Home - ACU (The Australian Catholic University)

Site Navigation

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music

BA/BMus

320 cp

Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at: Melbourne, Victoria

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. Definitions

“Major”: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 60 cp at advanced level.

“Minor”: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree

Click here for Unit Descriptions

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete 320 cp, consisting of:

  1. 140 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts course, consisting of:
    1. 40 cp from a Minor in a discipline other than Music;
    2. 60 cp from other units, in a discipline other than Music; this must include at least 10 cp from Mission-focused Units and may include additional units in the discipline of the Minor;
    3. 40 cp from a minor in History of Music, Techniques and Theory of Music and/or Liturgical Music;
  2. 180 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Music degree, consisting of:
    1. 80 cp from History of Music, Techniques and Theory of Music and/or Liturgical Music units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Music; these units must include at least one unit selected from:

      Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
      MUSC121/221 10 Music in Non-Western Society
      MUSC201 10 Music in Asian Cultures
      MUSC202 10 Music in Australia
      MUSC230 10 History of Music: Since circa 1900;

    1. 40 cp from Practical Studies;
    2. 20 cp from Choral Conducting;
    3. 20 cp from Choral Experience;
    4. 20 cp from Practical Studies or 10 cp from each of Choral Conducting and
      Choral Experience.

3. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must satisfy the requirements set out in the rules for Honours in the relevant single degree.