Bachelor of Music (Honours)

The Bachelor of Music Honours is characterised by the concept of music—be it performance, composition, music technology, or musicology—as a research-led process that explores questions relevant to our understanding of what it means to be human and of who we are.

The core of this program is a substantial piece of original research realised through either performance, composition, or a 20,000 word written document.

A performance or composition will be explained verbally through a 5000-word exegesis that explores the creative act as a research process and explains the contribution to knowledge that the creative act makes.

Program Requirements

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:

48 units from completion of one of the following specialisations:

Composition Honours

Composition for Film and Video Games Honours

Music Technology Honours

Musicology Honours

Performance Honours

The final honours mark will be based on all of the courses taken towards the honours plan and be calculated as follows:

S (mark x units) / S units, giving NCN and WN a nominal mark of zero

Specialisations

• Composition for Film and Video Games Honours
• Composition Honours
• Music Technology Honours
• Musicology Honours
• Performance Honours

Elective Study

Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.

Admission Requirements

An AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Music degree or equivalent, completed within the last two years:

• With a weighted average mark equivalent to an ANU 70 per cent calculated from the 36 units (i.e. 0.75 EFTSL) of courses in the discipline cognate to the honours specialisation, excluding 1000-level courses (i.e. introductory undergraduate courses), with the highest marks
• And the satisfaction of any further requirements specified in the relevant honours specialisation.

Cognate disciplines

Music, Music Performance, Musicology, Music Technology, Music Composition

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Adjustment Factors

ANU offers rank adjustments for a number of adjustment factors, including for high achievement in nationally strategic senior secondary subjects and for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies. Rank adjustments are applied to Bachelor degree applicants with an ATAR at or above 70. Points are awarded in accordance with the approved schedules, and no more than 15 points (maximum 5 subject/performance-based adjustments, maximum 10 equity-based adjustments and maximum 5 Elite Athlete adjustments) will be awarded. Please note that Adjustment Factors vary and do not apply to a select few programs, please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.

Scholarships

ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.

Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.

For further information see the Scholarships website.

1. pose a significant research question relating to music;
2. investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to music, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
3. communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.