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Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)
Not Offered in 2010
GradDipMus(Performance)
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition)
Not Offered in 2010
GradDipMus(Composition)
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. Admission Requirements1
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:
- a Bachelor of Music pass degree, completed within the last ten years; and
- prerequisites for the studies to be undertaken in the course; and
- submission of a folio of compositions may be required for applicants who are graduates of other universities.
2. 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:
- Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition)
- 20 cp from Music Composition A;
- 20 cp from Music Composition B;
- 40 cp from Electives.
- Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)
- 20 cp from Performance A Units;
- 20 cp from Performance B Units;
- 40 cp from Electives.
3. Exit Points
3.1 The Graduate Certificate in Music is available only as an exit point from the Graduate Diploma course.
3.2 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 Music Composition A;
- 20 cp from Electives.
3.3 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) |
Electives2
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 |
1 A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
2 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 Coordinator.