Bachelor of Music Studies/Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
The Bachelor of Music Studies/Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery is intended to give students an opportunity to experience a broad musical education before embarking on medical studies. In this structure the Bachelor of Music Studies functions as a specific pathway to the MBBS for the highest achieving school leavers. Its structure facilitates creative interdisciplinary links between music, science and medicine at the University of Sydney. The course develops broadly educated musicians who are able to apply their knowledge, skills and attitudes creatively and flexibly.
As a pathway degree in the combined music and medicine program, the course offers students the opportunity to engage with the faculty of Science and the Sydney Medical School in addition to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The Honours year in particular also offers students in the combined degree program the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary and applied music research that will give them a grounding in generic research skills required to undertake more advanced clinical/medical research.
Bachelor of Music Studies Course Structure
The degree is structured to allow students flexibility in their choice of units so they may pursue their own combinations of musical and non-musical disciplines. In the first three years of study students must include 18 junior credit points in designated Faculty of Science units of study, and complete a zero credit point unit of study (SMTP3007) offered by the Sydney Medical School.
In the BMus Studies pathway degree, all students take a Principal Study in an instrument, voice, composition or musicology, core units in music skills, studies in analysis, history and culture as well as other units of their own choice.
Part-time study is not available to students in this award course.
Candidates should refer to the Sydney Medical School for information on course structures for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees.
Principal study is available in the following areas:
- Brass: french horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba
- Composition: instrumental/vocal or electroacoustic
- Early Music Performance: baroque flute, harpsichord, lute, organ, recorder, viola da gamba, baroque trumpet
- Musicology
- Organ
- Percussion
- Piano
- Strings: cello, double bass, guitar, harp, viola, violin
- Voice: classical or jazz
- Woodwind: bassoon, clarinet, flute, oboe, saxophone.
Core requirements
Students should complete at least the minimum number of credit points in each area throughout their course, and reach the minimum levels of achievement as outlined in the faculty resolutions.
Typical enrolment pattern
A typical enrolment program over six semesters in the Bachelor of Music Studies degree, together with the credit point value, is set out in the following tables:
Bachelor of Music Studies (Performance Principal Study)
Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
Semester 3 |
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Principal Study 1 |
6 |
Principal Study 2 |
6 |
Principal Study 3 |
6 |
Music Skills 1 (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Music Skills 2 (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Music Skills 3 (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Ensemble |
3 |
Ensemble |
3 |
Ensemble |
3 |
Teaching Music/Pedagogy |
3 |
Free Choice |
3 |
Free Choice |
3 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Junior Biology Unit |
6 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
Semester 4 |
Semester 5 |
Semester 6 |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
Principal Study 4 |
6 |
Principal Study 5 |
6 |
Principal Study 6 |
6 |
Music Skills 4 (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Ensemble |
3 |
Free Choice |
6 |
Free Choice |
6 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Junior Chemistry Unit |
6 |
Junior Physics Unit |
6 |
Free Choice |
3 |
|
|
|
|
24 |
24 |
24 |
Bachelor of Music Studies (Composition Principal Study)
Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
Semester 3 |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Composition 1 |
6 |
Composition 2 |
6 |
Composition 3 |
6 |
Music Skills (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Music Skills (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Music Skills (H&A + AP) |
6 |
Instrumentation and Orchestration |
6 |
New Music, New Thinking |
6 |
Comp Techniques: Number & Process |
6 |
Ensemble or Comp Through Impro |
3 |
Ensemble or Comp Through Impro |
3 |
Electroacoustic Music 1 |
6 |
Music Technology |
3 |
Sound Recording Fundamentals |
3 |
|
|
24 |
24 |
24 |
Semester 4 |
Semester 5 |
Semester 6 |
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Composition 4 |
6 |
Composition 5 |
6 |
Composition 6 |
6 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Composer Performer Workshop 1 |
3 |
Comp Techniques: Tonality & Process |
6 |
Electroacoustic Music 2 |
6 |
Composition Electives |
9 |
Analysis, history and culture studies |
6 |
Junior Biology Unit |
6 |
Junior Chemistry Unit |
6 |
Junior Physics Unit |
6 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
Course rules
Bachelor of Music Studies/Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended) and the Academic Board policies on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.
Course resolutions
1 Course codes
Code |
Course title |
---|---|
QH022 |
Bachelor of Music Studies / Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
2 Attendance pattern
3 Cross faculty management
4 Admission to candidature
5 Requirements for award
Area of Study |
Credit Points |
Minimum level of achievement |
---|---|---|
Principal Study |
36 |
Principal Study 6 |
Performance |
12 |
|
Music Skills |
24 |
Harmony and Analysis 4 and Aural Perception 4; or Jazz Music Skills 4 |
Studies in analysis, history and culture |
30 |
At least 12 credit points from Foundation units |
Teaching Music |
3 |
Can be taken in studio pedagogy or music education units of study |
Science |
18 |
6 junior credit points of Chemistry; and 6 junior credit points of Physics; and 6 junior credit points of Biology or Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Medicine |
0 |
At least one zero credit point unit from Medicine |
Electives |
21 |
|
Area of Study |
Credit Points |
Minimum level of achievement |
---|---|---|
Principal Study |
36 |
Composition 6 |
Composition |
36 |
Instrumentation & Orchestration New Music, New Thinking Electroacoustic Music 1 & 2 Composer Performer Workshop 1 plus a further 9 cps in Composition units |
Performance |
6 |
6 cps in Ensemble or Composition Through Improvisation |
Music Skills |
24 |
18 cps in Harmony & Analysis and Aural Perception Music Technology Sound Recording Fundamentals |
Studies in analysis, history and culture |
24 |
At least 12 credit points from Foundation units Comp Techniques and Analysis 3 & 4 |
Science |
18 |
6 junior credit points of Chemistry; and 6 junior credit points of Physics; and 6 junior credit points of Biology or Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Medicine |
0 |
At least one zero credit point unit from Medicine |