Faculty of Arts

 Music history

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The Faculty of Music offers a major and combined honours program in music history to Bachelor of Arts students.

 1. Faculty of Arts requirements

Students undertaking the Bachelor of Arts are permitted to enrol in a range of subjects offered by other faculties, however students must complete a minimum of 50 points of first year subjects and 100 points of second/third year subjects in areas of study approved by the Faculty of Arts, see Arts-approved subject requirement for more information.

Combined course students will not usually be eligible to enrol in these subjects. Please consult a Faculty of Arts course adviser for more information.

 2. Prerequisites

740-138 Discovering Music 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 four first year music history subjects. To do so, students must undertake 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 2001, at the Faculty of Music. Students should register for the test with the Faculty of Music prior to Orientation.

The general prerequisite for second and third year music history subjects is successful completion of two first year music history subjects (25 points).

 3. Requirements for a major

A major in music history usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• two first year subjects in music history (25 points) and;

• three second year subjects in music history (37.5 points) and;

• four third year subjects in music history (50 points).

Students with no previous musical training commence study in music by enrolling in 740-138 Discovering Music 1 and 740-139 Discovering Music 2, each 12.5 points. Students who pass the Faculty of Music Musicianship Test are exempted from this subject and enrol in two of the four 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		Semester
	740-138 Discovering Music 1	1
	740-139 Discovering Music 2	2
Second year
	two of
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to Present	Not Offered
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	1
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia & the Pacific	2
	740-265 Music In Australia	Not Offered
	and
	740-141 Music Techniques 1-1	1
Third year
	two of
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to Present	Not Offered
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	1
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia & the Pacific	2
	740-265 Music In Australia	Not Offered
	and
	740-129 Music Techniques 1-2	2
	and
	One music history optional subject.

2. For students who pass the Musicianship Test
First year		Semester
	two of
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to Present	Not Offered
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	1
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia & the Pacific	2
	740-265 Music In Australia	Not Offered
Second year
	two of
	740-110 Western Music 1750 to Present	Not Offered
	740-142 Western Music to 1750	1
	740-144 Music Cultures of Asia & the Pacific	2
	740-265 Music In Australia	Not Offered
	and
	740-141 Music Techniques 1-1	1
Third year
	740-129 Music Techniques 1-2	2
	and
	Three optional music history Subjects.

See under combined honours for musicology studies subjects and the list of areas of study available in the Faculty of Music.

 4. Honours entry

The prerequisites for entry to Fourth Year combined Honours in Music History are:

• completion of all the requirements for the BA and;

• completion of a major in music history which must include the subject 740-359 Musicological Research Method 1 and;

• completion of a major in another area of study and;

• an average grade of H2B or higher over the second/third year subjects within the music history major.

Entry to honours must be approved by the music history honours coordinator and the Faculty of Arts honours course adviser.

 5. Honours requirements

 5.1. Combined honours

Students undertaking combined honours in music history must complete:

• 740-462 Dissertation (37.5 points) and;

• two musicology studies subjects (25 points) and

• three honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 37.5 points).

or

• honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points) and;

• two honours subjects in the combined area of study (25 points) and;

• three musicology studies subjects (37.5 points).

Honours subjects
	740-382 Musicology Studies 3A	12.5
	740-383 Musicology Studies 3B	12.5
	740-496 Musicology Studies 4A	12.5
	740-497 Musicology Studies 4B	12.5

Areas of study available in 2001 are:

• Renaissance Italy

• Research in ethnomusicology

• Romantic piano music

• Music criticism

• Music in rainforest societies

• Paris: from Berlioz to the Ballet Russes

 6. Further study

Contact the Research and Graduate Studies office in the Faculty of Arts and the degree programs manager in the Faculty of Music regarding postgraduate study in musicology.

 7. For more information

Faculty of Music
Conservatorium of Music
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 5258
Fax: +6 3 8344 5346
Email: enquiries@music.unimelb.edu.au

Subject descriptions

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

740-138 Discovering Music 1
740-139 Discovering Music 2

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