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Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Contemporary Music Practice

Unit of study table

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music (Music Education), candidates must successfully complete 192 credit points comprising:
(i) 60 credit points of core units as specified in Table A, including:
(a) 24 credit points of Music Skills units of study;
(b) 36 credit points of Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies units of study;
(c) 3 credit points of Performance and Ensemble units of study; and
(ii) 96 credit points of Music Education units as specified in Table A; and
(iii) 24 credit points of Principal Study units of study; and
(iv) EDLN2000 Lantite undergraduate; and
(v) where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S and up to a maximum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Principal Study

MUSC1401
Contemporary Music Practice 1
6  
MUSC1402
Contemporary Music Practice 2
6 P MUSC1401
MUSC2403
Contemporary Music Practice 3
6 P MUSC1402
MUSC2404
Contemporary Music Practice 4
6 P MUSC2403

Music Education

MUED1010
Key Ideas in Music Education
3  
MUED1008
Fundamentals of Teaching
3  
MUED1005
Key Approaches in Music Education
3  
MUED1009
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
3  
MUED4002
Technology in Music Education
3  
MUED1007
Australian Indigenous Music and Education
3  
MUED2605
Children, Music and Educational Settings
6 A Previous completion of MUED1010 and MUED1005 is recommended
P MUED1008
MUED2302
Classroom Management
3 P MUED1010 or MUED1005 or MUED1009 or MUED1008
MUED2606
Adolescent Development and Behaviour
6 P MUED2605 and MUED1009 and MUED1008
MUED4006
Popular Music Studies
3  
MUED3605
Teaching Junior Secondary Music
6 P EDLN2000 and MUED2605
MUED3606
Professional Experience 2
6 P MUED3605 and MUED2605 and MUED2606
MUED4603
Cultural Diversity in Music Education
6 A It is recommended that students have successfully completed MUED2605 and MUED3605 prior to undertaking this unit
MUED3604
Ensemble Pedagogy
6  
MUED4602
Senior Secondary Music Education
6 P MUED3606
MUED3603
Composition in Music Education
3  
MUED3031
Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
3  
MUED4622
Special Education in Music
6 P EDLN2000
C MUED4633
MUED4623
Professional/Social Issues in Music Education
6 P EDLN2000
C MUED4633
MUED4633
Professional Experience 3
12 P MUED3606
C MUED4602

Lantite

EDLN2000
LANTITE Undergraduate
0  

Core

Music Skills
MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1
6  
MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2
6  
MUSC2693
Fundamentals of Music 3
6 P MUSC1504
N MUSC1501
MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory
6 P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 or MCGY1008 or JAZZ1621 or JAZZ1019
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3  
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)
MCGY1030
This Is Music
6  
MUSC1507
Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media
6  
MCGY1031
Australian Musical Worlds
6  
MCGY2613
Music in Modern Times
6 A Ability to read musical notation
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
MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory
6 P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 or MCGY1008 or JAZZ1621 or JAZZ1019
Performance and Ensemble
And 3 credit points of chosen Performance or Ensemble units from the Performance and Ensemble pool