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Certificate in Church Music

Not Offered in 2010
CertChurchMus

40 cp

Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
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 which is a fraction or multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements
Prerequisites: Nil

2. Requirements for Completion of the Certificate

To qualify for the Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 10 cp from Practical Church Musicianship Units;
  2. 20 cp from Christian Liturgy and Liturgical Music Units; and
  3. an additional 10 cp from either Practical Church Musicianship or Christian Liturgy and Liturgical Music Units.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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

Practical Church Musicianship Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
MUSC107 5 Choral Conducting 1A1
MUSC110 10 Introduction to Writing Music
MUSC143 5 Church Music Keyboard 1A1
MUSC144 5 Guitar/Song Leader 1A1
MUSC145 5 Cantor/Animateur 1A1
MUSC147 5 Choral Conducting 1B
MUSC152 5 Church Music Keyboard 1B
MUSC153 5 Guitar/Song Leader 1B
MUSC154 5 Cantor/Animateur 1B

Christian Liturgy and Liturgical Music Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
MUSC106 10 Psalmody and Hymnody
MUSC120 10 Music and Liturgy
MUSC135 10 History of Western Church Music
MUSC137 10 Music and the Sacred
MUSC138 10 Western Plainchant in Theory and Practice
THCP200 10 Prayer and Liturgy

1For all units with an A and B component, enrolment in Component B requires successful completion of Component A.