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Composition Specialisation (BH-MUS) // Structure
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Composition Specialisation (BH-MUS)
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Stuart Greenbaum
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: https://mcm.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Structure
Students in the Composition specialisation complete 62.5 points of core subjects and 37.5 points of elective subjects.
Subject Options
Core subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI40036 | Conducting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40064 | The Research Process for Musicians |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MUSI40067 | Honours Composition 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
MUSI40068 | Honours Composition 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Electives
Students select 37.5 points from the list below:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI40049 | High Baroque Music of the German World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI40036 | Conducting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI30031 | Electro-Acoustic Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40103 | Figured Bass Realisation 1 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40100 | French Music Louis XIV to the Revolution | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40032 | Historical Performance Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40063 | Honours Ensemble 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI40080 | Honours Ensemble 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI40090 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 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 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40094 | Music as Noise: Making Sound Art | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40047 | Music in the Culture of the Renaissance | Not available in 2018 | 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 |
MUSI30025 | Orchestration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40027 | Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40058 | Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40054 | Studies In Opera | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40079 | The Ethnography of Music (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40095 | The Music of Spain | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40098 | The Romantic Piano | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40028 | Women in Music | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 31 January 2025