Faculty of Arts

 Music

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 1. Arts Faculty requirements

Students undertaking the Bachelor of Arts are normally permitted to enrol in approved subjects offered by other faculties. However, there is a requirement that students complete the following minimum number of points in departments within the Faculty of Arts:

• 50 points at first-year;
• 100 points at second/third-year;

In most cases, students wishing to undertake a major in another faculty will be able to do so, but they will need to plan their course carefully to ensure they meet both departmental prerequisites and Faculty requirements.

Combined course students (except those in the BA/BMus) will not normally be eligible to enrol in any subject(s) in this area of study, please consult a Faculty of Arts Course Adviser for further information.

 2. Prerequisites

In an Arts degree the area of study within music that is permitted is music history. Introduction to Music 1-1 has no prerequisite and assumes no prior knowledge of music. Arts students who have a background in music may wish to enrol in any of the 4 music history subjects instead which will require them to take the Faculty of Music Musicianship Test to determine whether they have the musical aptitude to complete the subjects. This test will be held in Orientation week, February 1998, at the Faculty of Music. Students should register for the test with the Faculty of Music prior to Orientation Week.

The general prerequisite for second and third-year music subjects is successful completion of 2 music history subjects.

 3. Requirements for a major

The major in Music History has two structures.

Students with no previous musical training commence study in Music by enrolling in 740-138/139 Introduction to Music 1-1 and 1-2, each 12.5 points. Students who pass the Faculty of Music Musicianship Test are exempted from this subject and enrol in 2 of the 4 music history subjects in their first year for 25 points.

The major in Music is undertaken as follows:

1. For students with no prior music study.
First year		Points
	740-138 Introduction To Music 1-1	12.5
	740-139 Introduction To Music 1-2	12.5
Second year
	Two of:
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to present	12.5
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	12.5
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia and the Pacific	12.5
	740-265 Music in Australia	12.5
	Plus:
	740-141 Music Techniques 1-1	12.5
Third year
	Two of:
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to present	12.5
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	12.5
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia and the Pacific	12.5
	740-265 Music in Australia	12.5
	Plus:
	740-129 Music Techniques 1-2	12.5
	One academic elective

2. For students who pass the Musicianship Test.
First year		Points
	Two of:
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to present	12.5
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	12.5
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia and the Pacific	12.5
	740-265 Music in Australia	12.5
Second year
	Two of:
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to present	12.5
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	12.5
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia and the Pacific	12.5
	740-265 Music in Australia	12.5
	Plus:
	740-141 Music Techniques 1-1	12.5
Third year
	740-129 Music Techniques 1-2	12.5
	Three academic electives

See under Combined Honours for the list of academic electives available in the Faculty of Music.

 4. Entry to Honours

Intending Honours students are required to take 740-359 Musicological Research Method 1. Entry to honours requires the completion of all the requirements for the BA degree, a major in Music History and an average grade across the Music Major of at least H2B.

 5. Honours requirements

 5.1. Pure Honours

No Pure Honours course in Music available.

 5.2. Combined Honours

The Combined Honours program consists of 740-462 Dissertation, plus two of the academic electives below:

740-447 Music Aesthetics

740-449 Music Criticism

740-483 Music Iconography

740-453 Music of Spain

740-437 Music Palaeography

740-412 Musical Acoustics

740-359 Musicological Research Method 1

740-381 Studies in Opera

740-330 Style Analysis

740-321 Theory & Method in Ethnomusicology

740-395 Topics in Australian Music

740-316 Topics in Baroque Music

740-323 Topics in Ethnomusicology

740-372 Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Music

740-394 Topics in Musicology

 6. Opportunities for further study

Contact the Research and Graduate Studies office in the Faculty of Arts and the Degree Programs Officer in the Faculty of Music regarding postgraduate study in musicology.

 7. For more information

Subject descriptions

For details of other subjects see the Faculty of Music entry in this volume of the Handbook.

740-138 Introduction To Music 1-1
740-139 Introduction To Music 1-2

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