Bachelor of Creative Arts and Industries (Music)

The Bachelor of Creative Arts and Industries (Music) provides the intensive personalised training required for professional recognition within the music industry.

The course offers two principal pathways of study:

a Classical Music Specialisation or a Contemporary Music Specialisation.

A third pathway is also offered as a combination of the two.

This flexible course allows students to choose suites of study that best accommodate their individual career pathway.

A close partnership with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, the Darwin Festival and the Centre for Youth and Community Music provides a challenging and exciting environment in which to learn music and gain experience in community-based musical events.

CDU's innovative music tuition and collaboration lab provide opportunity to access tuition, shared performance and master classes offered elsewhere nationally and internationally.

The Bachelor of Creative Arts and Industries (Music) course is part of a suite of professional creative courses available through Charles Darwin University and enables students to also take suites of study from the creative study options in New Media Design, Visual Arts and Communications.

Within each of these discipline pathways, there are alternative study plans that allow a student to explore a particular strength.

Common(2 units) - 20

Units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:

CUC107

Plus either:

CUC100

(new title 2016)

or

CUC106

Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.

Compulsory Core(4 units) - 40

Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points from units detailed below:

(replaced by SMP102 2018) (replaced by IAS174 from 2020)

(replaced by VIS140 2018) (replaced by IAS173 from 2020)

(recoded to

in 2018) (available from 2019) (no longer available from 2020. Students should discuss with the course coordinator a suitable replacement unit.)

(no longer available from 2020. Students should discuss with the course coordinator a suitable replacement unit.)

Specialist Electives(8 units) - 80

Complete units totalling 80 credit points from the following: CLASSICAL MUSIC #A minimum of 30cp must be selected from 300-level units MUS110 Introductory Language of Music (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS114 and MUS115 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) OR MUS130 Intermediate Language of Music (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS214 and MUS215 2018) (replaced by IAS281 and IAS282 2020) OR MUS110 Introductory Language of Music (recoded to MUS114 and MUS115 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) PLUS MUS130 Intermediate Language of Music (recoded to MUS214 and MUS215 2018) (replaced by IAS281 and IAS282 2020) PLUS MUS150 Introductory Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS192 and MUS193 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) MUS260 Intermediate Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS293 2018) (replaced by IAS282 2020) MUS285 History and the Performing Musician (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS384 and MUS385 2018) (no longer available from 2020) MUS330 Advanced Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS390 and MUS394 2018) (no longer available from 2020) CAH301 Independent Studies A CONTEMPORARY MUSIC #A minimum of 30cp must be selected from 300-level units MUS110 Introductory Language of Music (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS114 and MUS115 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) OR MUS130 Intermediate Language of Music (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS214 and MUS215 2018) (replaced by IAS281 and IAS282 2020) OR MUS110 Introductory Language of Music (recoded to MUS114 and MUS115 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) PLUS MUS130 Intermediate Language of Music (10 cp) (recoded to MUS214 and MUS215 2018) (replaced by IAS281 and IAS282 2020) PLUS MUS150 Introductory Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS192 and MUS193 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) MUS299 Technical Production (10 cp) (recoded to SMP202 2018) (replaced by IAS315 2020) PMO201 Project Management (10 cp) MUS399 Advanced Technical Production (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to SMP302 2018) (no longer available from 2020) MUS260 Intermediate Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS293 2018) (replaced by IAS282 2020) MUS330 Advanced Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS390 and MUS394 2018) (no longer available from 2020) COMBINED CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC #A minimum of 30cp must be selected from 300-level units MUS110 Introductory Language of Music (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS114 and MUS115 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) OR MUS130 Intermediate Language of Music (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS214 and MUS215 2018) (replaced by IAS281 and IAS282 2020) OR MUS110 Introductory Language of Music (recoded to MUS114 and MUS115 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) PLUS MUS130 Intermediate Language of Music (10 cp) (recoded to MUS214 and MUS215 2018) (replaced by IAS281 and IAS282 2020) PLUS Classical Stream MUS150 Introductory Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS192 and MUS193 2018) (replaced by IAS181 and IAS182 2020) MUS285 History and the Performing Musician (recoded to MUS384 and MUS385 2018) (no longer available from 2020) PLUS Contemporary Music Stream MUS299 Technical Production (10 cp) (recoded to SMP202 2018) (replaced by IAS315 2020) PMO201 Project Management (10 cp) MUS399 Advanced Technical Production (10 cp) (recoded to SMP302 2018) (no longer available from 2020) MUS260 Intermediate Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS293 2018) (replaced by IAS282 2020) MUS330 Advanced Instrumental and Vocal Studies (10 cp) x 2 (repeatable unit) (recoded to MUS390 and MUS394 2018) (no longer available from 2020)

General Electives(10 units) - 100

Units totalling 100 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. Students may select units from any of the approved specialisations/ sequences (where applicable) as electives, if desired.

When selecting electives choose units at a suitable level ensuring the maximum and minimum 100 and 300 level unit requirements summarised below are being met. The first number in each unit code indicates the year level at which the subject is taught. Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 300 level, therefore units coded as MUS1xx, MUS2xx and MUS3xx, would be first, second and third year units respectively.

- 240

Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.