Faculty of Music : Guide to courses

5. Electives

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 5. Electives

For non-music electives (Arts Faculty subjects), students may take a minimum of 25 points up to a maximum of 50 points of Arts subjects (75 points for musicology students). In choosing these, students are urged to consider in particular foreign languages relevant to musical study, comparative studies in the arts, religion and philosophy, or subjects considering political, social or economic factors which affect the arts.

In addition, the following music elective subjects are available. The academic electives are available in years 3 and 4 and in the graduate programs. Each is worth 12.5 points. Academic electives are offered in rotation. For detail on the Area of Study, please refer to the Faculty of Music Course and Subject Guide 2000. Please note - subjects marked below with an asterisk (*) may be cancelled if the enrolments are insufficient:

Practical Electives

• 740-211 Performance Studies 1 (Year Long)

• 740-311 Performance Studies 2 (Year Long)

Areas of study available under Performance Studies are:

• • Applied Music Skills - Therapy

  • Chamber Music 1

  • Chamber Music 2

  • Minor Practical Study 1

  • Minor Practical Study 2

  Students enrolling for the first time in Performance Studies should enrol in Performance Studies 1 - any subsequent enrolment will then be in Performance Studies 2

• 740-212 Music Technology Studies

• • Music and Technology (quota - BMus/BTeach students only)

  • Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music (quota - Composition students only)

Academic electives

• 740-382 Musicology Studies 3A (Sem 1 or 2)

• 740-383 Musicology Studies 3B (Sem 1 or 2)

• 740-496 Musicology Studies 4A (Sem 1 or 2)

• 740-497 Musicology Studies 4B (Sem 1 or 2)

Areas of Study available under Musicology Studies are:

• • Baroque Music of the German Speaking World: 1700-1750 (Sem 2)*

  • Music Aesthetics (Sem 2)

  • Music Criticism (not offered in 2000)

  • Music Iconography (Sem 1)

  • Music of Spain (Sem 2)*

  • Music Paleography (Sem 2)

  • Musicological Research Method 2 (Sem 2)

  • Sixteenth Century Music Techniques (Sem 2)*

  • Studies in Opera (not offered in 2000)

  • Style Analysis (not offered in 2000)

  • Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology (Sem 1)

  • Topics in Australian Music: Migrant Music (Sem 2)*

  • Topics in Baroque Music (Sem 1)

  • Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music of Rainforest Societies (Sem 1)

  • Topics in Medieval & Renaissance Music (not offered in 2000)

  • Topics in Musicology: Stravinsky and the Music of the Twentieth Century (Sem 1)*

Students should select an area of study from the list above and enrol in the appropriate Musicology Studies code according to year level. Note: all Musicology Studies subject codes are available for areas of study in both semesters.

Applied Electives

• Approaches to Music Pedagogy (core subject for Instrumental/Vocal Teaching stream only)

• Careers in Music (core for all students except Composition, Music Therapy and BMus/BTeach - where it can be taken as an elective)

• Keyboard Accompaniment*

• Language and Diction (voice students only)*

• Orchestration & Arrangement (core subject for Composition stream & Instrumental/Vocal teaching streams only)

• Performance Practice (Early Music)*

• Performance Teaching 1 (core subject for Instrumental/Vocal Teaching stream only)

• Performance Teaching 2 (core subject for Instrumental/Vocal Teaching stream only)

• Special Study

• Work Experience and Career Preparation*

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