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Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition), Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)
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.
Course available at:
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (Strathfield), 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)
- 20 cp from Composition A Units;
- 20 cp from Music Composition B Units;
- 40 cp from Electives.
(2) Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)
- 20 cp from Performance A Units;
- 20 cp from Performance B Units;
- 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:
- 20 cp from Composition A Units;
- 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:
- 20 cp from Performance A Units;
- 20 cp from Electives.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Performance A Units
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| MUSC407 | 20 | Advanced Choral Direction A (Pre: Distinction or above in MUSC328 and MUSC325) |
| MUSC418 | 20 | Advanced Practical Study: Vocal A (Pre: Distinction or above in MUSC318) |
| MUSC431 | 20 | Advanced Practical Study: Instrumental A (Pre: Distinction or above in one of MUSC327, MUSC330 or MUSC328) |
Performance B Units
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| MUSC423 | 20 | Advanced Choral Direction B (Pre: MUSC407) |
| MUSC430 | 20 | Advanced Practical Study: Vocal B (Pre: MUSC418) |
| MUSC432 | 20 | Advanced Practical Study: Instrumental B (Pre: MUSC431) |
Composition Units
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| MUSC420 | 20 | Music Composition A (Pre: Distinction or above in MUSC324) |
| MUSC421 | 20 | Music Composition B (Pre: MUSC433) |
Electives53
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| 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 |
| MUSC437 | 10 | Music and Liturgy |
| MUSC438 | 10 | Psalmody and Hymnody |
| MUSC439 | 10 | Western Plainchant in Theory and Practice |
| MUSC440 | 10 | Music and the Sacred |
| THEO528 | 10 | Foundations in Liturgy |
53 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.
