The Music minor gives students the opportunity to pursue studies in music. The key objective of the minor is to introduce students to university-level understanding of the cultural, historical, theoretical, and analytical situation of music across a variety ofcultures and historical periods.
Learning Outcomes
Students completing the Music minor will:
- understand the languages, forms, materials, and techniques of a range ofmusics;
- recognise and reflect critically on social, cultural and ethical issues, and apply local and, international perspectives to practice in music;
- develop and evaluate musical, cultural, and artistic ideas, concepts and processes by thinking creatively, critically and reflectively, and throughengaging with scholarship and research; and
- communicate ideas, problems and arguments to do with music and the arts.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MUSI1104 | Turning Points in Music History 1: A Millennium of Metamorphoses (900-1900) | 6 |
| MUSI1105 | Creative Musicianship 1 | 6 |
| MUSI 1106: Creative Musicianship 2 | ||
| MUSI1109 | Turning Points in Music History 2: A Century of Crisis and Change (1900-2013) | 6 |
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MUSI2203 | Creative Musicianship 3 | 6 |
| MUSI2204 | Creative Musicianship 4 | 6 |
| MUSI2209 | Music Recording and Production Techniques | 6 |
| MUSI2211 | Writing about Music | 6 |
| MUSI2212 | Music and Spirituality | 6 |
| MUSI2213 | Indigenous Music and Media | 6 |
| MUSI2217 | A History of Jazz | 6 |
| MUSI 2218: Music and Meaning | ||
| MUSI 2219: The Music Teaching Studio | ||
| MUSI2220 | Ensemble 1 | 6 |
| MUSI2221 | Ensemble 2 | 6 |
| MUSI2222 | Music in the Long 19th Century: From Classicism to Modernism | 6 |
| MUSI3309 | Music and Digital Media | 6 |
| MUSI3310 | Music and Globalisation | 6 |
| MUSI3312 | Music Business, Management and Law | 6 |
| MUSI2215 | A Critical History of Rock | 6 |
| MUSI3316 | Historically Informed Performance in Theory and Practice | 6 |
| MUSI3317 | Popular Music: In Culture and in Context | 6 |