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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Business and Economics

Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce

Course code: 1185 + Course abbreviation: BMus/BCom + On-campus + Day classes only + Four years full-time, eight years part-time + Course director: Associate Professor Marg Lindorff + Total credit points required: 204

Entry requirements

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 25 in English (any) and a study score of 25 in one of Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics. In addition, normally a standard of at least Grade 7 Australian Music Education Board or Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (Performance) or equivalent is required.

General course information

The commerce component of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce double degree provides a professional education in a range of commerce and business disciplines with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills.
The music component of the double degree contains both theoretical and practical modules that prepare graduates for a range of roles within the music industry.

Majors and other studies in the degree

Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the following disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, finance, economics, business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, management or marketing. All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third character of the unit code is C).
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students must also complete the prescribed sequence in Music from the Faculty of Arts.
All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) and the Faculty of Arts.

Course structure

The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 18 units (108 credit points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:
(i) Ten compulsory units (60 credit points):

Students wishing to take first-year units other than those on the above list are able to undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory units. First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.
(ii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 credit points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 credit points at each of second and third-year level (disciplines are defined by department prefixes and fields of study are those sets of related units that may be defined in the catalogue of courses and units). All units taken as part of the major specialisation must be taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third character of the unit code is C).
(iii) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(iv) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 credit points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the School of Music, Faculty of Arts as follows:
(i) A performance major (54 credit points), comprising MUS1980, MUS1990, MUS2980, MUS2990, MUS3580, MUS3610, MUS3620, MUS3980 and MUS3990.
(ii) The compulsory units MUS1100, MUS1110 and MUS3390.
(iii) In second year, 12 credit points chosen from: MUS2020, MUS2030, MUS2110, MUS2120, MUS2140, MUS2660.

(iv) In fourth year, 12 credit points chosen from MUS3310, MUS3330, MUS3490, MUS3660, MUS3830, MUS3860, MUS3880, MUS3910.
The course may be completed in four years of full-time study. The maximum time for completion is 10 years.
Students should have their program of study approved by the course coordinator or the course coordinator's nominee prior to commencement of the relevant year.

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