Course Content
The Bachelor of Music requires completion of 144 units, of which:
A maximum of 60 units can come from completion of 1000 level courses.
A minimum of 84 units must come from completion of courses from the subject area MUSI Music and courses from any majors listed in the Bachelor of Music.
The 144 units must consist of:
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- MUSI1501 Aural Skills and Music Theory 1
- MUSI1502 Aural Skills and Music Theory 2
12 units from completion of courses on the following list:
- MUSI2503 Aural Skills and Music Theory 3
- MUSI2504 Aural Skills and Music Theory 4
- MUSI2507 Advanced Jazz Studies 1
- MUSI2508 Advanced Jazz Studies 2
A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses on the following list, which may be double counted towards one major or minor in which they are listed:
- INDG2002 Contemporary Australian Indigenous Music Studies
- MUSI2222 Music in the Long 19th Century: From Classicism to Modernism
- MUSI2228 Music from 1900 to the Present: A Century of Crisis and Change
- MUSI1113 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses, which may be double counted towards one major or minor in which it is listed:
- MUSI1110 Introduction to Music Technology
- MUSI2211 Writing about Music 1: Styles and Theories
48 units from completion of one of the following majors:
- Composition for Film and Video Games
- Composition
- Music Technology
- Musicology
- Performance
A minimum of 48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU.
Majors (Choose 1 for completion of 48 units)
- Composition
- Composition for Film and Video Games
- Music Technology
- Musicology
- Performance
Minors (Choose 1 for completion of 24 units)
- Composition, Arranging and Sound Design
- Musicology
Elective units
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.