The Musicology Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of musicology and through the design and implementation of a research project that will result in a thesis of 20,000 words that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- pose a significant research question relating to musicology or ethnomusicology;
- investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of theory and methodology as appropriate to the discipline, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
- communicate their research and its findings through a 20,000 word thesis.
Relevant Degrees
Admission Requirements
1. A major or equivalent in musicology, ethnomusicology, or music curatorship
2. with the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis
Cognate disciplines
Music, musicology, ethnomusicology, and music curatorship
Requirements
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
42 units from completion of the following courses:
MUSI4401 The Scholar Musician 1
MUSI4402 The Scholar Musician 2
MUSI4404 Creative Practice as Research
THES4105 Thesis
6 units from completion of courses on the following list:
ANIP4001 Australian National Internships Program Honours Internship A
MUSI4412 Music Honours Ensemble
SOCR4001 Statistics for Social Scientists
SOCR4002 Survey Data Analysis
SOCR4003 Qualitative Research Analysis
SOCR4006 Online Research Methods
SOCR4008 Qualitative Social Research
SOCR4009 Quantitative Social Research
