Undergraduate international course guide - Edith Cowan University

Select one unit from the following list:
MUS3208 Music Techniques: Jazz 4 15
MUS3209 Music Techniques: Classical 4 15
* Designated Unit – a Unit or Unit of Competency which a Faculty Board
has designated as a fundamental course requirement and may only be
attempted once unless otherwise determined by the Board of Examiners.
careers: Composer, Performer, Programmer, Producer,
Installation Artist, DJ, Film Composer.
Contemporary music
campus: Mount Lawley
Practicum: Yes
Folio/Audition/Interview: Yes
This intensive, performance-based major centres on either
ensemble studies, where students develop advanced, instrumental
and performance skills or, through the CD Project stream,
advanced music production, songwriting and arranging skills.
Students will receive an individual lesson and classes in arranging,
history, theory, aural, improvisation and second study. Depending
upon the chosen stream, students will also receive classes in
ensemble performance or sound recording/mixing/mastering/
production. This major is aimed at students who wish to further
expand their music career studies into performing, songwriting
and production.
Special Admission Requirements
Successful completion of the Advanced Diploma of
Music (Contemporary Music) at WAAPA or an equivalent
tertiary qualification.
The Contemporary Music Major consists of 24 units / 360
credit points.
yEAR 1 SEMESTER ONE Credit Points
MUS1104 Ensembles and Extension Studies 1 15
MUS1106 Music Techniques 1 15
136
MUS1121 Principal Studies: Contemporary Music
Performance 1* 15
MUS1123 Music History and Culture: Contemporary
Overview 15
yEAR 1 SEMESTER TWO
MUS1105 Ensembles and Extension Studies 2 15
MUS1113 Music History and Culture: 20th Century Music 15
MUS1122 Principal Studies: Contemporary Music
Performance 2* 15
MUS1207 Music Techniques 2 15
yEAR 2 SEMESTER ONE
MUS2104 Ensembles and Extension Studies 3 15
MUS2123 Principal Studies: Contemporary Music
Performance 3* 15
MUS2127 Music Techniques: Contemporary 1 15
Select one unit from the following list:
MUS1210 Music History and Culture: Jazz History I 15
MUS1111 Music History and Culture: Classical Overview 15
MUS1112 Music History and Culture: Music Technology
Overview 15
MUS2115 Music History and Culture: Jazz History III 15
MUS2111 Music History and Culture: Classical Topic 1 15
MUS2114 Music History and Culture: Contemporary
Topic 1 15
yEAR 2 SEMESTER TWO
MUS2105 Ensembles and Extension Studies 4 15
MUS2128 Music Techniques: Contemporary 2 15
Select one unit from the following list:
MUS2124 Principal Studies: Contemporary Music
Performance 4* 15
MUS2131 Principal Studies: Contemporary Music
CD Project 4* 15