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

Intended learning outcomes

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

• situate and adapt their activity as musicians within current and emerging best practices of local, national and international contexts;
• confidently integrate a nuanced, holistic view of music from different times and traditions into their working and intellectual lives;
• make and contribute critical, informed and sophisticated responses to complex musical ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks;
• demonstrate advanced knowledge, technical skill and expressive accomplishment within their discipline;
• work productively and professionally in diverse musical settings, both individually and in groups;
• pursue advanced musical knowledge and skills independently, with intellectual honesty and rigorous methods of inquiry;
• communicate complex musical ideas effectively in performance, speech and writing, and/or through fluent and creative use of technology as appropriate;
• apply critical intelligence, self-reflection and creative problem-solving to their development as adaptable, responsible members of a musical community.

Generic skills

• model respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of scholarship;
• communicate effectively, in oral and written forms and on digital platforms;
• apply critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills to unfamiliar challenges;
• employ a wide range of idea creation techniques;
• respond openly and imaginatively to new ideas from others;
• engage in rigorous and respectful debate;
• demonstrate appropriate leadership in group settings;
• sustain medium and long-term work strategies in pursuit of personal goals.

Graduate attributes