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Graduate Diploma in Music Composition
Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition)
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MUSIC (Composition)
GradDipMus(Composition)
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MUSIC (Performance)
GradDipMus(Performance)
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC (Composition) (Exit qualification only)
GradCertMus(Composition)
40 cp
Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC (Performance) (Exit qualification only)
GradCertMus(Performance)
40 cp
Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.
Available at
Strathfield Campus NSW
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 GRADUATE DIPLOMA
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings as follows:
(1) Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition)
(a) 20 cp from Composition A units;
(b) 20 cp from Music Composition B units;
(c) 40 cp from Electives.
(2) Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)
(a) 20 cp from Performance A units;
(b) 20 cp from Performance B units;
(c) 40 cp from Electives.
2. EXIT POINTS
2.1 The Graduate Certificate in Music is available only as an exit point from the Graduate Diploma course.
2.2 A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Graduate Certificate in Music (Composition):
40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
(a) 20 cp from Composition A units;
(b) 20 cp from Electives.
2.3 A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Graduate Certificate in Music (Performance):
40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
(a) 20 cp from Performance A units;
(b) 20 cp from Electives.
SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS
Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
PERFORMANCE A UNITS
MUSC431 20 Advanced Practical Study: Instrumental A (Pre: Distinction or above in one of MUSC327, MUSC330 or MUSC328)
MUSC418 20 Advanced Practical Study: Vocal A (Pre: Distinction or above in MUSC318)
MUSC407 20 Advanced Choral Direction A (Pre: Distinction or above in MUSC328 and MUSC325)
PERFORMANCE B UNITS
MUSC428 20 Advanced Practical Study: Instrumental B (Pre: MUSC413)
MUSC430 20 Advanced Practical Study: Vocal B (Pre: MUSC418)
MUSC423 20 Advanced Choral Direction B (Pre: MUSC407)
COMPOSITION UNITS
MUSC420 20 Music Composition A (Pre: Distinction or above in MUSC324)
MUSC421 20 Music Composition B (Pre: MUSC433)
ELECTIVES[1]
MUSC405 10 Introduction to Musicology
MUSC419 10 Advanced Studies in Musicology A
MUSC435 10 Advanced Studies in Musicology B
MUSC436 10 Special Study in Music
THEO528 10 Foundations in Liturgy
MUSC437 10 Music and Liturgy
MUSC438 10 Psalmody and Hymnody
MUSC439 10 Western Plainchant in Theory and Practice
MUSC440 10 Music and the Sacred
[1] A student may undertake electives from other postgraduate level degrees (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met), with the approval of the Course Co-ordinator.