Research
Unit of study table
The University of Sydney introduced a new coursework requirement for Higher Degree by Research students commencing from Research Period 1 2021.
Coursework is intended to give students the opportunity to take units of study that expand their existing skills or work toward developing novel capabilities that will complement their research and career development.
Units of study students can choose to fulfil the Higher Degree by Research coursework requirement are listed in Table R of the Interdisciplinary Studies Handbook.
Students can enrol in units of study in Sydney Student and plan professional and academic development activities with their supervisors in the Research Education Candidature System. Award requirements for each degree are outlined in the respective course resolutions.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Master of Music |
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| The Master of Music is offered in Composition, Music Education, Musicology and Performance. | ||
Composition and Performance core units of study |
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| MCGY5111 Creative Work Seminar 1 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research. Students should have received research training commensurate with an undergraduate Honours degree or equivalent |
| MCGY5112 Creative Work Seminar 2 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research P MCGY5111 |
Doctor of Musical Arts |
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Core units of study |
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| MCGY5111 Creative Work Seminar 1 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research. Students should have received research training commensurate with an undergraduate Honours degree or equivalent |
| MCGY5112 Creative Work Seminar 2 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research P MCGY5111 |
Elective Units |
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| CMPN5006 Recording Portfolio |
6 | |
| CMPN5012 Graduate Composer Performer Workshop |
6 | |
| CMPN5114 Graduate Vocal Composition Workshop |
6 | A Undergraduate-level composition experience necessary. Sight singing; basic choral skills required; familiarity with music notation and music notation software required |
| EMUS5600 Historical Performance Practice |
6 | |
| MCGY5111 Creative Work Seminar 1 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research. Students should have received research training commensurate with an undergraduate Honours degree or equivalent |
| MCGY5112 Creative Work Seminar 2 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research P MCGY5111 |
| MCGY5600 Critical Discourses in Music |
6 | |
| MCGY5601 Music Through Ethnography |
6 | |
| MCGY5602 Opera and Society |
6 | |
| MCGY5603 Music as Social Science |
6 | |
| MCGY5604 Researching Creative Process |
6 | |
| MCGY5605 Methods of Music Analysis |
6 | A Traditional chordal nomenclature (e.g. roman numeral and figured bass) and standard methods of analysing Western Art Music will be assumed |
| OLET5801 Recording, Archiving and Repatriation |
2 | |
| OLET5811 Collaborative Ethnography |
2 | |
| PERF5600 Graduate Research Methods |
6 | N MCGY5111 or MCGY5112 |
| PERF5610 Arts and Creative Industries Internship |
6 | |
| VSAO5022 Principles of Studio Pedagogy |
6 | |
