Course Structure
First year
All students take the following subjects in the first year
| Music Performance 1 |
12.5 |
| Music Performance 2 |
12.5 |
| Music Language 1: The Diatonic World |
12.5 |
| Writing About Music: Australian Issues |
6.25 |
| Aural Studies 1 |
6.25 |
| Medieval and Early Modern Music |
12.5 |
| 2 Applied Skills Electives |
12.5 |
| Breadth Subjects* |
25 |
*to include ESL subject(s) as directed
Second and Third year
Students commence a specialisation sequence of study from second year, retaining some flexibility and capacity to move between specialisations and keeping postgraduate options open.
Performance Specialisation
Second year |
|
| Music Performance 3 |
12.5 |
| Music Performance 4 |
12.5 |
| Music Language 2: Chromaticism and Beyond |
12.5 |
| Aural Studies 2 |
6.25 |
| Music since the French Revolution |
12.5 |
| Academic or Applied Skills Electives |
18.75 |
| Breadth Subjects |
25 |
Third year |
|
| Music Performance 5 |
12.5 |
| Music Performance 6 |
12.5 |
| Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
12.5 |
| Applied Skills Electives |
12.5 |
| Academic or Music Studies Electives |
25 |
| Breadth Subjects |
25 |
Composition Specialisation
Second year |
|
| Composition 1 |
12.5 |
| Composition 2 |
12.5 |
| Music Language 2: Chromaticism and Beyond |
12.5 |
| Aural Studies 2 |
6.25 |
| Music since the French Revolution |
12.5 |
| Electro Acoustic Music |
12.5 |
| Applied Skills Elective |
6.25 |
| Breadth Subjects |
25 |
Third year |
|
| Composition 3 |
12.5 |
| Composition 4 |
12.5 |
| Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
12.5 |
| Orchestration |
12.5 |
| Academic or Applied Skills or Music Studies Electives |
25 |
| Breadth Subjects |
25 |
Musicology/Ethnomusicology Specialisation
Second year |
|
| Music Language 2: Chromaticism and Beyond |
12.5 |
| Aural Studies 2 |
6.25 |
| Music since the French Revolution |
12.5 |
| Academic or Applied Skills Electives |
43.75 |
| Breadth Subjects |
25 |
Third year |
|
| Music Research AND/OR Ethnography of Music |
12.5 [25] |
| Academic or Applied Skills or Music Studies Electives |
62.5 [50] |
| Breadth Subjects |
25 |
