Music Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Music
Major code MUSC-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

The Music major gives students the opportunity to pursue high-level studies in music. The key objective of the major is to develop students' deep and sophisticated understanding of one or more of the cultural, historical, theoretical, and analytical situation of music across a variety of cultures and historical periods. Students may also choose a focus on music education or music technology. The Music major allows sufficient specialisation for students to focus on a particular area – for instance musicology, ethnomusicology, theory and analysis – and gain a robust preparation for Honours and further research in that area.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Understand the languages, forms, materials, and techniques of a wide range of musics;
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 through engaging with scholarship and research; and
Communicate sophisticated ideas, problems and arguments to do with music and the arts in modes suited to a range of audiences.

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Requirements

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

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

Code	Title	Units
MUSI1104	Turning Points in Music History 1: A Millennium of Metamorphoses (900-1900)	6
MUSI1105	Music Theory & Aural Skills 1	6
MUSI1106	Music Theory & Aural Skills 2	6
MUSI1109	Turning Points in Music History 2: A Century of Crisis and Change (1900 to the Present)	6
MUSI1110	Introduction to Music Technology	6

A maximum of 30 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
INDG2002	Contemporary Australian Indigenous Music Studies	6
MUSI2203	Music Theory & Aural Skills 3	6
MUSI2204	Music Theory & Aural Skills 4	6
MUSI2205	Music Project	6
MUSI2209	Music Recording and Production Techniques	6
MUSI2211	Writing about Music 1: Styles and Theories	6
MUSI2213	Introduction to Ethnomusicology	6
MUSI2215	A Critical History of Rock	6
MUSI2217	A History of Jazz	6
MUSI2220	Music Ensemble	6
MUSI2222	Music in the Long 19th Century: From Classicism to Modernism	6
MUSI2225	Australian Music Culture Studies	6
MUSI2226	Composition for Film and Video Games	6

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

Code	Title	Units
MUSI3309	Music and Digital Media	6
MUSI3310	Music and Globalisation	6
MUSI3313	Writing about Music 2: Sources and Methods	6
MUSI3317	Popular Music: In Culture and in Context	6
MUSI3318	Sound Archiving	6
MUSI3319	Music Theory & Aural Skills 5	6
MUSI3320	Music Theory & Aural Skills 6	6

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