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Graduate Diploma in Music (GD-MUS) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Melanie Plesch,
Associate Professor Stuart Greenbaum (Composition)
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
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 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 | 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 |
| MUSI40086 | Honours Thesis | No longer available | |
| 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 |
| MUSI40027 | Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| MUSI20209 | Chinese Music Ensemble 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI40049 | High Baroque Music of the German World | 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 |
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 | Not available in 2018 | 6.25 |
| MUSI10002 | Language and Diction: Italian | Not available in 2018 | 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 2018 | 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 2018 | 6.25 |
| MUSI20087 | Gamelan 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20088 | Gamelan 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI20155 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| MUSI20211 | Percussion Ensemble | Not available in 2018 | 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 2018 | 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 2018 | 6.25 |
| MUSI20210 | Saxophone Ensemble | Not available in 2018 | 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 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30244 | Chamber Choir 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30258 | Chamber Choir 6 | 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 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30262 | French Lyric Diction | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10225 | Chamber Choir 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI10226 | Chamber Choir 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20215 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20216 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20213 | Chamber Choir 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20214 | Chamber Choir 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30260 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30261 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI30259 | Interpretation of French Art Song | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020