First-year sequences
Approved first-year sequences are:
- MUS1040 and MUS1060
- MUS1100 and MUS1110
Core course
- MUS1100 Exploring music I (6 points)
- MUS1110 Exploring music II (6 points)
Optional additional subjects
Second year: 16 points
To complete a minor sequence, students who have passed MUS1100/MUS1110
should take:
- MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I (4 points)
- MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II (4 points)
and
- MUS2140 Music of the Romantic ideal (8 points; first
semester)
Optional additional subjects
- MUS2070/2080 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan,
- MUS2500 The study of dance,
- MUS2580 New dances from old cultures
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble.
Third year: 24
points
To complete a major sequence, students should take:
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques[*] (8 points)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology* (8
points)
and
- MUS3170 Chamber music V (8 points)
- or
- MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia (8 points)
It is highly
recommended that intending honours students also take MUS3410 (Research
methods) (8 points).
Fourth year: 48 points
To complete an honours year, students should take:
- MUS4720 Thesis (15,000 words) (24 points)
- MUS4420 Research methods (if MUS3410 not already taken) (8 points)
- A rotating genre study (eg MUS4180 Chamber music) (8 points)
and one
or two of the following:
- MUS4580 Contemporary music (8 points)
- MUS4640 Fieldwork methods (8 points)
- MUS4500 Music-dance interrelationships (8 points)
- MUS4830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia (8 points)
[*] Compulsory subject.
- MUS4980 Music pedagogy (8 points)
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