Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest	Music

The Music major gives students the opportunity to pursue high-level studies in music. The key objective of the major is to develop students' deep and sophisticated understanding of one or more of the cultural, historical, theoretical, and analytical situation of music across a variety of cultures and historical periods. Students may also choose a focus on music education or music technology. The Music major allows sufficient specialisation for students to focus on a particular area – for instance musicology, ethnomusicology, theory and analysis – and gain a robust
preparation for Honours and further research in that area.

 

Learning outcomes

Students completing the Music major will be able to:

• Understand the languages, forms, materials, and techniques of a wide range of musics;
• Recognise and reflect critically on social, cultural and ethical issues, and apply local and, international perspectives to practice in music;
• Develop and evaluate musical, cultural, and artistic ideas, concepts and processes by thinking creatively, critically and reflectively, and through engaging with scholarship and research; and
• Communicate sophisticated ideas, problems and arguments to do with music and the arts in modes suited to a range of audiences.

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

12 units from the completion of 1000-level courses from the following list:

MUSI1103: Music and Meaning (6 units)
MUSI1104: Turning Points in Music History (6 units)
MUSI1105: Music Creative Practice 1 (6 units)
MUSI1106: Music Creative Practice 2 (6 units)
MUSI1107: Music Practical Workshop 1 (6 units)
MUSI1108: Music Practical Workshop 2 (6 units)

A minimum of 36 units from the completion of core courses from the following list:

FILM2008: Music and Film (6 units)
MUSI2203: Music Creative Practice 3 (6 units)
MUSI2204: Music Creative Practice 4 (6 units)
MUSI2205: Creative and Professional Music Practice Project 1 (6 units)
MUSI2206: Innovations in Music Teaching (6 units)
MUSI2207: Instrumental Music Education (6 units)
MUSI2208: Creative Music Technologies (6 units)
MUSI2209: Music Recording Techniques (6 units)
MUSI2211: Writing about Music (6 units)
MUSI2212: Music and Spirituality (6 units)
MUSI2213: Indigenous Music and Media (6 units)
MUSI2214: Music Research Project 1 (6 units)
MUSI2215: All Shook Up: A History of Rock n Roll (6 units)
MUSI3303: Advanced Composition and Arrangement 1 (6 units)
MUSI3304: Advanced Composition and Arrangement 2 (6 units)
MUSI3305: Advanced Improvisation 1 (6 units)
MUSI3306: Advanced Improvisation 2 (6 units)
MUSI3307: Creative and Professional Music Practice Project 2 (6 units)
MUSI3308: Group Methods of Music Teaching (6 units)
MUSI3309: Music and Digital Media (6 units)
MUSI3310: Music: Global and Local (6 units)
MUSI3311: Music, Politics, and Policy (6 units)
MUSI3312: Music Business, Management and Law (6 units)
MUSI3313: Music Research Project 2 (6 units)

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