Bachelors of Music (Honours)/Education (Secondary) (BMus(Hons)/BEd(Sec)) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2019

Bachelors of Music(Hons)/ Education(Sec)

A student is required to obtain 80 units comprising -

48 units from the BMus(Hons) course list consisting of:

22 units for part A; and
18 units for part B (comprising the Music Learning major and a minor); and
8 units for part H

and

32 units from the BEd(Secondary) course list consisting of:

16 units for part A; and
8 units for part B; and
4 units from part C; and 4 units from part C or part D

Before starting the program, a student must get the executive dean's approval for the chosen instrument. The executive dean must approve subsequent changes.

Bachelor of Music (Honours)

Part A

22 units comprising:

18 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC1050 2 Music in Society 1
MUSC1201 4 Practical Studies 1
MUSC1600 2 Musicianship 1
MUSC2051 2 Music in Society 2
MUSC2060 2 Musicianship 2
MUSC2510 2 Music in Society 3
MUSC2620 2 Advanced Musicianship 1
MUSC2630 2 Advanced Musicianship 2

and 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC2201 4 Practical Studies 2
MUSC2215 4 Practical Studies 2

Part B

12 units for a major in Music Learning -

Music Learning Major

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC2810 2 Indigenous Australian Music: Indigenous music-making in Australia
MUSC3160 2 Choral Conducting
MUSC3170 2 Instrumental Conducting
MUSC3840 2 Multi-Instrumental Pedagogy A
MUSC3850 2 Multi-Instrumental Pedagogy B

and 6 units for a minor -

Music Psychology Minor

6 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC2300 2 Music and Human Behaviour
MUSC2310 2 Music, Wellbeing and Health
MUSC3340 2 Music, Cognition & Development

Musicology Minor

6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC2501 2 Music History - Medieval/Renaissance
MUSC2640 2 Introduction to Musical Analysis
MUSC3540 2 Music Communication, Writing and Critique
MUSC3560 2 Historical Performance Practice
MUSC3600 2 Counterpoint
MUSC4420 2 Independent Study in Historical Musicology

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC3540 2 Music Communication, Writing and Critique
MUSC3560 2 Historical Performance Practice
MUSC3600 2 Counterpoint

Part H

8 units comprising:

2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC4410 2 Artistic and Musicological Research Methods
MUSC4430 2 Music Education and Psychology Research Methods

And 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC4500 6 Music Thesis
MUSC4550 6 Portfolio of Artistic Research

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

The courses in Part A of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) are studied concurrently with the courses of the non-Education program of the dual degree.

Part A

16 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC1710 2 A Sociological Orientation to Education
[ EDUC1650 2 Learning and Development for Educators
[ or
[ EDUC1601 2 Learning and Development for Music Educators [1]
EDUC2090 2 Indigenous Knowledge & Education
EDUC2601 2 Literacies within and across the Curriculum
[ EDUC2604 2 Teachers as Educational Innovators and Agents of Change
[ or
[ EDUC2602 2 Music Teachers as Educational Innovators and Agents of Change
EDUC3602 2 Numeracy across the Curriculum
EDUC3605 2 Building Professional Knowledge
EDUC3606 2 Building Inclusive Secondary Classrooms

Part B

Compulsory

8 units for:

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC4607 2 Assessment for Learning and Teaching
EDUC4620 2 Teachers as Researchers
EDUC4615 2 Developing Professional Practice
EDUC4625 2 Achieving Professional Engagement

4 units from Part C; and

4 units from Part C or D

Part C

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC4631 4 Biology: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4632 4 Business: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4633 4 Chemistry: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4634 4 Chinese: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4635 4 Drama: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4636 4 English: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4637 4 French: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4638 4 Geography: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4639 4 German: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4641 4 History: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4642 4 Digital Technologies: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4643 4 Japanese: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4644 4 Mathematics: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4645 4 Music: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4646 4 Physics: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4647 4 Earth and Environmental Science: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4648 4 Spanish: Curriculum Studies

Part D

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC4652 4 Advanced Mathematics: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4654 4 Economics: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4655 4 Film, TV and New Media: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4657 4 Legal Studies: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4658 4 Choral and Instrumental Music: Curriculum Studies
EDUC4659 4 Psychology: Curriculum Studies

End notes

  • [1] EDUC1601 and EDUC2602 are compulsory for students with the teaching area of Music in the BA/BEd(Sec) and BMus(Hons)/BEd(Sec) dual degrees.