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Bachelor of Music (Composition)

Enrolment pattern

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 3 December 2025.
View details of the changes below.

Minimum levels of achievement

Course resolutions​

Area of study Credit points

Unit of study requirements for award​

Principal ¸ßÇ帣ÀûƬ Principal ¸ßÇ帣ÀûƬ 48 Composition 1-8
Music Skills Music Skills 24 Either:
  1. Harmony and Analysis 1-4; Aural Perception 1-4; or
  2. Jazz Harmony and Arranging 1-4; Jazz Ear Training 1-4; or
  3. A combination of options 1 and 2.
Analytical, Historical and Cultural Studies (AHCS) AHCS 24
  • Australian Indigenous Music
  • This is Music
  • Classical Music: A Cultural History
  • Music in Modern Times
  • 6cps of a chosen AHCS unit (recommend Themes in Australian Music History)
Additional core Composition Studies 48
  • Music Notation and Publishing
  • Creative Music Technology
  • Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
  • Instrumentation and Orchestration
  • Advanced Composition Techniques
  • 12cps chosen Composition Studies units (recommend CMPN2631 + CMPN2632)
  • 12cps chosen Performance or Ensemble units.

Performance/Ensemble
Final Year Project
Professional & Industry Skills
12
  • Music Specialist Creative Project 1-2.
Minor/Electives Minor/Electives
36

Either:

  • a minor in Table A (Music) or Table S; or
  • electives from Music and/or Table S which can include Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration and up to 6cps of units from Table O.

Enrolment pattern

Semester 1 CP Semester 2 CP Semester 3 CP Semester 4 CP
CMPN1601
Composition 1
6 CMPN1602
Composition 2
6 CMPN2603
Composition 3
6 CMPN2604
Composition 4
6
Music Skills 6 Music Skills 6 Music Skills 6 Music Skills 6
CMPN2320
Music Notation and Publishing
6 CMPN1013
Creative Music Technology and CMPN1014 Sound and Video Recording Fundamentals
6 CMPN1611
Instrumentation and Orchestration
6 CompositionÌýStudies (recommend CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals)
6
MCGY1030
This is Music
6 MUSC1506
Classical Music: A Cultural History
6 Performance or Ensemble Unit 6 Performance or Ensemble Unit 6
MCGY0000
Australian Indigenous Music
0 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý 24 Ìý 24 Ìý 24 Ìý 24
Semester 5 CP Semester 6 CP Semester 7 CP Semester 8 CP
CMPN3605
Composition 5
6 CMPN3606
Composition 6
6 CMPN4607
Composition 7
6 CMPN4608
Composition 8
6
Minor/elective 6 AHCS unit (recommend MCGY4110 Themes in Australian Music History)
6 SCMP4601
Music Specialist Creative Project 1Ìý
6 SCMP4602
Music Specialist Creative​
Project 2
6
MCGY2613Ìý
Music in Modern Times
6 Minor/elective
(recommend CMPN3620 Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration
6 Minor/electives 6 Minor/electives 6
Composition Studies unit (recommendÌýCMPN2631ÌýElectroacoustic Music) 6 CMPN3621
Advanced Composition Techniques
6 Minor/electives 6 Minor/electives 6
Ìý 24 Ìý 24 Ìý 24 Ìý 24

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
28/11/2025

Credit points for MUSC1506Ìýpublished as:

3

Credit points for MUSC1506Ìýamended to:

6

3/12/2025

CMPN3605Ìýpublished in:

Enrolment pattern Semester 5

CMPN3605Ìýpublished in:

Enrolment patternÌýSemester 6

3/12/2025

Minor/elective published in:

Enrolment patternÌýSemester 6

Minor/elective published in:

Enrolment patternÌýSemester 5