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Bachelor of Music (Composition for Creative Industries)

Core requirements

To qualify for the award of the pass degree in the Composition for Creative Industries program, a candidate must successully complete 192 credit points comprising:

(i) 72 credit points of units of study in the Composition for Creative Industries disciplinary area, as set out in the tables below;

(ii) 24 credit points of Music Skills units of study;

(iii) 24 credit points of Music Analysis, History and Culture Studies units of study;

(iv) 12 credit points in Performance or Ensemble units of study;

(v) 12 credit points of Final Year Projects units of study;

(vi) 48 credit points of elective units of study comprised of:

(a) a major from Table S: or

(b) a minor from Table S and/or

(c) up to 12 credit points from Table O; and/or

(d) elective units from Table A; and/or

(e) elective units from Table S

 

Minimum levels of achievement

Area of Study

Credit Points

To qualify for the award of pass degree, the following minimum levels of achievement must be reached

Composition for Creative Industries

72

36 cps Composition for Creative Industries 1-6;

6 cps CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration;

6 cps CMPN2320 Music Notation and Publishing;

6 cps CMPN2510 Scoring and Arranging for the Screen;

6 cps JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills;

12 cps in Composition Studies electives

Music Skills

24

18 cps in Music Skills units including either MUSC1501 Extended Fundamentals of Music or MUSC2693 Fundamentals of Music 3;

6 cps in Music Technology units

Performance and Ensemble

12

12 cps in Performance or Ensemble units

Analysis, History and Culture Studies
(AHCS)

24

6 cps MCGY1030 This is Music;

6 cps in AHCS Foundation units;

12 cps in AHCS Elective units

4th Year Project

12

12 cps in Music Project units

Electives

48

free choice

 

Standard enrolment pattern

Semester 1

 

Semester 2

 

Semester 3

 

Semester 4

 

CMPN1331
Composition for Creative Industries 1

6

CMPN1332
Composition for Creative Industries 2

6

CMPN2333 Composition for Creative Industries 3

6

CMPN2334 Composition for Creative Industries 4

6

Music Skills

6

Music Skills

6

Music Skills

6

AHCS Electives

6

CMPN2320 Music Notation and Publishing

6

Music Technology unit

6

CMPN1611 Instrumentation and Orchestration

6

CMPN2510
Scoring and Arranging for the Screen

6

MCGY1030 This is Music

6

AHCS Foundation unit

6

Free choice

6

Free Choice

6

 

24

 

24

 

24

 

24

Semester 5

 

Semester 6

 

Semester 7

 

Semester 8

 

Composition Studies

6

Composition Studies

6

CMPN4635 Composition for Creative Industries 5

6

CMPN4636 Composition for Creative Industries 6

6

AHCS Electives

6

JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills

6

SCMP4601 Music Specialist Project 1 or ICPU

6

SCMP4602 Music Specialist Project 2 or ICPU

6

Performance/Ensemble

6

Performance/Ensemble

6

Free Choice

12

Free Choice

12

Free Choice

6

Free Choice

6

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

24

 

24

 

24