Bachelor of Music (B-MUS) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

On completion of this course, graduates should be able to:

• communicate effectively, in oral and written forms and on digital platforms;
• develop and implement innovative and creative ideas;
• respond openly and imaginatively to new ideas from others;
• engage in rigorous and respectful debate;
• work as part of a team to achieve a common goal;
• demonstrate appropriate leadership in group settings;
• apply critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills to unfamiliar challenges;
• sustain medium and long-term work strategies in pursuit of personal goals.

Academically excellent as a result of:

• participation in a diversity of teaching and learning modes, including individual tuition, tutorials, masterclasses, performance and concert classes, on-line learning, seminars, large lectures and ensemble experiences;
• assessment practices that demand independent thinking, critical analysis and an openness to new ideas;
• articulate and authoritatively informed in musical discourse;
• familiar and competent with research protocols, written and spoken communication skills, and the ethics of scholarship through a program of core and elective academic subjects over three years;
• artistically sophisticated with a high level of understanding of the aesthetic of their discipline;

Competent across disciplines as a result of:

• participation in a variety of "ways of knowing" within the discipline of music - solo, chamber and orchestral competency; theoretical knowledge of music; historical and contextual knowledge of music; aural acuity;
• participation in up to 75 points of breadth subjects;
• able to use the interaction of music and other disciplines with creativity and insight;

Community leaders through:

• undertaking and developing new initiatives in community awareness and understanding of the place of music in society;
• leadership roles in University and community-based public performances, workshops and outreach programs;
• high-level development of teamwork and group dynamic skills through participation in music ensembles;

Attuned to cultural diversity through:

• a raft of academic elective and ensemble opportunities that involve thinking about differences in ways of being musical as well as participating in music from other times and places;
• familiarity with culturally diverse ways of conceptualising and talking about music;
• hands-on experiences of culturally diverse styles of music making and musical pedagogy;

Global citizens through:

• experiences gained through Study Abroad;
• participation throughout the course in the inherently international nature of music in all its manifestations;
• awareness as ambassadors for Australia through promotion of its cultural richness;
• facilitators and communicators between diverse cultural communities.