The Bachelor of Music program is a three-year specialist music degree which enables students to develop their musicianship and their musical skills. Students undertake studies in musicology and ethnomusicolgy - including music history, style, musical perception and analysis, music in its cultural contexts - and musical technology, performance, jazz studies and composition. At the same time, students have enough flexibility in their program to enable them to combine music studies with work in a related discipline such as theatre, languages, English or history. Consistently good work in the BMus may lead to a fourth (honours) year of study.

The program enables students to develop skills and knowledge in music as preparation for professional work in areas as diverse as music performance, private teaching, broadcasting, recording, arts administration, concert planning, music and arts journalism, arranging and composition.

The three major sequences in the Bachelor of Music are in Musicology (30 units of credit), Musicianship (30 units of credit) and Professional Practices (36 units of credit). The Contextual Studies component requires the completion of courses totalling 36 units of credit from courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and must include an Upper Level ARTS3000 course, if MUSC3101 is not included within the Musicology strand. The General Education component requires courses totalling 12 units of credit from the General Education program approved for students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

The BMus (Pass) degree requires a total of 144 units of credit and the Honours degree a total of 192 units of credit.

First Year BA courses (24 units of credit)

Upper Level Musicology/Musicianship options (12 units of credit)

Upper Level BA course (6 units of credit)

General Education courses (6 units of credit)

Upper Level Musicology/Musicianship options (12 units of credit)

An ARTS3000 course (6 units of credit) if MUSC3101 is not included in program

General Education courses (6 units of credit)

BMus students must take part in at least two of the performance ensembles offered by the School, one of which must be a major performing ensemble.

 

Students are also required to complete 12 units of credit from the University's General Education program, normally during their second and third years of study. For further information, please refer to "General Education" in the Table of Contents (see left-hand side of the page)

Pass Degree

To qualify for the award of the degree at Pass level, a student must obtain, normally over three years of study, a minimum of 144 units of credit in approved courses including:

1. 96 units of credit in the relevant sequences in Musicology, Musicianship and Professional Practices;

2. an additional 24 Level 1 and 6 Upper Level units of credit from Lists A, B or C of the BA Rules, including no more than 12 Level 1 in any one sequence;

3. 12 units of credit from the General Education program, normally taken in the second and third year of study;

4. 6 units of credit from a third year ARTS elective or equivalent course.

5. The Pass degree of Bachelor of Music may be awarded with Distinction where a candidate has achieved a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75% in all courses completed since enrolment at UNSW which are credited towards the degree.


Honours Degree

To qualify for the award of the degree at Honours level in one or two Schools/specialisations, a student must:

6. have obtained 144 units of credit in accordance with 1.-4. above and satisfied the appropriate prerequisites for entry to the Honours level program;

7. obtain a further 48 units of credit in an approved Honours program.

The Honours degree is awarded in three classes (Class 1, Class 2 in two Divisions and Class 3). Students who fail to obtain one of these classes may proceed to graduate with the Pass degree.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Admission to the program is subject to a satisfactory audition/interview and an acceptable level of attainment in year 12 studies or equivalent. Assumed knowledge: HSC Music 2 or Extension or equivalent qualification.

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