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All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.
DescriptionThe School of Music at Monash is consistently ranked among the best music schools in Australia and leads the country in internationally recognised ethnomusicology research. The school attracts students and visiting academics from all over the world and has an outstanding track record in winning competitive research funding. The school offers a wide-ranging undergraduate program and a variety of postgraduate degrees in performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology. With modern facilities, unique archival collections, scholarship opportunities and a reputation for supervision excellence, the Monash School of Music is home to a vibrant, nurturing and productive research environment. DisciplinesThe School of Music - Conservatorium teaches, researches, and promotes public outreach in four fields of musical endeavour: performance, composition, musicology and enthnomusicology. Students specialise in one or more fields, but gain experience in a unified way in all four areas. PerformanceStudents with a strong musical aptitude undertaking this specialisation are expected to acquire an assured technique and an awareness of the history of performance style and practice. Students develop their performance skills as well as interactive musical skills in a variety of ensembles. Throughout the program students are examined on both solo and ensemble work. Students undertaking the fourth-year honours are required to present a recital with their own program notes and a research essay on a topic related to the program or an associated aspect of performance practice. CompositionStudents undertaking this specialisation can expect to acquire experience and skills in music composition. The program offers supervision of students' compositional projects and encourages work in various media, including traditional, electronic, and contemporary solo and ensemble combinations. Honours students will prepare a folio of compositions and arrange an annotated concert performance of their works. The School of Music - Conservatorium organises a number of large and small instrumental and ensemble choral groups and encourages performances of student compositions. Musicology or ethnomusicologyStudents who choose either of these specialisations, or a combination of both, can expect to develop their knowledge and understanding of music to prepare themselves as musicologists and/or ethnomusicologists, studying the music history of various genres, research methods and aspects of systematic musicology such as performance practice, analysis, aesthetics, criticism, music sociology and psychology of music. Students at honours level present a thesis of 15,000 to 18,000 words on an approved research topic in musicology. They may then proceed with masters-level coursework in other aspects of musicology. In the ethnomusicology stream, students make detailed area studies of selected music cultures of Asia and/or Africa, and may learn to perform in an Indonesian gamelan and in other Asian and African traditions as appropriate for a particular unit for which a student enrols. UnitsNote: Prerequisites or prohibitions may apply for individual units - consult the unit entry for details. Practical study units
Professional practice units
Ensemble studies units
General units
Units not offered in 2010General: Sequence requirements0821 Bachelor of Music - performance specialisation(144 points) First year level
(48 points) Second year level
(48 points) Third year level
(48 points) 0821 Bachelor of Music - composition specialisation (144 points)First year level
(48 points) Second year level(48 points) Third year level(48 points) 3054 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music (music component -102 points)First year level
(36 points) Second year level(36 points) Third year level
(30 points) 1185 Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Commerce (music component - 96 points)First year level(24 points) Second year level(24 points) Third year level
(48 points) 3717/2025 Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education - (Music component- 108 points)First year level
(36 points) Second year level(36 points) Third year level
(36 points) 1497 Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Laws (music component- 102 points)First year level
(36 points) Second year level(36 points) Third year level
(30 points) 3774 Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Performing Arts (music component- 96 points)First year level(24 points) Second year level(24 points) Third year level
(48 points) 0002 Bachelor of Arts (units available for a music major)First year levelSecond year level
Third year levelRelevant CoursesDiplomas
BachelorsSingle degrees
Double degrees
Degrees with non-performance units onlyOnly non-performance units can be taken in the following degrees. Single degrees
Double degrees
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