Bachelor of Music

Digital Music Composition

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Minimum levels of achievement

ResolutionsArea of studyCredit pointsMinimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
ProgramDigital Music Composition;
Composition and Music Technology
72
  • Digital Music Composition 1-6;
  • Composition 7-8;
  • Electroacoustic Music
  • Creative Music Technology
  • Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
  • Computer Music Fundamentals
  • Interactive Media and Sound Installations.
CoreMusic Skills24

Either:

  1. 12cp Fundamentals of Music units; or
  2. 12 cp Harmony & Analysis 1-2 and Aural Perception 1-2; and
    12cps chosen Music Skills units (recommend 6cps Popular Music Theory).
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)
24
  • Australian Indigenous Music
  • This is Music
  • Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media
  • 12 cps chosen AHCS units (recommend: Australian Musical Worlds; Writing Electronic Dance Music (EDM).
Additional CorePerformance and Ensemble1212 cps chosen Performance or Ensemble units (recommend: Live Electronic Music Performance).
Final Year Project

Professional & Industry Skills

1212 cps in Music Specialist Creative Project.
Major or ElectivesMajor or Electives48

Either:

  1. a chosen major from Table S or
  2. 36 cps of a chosen minor in Table A (Music) or Table S and 12 cps of electives or
  3. 48 cps of electives that an include up to 6 cps units from Table O).

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1CPSemester 2CPSemester 3CPSemester 4CP
CMPN1231
Digital Music Composition 1
6CMPN1232
Digital Music Composition 2
6CMPN2233
Digital Music Composition 3
6CMPN2234
Digital Music Composition 4
6
Music Skills
6Music Skills6Music Skills unit (recommend MUSC2695 Popular Music Theory)6Music Skills unit6
MUSC1507
Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media
6AHCS unit (recommend MCGY1031 Australian Musical Worlds)
6CMPN2631
Electroacoustic Music
6CMPN2632
Computer Music Fundamentals
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology;
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
6AHCS unit
(recommend MUSC3650 Writing Electronic Dance Music (EDM))
6Major/minor/elective6
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0      
 24 24 24 24
Semester 5CPSemester 6CPSemester 7CPSemester 8CP
CMPN3235
Digital Music Composition 5
6CMPN3236
Digital Music Composition 6
6CMPN4607
Composition 7
6CMPN4608
Composition 8
6
Performance/Ensemble 6Performance/Ensemble
(recommend CMPN3636 Live Electronic Music Performance)
6SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1
6SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2
6
Elective6CMPN3634
Interactive Media and Sound Installations
6Major/minor/elective12Major/minor/elective12
Elective6Elective6    
 24 24 24 24

Post-publication amendments

DateOriginal publicationPost-publication amendment
26/11/2025Minimum levels of achievement section contained outdated content.Minimum levels of achievement section updated with new current content.
26/11/2025Enrolment pattern section contained outdated content.nrolment pattern section updated with new current content.
22/2/2026MUSC1507 present in Semester 3 of the enrolment pattern.MUSC1507 present in Semester 1 of the enrolment pattern.
22/2/2026CMPN2631 present in Semester 1 of the enrolment pattern.CMPN2631 present in Semester 3 of the enrolment pattern.