Graduate Diploma in Music Performance

Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)

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                    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 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