Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000

Music/Law

General information
Admission requirements
Course structure
Music sequence
Law sequence

Applicants require a study score of at least 30 in English and a study score of at least 20 in three other VCE studies and normally a standard of at least Grade 7 AMEB or Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (Performance) or equivalent. Students must have attained an ENTER score at Year 12 which is sufficient for entry to the BA/LLB combined.

Course structure

The double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Laws requires a minimum of five years of full-time study, or six years for the degree with honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is based on the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Laws degrees. To qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to the value of a minimum of 262 credit points over the length of the course, of which 158 points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of Law and 104 points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts in the Bachelor of Music degree.
In the first three years, students complete music and law subjects, and in the last two years they complete law subjects only.

Music sequence

In music, students take approved combinations of subjects in music performance, composition, arranging and musicology, including options of classical and popular music. Students choose 104 points (36 at first year, 36 at second year and 32 at third year) in music subjects from the following:

First year - 36 points

· MUS1100/MUS1110 Exploring music I and II (6 points each)
· MUS1980/MUS1990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
· MUS1070/MUS1080 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire (6 points each)

Second year - 36 points

· MUS2980/MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
· MUS2110/MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques (4 points each)

plus eight points from

· MUS2020/MUS2030 Practical musical skills (4 points each)

· MUS2510/MUS2520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4 points each)

· MUS2020 Practical musical skills (4 points) and MUS2520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4 points)

plus eight points from

· MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: music of the Romantic ideal (8 points)

· MUS2660/MUS2670 Music composition and technology workshop (4 points each)

· MUS2660 Music composition and technology workshop (4 points) and MUS2030 Practical musical skills (4 points)

Third year - 32 points

· MUS3980/MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature I and II (6 points each)
· MUS3515 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4 points)

plus 16 points from

· MUS3210 Vocal music (8 points)
· MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques (8 points)
· MUS3580 Contemporary music (8 points)
· MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
· MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea (8 points)
· MUS3665/MUS3675 Music composition and technology workshop (4 points each)
· MUS3515/MUS3525 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4 points each)

Law sequence

In first year, students take LAW1100 (Legal process) for 12 points; in second year LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure) for 12 points; in third year LAW3400 (Property) and LAW2100 (Contract) for 24 points; in fourth year LAW2200 (Torts) and LAW3200 (Constitutional law) for 24 points plus elective law subjects (total 30 points); and in fifth year LAW3100 (Administrative law) for 12 points, LAW5500 (Moot court) for two points and elective law subjects (total 42 points).