Music
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Music |
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| A major in music requires a minimum of 36 senior credit points, which must include MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing. | |||
Junior units of study |
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| MUSC1501 Extended Fundamentals of Music |
6 | A (MUSC1503 and MUSC1504), or HSC Music 2 N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1002 or MUSC1003 or MUSC1004 or MUSC1005 or MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC2693 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 Students will take a diagnostic in Week 1 of semester to ensure they have the required level of music theory and aural skills. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1002 or MUSC1003 or MUSC1004 or MUSC1005 or MUSC1501 or MUSC1502 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 |
6 | A MUSC1503 N MUSC1501 or MUSC1502 or MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1002 or MUSC1003 or MUSC1004 or MUSC1005 or MUSC2699 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC1506 Music in Western Culture |
6 | A The ability to follow a musical score while listening to the music and some prior knowledge of elementary music theory. N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1502 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1502 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCP1603 Practical Keyboard Skills 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Must have keyboard skills and reasonable music reading skills. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCP1604 Practical Keyboard Skills 2 |
6 | P ACCP1603 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Must have keyboard skills and reasonable music reading skills. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CMPN1010 Creative Vocal Ensemble |
3 | A Sight singing; basic choral skills required; familiarity with music notation and music notation software. |
Semester 2 |
| ENSE1015 Choir 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENSE1002 Choir 2 |
3 | P ENSE1015 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1015 Choir 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENSE1019 Choir 3 |
3 | P ENSE1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1601 Chamber Choir 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1602 Chamber Choir 2 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1000 Jazz Large Ensemble 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1001 Jazz Large Ensemble 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1015 Jazz Ear Training 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1016 Jazz Ear Training 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1015 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1019 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1020 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1019 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1025 Jazz Piano 1 |
3 |
This unit of study is only available to non-Jazz majors. |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1026 Jazz Piano 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1025 This unit of study is only available to non-Jazz majors. |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY1000 Aural Perception 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Completion of a Music Skills Test is essential prior to commencement. Conservatorium of Music students who did not do the test during the audition period and non-Conservatorium of Music Students should contact the unit of study coordinator before the start of semester. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1001 Aural Perception 1A |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Completion of a Music Skills Test is essential prior to commencement. Conservatorium of Music students who did not do the test during the audition period and non-Conservatorium of Music Students should contact the unit of study coordinator before the start of semester. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1002 Aural Perception 1B |
3 | P MCGY1001 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY1003 Aural Perception 2 |
3 | P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY1008 Harmony and Analysis 1 |
3 | A Ability to read musical notation including treble and bass clefs, and knowledge of scales, intervals and triads in tonal music. N MUSC2699 Completion of a Music Skills Test is essential prior to commencement. Conservatorium of Music students who did not do the test during the audition period and non-Conservatorium of Music Students should contact the unit of study coordinator before the start of semester. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1009 Harmony and Analysis 2 |
3 | P MCGY1008 |
Semester 2 |
| MUED1009 Psychology of Learning and Instruction |
3 | Semester 2 |
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Senior units of study |
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Compulsory |
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| MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
Electives |
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| MUSC2612 Music Performance |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2012 Audition Requirements: 2 contrasting pieces (or excerpts) totalling 6 minutes and a brief interview. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2613 Music Ensembles Performance |
6 | P Music Performance MUSC2612, or written permission by the Arts Music Unit N MUSC2013 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2614 Composition Workshop |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2616 Noise/Sound/Music: Engaging Sonic Worlds This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC2622 Music in the Sixties |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2106 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2631 Music and Everyday Life |
6 | P 12 credit points of Junior Music units N MUSC2903 This unit is a requirement for Honours. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2638 Jazz Hipsters and Hegemony |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC2644 Introduction to the Philosophy of Music |
6 | P 24 credit points of Units |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2645 Psychology of Music |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2053 An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology is an advantage in this unit of study. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2654 Popular Music |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2664 Popular Music and the Moving Image This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2666 A Global Sound: African American Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points. N SSCP1002 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2667 Shakespeare as Opera This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2670 Music Festivals and Arts Events Management This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2679 Spirituality as Music This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2691 Music and Politics |
6 | A English literacy |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2693 Fundamentals of Music 3 |
6 | N MUSC1501 or MUSC2615 or MUSC2699 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2694 Survey of World Music This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3601 Contemporary Music Making 1 |
6 | P MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC2653 N MUSC1401 or MUSC1402 or MUSC2403 or MUSC2404 or MUSC3405 or MUSC3406 Students who do not meet the pre-requisite may seek special permission from the subject co-ordinator |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC3602 Contemporary Music Making 2 |
6 | P MUSC3601 Students who do not meet the pre-requisite may seek special permission from the subject co-ordinator |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P MUSC2653 Students who do not meet the pre-requisite may seek special permission from the subject co-ordinator |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3606 Musical Australia and Asia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment Assumed knowledge: An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology would be an advantage but not essential. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Music units N MUSC3904 This unit is a requirement for Honours. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalization |
6 | P 48 credit points of Junior Units |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3639 Music Journalism |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 |
Musical knowledge may be helpful but not necessary |
Semester 2 |
Conservatorium of Music Elective units |
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| The following list of Conservatorium units are available to Arts students undertaking a Music Major. All Conservatorium units require coordinator permission for entry and students undertaking a Music Major must complete at least 18 senior credit points in MUSC coded units of study. Full unit of study descriptions can be found online, or in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Handbook. | |||
Composition units |
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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 |
| CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking |
6 | Semester 2 |
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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 |
| CMPN2006 Sound Recording Fundamentals |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| CMPN2007 Sound Recording Advanced |
3 | P CMPN2006 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
| CMPN2633 Computer Music Advanced |
6 | P CMPN1632 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN3634 Interactive Media and Sound Installations |
6 | P CMPN1632 |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN3635 Writing Music for the Moving Image |
6 | P MUED1002 or MUSC2653 or MUED4002 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN4666 Advanced Analysis |
6 | P MCGY4601 |
Semester 1 |
Analysis and Historical Studies |
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| MCGY2600 Advanced Harmony |
6 | P MCGY2011 N MCGY2000 or MCGY2001 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2601 Perception of Music Performance This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 48 credit points of units |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2611 Music from the Middle Ages to Baroque |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2612 Music in the Classical and Romantic Eras |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2614 Musical Worlds of Today |
6 |
This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3601 Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Music This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P MCGY2011 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3603 Baroque Music: History and Performance |
6 | A Knowledge of baroque music such as that gained from taking a foundation music history course covering the 17th and 18th centuries. N MCGY3003 or MCGY3004 |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3604 J.S. Bach and his World |
6 | P MCGY2611 If students do not meet pre-requisites, they may seek permission from the Unit Co-Ordinator |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3610 Chant in the West This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P MCGY2611 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3013 Late Beethoven Seminar This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
3 | A MCGY2612 P MCGY2612 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3627 Paleography of Music |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY3629 Romanticism and the Fantastic |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850. P MCGY2612 N MCGY3029 or MCGY3037 |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3630 New Germans: Wagner and Liszt 1848-76 This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850. P MCGY2612 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3631 African-American Music Inquiry This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY3639 Modernism in Austria and Germany 1889-1914 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Music Skills |
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| Music 2 recommended or AMEB Level 6 Musicianship for entry | |||
| MCGY2004 Aural Perception 3 |
3 | P MCGY1003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2005 Aural Perception 4 |
3 | P MCGY2004 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2010 Harmony and Analysis 3 |
3 | P MCGY1009 |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2011 Harmony and Analysis 4 |
3 | P MCGY2010 |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2038 Jazz Ear Training 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1016 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2039 Jazz Ear Training 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2038 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2016 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1020 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2017 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2016 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
Ensemble/Performance Studies |
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| ENSE2603 Chamber Choir 3 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2604 Chamber Choir 4 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2008 Choir 5 |
3 | P ENSE2003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE3605 Chamber Choir 5 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE3606 Chamber Choir 6 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE3016 Choir 6 |
3 | P ENSE2008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2012 Choir 7 |
3 | P ENSE3016 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE4020 Choir 8 |
3 | P ENSE2012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE4607 Chamber Choir 7 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE4608 Chamber Choir 8 |
6 |
Audition required for entry in first week of each semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2022 Jazz Piano 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1026 This unit of study is only available to non-Jazz majors. |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2023 Jazz Piano 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2022 This unit of study is only available to non-Jazz majors. |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2030 Jazz Vocal Workshop 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2031 Jazz Vocal Workshop 2 |
3 | P JAZZ2030 |
Semester 2 |
| PERF2604 Chinese Music Ensemble 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| PERF2605 Chinese Music Ensemble 2 |
6 | P PERF2604 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students may seek permission from the co-ordinator if pre-requisites are not met. |
Semester 2 |
| PERF3606 Chinese Music Ensemble 3 |
6 | P PERF2604 or PERF2605 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| PERF3607 Chinese Music Ensemble 4 |
6 | P PERF3606 or (PERF2604 and PERF2605) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| The following units also require an audition for entry | |||
| PERF3000 Conducting 1 |
3 |
To remain in the unit, students must pass an audition in the first week of class. Audition requirements: To demonstrate the beat patterns for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and prepare Divertimento in D; Movement 1 K.136 (Mozart) demonstrating basic cues and dynamics. |
Semester 1 |
| PERF3001 Conducting 2 |
3 | P PERF3000 Note: Students must obtain the level of a credit or higher in Conducting 1 to gain admission and prepare the Haydn Variations (Brahms): theme, var.1 and var.3 for audition. Students with conducting experience, who have not taken Conducting 1, can audition for entry. |
Semester 2 |
| PERF3603 Advanced Conducting This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P PERF3000 and PERF3001 Note: Students must obtain the level of a credit or higher in Conducting 2 to gain admission. Students with substantial conducting experience, who have not taken Conducting 1 or 2, can audition for entry. |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2002 Jazz Large Ensemble 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2003 Jazz Large Ensemble 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3002 Jazz Large Ensemble 5 |
3 | P JAZZ2003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3003 Jazz Large Ensemble 6 |
3 | P JAZZ3002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ4002 Jazz Large Ensemble 7 |
3 | P JAZZ3003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ4003 Jazz Large Ensemble 8 |
3 | P JAZZ4002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. Entry to these ensembles is by audition held during the week before classes commence in semester 1. Contact Chair of Unit for day and time. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Music Education |
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| MUED2301 Music Learning Through Community Service This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| PERF2622 Professional Practice Internship |
6 | P 48 credit points from UG Music degree Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
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| MUSC4011 Music Honours A |
12 | P Credit results in MUSC3609, and (MUSC2631 or MUSC3699), and a result of Credit or greater in 36 credit points of Senior Music units Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC4012 Music Honours B |
12 | C MUSC4011 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC4013 Music Honours C |
12 | C MUSC4012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC4014 Music Honours D |
12 | C MUSC4013 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |