Monash University Arts Undergraduate Handbook, 1997

The course

The Bachelor of Music degree requires students to major in two of four streams, of which one stream - performance - is compulsory. The other streams are composition, musicology and ethnomusicology. To complete a BMus students take subjects valued at a total of 144 points over three years of full-time study, comprising:

a major sequence in performance (fifty-two points);
a major sequence in composition or musicology or ethnomusicology (fifty-two points);
a first-year sequence in music or in a department other than music (twelve points);
a minor sequence in a department other than music (twenty-eight points).

Enrolment in the BMus signifies a greater degree of specialisation in performance than that expected of undergraduates pursuing a major sequence in music for the BA. The degree is designed as a professional qualification for musicians who will follow careers as performers, composers, teachers and scholars.

To be eligible for entry to the BMus(Hons) program, students must have achieved credit grades in at least twenty-four points of music at second and third-year levels, of which at least sixteen points must be at third-year level.

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