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Diploma in Church Music

 

DipChurchMus

80 cp

Minimum duration:   1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Available at                     Brisbane Campus Qld

                                     Melbourne Campus Vic

EFTSL value of units:   All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE DIPLOMA

To qualify for the Diploma, a student must, in addition to the Certificate in Church Music, complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(a)        10 cp from Practical Church Musicianship units;

(b)        20 cp from Christian Liturgy and Liturgical Music units; and

(c)        10 cp from Review Portfolio.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

PRACTICAL CHURCH MUSICIANSHIP UNITS

MUSC107          5          Choral Conducting 1A

MUSC147          5          Choral Conducting 1B

MUSC110         10         Introduction to Writing Music

MUSC243          5          Church Music Keyboard 2A[1]

MUSC253          5          Church Music Keyboard 2B

MUSC244          5          Guitar/Song Leader 2A1

MUSC254          5          Guitar/Song Leader 2B

MUSC245          5          Cantor/Animateur 2A1

MUSC255          5          Cantor/Animateur 2B

MUSC207          5          Choral Conducting 2A1

MUSC248          5          Choral Conducting 2B

MUSC236         10         Composition and Arranging for Church Worship

CHRISTIAN LITURGY AND LITURGICAL MUSIC UNITS

MUSC206          10         Psalmody and Hymnody

MUSC220          10         Music and Liturgy

MUSC235          10         History of Western Church Music

MUSC237          10         Music and the Sacred

MUSC238          10         Western Plainchant in Theory and Practice

REVIEW PORTFOLIO

MUSC246             10         Church Music Review Portfolio

 



[1] For all units with an A and B component, enrolment in Component B requires successful completion of Component A.