Creative Musicianship Major

Total units 48 Units

Major code CRMU-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

All students in the Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree take four compulsory courses in the basic language of music: theory and analysis, aural, improvisation and composition. Students who wish to make a focus of these areas can take advanced courses in composition, improvisation, and digital recording and sound. Students have the opportunity to undertake research projects to deepen their understanding of specific issues, and performance projects to apply their learnings in practice.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Creative Musicianship Minor, students will have the skills and experience to:

Hear, notate, describe and create advanced elements of musical structure: pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, counterpoint, form and timbre;
Demonstrate a grasp of sophisticated musical language and form as composer, improviser, or analyst;
Use professional level standards in the presentation of musical works or ideas; and
Write about music using sophisticated theoretical concepts and language.

Relevant Degrees

Bachelor of Music (BMUSI)

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

24 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
MUSI1105	Creative Musicianship 1	6
	MUSI 1106: Creative Musicianship 2
MUSI2203	Creative Musicianship 3	6
MUSI2204	Creative Musicianship 4	6

A maximum of 18 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
MUSI2205	Music Performance Project	6
MUSI2209	Music Recording and Production Techniques	6
MUSI2213	Indigenous Music and Media	6
MUSI2214	Music Research Project 1	6
MUSI3317	Popular Music: In Culture and in Context	6

A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
MUSI3307	Music Performance Project 2	6
MUSI3309	Music and Digital Media	6
MUSI3313	Music Research Project	6
MUSI3314	Creative Musicianship 5	6
MUSI3315	Creative Musicianship 6	6

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