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 Material covered in MUSC1503 and MUSC1504, or advanced music theory qualifications, such as Music 2 for the NSW HSC, High Level Music for the IB (or equivalent). 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 MUSC1501, MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 |
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 |
| 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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| ENSE1002 Choir 2 |
3 | P ENSE1015 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1015 Choir 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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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 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 | A Ability to read music notation including treble and bass clefs. Knowledge of all tonal key signatures and standard time signatures. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1001 Aural Perception 1A |
3 | A Ability to read music notation including treble and bass clefs. Knowledge of all tonal key signatures and standard time signatures. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
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. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1009 Harmony and Analysis 2 |
3 | P MCGY1008 |
Semester 2 |
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, AND audition Note: Department permission required for enrolment Audition (held in O-Week and Week 1 of semester) : 2 contrasting pieces (or excerpts) totalling 6 minutes and a brief interview. For information please go to http://music.sydney.edu.au/study/areas-of-study/arts-music/ or contact the Arts Music Unit on 9351 2923. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2614 Composition Workshop |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2616 Aural Cultures |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2622 Music in the Sixties |
6 | P 18 junior credit points N MUSC2106 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2631 Music and Everyday Life |
6 | P 12 junior music credit points |
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 is an advantage in this unit of study. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2654 Popular Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2667 Shakespeare as Opera |
6 | P 18 junior credit points. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2670 Music Festivals & Arts Events Management |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2679 Music and Spirituality |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3606 Musical Australia and Asia |
6 | A An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology would be an advantage but not essential. P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in music, or by arrangement with the coordinator This unit is a requirement for Honours. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3640 Rhythms and Sounds of Latin America |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
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 | A It is strongly recommended that participants have a good grasp of modern and 20th century repertoire. |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN1612 New Music, New Thinking |
6 | P CMPN1611 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN2614 Comp Techniques: Tonality and Process |
6 | P CMPN2613 or CMPN2011 N CMPN2012 |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN2633 Computer Music Advanced |
6 | P CMPN1632 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN3634 Interactive Media & 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 or with permission of the Coordinator |
Semester 1 |
Analysis and Historical Studies |
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| MCGY2611 Music from the Middle Ages to Baroque |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in the History and Analysis of Music. |
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 & culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2613 Music in Modern Times |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history & culture studies. |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2614 Musical Worlds of Today |
6 | A Ability to read musical notation This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history & culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3610 Chant in the West |
6 | P MCGY2611 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY3627 Paleography of Music |
6 | A Knowledge of current musical notation is essential. P MCGY2611 or with permission of the coordinator Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3631 African-American Music Inquiry |
6 | P At least 12 cps of Foundation units (MCGY2611, MCGY2612, MCGY2613 MCGY2614) or with permission of the coordinator. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3639 Modernism in Austria & Germany 1889-1914 |
6 | A It is expected that students will have some knowledge of late 19th-century harmonic practices. P MCGY2011 or with permission of the coordinator. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY3013 Late Beethoven Seminar |
3 | A It is strongly recommended that students have completed MCGY2612, or have a sound knowledge of the Viennese Classical repertoire. P MCGY2612 or with permission of the coordinator |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2600 Advanced Harmony |
6 | P MCGY2011 |
Semester 2 |
Music Skills |
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| Music 2 recommended or AMEB Level 6 Musicianship for entry | |||
| MCGY1000 Aural Perception 1 |
3 | A Ability to read music notation including treble and bass clefs. Knowledge of all tonal key signatures and standard time signatures. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1001 Aural Perception 1A |
3 | A Ability to read music notation including treble and bass clefs. Knowledge of all tonal key signatures and standard time signatures. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1002 Aural Perception 1B |
3 | P MCGY1001 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY1003 Aural Perception 2 |
3 | P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2004 Aural Perception 3 |
3 | P MCGY1003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2005 Aural Perception 4 |
3 | P MCGY2004 |
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. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1009 Harmony and Analysis 2 |
3 | P MCGY1008 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2010 Harmony and Analysis 3 |
3 | P MCGY1009 |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2011 Harmony and Analysis 4 |
3 | P MCGY2010 |
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 |
| 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 |
Ensemble/Performance Studies |
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| ENSE1015 Choir 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENSE1002 Choir 2 |
3 | P ENSE1015 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE1019 Choir 3 |
3 | P ENSE1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2003 Choir 4 |
3 | P ENSE1019 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE2008 Choir 5 |
3 | P ENSE2003 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Semester 1 |
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| JAZZ2031 Jazz Vocal Workshop 2 |
3 | P JAZZ2030 |
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. |
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 |
| 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 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2002 Jazz Large Ensemble 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment These units are only available to non-jazz students |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Music Education |
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| MUED1009 Psychology of Learning and Instruction |
3 | N GENS1001 |
Semester 2 |
| MUED2301 Music Learning Through Community Service |
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 |
Exchange |
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| MUSC2810 Music Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC2812 Music Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC2813 Music Exchange |
6 |
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 either MUSC2631 or MUSC3699, plus a Music Major with credit average results in 36 senior music credit points. 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 |