Composition Core Units
Subject tables
The following list of units of study make up the core requirements (apart from Principal Study) for all the undergraduate programs. Many of these units of study can also be taken as electives.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Composition |
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Compositional Techniques and Analysis |
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| CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CMPN2613 Comp Techniques: Number and Process |
6 | P CMPN1612 N CMPN2011 Strong music theory and notation skills are essential in this unit of study |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process |
6 | P CMPN2613 or CMPN2011 N CMPN2012 Strong music theory and notation skills are essential in this unit of study |
Semester 2 |
Composition Through Improvisation |
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| CMPN1000 Composition Through Improvisation 1 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| CMPN1003 Composition Through Improvisation 2 |
3 | P CMPN1000 |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN2000 Performance for Composers: Percussion 1 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| CMPN2001 Performance for Composers: Percussion 2 |
3 | P CMPN2000 |
Semester 2 |
Electroacoustic and Computer Music |
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| CMPN1631 Electroacoustic Music |
6 | P MUED1002 or MUSC2653 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN1632 Computer Music Fundamentals |
6 | P MUED1002 or MUSC2653 Students who don't have the prerequisite, but have prior computer programming experience can apply to the Coordinator for permission to enrol. |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN2633 Computer Music Advanced |
6 | P CMPN1632 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN3634 Interactive Media and Sound Installations |
6 | P CMPN1632 |
Semester 2 |