Graduate Diploma in Church Music

GradDipChurchMus

80 cp

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

Available at                    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.                   REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DIPLOMA

1.1  To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(a)     10 cp from Group A;

(b)    10 cp from Group B;

(c)     30 cp from Group C;

(d)    10 cp from Group D;  and

(e)     20 cp from Groups A, B and/or C.

With the approval of the Course Co-ordinator, a student may substitute another unit for 10 cp required from Group C.

1.2  An applicant who has completed the Graduate Certificate in Church Music will be granted credit for all units completed in the Graduate Certificate.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

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

Group A            Practical church musicianship

MUSC441         10         Liturgical Organ Performance A (Pre: MUSC316 Practical Study 3 Organ or Grade 8 Organ (AMEB or Trinity College London) or equivalent)

MUSC442         10         Liturgical Vocal Performance A (Pre: MUSC316 Practical Study 3 Voice or Grade 8 Singing (AMEB or Trinity College London) or equivalent)

MUSC443         10         Liturgical Choral Direction A

MUSC444         10         Liturgical Composition A (Pre: MUSC324 Music Language Studies or Grade 8 Theory of Music, (AMEB or Trinity College) or equivalent)

Group B            Practical church musicianship

MUSC445         10         Liturgical Organ Performance B (Pre: MUSC441 Liturgical Organ Performance A)

MUSC446         10         Liturgical Vocal Performance B (Pre: MUSC442 Liturgical Vocal Performance A)

MUSC447         10         Liturgical Choral Direction B (Pre: MUSC443 Liturgical Choral Direction A)

MUSC448         10         Liturgical Composition B (Pre: MUSC444 Liturgical Composition A)

Group C            Christian liturgy and liturgical music

THEO528/662    10         Foundations in Liturgy

MUSC437/632   10         Music and Liturgy

MUSC438/633   10         Psalmody and Hymnody

MUSC439/634   10         Western Plainchant in Theory and Practice

MUSC440/635   10         Music and the Sacred

Group D            Review portfolio

MUSC450         10         Church Music Review Portfolio (Pre: completion of at least 10 cp from Group A or C)