Bachelor of Music / Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)
Core requirements
| To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition), a candidate must successully complete 240 credit points comprising: | ||
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| (i) 102 credit points of Specialisation units of study including: | ||
| (a) 48 credit points of Principal Study units; | ||
| (b) 48 credit points in Composition Studies units; | ||
| (c) 6 credit points in Performance/ensemble units; | ||
| (ii) 30 credit points of core units including: |
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| (a) 18 credit points of Harmony and Analysis and Aural Perception units; |
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| (b) 12 credit points of Analysis, History and Culture Studies units; |
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| (iii) 12 credit points in the Open Learning Environment (OLE) units as specified in Table O; |
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| (iv) A major (48 credit points) from Table S; |
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| (v) A minimum of 24 credit points at 4000 level from a Specialisation or Table S, including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project of at least 12 credit points and up to 36 credit points; |
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| (vi) where appropriate, elective units of study from a Specialisation or Table S. | ||
Minimum levels of achievement
| Area of study | Credit points |
Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree |
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| Principal Study | 48 |
Composition 1-8 |
| Composition Studies | 48 |
CMPN3000 Composer Performer Workshop 1; 45 cps in Composition Studies as referred to in the Standard enrolment pattern table below |
| Performance and Ensemble | 6 |
6 cps in Performance or Ensemble units |
| Music Skills | 18 |
Harmony and Analysis: Aural Perception units |
| Analysis, History and Culture Studies (AHCS) | 12 |
MCGY1030 This is Music; 6 cps in AHCS Foundation unit |
| Table O (OLE) | 12 |
Open Learning Environment units |
| Table S major | 48 |
Table S major |
| Advanced coursework or Honours | 48 |
4000-level Advanced coursework from Music or Table S major including Music Specialist Project 1-2, or Honours |
Standard enrolment pattern
| Semester 1 | CP |
Semester 2 |
CP |
Semester 3 |
CP |
Semester 4 |
CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPN1601 Composition 1 |
6 | CMPN1602 Composition 2 |
6 | CMPN2603 Composition 3 |
6 | CMPN2604 Composition 4 |
6 |
| Music Theory and Aural | 6 | Music Theory and Aural | 6 | Music Theory and Aural | 6 | OLE units | 6 |
| CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration |
6 | CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology or CMPN1014 Sound Recording Fundamentals |
3 | CMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music |
6 | CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals |
6 |
| MCGY1030 This is Music |
6 | CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking |
6 | 1000-level Table S major | 6 | 1000-level Table S major | 6 |
| Performance/Ensemble | 3 | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Semester 5 | CP | Semester 6 | CP | Semester 7 | CP | Semester 8 | CP |
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| CMPN3605 Composition 5 |
6 | CMPN3606 Composition 6 |
6 | CMPN4607 Composition 7 |
6 | CMPN4608 Composition 8 |
6 |
| CMPN2613 Comp Techniques: Number and Process |
6 | CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process |
6 |
CMPN3000 Composer Performer Workshop 1 |
3 | OLE units | 6 |
| AHCS Foundation unit | 6 | Composition Studies elective | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 |
| 2000-level Table S major | 6 | 2000-level Table S major | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 | 3000-level Table S major | 6 |
| Performance/ Ensemble | 3 | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Semester 9 | CP | Semester 10 | CP |
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| SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or Honours |
6 | SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or Honours |
6 |
| 4000-level Advanced Coursework or Honours |
6 | 4000-level Advanced Coursework or Honours | 6 |
| Elective or Honours | 6 | Elective or Honours | 6 |
| Elective or Honours | 6 | Elective or Honours | 6 |
| 24 | 24 | ||
