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Bachelor of Professional Music Practice

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Program Requirements

In order to complete the program, a student must complete 144 units with a maximum of 48 units of first year courses offered at 1000 level and include:

a) 42 units of Professional Practice courses from the designated list A;
b) 54 units of music courses (any courses commencing with MUSM);
c) Any other music or non-music courses to the value of 48 units.

Students may elect to complete one of the following majors:

Major in Arts and Music Management
Major in Instrumental Pedagogy
Major in Creative Recording Practice

Designated lists: 

A.  Professional Practice Courses

BUSN1001

Business Reporting & Analysis

6u

MGMT1001

Business Skills

6u

MUSM3260

Digital Audio Workstation

6u

MGMT3027

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

6u

MUSM3252

Instrumental Music Education

6u

MUSM1280

Introduction to Performance Wellness

3u

MKTG2004

Marketing

6u

MUSM3251

MEP Professional Practice

6u

MUSM3254

Music Recording & Production

6u

MUSM1282

Professional Practice Project A

3u - 12u

MUSM2275

Professional Practice Project B

3u - 12u

MUSM1263

Recording Techniques A

6u

MUSM1264

Recording Techniques B

6u

MGMT3002

Techniques for Business Project Management

6u

MUSM2267

Writing for the Music Profession 1

6u

MUSM2272

Writing for the Music Profession 2

6u

 

B.  Practical and Creative Workshop Courses

MUSM1272

Conducting 1

3u

MUSM1273

Conducting 2

3u

MUSM2245

Conducting 3

3u

MUSM2246

Conducting 4

3u

MUSM1274

Contemporary Music Ensemble 1

3u

MUSM1275

Contemporary Music Ensemble 2

3u

MUSM1224

Ensemble Performance 1

3u

MUSM1225

Ensemble Performance 2

3u

MUSM2224

Ensemble Performance 3

3u

MUSM2225

Ensemble Performance 4

3u

MUSM3224

Ensemble Performance 5

3u

MUSM3225

Ensemble Performance 6

3u

MUSM1226

Ensemble Performance Extension 1

3u

MUSM1227

Ensemble Performance Extension 2

3u

MUSM2226

Ensemble Performance Extension 3

3u

MUSM2227

Ensemble Performance Extension 4

3u

MUSM3226

Ensemble Performance Extension 5

3u

MUSM3227

Ensemble Performance Extension 6

3u

MUSM3255

Improvisation & Composition 1

3u

MUSM3256

Improvisation & Composition 2

3u

MUSM1216

Instrumental Studies 1

3u

MUSM1217

Instrumental Studies 2

3u

MUSM2216

Instrumental Studies 3

3u

MUSM2217

Instrumental Studies 4

3u

MUSM3216

Instrumental Studies 5

3u

MUSM3217

Instrumental Studies 6

3u

MUSM1260

Introduction to Drum Kit

3u

MUSM1258

Introduction to Vibraphone

3u

MUSM1261

Keyboard Repertoire 1

3u

MUSM1262

Keyboard Repertoire 2

3u

MUSM2257

Keyboard Repertoire 3

3u

MUSM2258

Keyboard Repertoire 4

3u

MUSM2259

Keyboard Repertoire 5

3u

MUSM2260

Keyboard Repertoire 6

3u

MUSM1259

Latin Percussion & Hand Drum

3u

MUSM1257

Percussion Arranging & Comp

3u

MUSM1254

Percussion Literature

3u

MUSM1253

Percussion Pedagogy

3u

MUSM1214

Performance 1

6u

MUSM1215

Performance 2

6u

MUSM2214

Performance 3

6u

MUSM2215

Performance 4

6u

MUSM3214

Performance 5

6u

MUSM3215

Performance 6

6u

MUSM1287

Practical Workshop 1

3u

MUSM2276

Practical Workshop 2

3u

MUSM1270

Vocal Ensemble 1

3u

MUSM1271

Vocal Ensemble 2

3u

MUSM2243

Vocal Ensemble 3

3u

MUSM2244

Vocal Ensemble 4

3u

MUSM3242

Vocal Ensemble 5

3u

MUSM3243

Vocal Ensemble 6

3u

MUSM1177

World Music Ensemble 1

3u

MUSM2265

World Music Ensemble 2

3u

 

C. Additional Music Electives

Music & Its Cultural Context Courses

MUSM2205

Australian Music

6u

MUSM1201

Central Concepts of Music

6u

MUSM2252

Folk Music: Theory and Practice

6u

MUSM2239

Highlights of World Music

6u

MUSM3257

Strike up the Bland: Historically Inspired Performance 1

6u

MUSM3258

The Eloquent Style: Historically Inspired Performance 2

6u

MUSM76

Intro to Asian Perf Arts

6u

MUSM2089

Music in Asian Cultures

6u

MUSM2088

Music in Indigenous Australian Society

6u

MUSM77

Popular Culture in SE Asia

6u

MUSM3246

Research Training in Music

6u

MUSM1290

The Idea of Classicism in Western Music

6u

MUSM3259

The Idea of Modernism & its Legacy in Western Music

6u

MUSM2277

The Idea of Romanticism in Western Music

6u

Aural and Theory Courses

MUSM1276 or MUSM1277

Aural 1

Aural 1 Advanced

3u

MUSM1278 or MUSM1279

Aural 2

Aural 2 Advanced

3u

MUSM2253 or MUSM2254

Aural 3

Aural 3 Advanced

3u

MUSM2255 or MUSM2256

Aural 4

Aural 4 Advanced

3u

MUSM3228 or

MUSM3247

Aural 5

Aural 5 Advanced

3u

MUSM3229 or

MUSM3248

Aural 6

Aural 6 Advanced

3u

MUSM1283 or

MUSM1284

Theory 1

Theory 1 Advanced

3u

MUSM1285 or

MUSM1286

Theory 2

Theory 2 Advanced

3u

MUSM2268 or

MUSM2270

Theory 3

Theory 3 Advanced

3u

MUSM2269 or

MUSM2271

Theory 4

Theory 4 Advanced

3u

All other music courses

MUSM3244

Adv Jazz Composition

3u

MUSM3349

Advanced Accompaniment 1

6u

MUSM3250

Advanced Accompaniment 2

6u

MUSM1218

Composition 1

6u

MUSM1219

Composition 2

6u

MUSM2218

Composition 3

6u

MUSM2219

Composition 4

6u

MUSM3218

Composition Studies 5

6u

MUSM3219

Composition Studies 6

6u

MUSM2262

Electronic Music: Hist Theory

6u

MUSM1167

Film Scoring

3u

MUSM2263

Intro to Music Tech 1

3u

MUSM2264

Intro to Music Tech 2

3u

MUSM2261

J.S. Bach and Sons

3u

MUSM1235

Jazz Arranging & Composition 1

3u

MUSM1236

Jazz Arranging & Composition 2

3u

MUSM2235

Jazz Arranging & Composition 3

3u

MUSM2236

Jazz Arranging & Composition 4

3u

MUSM1230

Jazz Aural & Improvisation 1

3u

MUSM1231

Jazz Aural & Improvisation 2

3u

MUSM2230

Jazz Aural & Improvisation 3

3u

MUSM2231

Jazz Aural & Improvisation 4

3u

MUSM3230

Jazz Aural & Improvisation 5

3u

MUSM3231

Jazz Aural & Improvisation 6

3u

MUSM2210

Jazz Harmony & Analysis 1

3u

MUSM2211

Jazz Harmony & Analysis 2

3u

MUSM2212

Jazz Harmony & Analysis 3

3u

MUSM2213

Jazz Harmony & Analysis 4

3u

MUSM2266

Jazz Harmony for Non Jazz Musicians

3u

MUSM1210

Jazz History 1

3u

MUSM1211

Jazz History 2

3u

MUSM2240

Jazz History 3

3u

MUSM2241

Jazz History 4

3u

MUSM1268

Keyboard for Singers 1

3u

MUSM1269

Keyboard for Singers 2

3u

MUSM2273

Diction for Singers - German 1

3u

MUSM2274

Diction for Singers - German 2

3u

ITAL2012

Italian for Singers & Opera Lovers 1

6u

ITAL2013

Italian for Singers & Opera Lovers 2

6u

MUSM3245

Large Ensemble Arranging

3u

MUSM1220

Musicology 1

6u

MUSM1221

Musicology 2

6u

MUSM2220

Musicology 3

6u

MUSM2221

Musicology 4

6u

MUSM3220

Musicology 5

6u

MUSM3221

Musicology 6

6u

MUSM1252

Opera

3u

MUSM3241

The Critical Ear

3u

MUSM1281

The History of the Piano

3u

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