Diploma of Music

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Composition for Creative Industries

Enrolment pattern

Minimum levels of achievement

ResolutionsArea of studyCredit pointsMinimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Principal Study AreaComposition for Creative Industries
24Composition for Creative Industries 1-4.
Additional CoreComposition Studies24
  • Instrumentation and Orchestration
  • Scoring and Arranging for the Screen
  • Music Notation and Publishing
  • Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
  • Creative Music Technology.
CoreMusic Skills18

Either:

  1. 12cp Fundamentals of Music units; or
  2. 12cp Harmony & Analysis 1-2 and Aural Perception 1-2; and 6cps chosen Music Skills unit (recommend Popular Music Theory).
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS)12
  • Australian Indigenous Music
  • This is Music
  • Classical Music: A Cultural History.
ElectivesElectives18Table A (Music) and/or Table S.

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1CPSemester 2CPSemester 3CPSemester 4CP
CMPN1331
Composition for Creative Industries 1
6CMPN1332
Composition for Creative Industries 2
6CMPN2333
Composition for Creative Industries 3
6CMPN2334
Composition for Creative Industries 4
6
Music Skills6Music Skills6Music Skills unit
(recommend MUSC2695 Popular Music Theory)
6CMPN2510
Scoring and Arranging for the Screen
6
CMPN2320
Music Notation and Publishing
6CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology;
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
6CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
6Electives12
MCGY1030
This is Music
6MUSC1506
Classical Music: A Cultural History
6Elective6  
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0
 24 24 24 24

Post-publication amendments

DateOriginal publicationPost-publication amendment
06/05/2026CMPN1503 code published as:
"CMPN1503"
CMPN1503 code amended to:
"CMPN1013"
06/05/2026CMPN1504 code published as:
"CMPN1504"
CMPN1504 code amended to:
"CMPN1014"