Bachelor of Arts (Music)
The Bachelor of Arts (Music) consists of 144 units that students must complete:
i) A Practical Music Studies major comprising 42 units;
ii) 30 units from courses included in the Critical Music Studies core list, with a maximum of 12 units at first year level;
iii) 24 units of courses from the Designated List;
iv) A further 48 units with at least 24 of these units from the Arts Course List.
No more than 48 units may be taken from 1st year courses.
The Practical Music Studies Major can only be taken in a BA (Music) degree structure.
Typical Structure
First Year
Semester 1 | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of Critical Music Studies | 6 units of first year designated courses | 6 units of First Year Arts |
Semester 2 | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of Critical Music Studies | 6 units of first year free choice | 6 units of First Year Arts |
Second Year
Semester 1 | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of Critical Music Studies | 6 units of later year designated courses | 6 units of later year Arts |
Semester 2 | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of Critical Music Studies | 6 units of later year designated courses | 6 units of later year Arts |
Third Year
Semester 1 | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of Critical Music Studies | 6 units of later year designated courses | 6 units of other later year courses |
Semester 2 | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of Practical Music Studies major | 6 units of other later year courses | 6 units of other later year courses |
Critical Music Studies Core List
First Year
MUSM 1201 Central Concepts of Music (compulsory for all Classical and World Music stream students) (6 units)
MUSM 1203 Turning Points in Music (6 units)
MUSM 1239 Highlights of World Music (6 units)
MUSM1210 Jazz History 1 (3 units)
MUSM1211 Jazz History 2 (3 units)
MUSM2210 Jazz Harmony and Analysis 1 (3 units)
MUSM2211Jazz Harmony and Analysis 2 (3 units)
Later Year
Classical music units:
MUSM 2205 Australian Music (6 units)
MUSM 2250 Western Art Music of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (6 units)
MUSM 2251 Music in 18th & 19th Century Europe (6 units)
MUSM 2252 Folk Music: Theory and Practice (6 units)
World music units:
MUSM 0076 Introduction to Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation (6 units)
MUSM 2089 Music in Asian Cultures (6 units)
MUSM 2088 Music in Indigenous Australian Society (6 units)
MUSM 0077 Popular Culture in Southeast Asia (6 units)
Jazz units:
MUSM2240 Jazz History 3 (3 units)
MUSM2241Jazz History 4 (3 units)
MUSM2212 Jazz Harmony and Analysis 3 (3 units)
MUSM2213 Jazz Harmony and Analysis 4 (3 units)
Designated List (enrolment in courses is subject to approval of course co-ordinators)
Code | Name | Units |
Advanced Jazz Composition | 3 | |
MUSM1228 | Aural 1 | 3 |
MUSM1229 | Aural 2 | 3 |
MUSM2228 | Aural 3 | 3 |
MUSM2229 | Aural 4 | 3 |
MUSM4098 | Directed Individual Project | 6 |
Electronic Music | 6 | |
Film Scoring | 3 | |
General Musical Acoustics | 3 | |
MUSM1239 | Highlights of World Music | 6 |
MUSM0076 | Introduction to Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation | 6 |
Introduction to Drum Kit | 3 | |
Introduction to Vibraphone | 3 | |
Jazz Arranging and Composition 1 | 3 | |
Jazz Arranging and Composition 2 | 3 | |
Jazz Arranging and Composition 3 | 3 | |
Jazz Arranging and Composition 4 | 3 | |
Keyboard Repertoire 1 | 3 | |
Keyboard Repertoire 2 | 3 | |
Keyboard Repertoire 3 | 3 | |
Keyboard Repertoire 4 | 3 | |
Keyboard Repertoire 5 | 3 | |
Keyboard Repertoire 6 | 3 | |
Large Ensemble Arranging | 3 | |
Latin Percussion and Hand Drumming | 3 | |
Music in Asian cultures | 6 | |
Music in Colonial Society | 6 | |
Music in Indigenous Australian Society | 6 | |
Percussion Composition & Arranging | 3 | |
Percussion Literature | 3 | |
Percussion Pedagogy | 3 | |
Performance Wellness | 3 | |
MUSM0077 | Popular Culture in Southeast Asia | 6 |
Recording Techniques A | 3 | |
Recording Techniques B | 3 | |
Studio Piano Pedagogy 1 | 3 | |
Studio Piano Pedagogy 2 | 3 | |
World Music Ensemble | 3 |
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