Bachelor of Music (BMus)

Program Code
BMUS

Program Faculty
Faculty of Arts

Academic Year
2022

These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Bachelor of Music provides the intensive professional training required for employment in the music industry. It seeks to provide a challenging and stimulating learning environment in which all students may achieve their full potential in their chosen specialisation. It aims to develop educated, flexible and imaginative graduates who possess the knowledge and skills required to function effectively in a wide range of professional contexts. The program provides students with the option to undertake specialised study in either Classical Performance, Jazz Performance, Classical Voice, Music Composition, Musicology, Popular Music, Sonic Arts, and Music Education and Pedagogy.
 
All applicants must attend and pass an audition / interview and a musicianship test (except Musicology applicants, who will be required to sit the musicianship test only). Applicants may audition for more than one instrument or major.

The Bachelor of Music is an AQF Level 7 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 3 years.

Conditions

Interruption of program:
Students must apply for permission from the Executive Dean or delegate before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.

Condition of Continuing Enrolment:
Students enrolled in this program must maintain a minimum semester GPA of 5.0 throughout their enrolment or will be required to transfer to the Bachelor of Arts. Re-audition to enrol in a Performance course after a break: A student who is eligible in any year to enrol in a performance course and who fails to do so, and who wishes to enrol in one of these courses in a subsequent year, will be required to re-audition and to reach a minimum standard for enrolment in the course in question before being authorised to enrol in that course.
And / Or
A student who takes leave from a performance course for one semester and is unable to show continuity of learning on their instrument may be required to re-audition on their instrument. Approval is required from the Head of Area.
Condition of Enrolment:
External performances / engagements: The Head of Undergraduate Program will determine whether students shall acknowledge the name of the School or its staff in any public performance / engagement in which they participate.

Academic Program Rules for Bachelor of Music

There shall be a Bachelor of Music.

Qualification Requirements

To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Music, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 72 units.
Students must complete:

  1. Level I courses not exceeding 30 units including a course chosen from the Core Competency List to the value of 3 units
  2. Level III courses to the value of at least 24 units
  3. Sufficient courses at Level II to make the total of 72 units
  4. At least one major to the value of at least 24 units, in accordance with the requirements in the Academic Program Rules for each major
  5. Broadening electives to the value of 9 units must not include the courses in the Bachelor of Music, except for Music Internships or Music Study Tours, which can contribute to 3 units of broadening electives
  6. A minimum of 12 units at Level I before undertaking courses at Level II
  7. A minimum of 6 units at Level II before undertaking courses at Level III.

Core Courses

Major

Electives

  • Electives

    To satisfy the requirements for Electives students must adhere to the following:

    Music/Broadening electives are required as follows for each major:

    Classical Voice Major  (15 units)
    Level I - 3 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 3/6 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Classical Performance  (18 units)
    Level I - 3/6 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 6 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Jazz Performance (12 units)
    Level I - 0/3 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 6 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Music Composition (18 units)
    Level I - 3 units
    Level II - 6 units
    Level III - 9 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Music Education and Pedagogy (15 units)
    Level I - 3/6 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 6 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Musicology (24 units)
    Level I - 9/12 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 12 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Popular Music (15 units)
    Level I - 0/3 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 9 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Sonic Arts (12 units)
    Level I - 0/3 units
    Level II - 3/6 units
    Level III - 6 units
    Note: 9 units of electives must be broadening electives.

    Note: Broadening electives exclude courses in the Bachelor of Music, except in  the following:

    • Music Internships or Music Study Tours, which can contribute to 3 units of broadening elective

    Available for Bachelor of Music Students only

    Level I

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSGEN 1300EX Music Internship 1 3
    MUSONIC 1001 Music & Sound Fundamentals 1A 3
    MUSONIC 1002 Music & Sound Fundamentals 1B 3

    Courses to the value of at least 0 units from the following:

    Level II

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSGEN 2002EX International Study Tour: Music 3
    MUSGEN 2300EX Music Internship 2 3
    MUSGEN 2010 Foundations of Conducting 3

    Courses to the value of at least 0 units from the following:

    Level III

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSGEN 3001 Free Improvisation 3 3
    MUSGEN 3007 Jazz Arranging 3
    MUSGEN 3013 Foundations of Conducting 3
    MUSGEN 3017 Conducting: Choral & Instrumental Techniques 3
    MUSGEN 3015EX International Study Tour: Music 3
    MUSGEN 3300EX Music Internship 3 3
    MUSICOL 3002 Music Research 3 3

    Priority given to Bachelor of Music students - open to non-music students by audition/permission

    Level I

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSCOMP 1100 Orchestration 1 3
    MUSONIC 1210 Sound Engineering 3
    MUSONIC 1220 Sonic Arts 3
    MUSPOP 1001 Song Writing A 3
    MUSPOP 1002 Song Writing B 3

    Courses to the value of at least 0 units from the following:

    Level II

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSCOMP 2100 Orchestration 2 3
    MUSCOMP 2101 Music Analysis 2 3
    MUSONIC 2310 Computer Music Composition 2 3
    MUSONIC 2610 Sound Engineering Live 3

    Courses to the value of at least 0 units from the following:

    Level III

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSCOMP 3100 Orchestration 3 3
    MUSCOMP 3101 Music Analysis 3 3

    Available to all University students

    Level I

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSGEN 1004 Musics of the World I 3
    MUSICOL 1200 Musicology Foundations 3
    MUSONIC 1000 Music Technology Foundations 3
    MUSONIC 1010 Sound & Media 3
    MUSONIC 1300 Sonic Arts in Practice 1 3

    Courses to the value of at least 0 units from the following:

    Level II

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSGEN 2001 From Elvis to YouTube II 3
    MUSGEN 2003 Music, Media & Contemporary Society II 3
    MUSGEN 2004 Musics of the World II 3
    MUSIC 2030 Indigenous Music: Roots & Key Concepts 3
    MUSICOL 2001 Music in Time and Place 3
    MUSICOL 2002 Music & Tradition in a Global Society II 3
    MUSONIC 2300 Sonic Arts in Practice 2 3
    MUSONIC 2820 Sound Design for Film II 3
    MUSONIC 2905 Circuit Bending and Hardware Hacking 3

    Courses to the value of at least 0 units from the following:

    Level III

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    MUSGEN 3002 Music and Ideas 3
    MUSGEN 3005 Village Voices - Greenwich Village in the 1960s 3
    MUSGEN 3011 Music, Health and Wellbeing 3
    MUSGEN 3014 Music, Media & Contemporary Society III 3
    MUSIC 3001 Ideas in Indigenous Music: Advanced Concepts 3
    MUSICOL 3001 Methods in Music Research 3
    MUSICOL 3004 Music & Tradition in a Global Society III 3
    MUSONIC 3001 Advanced Sound Engineering 3 3
    MUSONIC 3020 Interaction Design and the Sonic Arts 3 3
    MUSONIC 3030 Music 2.0 3
    MUSONIC 3300 Sonic Arts in Practice 3 3
    MUSONIC 3310 Computer Music Composition 3 3
    MUSONIC 3720 Sound Design for Games III 3