Bachelor of Music
Digital Music Composition
Unit of study table
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| 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: | ||
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| (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 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O. |
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Program |
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Digital Music and Media |
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| CMPN1220 Foundations of Digital Music and Media |
6 | |
| CMPN1221 Digital Composition 1 |
6 | P CMPN1220 |
| CMPN2222 Digital Composition 2 |
6 | P CMPN1221 |
| CMPN2223 Digital Composition 3 |
6 | P CMPN2222 |
| CMPN4607 Composition 7 |
6 | P CMPN3606 or CMPN3336 or CMPN2223 or CMPN2334 or CMPN3236 |
| CMPN4608 Composition 8 |
6 | P CMPN4607 |
Composition Studies |
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| CMPN1014 Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals |
3 | |
| CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology |
3 | |
| 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 |
| MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P MUSC2653 or (CMPN1013 and CMPN1014) |
| 12 credit points of chosen Composition Studies units from the Composition Studies pool | ||
Core |
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Music Skills |
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| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 |
6 | |
| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 |
6 | |
| MUSC2693 Fundamentals of Music 3 |
6 | P MUSC1504 N MUSC1501 |
| 6 credit points of a chosen Music Skills unit from the Music Skills pool | ||
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) |
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| MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music |
0 | |
| MCGY1030 This Is Music |
6 | |
| 18 credit points of chosen AHCS units from the AHCS pool | ||
Performance and Ensemble |
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Final Year Project |
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| Professional and Industry Skills | ||
| SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1 |
6 | |
| SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2 |
6 | P SCMP4601 |
| PERF2622 Professional Practice Internship |
6 | |
| PERF3610 Professional Practice Internship 2 |
6 | P PERF2622 |
| PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects |
6 | A upper-level disciplinary knowledge P 72 credit points |
| (48 credit points of a chosen major from Table A (music) or Table S) or (36 credit points of a chosen minor in music or Table S and 12 credit points of electives) or (48 credit points of electives) | ||
