Music Table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Music |
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Major |
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| A major in Music requires 48 credit points from this table, including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level units from Analysis, History and Culture Studies units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level units from Music Skills: Music Theory and Aural Skills units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iv)18 credit points of 3000-level units, including MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing | |||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units such as PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Music requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level units from Analysis, History and Culture Studies units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level units from Music Skills: Music Theory and Aural Skills units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
1000 level units of study |
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Analysis History and Culture Studies |
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| MCGY1030 This is Music |
6 |
This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC1506 Music in Western Culture |
6 | A The ability to follow a musical score while listening to the music and knowledge of elementary music theory. This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, history and culture studies. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1502 |
Semester 1 |
Music Skills |
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| MUSC1501 Extended Fundamentals of Music |
6 | A (MUSC1503 and MUSC1504), or HSC Music 2 N MUSC1503 or MUSC1504 or MUSC2693 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 Students will take a diagnostic in Week 1 of semester to ensure they have the required level of music theory and aural skills. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1002 or MUSC1003 or MUSC1004 or MUSC1005 or MUSC1501 or MUSC1502 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 |
6 | A MUSC1503 N MUSC1501 or MUSC1502 or MUSC2699 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
2000 level units of study |
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| MUSC2612 Music Performance |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points Audition Requirements: 2 contrasting pieces (or excerpts) totalling 5 minutes and a brief interview. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2614 Composition Workshop |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2622 Music in the Sixties This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2106 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2644 Introduction to the Philosophy of Music |
6 | P 24 credit points of Units |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2645 Psychology of Music |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2053 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 1 |
| MUSC2654 Popular Music This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2666 Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul |
6 | P 18 junior credit points. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2672 Australian Popular Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2693 Fundamentals of Music 3 |
6 | N MUSC1501 or MUSC2615 or MUSC2699 |
Semester 2 |
3000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| MUSC3699 Understanding Music: Modes of Hearing |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points A good working knowledge of musical terminology and vocabulary is required. |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P MUSC2653 Students who do not meet the pre-requisite may seek special permission from the subject co-ordinator |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3609 Musicology |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Music units N MUSC3904 This unit is a requirement for Honours in the Arts Music unit. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3610 Musical Traditions and Globalization |
6 | P 48 credit points of Junior Units |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3629 Music and Everyday Life |
6 | P 12 credit points of (any MUSC1XXX units or JAZZ1021 or JAZZ1022 or MCGY1031 or MCGY1030) N MUSC2903 This unit is a requirement for Honours in the BA. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC3630 Popular Music and the Moving Image This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3631 Music in Public: Performance and Power |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC3639 Music Journalism This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
Interdisciplinary Project units of study |
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| PERF3640 Industry and Community Projects |
6 | A upper-level disciplinary knowledge Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students will submit project preferences, however first preference placements cannot be guaranteed. |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
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| Honours in Music requires 48 credit points from the 4000-level units table below including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 4000-level Honours seminar units | |||
| (ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level Honours Thesis units | |||
Honours Seminar units of study |
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| CMPN4666 Advanced Analysis |
6 | P MCGY4601 |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY5601 Music Through Ethnography This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MUSC4214 Musicology Workshop Advanced |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PERF5031 Methods of Music Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Honours Thesis units of study |
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| MUSC4211 Arts Music Honours Thesis 1 |
18 | P 48 senior credit points with a credit average or above in any 2000 or 3000 level MUSC unit which must include MUSC3609, MUSC3629 and MUSC3699. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MUSC4212 Arts Music Honours Thesis 2a |
18 | P MUSC4211 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC4213 Arts Music Honours Thesis 2b |
18 | P MUSC4211 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |