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Monash University

Honours - Area of study

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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Managing facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered bySir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Campus(es)Clayton

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Students are required to complete 48 points of study in their chosen stream comprising a thesis and two coursework units.

The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the music honours coordinator.

NOTE: Students completing honours in music part-time must complete the coursework units prior to the thesis units.

Units

Students complete thesis and coursework units from one of the following streams; all units are 12 points and all units are compulsory for each stream:

Musicology and ethnomusicology

Coursework units

  • APG4789 Research methods in music
  • ATS4834 Honours research project in music

Thesis

Composition

Coursework units

  • APG4789 Research methods in music
  • ATS4834 Honours research project in music

Thesis

  • ATS4838 Special project: Composition and music technology part 1
  • ATS4839 Composition and music technology part 2

Performance

Coursework units

  • APG4789 Research methods in music
  • ATS4834 Honours research project in music

Thesis

  • ATS4831 Music special project: Practical study part 1
  • ATS4832 Music special project: Practical study part 2

Intending honours students

Students intending to enter honours in music must have completed a major in that discipline.

Contact details

Relevant courses

0822 Honours degree of Bachelor of Music