Attributes, outcomes and skills: Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours) (BH-MUS)

Intended learning outcomes

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

Contextualise their performing within the best practices of local, national and international standards;
Demonstrate a strong knowledge and understanding of their discipline;
Pursue musical knowledge and skills independently, with intellectual honesty and rigorous methods of inquiry;
Use and assimilate the potential of technologies to facilitate the dissemination of musical skills, knowledge and information;
Make critical, informed and sophisticated responses to new musical ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks;
Show empathy, self-reflection and critical intelligence in the dissemination of skills and knowledge in their specialisation;
Work competently and productively in a musical setting, both alone and in groups;
Integrate a holistic view of music from different times and places into their working and intellectual lives;
Participate with integrity, discrimination and sound knowledge and understanding in national and international debates, dialogues and discussions in their area of specialsiation and in the discipline as a whole;
Communicate effectively;
Qualify for employment in a wide range of occupations in the music profession;
Have a lifelong commitment to learning.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Music (Honours) will be:

Academically excellent as a result of:

intensive and rigorous one-to-one tuition/supervision
participation in a diversity of teaching and learning modes
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;

Artistically sophisticated with a high level of understanding of the aesthetic of their discipline;

Community leaders through:

undertaking and developing new initiatives in community awareness and understanding of the place of music in society
a program of professional projects
leadership roles in University and community based public performances, workshops and outreach programs
high level development of teamwork and group dynamic skills

Attuned to cultural diversity through:

a raft of subject options that involve thinking about difference 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:

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

Last updated: 16 April 2025