Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce

Course code: 1185 + Course abbreviation: BMus/BCom + Total credit points required: 204 + 4 years full-time (with overload), 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Arts

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Commerce degrees.

Course objectives

The commerce component of this 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 contains both theoretical and practical modules that prepare graduates for a range of roles within the music industry.

Course structure

Areas of study

All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) and the Faculty of Arts.

Arts

Students must also complete the prescribed sequence in music from the Faculty of Arts. For information on the requirements of all music studies offered, refer to the ‘Areas of study’ section on the Arts faculty website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Commerce

Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the following areas taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, Asian development and transition, business law and taxation, competition, regulation and public policy, econometrics and business statistics, economics, finance, human resource management, information, strategy and decision making, international commerce, labour and employment, 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. For details of the units required for major specialisations, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry.

Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

Music component

(a) students must complete 16 units (96 points) from the School of Music as follows:

(i) a music performance major (54 points):

MUS1980 Chief practical study I
MUS1990 Chief practical study II
MUS2980 Chief practical study III
MUS2990 Chief practical study IV
MUS3580 Contemporary music
MUS3610 Professional practice 3
MUS3620 Professional practice 4
MUS3980 Chief practical study V
MUS3990 Chief practical study VI

(ii) three additional core units (18 points):

MUS1100 Exploring music I
MUS1110 Exploring music II
MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology

(iii) twelve points chosen from:

MUS2020 Professional practice 1
MUS2030 Professional practice 2
MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: music of the romantic ideal
MUS2660 Music composition and technology workshop I

(iv) twelve points chosen from:

MUS3310 Contemporary compositional techniques
MUS3330 Music of north and south India
MUS3490 Indonesian gamelan: special studies
MUS3660 Music composition and technology workshop II
MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
MUS3910 Music of Sub-Saharan Africa

Commerce component

(a) Students must complete 18 units (108 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

(i) Completion of six compulsory common core units (36 points):

AFC1021/AFC1022 Accounting principles
BTC1110 Business law
ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
MGC1010 Managing people and organisations
MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii) Completion of at least two units (12 points) from the following list:

AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting
AFC1100/AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or
ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.

(iii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year level.

(iv) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points).

(v) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

The degree requires the equivalent of four-and-a-quarter years of full-time study, but can be completed in four years by accelerating with an overload of 12 points. The degree must be completed in a maximum of 10 years of study.

Professional recognition

Students who wish to obtain professional recognition should refer to 'Professional recognition' under 'Faculty information' in the Faculty of Business and Economics section of this handbook.

Contact details

www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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