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Bachelor of Music (Composition)

Enrolment pattern

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Course resolutions	Area of study	Credit points	Unit of study requirements for award
Principal Study	Principal Study	48	Composition 1-8
Music Skills	Music Skills	24	Either: Harmony and Analysis 1-4; Aural Perception 1-4; or Jazz Harmony and Arranging 1-4; Jazz Ear Training 1-4; or A combination of options 1 and 2.
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)	AHCS	24	Australian Indigenous Music This is Music Classical Music: A Cultural History Music in Modern Times 6cps of a chosen AHCS unit (recommend Themes in Australian Music History)
Additional core	Composition Studies	48	Music Notation and Publishing Creative Music Technology Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals Instrumentation and Orchestration Advanced Composition Techniques 12cps chosen Composition Studies units (recommend CMPN2631 + CMPN2632) 12cps chosen Performance or Ensemble units.
Additional core	Performance/Ensemble	48
Final Year Project	Professional & Industry Skills	12	Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2.
Minor/Electives	Minor/Electives	36	Either: a minor in Table A (Music) or Table S; or electives from Music and/or Table S which can include Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration and up to 6cps of units from Table O.

Semester 1	CP	Semester 2	CP	Semester 3	CP	Semester 4	CP
CMPN1601 Composition 1	6	CMPN1602 Composition 2	6	CMPN2603 Composition 3	6	CMPN2604 Composition 4	6
Music Skills	6	Music Skills	6	Music Skills	6	Music Skills	6
CMPN2320 Music Notation	6	CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology and CMPN1014 Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals	6	CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration	6	Composition Studies (recommend CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals)	6
MCGY1030 This is Music	6	MUSC1506 Classical Music: A Cultural History	6	Performance or Ensemble Unit	6	Performance or Ensemble Unit	6
MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music	0
	24		24		24		24

Semester 5	CP	Semester 6	CP	Semester 7	CP	Semester 8	CP
CMPN3605 Composition 5	6	CMPN3606 Composition 6	6	CMPN4607 Composition 7	6	CMPN4608 Composition 8	6
Minor/elective	6	AHCS unit (recommend MCGY4110 Themes in Australian Music History)	6	SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1	6	SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2	6
MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times	6	Minor/elective (recommend CMPN3620 Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration	6	Minor/electives	6	Minor/electives	6
Composition Studies unit (recommend CMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music)	6	CMPN3621 Advanced Composition Techniques	6	Minor/electives	6	Minor/electives	6
	24		24		24		24

Date	Original publication	Post-publication amendment
28/11/2025	Credit points for MUSC1506 published as: 3	Credit points for MUSC1506 amended to: 6
3/12/2025	CMPN3605 published in: Enrolment pattern Semester 5	CMPN3605 published in: Enrolment pattern Semester 6
3/12/2025	Minor/elective published in: Enrolment pattern Semester 6	Minor/elective published in: Enrolment pattern Semester 5

Date

Original publication

Post-publication amendment

28/11/2025

Credit points for MUSC1506 published as:

Credit points for MUSC1506 amended to:

3/12/2025

CMPN3605 published in:

Enrolment pattern Semester 5

CMPN3605 published in:

Enrolment pattern Semester 6

3/12/2025

Minor/elective published in:

Enrolment pattern Semester 6

Minor/elective published in:

Enrolment pattern Semester 5