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Bachelor of Music (Composition)

Enrolment pattern

Minimum levels of achievement

Resolutions Area of study Credit points Minimum levels of achievement to qualify for the award of pass degree
Core Music Skills 27 24 cps Harmony and Analysis 1-4; Aural Perception 1-4;
3 cps either Creative Music Technology or Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals.
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) 24 0 cps Australian Indigenous Music;
6 cps This is Music;
12 cps in AHCS Foundation units;
6 cps in AHCS Elective units
Performance and Ensemble 3 Performance or Ensemble units
Composition Studies Composition Studies 36

6 cps Instrumentation and Orchestration;
6 cps New Music, New Thinking;
6 cps Comp Techniques: Number and Process;
6 cps Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process;
6 cps Electroacoustic Music or Computer Music Fundamentals; and
6 cps of chosen Composition Studies units

Principal Study 48 Composition 1-8
Project Professional and Industry Skills
12 Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2 (or Industry Community Project units)
Electives Minor and/or electives
42 (36 cps of a chosen Music minor and 6 cps of electives) or (42 cps of electives from Table A (Music) and/or Table S and/or Table O).

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
Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis
6 Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis
6 Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis
6 Aural Perception; Harmony and Analysis
6
CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
6 CMPN1612
New Music, New Thinking
6 CMPN2614
Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process
6 CMPN2613
Comp Techniques: Number and Process
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6 CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology
or
CMPN1014
Sound Recording Fundamentals
3 *CMPN2631
Electroacoustic Music or AHCS Foundation unit
6 *CMPN2632
Computer Music Fundamentals or AHCS Foundation unit
6
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0 Performance/ Ensemble 3        
  24   24   24   24
Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
CMPN3605
Composition 5
6 CMPN3606
Composition 6
6 CMPN4607
Composition 7
6 CMPN4608
Composition 8
6
AHCS Foundation unit 6 AHCS Elective unit 6 SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1 or ICPU
6 SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative Project 2 or ICPU
6
Electives 6 Electives 12 Electives 12 Electives 12
Composition studies unit 6            
  24   24   24   24

*CMPN2631 or CMPN2632 must be completed.