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Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Contemporary Music Practice

Enrolment pattern

This page was first published on 14 November 2025 and was last amended on 20 November 2025.
View details of the changes below.

Minimum levels of achievement

Resolutions Area of study Credit points Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Principal Study Contemporary Music Practice 24 Contemporary Music Practice 1-4
Music Education Music Education 96 Prescribed MUED units set out in the Standard Enrolment Pattern
LANTITE LANTITE 0 EDLN2000 NESA required undergraduate unit
Core
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) 36 6 cps This is Music;
6 cps Australian Musical Worlds;
6 cps Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and
Media;
6 cps Classical Music: A Cultural History;
6 cps Australian Popular Music;
6 cps Music in Modern Times
Performance and Ensemble 3 Performance or Ensemble units
Music Skills 21 12 cps Fundamentals of Music units;
6 cps Popular Music Theory;
3 cps Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
Electives Electives 12 Electives from Table A (Music) which can include Contemporary Music Practice 5 and 6, or electives from Table S and/or Table O.

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP Semester 2 CP Semester 3 CP Semester 4 CP
MUSC1401
Contemporary Music Practice 1
6 MUSC1402
Contemporary Music Practice 2
6 MUSC2403
Contemporary Music Practice 3
6 MUSC2404
Contemporary Music Practice 4
6
MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1
6 MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2
6 MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory
6 MUSC1506
Classical Music: A Cultural History
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6 MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6 MUSC1507
Sounds, Speakers, Screens: Music and Media
6 MUED1007
Australian Indigenous Music and Education
3
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3 MUED1008
Fundamentals of Teaching
3 MUED2605
Children, Music and Educational Settings
6 MUED1009
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
3
MUED1010
Key Ideas in Music Education
3 MUED1005
Key Approaches in Music Education
3     MUED2302
Classroom Management
3
EDLN2000
LANTITE Undergraduate
0 EDLN2000
LANTITE Undergraduate
0     MUED4002
Technology in Music Education
3
               
  24   24   24   24
Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
MUSC3405
Contemporary Music Practice 5 or elective
6 MUSC3406
Contemporary Music Practice 6 or elective
6 MUED4603
Cultural Diversity in Music Education
6 MUED4622
Special Education in Music
6
MUED2606
Adolescent Development and Behaviour
6 MUED3606
Professional Experience 2
6 MUED4602
Senior Secondary Music Education
6 MUED4623
Professional/ Social Issues in Music Education
6
MUED3031
Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
3 MUED3604
Ensemble Pedagogy
6 MUED3603
Composition in Music Education
3 MUED4633
Professional Experience 3
12
MUED3605
Teaching Junior Secondary Music
6 MUSC2672
Australian Popular Music
6 MCGY2613
Music in Modern Times
6    
MUED4006
Popular Music Studies
3     Performance/
Ensemble
3    
               
  24   24   24   24

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
20/11/2025 Enrolment pattern – Semesters 1–4 section published as:

Semester 3/4 enrolment pattern showed:
– MUED2605 Children, Music and Educational Settings listed in the 6 cp position in Semester 3.
– MUED1009 Psychology of Learning and Instruction listed in the 3 cp position in Semester 3.
– The third cell in Semester 3 displayed as blank (no unit / no credit points).
– Credit point totals were present but structural inconsistencies remained.

Enrolment pattern – Semesters 1–4 section amended to:

– MUED2605 moved from the 6 cp position to the 3 cp position in Semester 3.
– MUED1009 moved from the 3 cp position to the 6 cp position in Semester 3.
– Previously blank third cell in Semester 3 replaced with a 3 cp placeholder for consistency.
– Enrolment pattern now displays a corrected and internally consistent sequence.

20/11/2025 Enrolment pattern – Semesters 5–8 section published as:

Displayed with inconsistent cell formatting, spacing, and line breaks. 

Enrolment pattern – Semesters 5–8 section amended to:

Formatting and structure clarified. Table layout standardised; spacing and alignment corrected. No changes made to units or credit-point totals.