Elective Units
Subject tables
Other units of study listed in the Core section can also be taken as electives.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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| The following list is ordered alphabetically by area and contains all the non core elective units of study for all undergraduate degrees and diplomas. | |||
Chamber music, ensembles and performance |
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Arts music concert performance |
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| MUSC2612 Arts Music Concert Performance 1 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points, AND audition (contact the Unit one week before semester begins) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2613 Arts Music Concert Performance 2 |
6 | P MUSC2612 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3604 Arts Music Concert Performance 3 |
6 | P MUSC2613 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3605 Arts Music Concert Performance 4 |
6 | P MUSC3604 |
Semester 2 |
Brass ensemble |
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| BRSS1000 Brass Ensemble 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS1001 Brass Ensemble 2 |
3 | P BRSS1000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS2000 Brass Ensemble 3 |
3 | P BRSS1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS2001 Brass Ensemble 4 |
3 | P BRSS2000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS3000 Brass Ensemble 5 |
3 | P BRSS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS3001 Brass Ensemble 6 |
3 | P BRSS3000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS4000 Brass Ensemble 7 |
3 | P BRSS3001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BRSS4001 Brass Ensemble 8 |
3 | P BRSS4000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Admission subject to audition. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Chamber music |
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| CHMB3305 Chamber Music 5 |
3 | P ENSE2004 or CHMB2304 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHMB3306 Chamber Music 6 |
3 | P ENSE3004 or CHMB3305 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHMB4307 Chamber Music 7 |
3 | P ENSE3005 or CHMB3306 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHMB4308 Chamber Music 8 |
3 | P ENSE4006 or CHMB4307 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Choir and chamber choir |
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| ENSE1015 Choir 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENSE1002 Choir 2A |
3 | P ENSE1015 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1019 Choir 3A |
3 | P ENSE1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2003 Choir 4A |
3 | P ENSE1019 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2008 Choir 5A |
3 | P ENSE2003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE3016 Choir 6A |
3 | P ENSE2008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2012 Choir 7A |
3 | P ENSE3016 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE4020 Choir 8A |
3 | P ENSE2012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Conducting |
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| PERF3000 Conducting 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Entry by audition only |
Semester 1 |
| PERF3001 Conducting 2 |
3 | P PERF3000 Students must obtain the level of a credit or higher in Conducting 1 to gain admission |
Semester 2 |
| PERF4000 Conducting 3 |
3 | P PERF3001 Students must obtain the level of a credit or higher in Conducting 2 to gain admission |
Semester 1 |
| PERF4001 Conducting 4 |
3 | P PERF4000 Students must obtain the level of a credit or higher in Conducting 3 to gain admission |
Semester 2 |
Early keyboard class |
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| EMUS1661 Early Keyboard Class 1 |
3 | A It is assumed that students have sufficient keyboard skills to perform at least the easiest of J.S. Bach's Two-part Inventions. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| EMUS1662 Early Keyboard Class 2 |
3 | P EMUS1661 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| EMUS2663 Early Keyboard Class 3 |
3 | P EMUS1662 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| EMUS2664 Early Keyboard Class 4 |
3 | P EMUS2663 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Guitar ensemble |
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| STRG1039 Guitar Ensemble 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| STRG1040 Guitar Ensemble 2 |
3 | P STRG1039 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG2035 Guitar Ensemble 3 |
3 | P STRG1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG2036 Guitar Ensemble 4 |
3 | P STRG2035 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG3037 Guitar Ensemble 5 |
3 | P STRG2036 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG3038 Guitar Ensemble 6 |
3 | P STRG3037 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG4041 Guitar Ensemble 7 |
3 | P STRG3038 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG4042 Guitar Ensemble 8 |
3 | P STRG4041 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Jazz ensembles |
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| JAZZ1000 Jazz Large Ensemble 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1001 Jazz Large Ensemble 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1000 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2002 Jazz Large Ensemble 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2003 Jazz Large Ensemble 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3002 Jazz Large Ensemble 5 |
3 | P JAZZ2003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3003 Jazz Large Ensemble 6 |
3 | P JAZZ3002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ4002 Jazz Large Ensemble 7 |
3 | P JAZZ3003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ4003 Jazz Large Ensemble 8 |
3 | P JAZZ4002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1029 Jazz Small Ensemble 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1030 Jazz Small Ensemble 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1029 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2026 Jazz Small Ensemble 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1030 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2027 Jazz Small Ensemble 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2026 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3012 Jazz Small Ensemble 5 |
3 | P JAZZ2027 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3013 Jazz Small Ensemble 6 |
3 | P JAZZ3012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ4014 Jazz Small Ensemble 7 |
3 | P JAZZ3013 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ4015 Jazz Small Ensemble 8 |
3 | P JAZZ4014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Jazz piano |
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| JAZZ1025 Jazz Piano 1 |
3 |
Ths course is only available to non-Jazz majors. |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1026 Jazz Piano 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1025 This course is only available to non-Jazz majors. |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2022 Jazz Piano 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1026 or JAZZ1612 |
Semester 1 |
Jazz vocal workshop |
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| JAZZ2030 Jazz Vocal Workshop 1 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| JAZZ2031 Jazz Vocal Workshop 2 |
3 | P JAZZ2030 |
Semester 2 |
Orchestral studies for specialised instruments |
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| ENSE1018 Orchestral Studies 1 |
3 | C Principal Study 1 in a non-orchestral instrument. This unit of study is only open for pianists and other specialised instruments assisting with/performing in limited orchestral repertoire. Please see your Chair of Unit if you wish to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1022 Orchestral Studies 2 |
3 | P ENSE1018 C Principal Study 2 in a non-orchestral instrument. This unit of study is only open for pianists and other specialised instruments assisting with/performing in limited orchestral repertoire. Please see your Chair of Unit if you wish to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Recital preparation |
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| ACCP3611 Recital Preparation 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCP3612 Recital Preparation 2 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCP3613 Recital Preparation 3 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Saxophone orchestra |
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| WIND1016 Saxophone Orchestra 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND1017 Saxophone Orchestra 2 |
3 | P WIND1016 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND2016 Saxophone Orchestra 3 |
3 | P WIND1017 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND2017 Saxophone Orchestra 4 |
3 | P WIND2016 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND3018 Saxophone Orchestra 5 |
3 | P WIND2017 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND3019 Saxophone Orchestra 6 |
3 | P WIND3018 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND4030 Saxophone Orchestra 7 |
3 | P WIND3019 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND4031 Saxophone Orchestra 8 |
3 | P WIND4030 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Strings performance class |
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| STRG1015 Strings Performance Class 1 |
3 |
Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG1016 Strings Performance Class 2 |
3 | P STRG1015 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG2014 Strings Performance Class 3 |
3 | P STRG1016 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG2015 Strings Performance Class 4 |
3 | P STRG2014 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG3018 Strings Performance Class 5 |
3 | P STRG2015 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG3019 Strings Performance Class 6 |
3 | P STRG3018 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG4016 Strings Performance Class 7 |
3 | P STRG3019 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| STRG4017 Strings Performance Class 8 |
3 | P STRG4016 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Vocal performance class |
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| VSAO2037 Vocal Performance Class 3 |
3 | P VSAO1018 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| VSAO2038 Vocal Performance Class 4 |
3 | P VSAO2037 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| VSAO3037 Vocal Performance Class 5 |
3 | P VSAO2038 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| VSAO3038 Vocal Performance Class 6 |
3 | P VSAO3037 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| VSAO4037 Vocal Performance Class 7 |
3 | P VSAO3038 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| VSAO4038 Vocal Performance Class 8 |
3 | P VSAO4037 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Woodwind class |
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| WIND2018 Woodwind Class 1 |
3 |
Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND2019 Woodwind Class 2 |
3 | P WIND2018 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND3020 Woodwind Class 3 |
3 | P WIND2019 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND3021 Woodwind Class 4 |
3 | P WIND3020 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND3036 Woodwind Class 5 |
3 | P WIND3021 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WIND3037 Woodwind Class 6 |
3 | P WIND3036 Students enrolled in Principal Study (Advanced) units may not concurrently enrol in unit specific performance classes. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
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| JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY3034 Writing Skills for Music Professions |
3 | Semester 2 |
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| MCGY3627 Paleography of Music |
6 | A Knowledge of current musical notation is essential. MCGY2611 Music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque or introductory reading in music of the medieval and renaissance periods is recommended. P Students in Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Studies degree will normally have taken 12 credit points of Music History. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3629 Romanticism and The Fantastic |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of harmonic and formal practices up to 1850. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3636 Classicism and Transformation |
6 | P It is strongly recommended that students have completed MCGY2612, or have a sound knowledge of the Viennese Classical repertoire. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3639 The Moderns: Strauss, Mahler, Schoenberg |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of late 19th-century harmonic practices. |
Semester 2 |
| MUED3031 Survey of Jazz History |
3 |
This unit is not available for Jazz Performance students unless they are enrolled in BMus (Music Education). |
Semester 1 |
| 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. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music & Media |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC2631 Music and Everyday Life |
6 | P 12 junior music credit points or MUSC2693 Students will normally have completed either MUSC1501 Concepts of Music or MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music II or MUSC2693 Advanced Fundamentals of Music. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2651 Re-presenting Australia in Music |
6 | A An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology would be an advantage in this unit of study but is not essential. P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2664 Popular Music and the Moving Image |
6 | P 18 junior credit points N MUSC2662 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2685 Music of Bach |
6 | P 12 junior music credit points or MUSC2693, or with the permission of the coordinator |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in music, or by arrangement with the coordinator This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3622 Musical Alchemy |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3639 Music Journalism |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
Music skills |
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| CMPN2006 Sound Recording Fundamentals |
3 | P MUED1002 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| JAZZ2008 Jazz Advanced Arranging 1 |
3 | P JAZZ2624 or JAZZ2017 |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2009 Jazz Advanced Arranging 2 |
3 | P JAZZ2008 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2600 Advanced Harmony |
6 | P MCGY2011 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3600 Advanced Aural |
6 | P MCGY2005 |
Semester 1 |
| MUED1002 Music Technology |
3 | A Basic computer skills. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC1501 Concepts of Music |
6 | P At least 67% in the NSW HSC Music 2 or Music Extension, IB High Level Music or the equivalent skills as determined by the Chair of Unit N MUSC1503, MUSC1504, MUSC2693 The Arts Music Unit holds a diagnostic test in the week before Semester 1 begins for those students who have not passed the prescribed HSC courses yet believe they have the equivalent aural and harmonic skills to attend Concepts of Music. Please contact the Unit for details by mid February. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music I |
6 | N MUSC1501, MUSC2693 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music II |
6 | A Material covered in MUSC1503. Students interested in taking this unit who have not completed MUSC1503 are advised to see the co-ordinator beforehand to ascertain that they have the required knowledge. N MUSC1501 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2614 Composition Workshop 1 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in music or with permission from the co-ordinator |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2615 Advanced Concepts |
6 | P MUSC1501 or MUSC1504 or MUSC2693 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology as covered in MUSC2699 is an advantage in this unit of study but is not essential. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2693 Advanced Fundamentals of Music |
6 | A Material covered in MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 P MUSC1504 or advanced music theory qualifications (eg Grade 6 musicianship, IB high level music) N MUSC1501, MUSC2615 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2699 The Language of Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points N MUSC1501, MUSC1503, MUSC1504, MUSC2611, MUSC2693, JAZZ1621, MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3611 Composition Workshop 2 |
6 | P MUSC2614 |
Semester 1 |
Pedagogy |
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| JAZZ1661 Jazz Pedagogy |
3 | Semester 2 |
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| KEYB3002 Pedagogy Pianoforte 1 |
3 | P KEYB2624 or EMUS2604 Available for students of Pianoforte and Harpsichord Principal Study and Jazz Performance students only. |
Semester 1 |
| PRCN2006 Resource Class - Percussion |
3 |
This unit is not available for Percussion students enrolled in a BMus degree. |
Semester 1 |
| STRG3010 Pedagogy Guitar 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| STRG3012 Pedagogy Strings 1 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| VSAO3014 Pedagogy Voice 1 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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| WIND3010 Pedagogy Woodwind 1 |
3 | Semester 1 |
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Subject details
Other units of study listed in the Core section can also be taken as electives.