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Future students:
Coordinator
Elliott Gyger
Course structure
100-point program of elective subjects
The Diploma consists of 100 points of elective subject choices, usually taken across three years, which may be chosen from all areas of study within the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
- No more than 50 points of level 1 Music Electives can be taken;
- At least 25 points of level 3 Music Electives must be taken;
- Up to 50 points may be cross-credited as Breadth to the main Bachelor degree.
Subject options
Level 1 Electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI10021 | MCM African Music and Dance Ensemble 1 | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
MUSI10022 | MCM African Music and Dance Ensemble 2 | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
MUSI10204 | Applied Aural Musicianship 1 | Semester 1 (Online) |
6.25 |
MUSI10041 | Baroque Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10042 | Baroque Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10052 | Brass Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10053 | Brass Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10004 | Computing for Musicians | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10058 | Conservatorium Choir 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MUSI10059 | Conservatorium Choir 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MUSI10056 | Early Voices 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10057 | Early Voices 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10066 | Guitar Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10067 | Guitar Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10207 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10206 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10060 | Symphonic Ensembles 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10061 | Symphonic Ensembles 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10076 | Piano Duo and Duet 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10068 | String Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10069 | String Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10092 | Vocal Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10093 | Vocal Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10225 | Chamber Choir 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10226 | Chamber Choir 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI10202 | Jazz: The Improvisatory Spirit | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI10179 | Making Music For Film And Animation 1 | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI10047 | Music History 1: Monteverdi to Mozart | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI10023 | Music Language 1: the Diatonic World |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10184 | Pop Song Writing 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10219 | Rock Music: From Roots to Retro | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI10222 | The Wellbeing Orchestra | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI10227 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI10017 | Riffs: Guitar Cultures & Practice 1 |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10037 | Music in Everyday Life | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI10220 | Practical Music 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10221 | Practical Music 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 2 Electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20207 | Applied Aural Musicianship 2 | Semester 2 (Online) |
6.25 |
MUSI20160 | Applied Aural Musicianship 3 | Semester 1 (Online) |
6.25 |
MUSI20069 | Baroque Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20070 | Baroque Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20071 | Big Band 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20072 | Big Band 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20073 | Brass Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20074 | Brass Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20013 | Chamber Music 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20014 | Chamber Music 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20108 | MCM Chinese Music Ensemble |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20082 | Conservatorium Choir 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MUSI20083 | Conservatorium Choir 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MUSI20080 | Early Voices 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20081 | Early Voices 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20087 | MCM Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20088 | MCM Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20089 | Guitar Ensemble 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20090 | Guitar Ensemble 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20008 | Music Technology | Semester 1 (Online) |
6.25 |
MUSI20093 | Symphonic Ensembles 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20094 | Symphonic Ensembles 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20211 | Percussion Ensemble | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
MUSI20215 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 3 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20216 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20212 | Practical Anatomy for Classical Voice 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20213 | Chamber Choir 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20214 | Chamber Choir 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20099 | Piano Duo and Duet 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20104 | Shakuhachi 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20105 | Shakuhachi 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20091 | String Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20092 | String Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20112 | Vocal Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20113 | Vocal Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20210 | Saxophone Ensemble |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
6.25 |
MUSI20156 | Practical Anatomy for Classical Voice 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI20190 | Advanced Recording Studio Techniques | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI20209 | Chinese Music Ensemble 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20122 | Composition Studies | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI20167 | Creating Music For Advertising | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI20208 | Electronic Dance Music Technique | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI20164 | Free Play New Music Improvisation Ensem |
February (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
June (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20150 | Music and Health | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI20204 | Music and Politics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI20196 | Riffs: Guitar Cultures & Practice 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI20198 | Music History 2: C19th Music and Ideas |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20061 | Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond |
Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20149 | Music Psychology | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI20120 | Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI20203 | Peak Performance Under Pressure | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI20192 | R&B, Soul & Gospel Choir | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI20163 | Samba Band |
February (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
June (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20173 | The Art of Game Music | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI20206 | The Business of Music | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI20174 | The Laptop Recording Studio |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20199 | Practical Music 3 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20200 | Practical Music 4 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20227 | Popular Music Studies | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI20224 | Music and Gender | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI30159 | Acting for Singers 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30160 | Acting for Singers 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30255 | Applied Aural Musicianship 4 | Semester 2 (Online) |
6.25 |
MUSI30163 | Baroque Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30164 | Baroque Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30165 | Big Band 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30166 | Big Band 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30167 | Brass Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30168 | Brass Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30019 | Chamber Music 3 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
6.25 |
MUSI30020 | Chamber Music 4 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
6.25 |
MUSI30174 | Conservatorium Choir 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MUSI30175 | Conservatorium Choir 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MUSI30172 | Early Voices 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30173 | Early Voices 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30181 | Guitar Ensemble 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30182 | Guitar Ensemble 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30185 | Symphonic Ensembles 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30186 | Symphonic Ensembles 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30193 | Piano Duo and Duet 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30183 | String Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30184 | String Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30244 | Chamber Choir 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30258 | Chamber Choir 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30259 | Interpretation of French Art Song | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
MUSI30260 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 5 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30261 | Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30262 | French Lyric Diction | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30206 | Vocal Ensemble 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30207 | Vocal Ensemble 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30031 | Electro-Acoustic Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30257 | Figured Bass Realisation 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30116 | Historical Performance Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30047 | Music Analysis | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI30004 | Music and Film since 1900 | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30246 | Music as Noise: Making Sound Art | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30249 | Music History 3:Impressionism to Present |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30011 | Music in the Culture of the Renaissance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30046 | Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30032 | Music Research | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI30025 | Orchestration | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30015 | Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30045 | Studies In Opera | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30030 | The Music Of Spain | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI30236 | The Music Producer: From Brass to Beats | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI30256 | The Romantic Piano | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30053 | The Ethnography of Music | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI30263 | Jazz & Improv Composition Workshop | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30264 | Wagner's Ring | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30265 | Italian Lyric Diction | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30266 | German Lyric Diction | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
MUSI30267 | Interpretation of German Lieder | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30268 | Interpretation Italian Lyric Repertoire | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
MUSI30250 | Practical Music 5 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30251 | Practical Music 6 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30269 | Music in Australia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MUSI30270 | Topics in Musicology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30271 | Topics in Popular Music Studies | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 12 November 2021