Bachelor of Music (BMus) - Course List
Information valid for students commencing 2013
Bachelor of Music
Part A
Composition
Year 3
Prerequisites: permission of Head of School of Music plus grade point average of 6 or higher for MUSC2600, MUSC2601, MUSC2610 and MUSC2611.
#16, comprising #6 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3201 | 6 | Practical Studies/Composition 3 |
Year 4
#16, comprising #8 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4201 | 8 | Practical Studies/Composition 4 |
Composition and Musicology
Year 3
Prerequisites: meets the prerequisite requirements for both majors Composition and Musicology.
#16 consisting of -
#8 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3201 | 6 | Practical Studies/Composition 3 |
MUSC3540 | 2 | Seminar in Music History |
Year 4
#10 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4201 | 8 | Practical Studies/Composition 4 |
MUSC4410 | 2 | Musicological Research Methods |
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4420 | 2 | Research Project |
If approved for admission to Honours #6 consisting of -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4500 | 6 | Music Thesis |
Music Performance
Year 3
Prerequisites: a grade of 6 or higher in MUSC2201.
#16, comprising #6 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3201 | 6 | Practical Studies/Composition 3 |
#4 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3140 | 2 | Advanced Chamber Music Studies 1A |
MUSC3150 | 2 | Advanced Chamber Music Studies 1B |
Year 4
#16, comprising #8 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4201 | 8 | Practical Studies/Composition 4 |
Musicology
Year 3
Prerequisites: grade point average of 5.5 or higher for #8 in second year comprising MUSC2600 & MUSC2610 and #4 from Group D, or permission of Head of School.
#16, comprising
#2 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3540 | 2 | Seminar in Music History |
Performance & Musicology
Year 3
Prerequisites: Meets the prerequisites for both majors Performance and Musicology.
#16 comprising
#12 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3140 | 2 | Advanced Chamber Music Studies 1A |
MUSC3150 | 2 | Advanced Chamber Music Studies 1B |
MUSC3201 | 6 | Practical Studies/Composition 3 |
MUSC3540 | 2 | Seminar in Music History |
Year 4
#16 comprising #10 for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4201 | 8 | Practical Studies/Composition 4 |
MUSC4410 | 2 | Musicological Research Methods |
and #6 comprising -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4420 | 2 | Research Project |
OR
If approved for admission to Honours, #6 comprising -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC4500 | 6 | Music Thesis |
Part B
First Year Electives
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC1010 | 2 | Introduction to Music Technology |
MUSC1700 | 2 | Popular Music 1950s Onward: From Elvis to Madonna |
MUSC1800 | 2 | World Music |
Group A - Music History & Traditions
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ABTS2102 | 2 | Aboriginal Music: Performing, Place, Power & Identity |
MUSC2300 | 2 | Music and Human Behaviour |
MUSC2310 | 2 | Music and Health |
MUSC2700 | 2 | Music in the Digital Age |
MUSC3520 | 2 | Music History - Topic 1 |
MUSC3530 | 2 | Music History - Topic 2 |
MUSC3540 | 2 | Seminar in Music History |
MUSC3560 | 2 | Historical Performance Practice |
MUSC3720 | 2 | Music in Film and Television |
Group B - Music Techniques, Analysis & Aural Studies
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC3010 | 2 | Music Studio Techniques A |
MUSC3020 | 2 | Music Studio Techniques B |
MUSC3600 | 2 | Advanced Music Techniques A - Counterpoint |
MUSC3610 | 2 | Advanced Music Techniques B - Analysis |
MUSC3640 | 2 | Advanced Aural Skills A |
MUSC3650 | 2 | Advanced Aural Skills B |
MUSC3730 | 2 | Materials of Popular Music |
MUSC4800 | 2 | Creative Music Making |
Group C - Music Practice
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
MUSC2150 | 2 | Chamber Music Studies |
MUSC2160 | 2 | Chamber Music Studies B |
MUSC3160 | 2 | Conducting A |
MUSC3170 | 2 | Conducting B |
MUSC3240 | 2 | Adjunct Practical Study 1 |
MUSC3840 | 2 | Group Music Skills A |
MUSC3850 | 2 | Group Music Skills B |
MUSC4240 | 2 | Adjunct Practical Study 2 |
MUSC4270 | 2 | Music Industry Internship |