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Bachelor of Music (Honours)
BMus (Hons)
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year 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. Admission Requirements – Honours Degree1
To be eligible to apply for admission to the Honours degree course, a student must have:
- completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Music Pass degree , usually within the last five years;
- gained a grade point average of at least 5.00 in the units of the Pass degree; and
- satisfied the prerequisites for the units to be undertaken in the Honours course.
2. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree
To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours units, consisting of units approved by the Head of School selected as follows:
- 10 cp from Research Methods;
- 10 cp from Musicology
- 50 cp from Thesis Units; and
- 10 cp from Honours Electives.
Schedule of Honours Units
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Research Methods Unit
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
HUMA402 | 10 | Honours Research Methods |
Musicology
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
MUSC405 | 10 | Musicology |
Thesis Units
(a)Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
MUSC411 | 20 | Thesis A (Full-time) |
MUSC424 | 30 | Thesis B (Full-time) |
or (b)
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
MUSC412 | 10 | Thesis A (Part-time) |
MUSC425 | 10 | Thesis B (Part-time) |
MUSC426 | 10 | Thesis C (Part-time) |
MUSC427 | 20 | Thesis D (Part-time) |
Honours Electives
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
MUSC451 | 10 | Piano Accompaniment (Pre: MUSC334 Practical Study 6 (with piano) or equivalent) |
MUSC452 | 10 |
Advanced Keyboard Pedagogy (Pre: MUSC334 Practical Study 6 (in a keyboard instrument) or equivalent) |
MUSC453 | 10 |
Advanced Vocal Pedagogy (Pre: MUSC334 Practical Study 6 (with piano) or equivalent) |
MUSC454 | 10 |
Music Criticism and Aesthetics (Inc: MUSC419) |
MUSC455 | 10 | Advanced Studies in Music Analysis (Inc: MUSC419) |
MUSC456 | 10 | Music Editing and Textual Criticism (Inc: MUSC435) |
1A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.