Bachelor of Music (Composition)
Unit of study table
| This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 22 November 2024. View details of the changes below. |
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| To qualify for the award of the pass degree in the Composition stream, a candidate must successully complete 192 credit points comprising: |
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a) 54 credit points of core units as specified in Table A; and
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| b) MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music; and |
| c) 84 credit points of Composition Studies units as specified in Table A; and |
| d) 12 credit points of project units of study, and |
| e) either: |
i. a 36 credit point minor from Table A or Table S and 6 credit points of electives from Table A or Table S or Table O; or |
ii. 42 credit points of elective units of study from Table A or Table S; and a maximum of 12 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core |
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Music Skills |
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| MCGY1000 Aural Perception 1 |
3 | |
| MCGY1001 Aural Perception 1A |
3 | |
| MCGY1002 Aural Perception 1B |
3 | P MCGY1001 |
| MCGY1003 Aural Perception 2 |
3 | P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002 |
| MCGY2004 Aural Perception 3 |
3 | P MCGY1003 |
| MCGY2005 Aural Perception 4 |
3 | P MCGY2004 |
| 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 |
| MCGY1009 Harmony and Analysis 2 |
3 | P MCGY1008 |
| MCGY2010 Harmony and Analysis 3 |
3 | P MCGY1009 |
| MCGY2011 Harmony and Analysis 4 |
3 | P MCGY2010 |
| CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology |
3 | |
| CMPN1014 Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals |
3 | |
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) |
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| MCGY0000 Australian Indigenous Music |
0 | |
| MCGY1030 This Is Music |
6 | |
| And 18 credit points of chosen AHCS units from the AHCS pool | ||
Performance and Ensemble |
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| And 3 credit points of a chosen Performance or Ensemble unit from the Performance and Ensemble pool | ||
Composition Studies |
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Principal Study |
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| CMPN1601 Composition 1 |
6 | |
| CMPN1602 Composition 2 |
6 | A Students should own a professional music notation program (e.g. Sibelius, Finale, Dorico) P CMPN1601 |
| CMPN2603 Composition 3 |
6 | P CMPN1602 |
| CMPN2604 Composition 4 |
6 | P CMPN2603 |
| CMPN3605 Composition 5 |
6 | P CMPN2604 or CMPN2223 |
| CMPN3606 Composition 6 |
6 | P CMPN3605 |
| CMPN4607 Composition 7 |
6 | P CMPN3606 or CMPN3336 or CMPN2223 or CMPN2334 or CMPN3236 |
| CMPN4608 Composition 8 |
6 | P CMPN4607 |
Composition Studies |
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| CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to be able to read and understand instrumental music notation of moderate complexity |
| CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking |
6 | |
| CMPN2613 Comp Techniques: Number and Process |
6 | P CMPN2614 |
| CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process |
6 | P CMPN1612 |
| CMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music |
6 | A Proficiency in the usage of any industry standard DAW and attendant sound transformation and diffusion software P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653 |
| CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals |
6 | P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653 |
| And 6 credit points of a chosen Composition Studies unit from the Composition Studies pool | ||
Project |
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Professional and Industry Skills |
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| Either: i. 12 credit points of Music Specialist Creative Project units; or ii. 12 credit points of Professional Practice Internship/Industry and Community Project units. |
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| SCMP4601 Music Specialist Creative Project 1 |
6 | |
| SCMP4602 Music Specialist Creative Project 2 |
6 | P SCMP4601 |
| PERF2622 Professional Practice Internship |
6 | |
| PERF3610 Professional Practice Internship 2 |
6 | P PERF2622 |
| PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects |
6 | A upper-level disciplinary knowledge P 72 credit points |
