78 or MATH4078)
PHYS4126
Quantum
Nanoscience
6 A A major in physics including third-year quantum physics and third-year condensed matter physics
P An average of at least 65 in 144 credit points of units
PSYC4000
Foundations of
Professional Psychology
6 P [24 credit points of PSYC3XXX including PSYC3010] or [18 credit points of PSYC3XXX including PSYC3010 and (HPSC3023 or SCPU3001)]
C PSYC4104
SACE4003
Meaning in the
Anthropocene
6 P 144 credit points including (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
N SLAM4003
SACE4004
Working the
Arts and Humanities
6 P 144 credit points including (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
N SLAM4004
SCIE4001
Science
Communication
6 A Completion of a major in a science discipline. Basic knowledge of other sciences is beneficial. Experience in communication such as delivering oral presentations and producing written reports. An awareness of science in a societal context, e.g., of disciplinary applications
P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000 or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000 or 4000-level units from Science Table A or Medicine and Health Table A
SCIE4002
Experimental
Design and Data Analysis
6 A Completion of units in quantitative research methods, mathematics or statistical analysis at least at 1000-level
P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000 or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000 or 4000-level units from Science Table A or FMH Table A
N ENVX3002 or STAT3X22 or STAT4022 or STAT3X12
SCIE4003
Ethics in
Science
6 A Successful completion of a Science major
P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A or FMH Table A
N HSBH3004 or HPSC3107
SCPU4001
Industry and
Community Science
Project A
6 A Depth of knowledge in at least one Science discipline (completion of a major)
P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A
SCPU4002
Industry and
Community Science
Project B
6 A Depth of knowledge in at least one Science discipline (completion of a major)
P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A
C SCPU4001
SLAM4001
SLAM Project:
Pasts, Presents, Futures A
6 P 144 credit points including (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SLAM4002
SLAM Project:
Pasts, Presents, Futures B
6 P SLAM4001
SLAM4003
Meaning in the
Anthropocene
6 P 144 credit points including (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SLAM4004
Working the
Arts and Humanities
6 P 144 credit points including (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SLAM4005
Advanced
Reading Topic A
6 P ENGL3999 or ENGL3998
SLAM4006
Advanced
Reading Topic B
6 P ENGL3999 or ENGL3998
SLCS4201
Languages,
Societies, Institutions
6 A Successful completion of a Table A major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P 144 credit points and (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SLCS4205
Cross-Cultural
Literature and Film
6 A Successful completion of a Table A major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P 144 credit points and (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SLCS4301
Translation in
Practice
12 P ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999 or FASS3999
SLCS4303
Experiences in
Multicultural Australia
12 A Successful completion of a Table A major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P 144 credit points and (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SOIL4000
Soil and Water in
the Changing Environment
6 A Understanding of Soil Science concepts
P 144 credit points of units including SOIL2005
SOMS4102
Communicating Ideas in
Biomedical Science
6 A A major in one of the following areas: Applied Medical Science; Immunology and Pathology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biology; Microbiology; Cell and Developmental Biology; Infectious Diseases; Pharmacology; Medicinal Chemistry; Neuroscience; Physiology; Anatomy and Histology; Genetics and Genomics; Quantitative Life Science
P SOMS4101
SOPH4001
SOPHI
Research Project
12 P 144cp including (FASS3333 or FASS3999 or HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3996 or GCST3997 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999) and (12cp in HSTY3* or ANHS3* or GCST3* or ARCO3* or PHIL3*)
SOPH4002
SOPHI
Advanced Seminar A
6 P 144cp including (FASS3333 or FASS3999 or HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3996 or GCST3997 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999) and (12cp in HSTY3* or ANHS3* or GCST3* or ARCO3* or PHIL3*)
SOPH4003
SOPHI
Advanced Seminar B
6 P 144cp including (FASS3333 or FASS3999 or HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3996 or GCST3997 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999) and (12cp in HSTY3* or ANHS3* or GCST3* or ARCO3* or PHIL3*)
SSPS4101
Social Sciences
and Social Change
6 A Successful completion of a Table A major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P 144 credit points and (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SSPS4102
Data Analytics
in the Social Sciences
6 A Successful completion of a Table A major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P 144 credit points and (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
SSPS4111
The Future of
Work
12 A Successful completion of a Table A major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P 144 credit points and (FASS3999 or FASS3333 or equivalent)
STAT4021
Stochastic
Processes and
Applications
6 A Students are expected to have a thorough knowledge of basic probability and integral calculus and to have achieved at credit level or above in their studies in these topics
N STAT3011 or STAT3911 or STAT3021 or STAT3003 or STAT3903 or STAT3005 or STAT3905 or STAT3921
STAT4022
Linear and Mixed
Models
6 A Material in DATA2X02 or equivalent and MATH1002 or MATH1X61 or equivalent; that is, a knowledge of applied statistics and an introductory knowledge to linear algebra, including eigenvalues and eigenvectors
P An average mark of 65 or above in 12 credit points from (STAT2X11 or DATA2X02 or STAT3X23 or STAT3X21 or STAT3925 or STAT3888 or DATA3888)
N STAT3012 or STAT3912 or STAT3022 or STAT3922 or STAT3004 or STAT3904
STAT4023
Theory and
Methods of Statistical
Inference
6 A STAT2X11 and (DATA2X02 or STAT2X12) or equivalent. That is, a grounding in probability theory and a good knowledge of the foundations of applied statistics
N STAT3013 or STAT3913 or STAT3023 or STAT3923
STAT4025
Time Series
6 P STAT2X11 and (MATH1062 or MATH1962 or MATH1972 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907 or MATH1X23 or MATH1933)
N STAT3925
STAT4026
Statistical
Consulting
6 P DATA2X02 and 12 credit points from (STAT3XXX or DATA3XXX)
N STAT3926
STAT4027
Advanced
Statistical Modelling
6 A A three year major in statistics or equivalent including familiarity with material in DATA2X02 and STAT3X22 (applied statistics and linear models) or equivalent
P (STAT3X12 or STAT3X22 or STAT4022) and (STAT3X13 or STAT3X23 or STAT4023)
STAT4028
Probability and
Mathematical Statistics
6 A STAT3X23 or equivalent: that is, a sound working and theoretical knowledge of statistical inference
N STAT4528
STAT4528
Probability and Martingale Theory
6 A STAT2X11 or equivalent and STAT3X21 or equivalent; that is, a good foundational knowledge of probability and some acquaintance with stochastic processes
N STAT4028
4000-level advanced coursework project units of study
SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1
6  
SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2
6 P SCMP4601

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
12/01/2026 Requirements missing from unit of study table.

Requirements added to unit of study table:

(1) 48 credit points of Principal Study units of study;

(2) 36 credit points of core units comprising;

(a) 18 credit points of Music Skills units of study; and

(b) 18 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) units of study, including:

(i) MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music (0 credit point)

(ii) MCGY1030 This is Music

(iii) 12 credit points of AHCS elective units of study

(3) 54 credit points of additional core units of study, including:

(a) 48 credit points of Composition Studies units of study; and

(b) 6 credit points of Performance and Ensemble units of study.

(4) 6 credit points in the Open Learning Environment (OLE) units as specified in Table O; and

(e) a 48 credit point major from Table S; and

(f) a minimum of 24 credit points at 4000 level from Table A or Table S, including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project of at least 12 credit points and up to 36 credit points; and

(g) where appropriate, elective units of study from Table A or Table S (Major).

12/01/2026 JAZZ1015, JAZZ1016, JAZZ2038, JAZZ2039, JAZZ1019, JAZZ1020, JAZZ2016, JAZZ2017, CMPN1013 and CMPN3621 were available for selection. JAZZ1015, JAZZ1016, JAZZ2038, JAZZ2039, JAZZ1019, JAZZ1020, JAZZ2016, JAZZ2017, CMPN1013 and CMPN3621 removed.
12/01/2026 MCGY2005, CMPN1612, CMPN4666, EMUS2500, JAZZ3618, MCGY1019, MCGY1020, MCGY1031, MCGY2601, MCGY2611, MCGY2612, MCGY2615, MCGY2621, MCGY3061, MCGY3602, MCGY3604, MCGY3629, MCGY3630, MCGY3636, MUSC1507, MUSC2616, MUSC2638, MUSC2644, MUSC2645, MUSC2654, MUSC2664, MUSC2665, MUSC2666, MUSC2672, MUSC2675, MUSC2677, MUSC2682, MUSC2684, MUSC3609, MUSC3610, MUSC3629, MUSC3631, MUSC3641, MUSC3699, MUSC4214, PERF2622, PERF3610, VSAO1300, CMPN2631, CMPN2632, CMPN2613, CMPN2614, CMPN3000, CMPN1000, CMPN1003, CMPN1010, CMPN1310, CMPN2510, CMPN3620, CMPN3634, CMPN3635, CMPN3636, CMPN3001, CMPN4000, CMPN4001 and MUSC2614 missing from unit of study table. MCGY2005, CMPN1612, CMPN4666, EMUS2500, JAZZ3618, MCGY1019, MCGY1020, MCGY1031, MCGY2601, MCGY2611, MCGY2612, MCGY2615, MCGY2621, MCGY3061, MCGY3602, MCGY3604, MCGY3629, MCGY3630, MCGY3636, MUSC1507, MUSC2616, MUSC2638, MUSC2644, MUSC2645, MUSC2654, MUSC2664, MUSC2665, MUSC2666, MUSC2672, MUSC2675, MUSC2677, MUSC2682, MUSC2684, MUSC3609, MUSC3610, MUSC3629, MUSC3631, MUSC3641, MUSC3699, MUSC4214, PERF2622, PERF3610, VSAO1300, CMPN2631, CMPN2632, CMPN2613, CMPN2614, CMPN3000, CMPN1000, CMPN1003, CMPN1010, CMPN1310, CMPN2510, CMPN3620, CMPN3634, CMPN3635, CMPN3636, CMPN3001, CMPN4000, CMPN4001 and MUSC2614 added.
14/01/2026

Unit rules missing for:

MCGY2005, CMPN1612, CMPN4666, EMUS2500, JAZZ3618, MCGY1019, MCGY1020, MCGY1031, MCGY2601, MCGY2611, MCGY2612, MCGY2615, MCGY2621, MCGY3061, MCGY3602, MCGY3604, MCGY3629, MCGY3630, MCGY3636, MUSC1507, MUSC2616, MUSC2638, MUSC2644, MUSC2645, MUSC2654, MUSC2664, MUSC2665, MUSC2666, MUSC2672, MUSC2675, MUSC2677, MUSC2682, MUSC2684, MUSC3609, MUSC3610, MUSC3629, MUSC3631, MUSC3641, MUSC3699, MUSC4214, PERF2622, PERF3610, VSAO1300, CMPN2631, CMPN2632, CMPN2613, CMPN2614, CMPN3000, CMPN1000, CMPN1003, CMPN1010, CMPN1310, CMPN2510, CMPN3620, CMPN3634, CMPN3635, CMPN3636, CMPN3001, CMPN4000, CMPN4001 and MUSC2614.

Unit rules added for:

MCGY2005, CMPN1612, CMPN4666, EMUS2500, JAZZ3618, MCGY1019, MCGY1020, MCGY1031, MCGY2601, MCGY2611, MCGY2612, MCGY2615, MCGY2621, MCGY3061, MCGY3602, MCGY3604, MCGY3629, MCGY3630, MCGY3636, MUSC1507, MUSC2616, MUSC2638, MUSC2644, MUSC2645, MUSC2654, MUSC2664, MUSC2665, MUSC2666, MUSC2672, MUSC2675, MUSC2677, MUSC2682, MUSC2684, MUSC3609, MUSC3610, MUSC3629, MUSC3631, MUSC3641, MUSC3699, MUSC4214, PERF2622, PERF3610, VSAO1300, CMPN2631, CMPN2632, CMPN2613, CMPN2614, CMPN3000, CMPN1000, CMPN1003, CMPN1010, CMPN1310, CMPN2510, CMPN3620, CMPN3634, CMPN3635, CMPN3636, CMPN3001, CMPN4000, CMPN4001 and MUSC2614.

15/01/2026 PHYS4017 was listed as available under "4000-level Advanced Coursework units of study" PHYS4017 has been retired
16/02/2026 AGRO4004 was listed as available under "4000-level Advanced Coursework units of study" AGRO4004 has been retired