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About this course
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: http://mcm.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Coordinator
Melanie Plesch,
Associate Professor Stuart Greenbaum (Composition)
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma in Music requires the successful completion of 100 credit points of Music subjects.
Subject options
Tailored Program
100 credit points of Electives.
Practical Music Specialisation
ONE OF
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI10023 | Music Language 1: the Diatonic World |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI20061 | Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI30046 | Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PLUS
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI40016 | Practical Study 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI40017 | Practical Study 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI40064 | The Research Process for Musicians |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PLUS
50 credit points of electives.
Musicology Specialisation
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI40078 | Music Research (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40104 | Dissertation Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
| MUSI40105 | Dissertation Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
PLUS
50 credit points of electives.
Ethnomusicology Specialisation
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI30053 | The Ethnography of Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40104 | Dissertation Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
| MUSI40105 | Dissertation Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
PLUS
50 credit points of electives.
Composition Specialisation
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI40012 | GradDip Composition 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
| MUSI40013 | GradDip Composition 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
PLUS
62.5 credit points of electives.
The following electives are particularly recommended for students in the Composition specialisation:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI30025 | Orchestration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30031 | Electro-Acoustic Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30046 | Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Electives (12.5 Credit Points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI10017 | Riffs: Guitar Cultures & Practice 1 |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI10047 | Music History 1: Monteverdi to Mozart | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI10023 | Music Language 1: the Diatonic World |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI20196 | Riffs: Guitar Cultures & Practice 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20198 | Music History 2: C19th Music and Ideas | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20061 | Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI30031 | Electro-Acoustic Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30004 | Music and Film since 1900 | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI30249 | Music History 3:Impressionism to Present | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30046 | Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI30025 | Orchestration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40073 | Composition Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40036 | Conducting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40103 | Figured Bass Realisation 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40100 | French Music Louis XIV to the Revolution | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40032 | Historical Performance Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40086 | Honours Thesis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40090 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40055 | Music Analysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40074 | Music and Health | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40099 | Music and Politics | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40094 | Music as Noise: Making Sound Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40047 | Music in the Culture of the Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40091 | Music Internship | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40092 | Music Management and Enterprise | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40075 | Music Psychology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40078 | Music Research (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40076 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40027 | Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40070 | Professional Project (Ethnomusicology) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40071 | Professional Project (Musicology) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40058 | Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40056 | Special Study |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI40021 | Stravinsky and Music of the 20th Century | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40054 | Studies In Opera | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40079 | The Ethnography of Music (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40095 | The Music of Spain | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40098 | The Romantic Piano | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40028 | Women in Music | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40088 | Integrated Musical Practice 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI40089 | Integrated Musical Practice 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Electives (6.25 Credit Points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI10016 | Art of Piano Teaching | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10204 | Audiation through Solfège | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10004 | Computing for Musicians | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10001 | Language and Diction German | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10002 | Language and Diction: Italian | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10207 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10206 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20161 | Alexander Technique for Musicians | Not available in 2017 | 6.25 |
| MUSI20207 | Aural Studies 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20160 | Aural Studies 2 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20108 | MCM Chinese Music Ensemble 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI20084 | Famous Opera Choruses 1 | Not available in 2017 | 6.25 |
| MUSI20087 | Gamelan 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20088 | Gamelan 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20045 | Language and Diction French | Not available in 2017 | 6.25 |
| MUSI20155 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI20211 | Percussion Ensemble | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20104 | Shakuhachi 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI20105 | Shakuhachi 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI30159 | Acting for Singers 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30160 | Acting for Singers 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30255 | Advanced Aural Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30163 | Baroque Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30164 | Baroque Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30165 | Big Band 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30166 | Big Band 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30167 | Brass Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30168 | Brass Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30019 | Chamber Music 3 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI30020 | Chamber Music 4 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI30174 | Conservatorium Choir 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30175 | Conservatorium Choir 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30254 | Creating from the Single Staff Score | Not available in 2017 | 6.25 |
| MUSI30172 | Early Voices 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30173 | Early Voices 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30181 | Guitar Ensemble 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30182 | Guitar Ensemble 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30185 | Orchestral Ensembles 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30186 | Orchestral Ensembles 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30193 | Piano Duo and Duet 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30194 | Piano Duo and Duet 2 | Not available in 2017 | 6.25 |
| MUSI20210 | Saxophone Ensemble |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI30183 | String Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30184 | String Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30045 | Studies In Opera | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI30244 | University of Melbourne Chamber Choir 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30258 | University of Melbourne Chamber Choir 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30206 | Vocal Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30207 | Vocal Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20156 | Practical Anatomy for Classical Voice |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020