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Digital Music

Unit of study table (Table S)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 25 January 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Digital Music Major

A major in Digital Music requires 48 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units: PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects.

Digital Music Minor

A minor in Digital Music requires 36 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units of study

Core for major and minor
CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology
3  
CMPN1014
Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
3  
Selective for major and minor
MUSC1501
Extended Fundamentals of Music
6 A HSC Music 2
MUSC1503
Fundamentals of Music 1
6  
MUSC1504
Fundamentals of Music 2
6  

2000 level units of study

Selective for major and minor
CMPN2631
Electroacoustic Music
6 A Proficiency in the usage of any industry standard DAW and attendant sound transformation and diffusion software
P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653
CMPN2632
Computer Music Fundamentals
6 P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653
MUSC2663
Survey of Film Music
6  
MUSC2695
Popular Music Theory
6 P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 or MCGY1008 or JAZZ1621 or JAZZ1019

3000 level units of study

Selective for major and minor
CMPN3634
Interactive Media and Sound Installations
6 P CMPN1013 or MUSC2653

The unit makes use of interactive programming techniques and other technical skills taught in CMPN2631/2632. Enrolling concurrently in one of these subjects alongside CMPN3634 is recommended.
CMPN3635
Writing Music for the Moving Image
6 P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653 or MUED4002
CMPN3636
Live Electronic Music Performance
6 A Students enrolling in this Unit of Study are expected to have previous experience with music technology, including recording and music creation software. Students will be expected to perform
P (CMPN1013 or MUED1002 or MUSC2653) and (MUSC3603 or CMPN1631 or CMPN1632 or CMPN3634 or CMPN2223)
MUSC3603
Advanced Digital Music Techniques
6 P MUSC2653 or CMPN1013 or MUED1002
MUSC3630
Popular Music and the Moving Image
6  
MUSC3650
Writing Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
6 A Have access to a DAW (i.e Logic or Ableton) and understand basic production and composition techniques. This unit of study is open to any students in second year or above of their degree
Interdisciplinary Project for major
PERF3640
Industry and Community Projects
6 A upper-level disciplinary knowledge
P 72 credit points

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
12/12/2023 Prohibitions (N) for MUSC1503 published as:
MCGY1008 or MUSC1504 or MUSC1501
Prohibitions (N) for MUSC1503 removed:
1/12/2023 MUSC3650 missing from:
3000 level units of study, selective for major and minor
MUSC3650 added to:
3000 level units of study, selective for major and minor
25/01/2024 Assumed knowledge (A) for MUSC3650 published as:
A Facility with a DAW is essential in this unit.
Assumed knowledge (A) for MUSC3650 amended to:
Have access to a DAW (i.e Logic or Ableton) and understand basic production and composition techniques. This unit of study is open to any students in second year or above of their degree